Poker Hall of Fame Shortlist Once Again Divides North American and European Poker Communities

The ten finalists for the 2016 Poker Hall of Fame are released prompting the annual punch up between North American and European poker communities over the validity of those selected.

I used to love a Saturday afternoon watching Saint and Greavsie and World of Sport. I laughed my ass off when I learned that Big Daddy was called Shirley, and the whole town would come to a standstill when he bellied-off against Giant Haystacks.

Americans have probably never heard of either show and to some extent, it’s the same in poker.

The UK born pros who grew up watching Late Night Poker and the Poker Million will think the sun shines out of the Devilfish’s chauvinistic ass. The American-born pros who watched the World Series of Poker (WSOP), World Poker Tour (WPT) and the barrage of other poker related TV shows will no doubt prefer the much prettier ass of Jennifer Harman.