European Poker Players Hall of Fame
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The European Poker Players Hall of Fame was created by poker professional Bruce "Elvis Senior" Atkinson to recognise European poker players who have made great achievements throughout their poker careers.
At present, four new players are added per year, approximately once per quarter.
[edit] Criteria for Entry
- The player must have played poker at the highest level, either in cash games or tournament play.
- The player should be an ideal ambassador for the game.
- The player should have won a major championship.
- The player must be recommended by his or her peers.
[edit] Inductees
"The Don" Donnacha O'Dea (b. 30 August 1948, recommended Surinder Sunar and Derek Webb to be inducted)
Surinder Sunar (b. 1 April 1959, recommended Mickey Finn, "Gentleman" Liam Flood, Ben Roberts, Bruno Fitoussi and Derek Webb to be inducted)
"King" Bruno Fitoussi (b. 21 September 1958, recommended Dave Ulliott and Marcel Lüske to be inducted)
Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott (b. 1 April 1958, recommended Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani to be inducted)
"Gentleman" Ben Roberts (b. 3 November 1956, recommended Pepe Klinger to be inducted)
"The Flying Dutchman" Marcel Lüske (b. 20 March 1953, recommended The Hendon Mob to be inducted)
Dave "El Blondie" Colclough (b. 4 March 1964, recommended Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani and David Benyamine to be inducted)- Mickey "The Worm" Wernick (b. 2 July 1944, recommended Rob Hollink to be inducted)
- Rob Hollink (b. 27 March 1962, recommended one of David Benyamine, Kirill Gerasimov and Patrik Antonius to be inducted)
Juan Carlos "El Matador" Mortensen (b. 13 April 1972, recommended David Benyamine to be inducted)- Harry "Wise Owl" Demetriou (b. 20 August 1958, recommended John Gale, Patrik Antonius, David Benyamine and Gus Hansen to be inducted)
- John Gale (b. 13 December 1953, recommended Roland De Wolfe to be inducted)
