Posted on 07/16/2005 9:00:57 AM PDT by Phantom Lord
A new champion: Joseph Hachem wins the heads-up duel to claim the WSOP title
A remarkable 5,619 players signed up for the legendary $10,000 buy-in main event, which began on July 7. At 7 am July 16, a new champion was crowned: Joseph Hachem from Melbourne, Australia. This is Hachem's first WSOP event, ever. A dedicated poker player, he chose to wait until his children were older before making the journey to Vegas to participate in the world series.
One of these days I will play in the WSOP main event, I know I can make top twenty easily.
http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/broadcast.asp
The 2005 World Series of Poker and WSOP Circuit Tournaments will be televised Tuesdays on ESPN
beginning July 19, 2005. Please check your local listings for more details.
I JUST missed qualifying for this on the ESPN.com Degree Challengen game they had. I came in 4th....
ohh well, next year :)
Maybe it's not as easy as you think?
Because I normally come in the top ten in most multi table tournaments I enter. I win an average of five single tables a day when I do the internet. Its a matter of hand selection,skill and patience and listening to Kenny Rogers.
Thats all well and good. But playing against 100 people is far different than playing against nearly 6,000 over 7 days.
You know, when you are at the actual table, you don't get to see your opponents cards, right? :P
The largest I have played is 3200, I came in 4th and earned 18 thousand.
I know that, lol. I prefer live games over the internet. Phoenix 5 casinos relatively nearby that has poker, a couple of them have regular tourneys.
I wish we could edit post for grammatical errors. I meant to say I prefer REAL life games over the internet and Phoenix has 5 casinos relatively nearby that has live poker and tournaments.
No string posting....
;^)
Looks like a lot of big names finished out of the money. The defending champ did pretty well. It seems like Phil Helmuth had a pathetic series. Only 1 top ten in a rather minor event.
I like when The Whiner does poorly.
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