Joe Hachem

Hi y'all, I watched the replay Wednesday night of the world poker tour event at the Bellagio won by the former world series main event champ Joe Hachem. For some reason he just chaps my butt. I don't know exactly why I dislike him so much. Does anyone share this opinion. Please comment. Thanks

is it because he overuses the phrase "pass tha suga"? or maybe cuz he looks like Batista? or maybe its just that ozy ozy ozy oy oy oy jibberish...

JOE HACKEM

I think it is because he is not as good a player as he thinks he is !!!

He is not in the same class as the likes of Brunson, Harrington, Negrano to name but a few.

Like Jamie Gold, he happened to hit his cards to win the main event, and gl to him with that.

The only player to win the main event over the past 5 years that I think is a quality player was Greg Raymer. Just my opinion

I agree. Dont like him either. its the ozzie thing 4 sure!!!!!

Ronaldadio - Greg is Great!!

I personally like JH.

He has proved since winning the ME that he is here to stay.

Last year at the WSOP he was desperately unlucky not to win 2 bracelets when he was sucked out on, plus wining the WPT shows him to be a champ.

No doubt he has game, but you forgot to mention all the suck outs he had to get that far.

Sry m8, don`t know what u mean !!!

Unless u mean You put a $1 bet on him to win ME 2007 ???

If you look at Joe before he was the champ he has changed till now.....I think he is a lot more cocky and thinks he i way too good....i mean he is doing better than some(moneymaker) but he just needs to be humble and try to to do even better. I don't like the new Joe where's the old Joe

Leave Joe alone he has done wonders for the poker scene here in Australia, There was hardly anywhere to play poker here live now it is everywhere. And By the way it is
Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi
Get it right,Please.

if thats the correct pronunciation, joe needs to work on it. Zs arent S's and it sounds nothing like you have said when joe chants it. CRIKE!...M8.

he was originally from Lebanon, he's almost got the accent, SS here is pronounced z
and it's Crikey
P.S love the sig

Don't forget, he also won a poker after dark event playing some of those other world champs he's being compared unfavorably to in this thread. He is not a Moneymaker or a Gold. The man has proven with mutiple WSOP final tables, deep finishes in other events, and of course that WPT title that he is the real deal. Like him or not, the man can throw down some cards.

He also won the WSOP Tournament of Champions and had a bunch of cashes at the Aussie Millions playing against the likes of Team Full Tilt

Maybe it's a particular Australian sense of humour or something, or maybe it's just misplaced patriotism (which we're not generally all that big on, BTW) but I'm a fan.

I think he's better than some give him credit for in his chosen games (NLHE, PLO, from memory - think he's said in interviews he's not much for limit or lowball games).

So if you wanna talk annoying Aussie players, then I reckon you're barking up the wrong tree. Unless you've forgotten that we're also responsible for Tony G

Listen, we Americans have the world Phil Helmuth and Mike Matasow. I'm not about to talk about annoying players from any where else in the world...

After taking an enforced (but needed!!) break from online poker for a week, I had the opportunity to catch some TV poker on ESPN who were showing highlights programmes of the WSOP ME. Just so happens that Hachem and N'Guyen were the main feature players on the day 1 coverage that I watched and it was the first time I'd seen Hachem. He was playing on a table of amateurs and was mega-aggressive, perhaps over-aggressive considering he was holding worse hands on most occassions than his opponents and although he forced them off them a lot of times, a lot of the gains he made doing this were wasted by making big raises at wrong times that were called and that cost him large portions of his stack.

In the end he limped through Day one with a lucky suckout against amateur holding AA that went like this. Amateur raises BB to 1200 with A A, Hachem has A K and re-raises pf to 3000, amateur pushes all-in which forced Hachem all-in to call, he looked pretty resigned to defeat but then the flop came down 10 J Q. Unbelievable. He was quite humourous at times but I can see why people can take a dislike to him as he is a real poor loser whenever he loses a pot, also is definitely a bit full of himself and no-one likes to see that unless its done with a bit of style, charisma and class that he lacks.

Btw, I think Tony G. is great. Some of the You Tube vids of him are just hilarious. I would definitely rather be on a table with Joe than Tony!

LOL you auZZies think you know everything! well i tip my hat to ya for knowing the correct spelling of C-R-I-K-E-Y!

He is actually a good player that gets sucked out on alot. Watch the events he played at the WS last year, he got sucked out on a lot to lose. His mechanics were decent, however I haven't seen him play as of late.

I think trying to lump Joe in the same class as J Gold and Moneymaker is doing him a HUGE disservice. I think He got game. He followed his 05 win with a very deep run n the ME of 2006, and had a great record at the 06 WSOP in general, has a WPT title to his credit. Like him or no, the man can play.

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It's wasnt meant as a spelling lesson it was for the pronounciation,
CRIKE Vs CRIKEY big difference.
P.S. im the last person to try and teach people how to spell sorry if i was abrupt.

It's because he chaps your butt...

Why would you like someone who chaps your ass?

Maybe it's because he can't look at the river so he runs over to his wife like a sissy? Or the obviously re-staged ozy ozy ozy after he wins the main event, on espn, when he's looking into the camera like an ass?

I seriously just finished watching that about 5 minutes ago on my DVR


i thought he played extremely well and hes pretty funny

only thing i dont like about him is that he complains quite a bit which is not a good characteristic of a poker player even though most of us possess it.

i say give him his dues.... he's done wonders for the game in aussie. an this is coming from a kiwi. the games takin off in new zealand now aswell so give him the respect he deserves. if you have a WSOP win under your belt comment if not wise up

I give Hachem less respect than Varkonyi because of his complaining. It's one thing to be lucky and win the ME, but to dodge something like 8k people, (Skill<Luck) then turn into a whiner is another. It could be worse, if you're name is Jamie Gold.

Joe H. one of the better recent WSOP main event winners, right up there with greg raymer.

im an aussie - and that ozi, ozi, ozi thing is just embarrasing. I think you'll find most aussies agree.

I watched him play a wsop final (don't know which one) and he was most disrespectful of a "relative newcomer" to the circuit and was arrogant and trying to throw his weight around, but pulled his head in when the said target had half his stack.

seems like a smart-arse to me, but now plays poker for a living, so i guess i'm jealous now as well!

Anyone who criticizes Hachem's poker skills, or thinks he was just lucky needs to get a clue. He has had tons of success sine his ME win, including PAD, WPT, and deep runs in the ME and other tournaments.
Say what you want about his personality and whether or not like him, but his ability at the poker table is undeniable.
Even Danial Negreanu (everyone's favorite calling station) thinks so: read his comments here.

I like Joe Hachem he seems a genuine 'as on screen' type of person

As for Aussie Aussie Aussie - its not his or Australian

Max Boyce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

'As such, he was rarely seen on stage in his early years without a Welsh rugby beanie and scarf, and a leek or daffodil. Boyce is often credited with popularising the originally- Cornish "Oggy Oggy Oggy" chant amongst Welsh rugby supporters, having used this cry to excite his concert audiences throughout his rise to stardom in the 1970s.'

I really rate JH highly. I think he is a fantastic player and fun. I feel he is better than raymer (although I rate Raymer)

Just out of interest Varkoni (sp?) is the worst ever, I actually hate that guy.

'As such, he was rarely seen on stage in his early years without a Welsh rugby beanie and scarf, and a leek or daffodil. Boyce is often credited with popularising the originally- Cornish "Oggy Oggy Oggy" chant amongst Welsh rugby supporters, having used this cry to excite his concert audiences throughout his rise to stardom in the 1970s.'[/quote]

They know this. It's an adaptation from a song like most football chants.

the oi oi oi thing was also really popular with the 70/80 punk bands i think?

Oi had its own subset of punk - but I'm pretty sure you'll find the Aussie Aussie Aussie chant has little if anything to do with it.

It's something you shout at football matches or whatever, don't bother reading too much into it - because gawd knows we don't :P

And for the record, Aussie is pronounced excactly the same way as Ozzy Osbourne's first name

WRONG. He hit his cards like everyone does but Joe Hachem also won consistently after the Main Event.
Take a look at these Records:As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $10,400,000.[3] He is only the second poker player, after Jamie Gold, to have career earnings of over $10 million.[4]
Hachem won "World Series of Poker Champions II" on NBC's Poker After Dark on a table consisting of Main Event winners Doyle Brunson, Greg Raymer, Jamie Gold, Huck Seed and Johnny Chan whom he defeated heads up to win $120,000.

The Victorian Championships
Event #13 - No Limit Hold'em 3rd $49,205 Aug 2, 20072007 Crown Aussie Millions Championship
Event #9 - No Limit Hold'em Championship 23rd $45,560 Jan 19, 2007 Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 5
WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship Doyle Brunson North American Classic 1st $2,182,075 Dec 19, 2006
37th Annual World Series of Poker
Event #29 - WSOP Pot Limit Hold'em 4th $90,482 Jul 19, 2006

At least Joe knows that a pair of Jacks does not beat a straight.

Unlike his brother