The Poker Hall of Fame
The Poker Hall of Fame is inducting one new member in 2009.
Mike “The Ambassador of Poker” Sexton becomes the 38th member of the Poker Hall of Fame, becoming the only member of the nine finalists this year to garner induction. The remaining eight candidates, who were under consideration this year, remain eligible for future consideration.
Sexton has amassed more than $3.7 million in career poker winnings spanning his nearly 30-year career, and has become one of the most recognizable figures in the online poker game as the main analyst for the WPT’s television coverage.
After winning the 2006 WSOP Tournament of Champions, he donated half of his $1 million prize to different charitable organizations. Earlier this year, he formed www.pokergives.org, an organization that provides the casino online community a better avenue to give back to worthy charitable causes.
A true gentleman who has constantly enhanced the game of poker both with his play at the tables and his promotion of the game off of it, Sexton is a noted author, columnist, broadcaster, philanthropist and businessman. Sexton won a WSOP gold bracelet in a Seven Card Stud event in 1989; was the WSOP Tournament of Champions champion in 2006; and ranks 11th all-time with 47 WSOP cashes. Amazingly, Sexton reached the final table in 20 of the 47 WSOP events he has cashed in. He cashed in the 2009 WSOP Main Event, and at the 2008 WSOP finished 4th in the World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’em event, earning $248,160.
Sexton will be inducted officially on Saturday, November 7 at the Rio All-Suites® Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas during the finale of the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event championship.
The Poker Hall of Fame, established in 1979, was acquired by Harrah’s Entertainment along with the World Series of Poker in 2004. Though the Hall of Fame is virtual in nature, its membership includes poker’s most influential players and other important contributors to the game. There are 17 living members.
