Passing Poker Strange

The World Series of Poker recently announced that the public will now be able to nominate poker players to be inducted in this year’s Poker Hall of Fame. The public can log on to the WSOP website and nominate who they would like to see inducted by registering the players name and a small paragraph on why they believe they should be nominated. Shortly after the WSOP announced this decision Party Poker came out stating they would like to see Mike Sexton nominated.

Sexton recently signed with Party Poker to serve as their ambassador and they want to see their newly appointed poker pro showered with the honor of being the newest member in the Poker Hall of Fame. The poker room is encouraging others to nominate Sexton as well.

A spokesman for Party Poker stated: “We encourage the poker community to vote online for Mike Sexton’s induction into poker’s hall of fame.” Mike famously said that poker takes five minutes to learn and a lifetime to master- it takes five minutes to vote and mark the lifetime achievement of the master! Mike meets all the criteria and deserves to be top of the list when the process gets to the Hall of Fame Committee.”

Nominees must have played poker against acknowledged top players as well as played for high stakes and played on a consistent basis to gain the respect of their peers and stood the test of time in the industry.

One poker pro who has said she will vote for Mike Sexton is Annette Obrestad. Young and new to the poker scene, Obrestad has shown her skill in the game of poker and has a bright future ahead of her in the game. Obrestad commented: “I may be from a different generation of poker players to Mike, but in my mind he deserves induction into poker’s hall of fame this year.”