Poker Champion is Signed by PokerStar.com
6 November 2005

Recently, the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Champion, Joe Hachem signed an agreement with the world’s largest poker tournament site, PokerStars.com. Hachem was the proud winner of a record top cash prize of $7.5 million dollars at the World Series of Poker which took place this past July in Las Vegas. Joe Hachem has agreed to represent PokerStars as both an ambassador and sponsored player.

This signing of Joe Hachem provides PokerStars with their third World Series of Poker Champion representative. Currently, PokerStars has Chris Moneymaker, the 2003 WSOP champion and Greg Raymer, the 2004 WSOP champion, both of which are exclusive representatives of PokerStars. Now with the addition of Hachem, PokerStars has succeeded in obtaining the 3 most recent World Series of Poker Champions. What’s more is that PokerStars also has Tom McEvoy as apart of their team. McEvoy was not only the 1983 WSOP champion, but he is also a renowned poker author.

It is interesting to note that while the former World Series of Poker champions, Moneymaker and Raymer achieved their success at WSOP through PokerStars.com, 39 year old Hachem achieved his fame and fortune through a close friend. Hachem placed 10th after entering the first WSOP event of the year, and walked away with $28 thousand dollars. Then after being encouraged by his wife to enter into the $10,000 No Limit Texas Hold’em Tournament that took place at the Rio Hotel and Casino, Hachem went on to win the largest cash prize in poker history - $7.5 million dollars. What’s even more impressive is that Hachem had to go though 5,618 players to become the top prize winner.

Hachem has said that joining PokerStars seemed like the only natural thing to do, especially since that was where he really learned what tournament poker is all about. Due to the wide range of games and tournaments he was able to choose from, Hachem says that he became a skilled player in just a short time. He also said that if his Australian friend had not qualified at PokerStars, he would never have gone to the World Series of Poker. Hachem believes that PokerStars.com is the “gateway to making poker dreams come true and becoming a world champion."