Nolan Dalla introduces Poker Hall of Fame entrant Dan Harrington, as captured by our cameras from the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event in November. This speech was given during the Hall of Fame ceremonies which took place just prior to the Final Table of the Main Event playing out. Each of the two elected members of the Poker Hall of Fame 2010 class were introduced by a speech, as Erik Seidel was introduced by a representative of the player voting committee, which was Doyle Brunson. For Dan Harrington’s introduction speech, a representative member of the media voting committee delivered the speech, as given here by Nolan Dalla.
Dalla is a poker media icon who regularly works and writes updates for the World Series of Poker’s WSOP.com website. He co-authored one of the most applauded books in poker history in “One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey ‘the Kid’ Ungar, the World’s Greatest Poker Player” which was published by Atria Books back in 2005 and has been optioned for a movie by Warner Brother Studios.
In his speech, he talked about not just how much Dan Harrington is appreciated for his skills at the poker table, but for his contributions off the felt as well. Dalla said, “By giving something back, I mean making the game better by being involved in it. Poker is a better game and there is undoubtedly many more great players because of Dan’s extraordinary contributions to strategy in the form of books called ‘Harrington on Hold’em’ as many of you probably have them. So with all due respect to Doyle, who is also up here, these works have been universally acclaimed as the best contribution to poker in the last 20 years.”
Dan Harrington, now a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, has two World Series of Poker Bracelets to his credit, including the 1995 $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event title. He also won a World Poker Tour title and has in excess of $6,600,000 in lifetime live tournament earnings.
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