As of August 31st the voting options were closed for the 2010 Poker Hall of Fame and the names of the top ten nominees have now been announced. The 2010 Poker Hall of Fame voting polls were open for two months for the public to vote and their choices have now been released.

The top ten poker players nominated in alphabetical order are:

Chris Ferguson
Barry Greenstein
Jennifer Harman-Traniello
Dan Harrington
Phil Ivey
Linda Johnson
Tom McEvoy
Daniel Negreanu
Scotty Nguyen
Erik Seidel

The council of the Poker Hall of Fame will now select the final list for induction. Then the living Hall of Fame members as well as a media panel will then vote on and the 2010 class of inductees will be announced. Those selected will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in November during the Main Event of the World Series of Poker, during a break.





- 2010-09-02