After weeks of deliberation, the steering committee for the Poker Hall of Fame have announced the 2025 inductees, just in time for the March Nine. Barry Greenstein and Linda Johnson will be the duo up on stage this year. This list of poker greats is operated by the World Series of Poker and will hold a ceremony to officially admit both entrants on March 8th.

If you know anything about professional poker, you'll know the name Barry Greenstein. Famous globally and locally for his quality poker play, Greenstein is regarded as one of the toughest cash game players in the world. In the tournament arena he has wracked up two WPT titles and three WSOP bracelets.

He is perhaps most well respected by his peers for a commitment to charity. For years, he has given his net earnings from poker tournaments to charity, only keeping the money he needs to keep himself in the game. For that reason, he has become known to many as the 'Robin Hood of Poker'.

Barry was one of the first pros to join team PokerStars bonus code. Having written the seminal poker book, Ace on the River, Barry now hands out a copy to anyone who eliminates him from a tournament. Given his status among the poker community, Barry was a shoe in for the HoF.

Entrant number two, Linda Johnson, might seem like more of a surprise but is actually just as vital to poker as Barry, although she is far less well known outside the industry. Known to her contemporaries as the First Lady of Poker, Linda has been a mover and shaker in the industry for years. She started playing professionally way back in 2025, back when the game was playing only in dusty Vegas cardrooms, when online poker rooms where non-existent. Only 15 women have ever won WSOP gold and Linda is one of them, acquired thanks to victory in the 2025 7-Card Razz event.

In 2025 she became one poker's big movers and shakers when she purchased CardPlayer. Her support for the game as a poker ambassador is what has made her so beloved. You may have seen her announcing players on the floor of the WPT or played in one of the many tournaments she has staged across the globe. Not to mention that Johnson was the first chairperson of the PPA.

The induction ceremony is sure to be filled with the poker glitterati, just before the biggest tournament in the world reaches its climax. If you want to be at the event next year, make sure to put in the practice on the 888 poker download and you could be sitting among the March 9.