Sexton was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2009. For all of his work promoting poker, Sexton is often known as 'the ambassador of poker'. On February 15, 2006, Sexton was recognized as the top poker ambassador at the Card Player Magazine Player of the Year Awards Gala. On awards and achievements, Phil Ivey has attained many including being the named by All in Magazine as the poker of the year in 2005 and 2009. His other achievement was getting his 6th and 8th career badge worth $2,500 and $3,000 respectively at the 2009 and 2010 WSOP tournaments. He has also been inducted into poker Hall of Fame.

The Australian Poker Hall of Fame was founded by Maurie Pears in 2009 to formally recognize the accomplishments of poker players and poker industry professionals from Australia and New Zealand. The hall can be seen in the poker room at Crown Melbourne.

Criteria for consideration:

• are current or former residents of Australia or New Zealand,
• have demonstrated outstanding and extended service to the game, bringing credit to Australian Casino Tournament Poker, and/or
• have displayed significant player excellence.

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Chairman: Joe Hachem

Inductees[edit]

• 2009 - Joe Hachem (legend status), Bill Argyros^[1], Gary Benson, Tony Guoga, Mel Judah, Jeff Lissandro, Lee Nelson, Maurie Pears^[2]
• 2010 - Jeff Lissandro (elevated to legend status) and Marsha Waggoner
• 2011 - Leo Boxell^[3] and Danny McDonough
• 2012 - David Gorr^[4] and Jason Gray
• 2013 - No induction
• 2014 - Graham Putt^[5]
• 2015 - Van Marcus^[6][7]
• 2016 - Joe Cabret
• 2017 - Manny Stavropoulos
• 2018 - Grant Levy^[8]
• 2019 - Jonathan Karamalikis^[9]
• 2020 - Kahle Burns^[10][11][12] and Lynn Gilmartin^{[13][14][15][16][17]}

Young Achievers[edit]

The APHOF also acknowledges “Young Achievers” each year, with the view to offering continuing encouragement in poker with a potential future induction.

• 2014 - Jarred Graham and Jackie Glazier^[5]
• 2015 - James Obst^[7]
• 2016 - Jeff Rossiter
• 2017 - David Yan
• 2018 - Kahle Burns^[18]
• 2019 - Alex Lynskey
• 2020 - Michael Addamo^[16]

References[edit]

1. ↑'Australian Poker Hall of Fame: Billy 'The Croc' Argyros pokerasiapacific.com'. www.pokerasiapacific.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
2. ↑Pears, Maurie (January 4, 2009). 'The Australian Poker Hall of Fame'. PokerNetwork.Unknown parameter url-status= ignored (help)
3. ↑'Australian Poker Hall of Fame: Leo Boxell pokerasiapacific.com'. www.pokerasiapacific.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
4. ↑'Australian Poker Hall of Fame: David Gorr pokerasiapacific.com'. www.pokerasiapacific.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
5. ↑ ^5.05.1'Graeme Putt inducted into Australian Poker Hall of Fame; Glazier and Graham recognized'. www.pokerasiapacific.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
6. ↑'Players Nominated for Australia Poker Hall of Fame My Blog'. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
7. ↑ ^7.07.1'Australian Poker Hall of Fame: Van Marcus and James Obst'. CalvinAyre.com. 2015-01-29. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
8. ↑'Australian Poker Hall of Fame Inductee: Grant Levy'. www.pokernews.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
9. ↑'Australian Poker Hall of Fame Inductee: Jonathan Karamalikis'. www.pokernews.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
10. ↑Bradley, Lance (2020-01-23). 'Kahle Burns Caps HOF Week with Aussie Millions $100K Challenge Win'. PocketFives. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
11. ↑Smyth, Daniel (January 20, 2020). 'Industry Icons Rise and Legends Fall as Aussie Millions Rolls On'. Cardschat.Unknown parameter url-status= ignored (help)
12. ↑'Gilmartin, Burns Inducted into Australian Poker Hall of Fame'. www.pokernews.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
13. ↑'Lynn Gilmartin, Anchor of the World Poker Tour®, Inducted into Australian Poker Hall of Fame'. Bloomberg. January 21, 2020.Unknown parameter url-status= ignored (help)
14. ↑'Lynn Gilmartin, Anchor of the World Poker Tour®, Inducted into Australian Poker Hall of Fame'. www.businesswire.com. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
15. ↑'Lynn Gilmartin, Anchor of the World Poker Tour®, Inducted into Australian Poker Hall of Fame'. au.finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
16. ↑ ^16.016.1'Australian Poker Hall of Fame: Kahle Burns, Lynn Gilmartin & Michael Addamo Honoured'. Paul Phua Poker. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
17. ↑'Lynn Gilmartin Celebrates Australian Poker Hall of Fame Induction World Poker Tour'. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
18. ↑'Australian Poker Young Achiever Award: Kahle Burns'. www.pokernews.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.

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