Current World Series of Poker (WSOP) Champion Joe Hachem has inked a deal with one of the top online poker rooms, PokerStars.com, to become an officially sponsored ambassador for the website. Hachem becomes the third consecutive WSOP Champion, after Chris Moneymaker in 2003 and Greg Raymer last year, to sign on with PokerStars.com.
The 39-year-old Hachem was born in Lebanon, and was raised in Australia. He currently resides in Melbourne with his family. Before becoming a full-time poker professional, Hachem worked as a chiropractor and mortgage broker.
After hearing that a friend won a seat in the WSOP through PokerStars.com, Hachem decided to go to Las Vegas to compete in the WSOP as well. He finished 10th place in his first event, netting $28,000 for his efforts. Using $10,000 of his winnings to post the buy-in fee, Hachem proceeded to enter the WSOP main event and subsequently blew through the record 5,000+ field of players to win poker's greatest prize.
Having become quite the celebrity, appearing on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno among many other media outlets, Hachem's signing is sure to further bolster the PokerStars.com company profile. Over the last three years, PokerStars.com has been the largest source of entrants into the WSOP. In 2005 alone, over 1,000 people qualified through PokerStars.com satellite tournaments.
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