{"id":325274,"date":"2024-07-15T18:35:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T23:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=325274"},"modified":"2024-07-16T10:06:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T15:06:56","slug":"patrik-antonius-makes-2024-poker-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/patrik-antonius-makes-2024-poker-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrik Antonius Makes 2024 Poker Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finland\u2019s finest, Patrik Antonius, has been inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame<\/a>. Antonius faded competition from poker legends like Mike \u201cThe Mouth\u201d Matusow, Ted Forrest, and Barny Boatman — all fellow nominees this year — to win the only spot available in 2024.<\/p>\n

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Patrik Antonius, above, was part of a new wave of players who changed the way the game was played in the mid-2000s. It\u2019s crazy to think that these players are now hitting 40, therefore qualifying as \u201clegends.\u201d (Image: )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Antonius has booked almost $23 million in gross live tournament wins, according to the Hendon Mob database. But the bulk of his winnings have surely come from online cash games, which are less easily quantifiable.<\/p>\n

“In the modern era of poker, few have been as bold and fearless as Patrik Antonius,” said Ty Stewart, Executive Director of the World Series of Poker. “A force both online and live, we\u2019re thrilled to see Patrik\u2019s high-stakes career acknowledged by legends who have added the first international player to the Poker Hall of Fame in a number of years.”<\/p>\n

New Wave<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Antonius was part of the first wave of online players who demanded to be taken seriously.<\/p>\n

Chris Moneymaker won the World Series in 2003 after qualifying via an online satellite. Subsequent fields were swollen by online qualifiers who believed they could emulate Moneymaker\u2019s feat.<\/p>\n

This new injection of liquidity pumped the prize pools to dizzying heights, which in turn attracted more players, kickstarting the poker boom of the mid-2000s.<\/p>\n

However, \u201conline player\u201d was still a dirty word among the seasoned live pros, who understood — rightly — that Moneymaker was a stroke of luck, and — wrongly — that internet players were a flash in the pan.<\/p>\n

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Internet players like Antonius, Noah Boeken, Andrew Robl, David Benefield, Phil Galfond, Tom Dwan, and others, not only made names for themselves, but began to change the very dynamics of the live game, three-betting and four-betting with far greater regularity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Antonius — a promising tennis player until his career was cut short by injury — was arguably the leader of the pack, and his nosebleed online cash-game battles with the likes of Phil Ivey, Dwan, Viktor \u201cIsildur\u201d Blom, and Ilari \u201cZiigmund\u201d Sahamies were the stuff of legend in the late 2000s.<\/p>\n

Antonius remains the winner of the largest online pot of all time. He scooped $1,356,947 in a hand against Blom in 2009.<\/p>\n

Life Begins at 40<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s incredible to think that this new wave of young players are all now pushing 40. Antonius is 43. It\u2019s a condition that Hall of Fame nominees must be over 40, so expect more of their ilk to be inducted in the next few years.<\/p>\n

Another condition for prospective inductees is that they must have stood the test of time, continuously playing at the highest level while maintaining the respect of their peers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Antonius continues to be a dominant force in live high-roller tournaments and in high-stakes games online.<\/p>\n

“This is a very big honor to become a new Hall of Famer,” Antonius said in a statement. “The last 24-25 years with poker went pretty fast. I think I’m going to stick around for a long time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finland\u2019s finest, Patrik Antonius, has been inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. Antonius faded competition from poker legends like Mike \u201cThe Mouth\u201d Matusow, Ted Forrest, and Barny Boatman — all fellow nominees this year — to win the only spot available in 2024. Antonius has booked almost $23 million in gross live tournament wins, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":325275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83771,14],"tags":[91687,86599],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPatrik Antonius Makes 2024 Poker Hall of Fame<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Finnish poker legend Patrik Antonius inducted into Poker Hall of Fame, first of the so-called new wave of online players to make the grade\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/patrik-antonius-makes-2024-poker-hall-of-fame\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patrik Antonius Makes 2024 Poker Hall of Fame\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Finnish poker legend Patrik Antonius inducted into Poker Hall of Fame, first of the so-called new wave of online players to make the grade\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/patrik-antonius-makes-2024-poker-hall-of-fame\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-15T23:35:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-16T15:06:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/patrik.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1016\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"769\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/patrik-antonius-makes-2024-poker-hall-of-fame\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/patrik-antonius-makes-2024-poker-hall-of-fame\/\",\"name\":\"Patrik Antonius Makes 2024 Poker Hall of Fame\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/patrik-antonius-makes-2024-poker-hall-of-fame\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/patrik-antonius-makes-2024-poker-hall-of-fame\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/patrik.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-15T23:35:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-16T15:06:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Finnish poker legend Patrik Antonius inducted into Poker Hall of Fame, first of the so-called new wave of online players to make the grade\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/patrik-antonius-makes-2024-poker-hall-of-fame\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/patrik-antonius-makes-2024-poker-hall-of-fame\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/patrik-antonius-makes-2024-poker-hall-of-fame\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/patrik.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/patrik.jpg\",\"width\":1016,\"height\":769,\"caption\":\"Patrik Antonius, above, was part of a new wave of players who changed the way the game was played in the mid-2000s. 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