WSOP Stories - Poker Hall of Fame: Where are our roots?
The new members of the WSOP Poker Hall of Fame “Babara Enrigth and Phil Hellmuth. Both are characterized by their own unique benefits, the first woman member and the winners of a total of 11 WSOP Bracelets. But in the true sense, the key aspect of their inclusion in the Hall of Fame “honest to collectively, as individually. Both Babara Enright and Phil Hellmuth are products of a single tournament system, which was to our sport to redefine and differentiate.
In recent years, most of us recognize, where the roots of the poker game and who are the pioneers of the poker game. In the Poker
“Hall of Fame” we find among other things, historical figures such as Edmond Hoyle and “Wild Bill” Hickok. The gallery is filled with dazzling figures, road talented players and visionaries, all of whom a large contribution to poker have known. One can say that our historic roots in the “Hall of Fame” to find, then this is the latest confirmed if we give players the names of Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Chip Reese, Stu Ungar and TJ Cloutier. Together, Enrigth and Hellmuth, stand for the new generation of poker players, which is consistent from the philosophical roots of the poker game have developed. In most sports it is very difficult to play professional camp. Most sports have a formal professional rankings and / or strict pre-qualification conditions, so in a ChampionChip event to play. Some sports, the participation of the current status or of previous benefits. When poker is all different, Phil Hellmuth was due to the open (you do not belong to an exclusive circle, in order to be able to play) WSOP tournament system, the way in this tournament had to demonstrate skills. He continued his money, played against the best players in the world and won.
Poker was and is a sport where men dominate. One can of course accept that poker for sex discrimination even more vulnerable than other sports. There were poker, however, never had a sexually-related barrier. To ensure that the (historically) low profit increase opportunities for women and to ensure that more women are encouraged to participate in the WSOP, the WSOP in 1977, a special tournament with low buy-in, especially for women In the tournament plan. The first tournament, which had won Babara Enright was the WSOP Ladies event in 1986, the year you won again. In 1995, Babara than previously only woman at the final table of the WSOP Main Events in action. In 1996, Babara their third WSOP Bracelet with a WSOP Pot Limit Hold’em tournament won.
Whether intentionally or not intentionally, the inclusion of Enright and Hellmuth in the “Hall of Fame” is not a clear statement of who we were, but certainly a clear statement of who we are now.