Matt Savage has been revealed as one of the ten nominees for the 2016 edition of the Poker Hall of Fame. The list with the finalists’ names was officially announced on the World Series of Poker (WSOP) website after all of them have been approved by the Governing Council of PHOF. This is not the first nomination for Savage to enter the Poker Hall of Fame, as he was inducted as a finalist back in 2003, too.
The 47-year-old Savage is known as an American tournament director of poker events worldwide. He has also taken part in a great number of various tournament series and casino companies over the years, not to mention the fact he has also worked at most jobs in a standard poker room, including dealing, chips selling, floorman and lead floorman. Back in 1998, he realised that running poker tournaments was what he loved, so he started a job as a substitute tournament director.
Soon enough, he took the position of a lead tournament director. After that, the American has acted as an official at a number of gambling and poker events which were broadcast on TV, such as the World Series of Poker (WSOP) from 2002 to 2004, Bay 101’s Shooting Star which was televised as part of the World Poker Tour (WPT), King of Vegas and Poker Dome Challenge. Mr. Savage has appeared in over 300 poker shows broadcast on a variety of TV channels such as ESPN, Fox Sports, GSN, etc.
Apart from his vast experience in the business, Matt Savage is widely-known also for his extensive work in line of creating standard poker tournament rules worldwide. Along with Linda Johnson, he is one of the founders of the Tournament Directors Association (TDA) which was established in 2001. After the organisation has been created, it turned into the standard for tournament rules on a global scale. Up to date, this standard is used in the majority of poker tournaments and events around the world, including the WSOP.
Savage is a keen poker player, too. He cashed for the first time in 2009, in two events of the WSOP. This year, he took part of the Series’ 47th edition, entering the $2,500 Buy-in Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event and ranked 23rd, taking home a prize of $5,942.
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Harry Evans
