Poker Hall of Fame nominees announced, a WPT update, and Barney Frank update. It’s all in today’s PTP Hit and Run.
HoF: Who’s going to get into the Poker Hall of Fame in November? We have a little better idea, after the top nominees were revealed today. Story here. Most likely candidates? Chris Ferguson, Barry Greenstein, Jennifer Harman-Traniello, Dan Harrington, Phil Ivey, Linda Johnson, Tom McEvoy, Daniel Negreanu, Scotty Nguyen and Erik Seidel.
WPT Update: The World Poker Tour tourney in London is going on, and has lost some of its star power (see Ivey, Phil and Seidel, Erik). Who’s still in? Luke ‘__FullFlush1__’ Schwartz and Richard Ashby, to name a few. Get live updates here.
This Week in Poker: Watch the weekly show from the wickedchopspoker.com entities below. Featured: Full Tilt red pro Jason Calacanis, Todd “Dan Druff” Witteles, and Tom “durrrr” Dwan.
Barney Frank on Jay Leno: The U.S. representative who is the force behind legislation that would legalize and regulate online poker, recently appeared on Leno. They talked some online poker. Go to 3:50 in:
On the circuit: The World Series of Poker circuit just finished its first big event of the season, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Former bracelet winner Blair Hinkle took down the top prize. Read about it here. Dwyte Pilgirm, who already has three WSOPC rings, took third.
Mizzi closes the gap:Sorel Mizzi is catching up to Jason Mercier in the 2010 power rankings after a nice score in Estonia. Check out the last ranking from BLUFF/ESPN here.
If you prefer cash games, PokerTableRatings has your poker rankings, poker ratings and poker stats for all major sites.
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