Public Nominations for Poker Hall of Fame Open Till August 15

The WSOP has declared open the process of public nominations for 2014 Poker Hall of Fame inductees:

Nominations will be accepted online and fans are encouraged to participate by submitting their nominee along with a brief explanation. All submissions will be tabulated and the top 10 nominations will be reviewed by the Poker Hall of Fame Governing Council. The existing Poker Hall of Fame members and a blue ribbon media panel will then cast votes of the final list of nominees to determine the class of 2014.

The Poker Hall of Fame was founded in 1979 by @Benny Binion and only 46 people have been inducted to date. Public voting was introduced in 2009 and, following the nomination of @Tom Dwan (then 23 years old), an age restriction was adopted in 2011. According to what is now known as the "Chip Reese rule", inductees must be at  least 40 years old, which makes @Daniel Negreanu eligible for the first time this year. (The late @David 'Chip' Rees was 40 years old when he was inducted as the youngest Hall of Fame member).

Other requirements include:

A gambler must have played poker against acknowledged top competition,
Played for high stakes,
Played consistently well, gained the respect of peers,
And stood the test of time.
Or, for non-players, contributed to the overall growth and success of the game of poker, with indelible positive and lasting results.

Last year's nominees and inductees:

@Tom McEvoy and @Thuan B. "Scotty" Nguyen were the two players selected last year. The other nominees were: @Chris Bjorin @Humberto Brenes @David Chiu @Thor Hansen @Jennifer Harman @Mike Matusow  @Carlos Mortensen @Huck Seed.

You can vote until August 15th. Who would you like to see inducted in Poker Hall of Fame? #PokerHOF