Hachem Reflects on Life-Changing Poker Journey
Since winning the 2005 WSOP Main Event the Australian poker superstar has traveled the world as a poker ambassador, played countless tournaments and claimed a World Poker Tour tournament. Oh yeah, he also won nearly $4 million actually playing poker during that span. The times are changing for Hachem, however, as last month he announced he was leaving long-time sponsor PokerStars, which he helped build into the biggest online poker room in the world.
Dempsey, Dwan Crush Aussie Millions Day 1b
All three players recorded solid days but went into overdrive in the last two levels of the day to finish with huge stacks. Dempsey finished as the chip leader with 189,000 while James bagged up 151k and Dwan ended with 107k. A total of 187 players made an appearance on Day 1b, which was a decent jump from the 153 on Day 1a.
Waking Life: Spotlight on Aussie Matt Wakeman
The 26-year-old from Newcastle, New South Wales, has earned hundreds of thousands dollars online and made it into the top 10 ranked players on PocketFives last month and #1 on the Australian rankings. Despite earnings hundreds of thousands of dollars online, Wakeman is modest about making it into the PocketFive top 10 global ratings. “It’s a nice achievement but at the same time it’s a bit embarrassing,” he said
Aussie Millions: Brett Watson Dominates Main Event Day 1a
The 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event kicked off Sunday in Melbourne and things could not have gone better for Brett Watson. The Australian bagged up 257,400 chips at the end of the night and finds himself more than 80,000 clear of his closest competitor.
Joe Hachem Enters Partnership with AsianLogic
The 2005 WSOP Main Event champion announced the new partnership during a press conference at the Crown Casino in Hachem’s hometown of Melbourne, Australia, where the Aussie Millions is currently taking place. “Recently I left my biggest sponsor and basically it was about not living out of a suitcase all the time and being able to spend more time at home with my family,” said Hachem. AsianLogic may not be nearly as established as sites like PokerStars or PartyPoker but operates a number of Asian online casinos and poker rooms on the Playtech software platform
Historic 10th Aussie Millions ME Set for Sunday
The $10,000 (AUD) Main Event of the 10th Anniversary Aussie Millions begins on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. local time. Throughout its 10 years of existence the Aussie Millions has awarded millions of dollars and produced such notable winners as Lee Nelson, Gus Hansen, Tyron Krost and Alexander Kostritsyn.
Freeroll Spotlight: Last Aussie Millions Shot on 888poker
Taking place later today at 20:00 EDT the 888poker Aussie Millions Qualifier will award at least two AUD$10,600 seats into the massive Australian live tournament. At the time this article was published there were already 194 players signed up for the qualifier, good enough for nine seats to the Aussie Millions. While not a freeroll (direct buy-in is $525), it is possible to make it into the massive qualifier for as little as $1.10 in the sub-qualifiers
Freeroll Spotlight: Last Aussie Millions Shot on 888poker
Taking place later today at 20:00 EDT the 888poker Aussie Millions Qualifier will award at least two AUD$10,600 seats into the massive Australian live tournament.
Joe Hachem and PokerStars Part Ways
The Australian poker icon’s contract with Stars recently expired and the two parties have elected not to renew their agreement.