Sunday, July 17, 2005
Australian wins World Series of Poker
Joseph Hachem, a 39 year old chiropractor from Australia has won the 2005 World Series of Poker down in Las Vegas. The tournament will be shown on ESPN on tuesday nites starting July 19th and lasting for 3 months. The winning hand was a 3-7 straight, his winnings were 7.5 million dollars. Annie Duke, the top ranked women's player, was eliminated on day 4 of the tournament. She lived for a number of years in Columbus, MT (40 miles from Billings) and often played poker at the Crystal Lounge in Billings. She was quoted last month in Sports Illustrated as saying, "I would often drive 40 miles on sheer ice to go play poker." Joseph Hachem said that he is not sure what he will do with his winnings.
