Joe Hachem Enters Poker Superstardom - 12-21-06

December 21 - Joseph Hachem, the 2005 World Series of Poker Final Event Champion has put a stop to criticism that he was a one hit wonder, and won the very tough Five Diamond North American Poker Classic at the Bellagio, crushing an super competitive field of 583 players...

However, many people who backed Hachem as a poker Superstar of the future feel vindicated after this win.

This makes Hachem, one of  only four people who have won both a World Series Final Event and a World Poker Tour event. The others were Doyle Brunson, Carlos Mortenson and Scotty Nguyen. That is Poker Super Stardom if anything is.

Hachem defeated former NFL player Jim Hanna in the final, after Hanna disposed of the new all-time WPT money leader Daniel Negreanu. It was just Hanna's second World Poker Tour. We expect there will be many more.

Outside of the final table, the big stories of the weekend centered around Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi winning the CardPlayer Player of the Year title and the depth of the field. Every day one table had multiple famous faces, with some table holding as many as seven well-known pros. Regardless of who the victor was, the win here was going to represent a remarkable achievement. That it was Hachem just made it more so.

Hachem endorses Poker Stars along with Greg Raymer and Chris Moneymaker. Read our Poker Stars review.

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