Brunson provides us with his insightful opinion on the nominees, one by one in an alphabetical order. He makes it clear he would prefer Erik Seidel to be one of the inductees, the other being either Barry Greenstein or Phil Ivey. He is proud to address all of them as his friends and does not fear to honestly express his views about their nomination. He considers, for example, both Daniel Negreanu and Jennifer Harman-Traniello to be too young to be inducted yet. As far as Chris Ferguson is concerned, Brunson states that, although strong in three of the five criteria, he does not meet the other two at all. These criteria are the following: “(a) A player must have played against top competition. (b) Player for high stakes. (c) Played consistently well, gaining the respect of their peers. (d) Stood the test of time. (e) Contributed to the overall growth and success to the poker games.”
Describing his thoughts in a respectful as well as clear manner, one has a hard time disagreeing with him. As the outcome does depend on the votes of the 17 members of the Hall alive, in addition to those of a select few of the journalists of the industry, Brunson’s opinion is definitely one worth consideration.
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