One of the most exciting World Series of Poker events is the Tournament of Champions, an invitation only $1 million freeroll for the world’s top poker players, who are admitted based upon a vote. After more than 350,000 ballots were counted the final lineup for the tournament was announced.<\/p>\n
Five players were already shoe-ins for the tournament – Joe Cada, Annie Duke, Mike Matusow, Barry Shulman and Mike Sexton – and Andrew Barton and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier were also automatically entered as Team PokerStars sponsor exemptions. However, this year all the rest of the players were decided upon based on a vote.<\/p>\n
Ty Stewart, vice president of the WSOP, spoke about the voting and the results. He said, “We’re very pleased with the response to this new format. The selections show that poker has a mass fan base that is knowledgeable about the history of the World Series of Poker.”<\/p>\n
I won’t keep you in suspense any longer. The list of poker stars voted into the tournament, and the number of votes they received are as follows:<\/p>\n
1. Phil Ivey with 16,267 votes<\/p>\n
2. Daniel Negreanu with 16, 239 votes<\/p>\n
3. Doyle Brunson with 13,796 votes<\/p>\n
4. Phil Hellmuth with 12,673 votes<\/p>\n
5. Chris Ferguson with 11,585 votes<\/p>\n
6. Allen Cunningham with 10,486 votes<\/p>\n
7. Johnny Chan with 10,434 votes<\/p>\n
8. Scotty Nguyen with 9,806 votes<\/p>\n
9. Barry Greenstein with 9,806 votes<\/p>\n
10. John Juanda with 8,835 votes<\/p>\n
11. Erik Seidel with 8,802 votes<\/p>\n
12. Jennifer Harman with 8,206 votes<\/p>\n
13. Huck Seed with 8,180 votes<\/p>\n
14. Dan Harrington with 7,342 votes<\/p>\n
15. T.J. Cloutier with 6,281 votes<\/p>\n
16. Sammy Farha with 6,085 votes<\/p>\n
17. Howard Lederer with 5,596 votes<\/p>\n
18. Grey Raymer with 5,404 votes<\/p>\n
19. Joe Hachem with 5,272 votes<\/p>\n
20. Antonio Esfandiari with 5,129 votes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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