Former WSOP Main Event Champion Joseph Hachem says to keep it simple and enjoy it. watch
Joseph Hachem beings his defense of poker's World Championship in the last opening round session of the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event. The Australian, a former Chiropractor, bested a then record-setting field of 5,600 players to win $7.5 million. Not since Johnny Chan won back-to-back titles in 1987 and 1988 has a player repeated as World Champion, and to do so, Hachem will have to beat more than 3,000 more players than he did last year. The final session of the Opening Round also features former champions Chris Moneymaker and Robert Varkonyi, plus a champion of a different sort: World Heavyweight Champion, Lennox Lewis. watch
Winning the Main Event at the World Series of Poker would grant any poker player icon status within the poker fraternity. Featured at this Main Event poker table is a few individuals who know all about icon status such as Scotty Nguyen (1998 WSOP Main Event Champion), Joseph Hachem (2005 WSOP Main Event Champion), and Jamie Gold (2006 WSOP Main Event Champion) watch