Following a fan vote, the 10 finalists have been disclosed for the 2023 Poker Hall of Fame, and the list of nominees is mostly similar to last year.
Matt Savage, Brian Rast, Mike Matusow, and Kathy Liebert were among the returnees. But only one individual, whether it be a player or industry personnel, will get in this year. The full list of nominees, with a case made for each candidate, is as follows:
With 11,000 in the middle, three players got to the river with the board showing K♠10♥4♦2♥A♥. David Meadors bet 3,500 on the button and got the middle position player to fold.
The cutoff mulled it over for a few seconds before making the call. Meadors turned over Q♥8♥ for the second nut flush, while the frustrated cutoff tabled K♦2♦ for a cracked two pair.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
With the board already reading 3♣10♥A♦10♦, the player in the cutoff bet 3,000. After thinking for 30 seconds or so, Ken Daun, in the big blind, made the call.
The river was the Q♥ and the the cutoff checked to Daun, who put out a bet of 4,000. It was now the cutoff's turn to ponder for half a minute, ultimately deciding to fold.
On a flop of K♣7♠10♥, Scott Symonds bet 3,000 from middle postion and received three calls. The turn brought the 8♠ which is when the action really took off.
Symonds went all in for 9,200, got a call from late position and a raise from the big blind, putting the late position player all in as well.
Scott Symonds: 10♣8♣
Late Position: A♠10♠
Big Blind: 8♥7♥
The river was the 6♦. Symonds took the main pot and most of the chips, with the big blind player taking a small side pot.
There was 21,000 in the middle and Theunis Goosen bet 11,000 from the small blind on the turn with the board showing A♦3♥4♦7♦.
The button went deep into the tank and eventually folded face-up showing A♠J♥ and giving Goosen the pot.
The under-the-gun player bet 600 and was called by early position, middle position, hijack, David Maudlin in the small blind, and the big blind.
All six players checked the A♣9♠5♦ flop, but Maudlin bet 1,700 on the 3♣ turn which was only called by the under-the-gun player.
The 6♣ completed the board and Maudlin bet 3,200. This was too much for the under-the-gun player, who folded and Maudlin dragged in the pot.
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
A whopping 3,497 players have entered Day 2 of the Seniors Championship, meaning the field has exceeded last year's total of 7,188 with six more levels of late registration remaining.
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