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Name: Joe Hachem
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Cashes: 32
Total Winnings: $10,561,131
First Place Finishes: 2
WSOP Bracelets: 1
Marital Status: married
Children: 4
Started Playing Poker: 10 years
Favorite Poker Game: Texas Hold'em
Ambition: Look after my family, my mum, my kids.
Hobbies: Golf
Poker Players I Respect Most: Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer, after all i followed in their footsteps to win the biggest event in the history of poker
2nd Highest Money Maker in Poker
Name: Daniel Negreanu AKA "Kid Poker"
Location: Las Vegas, NV, United States
Cashes: 114
Total Winnings: $10,920,135
First Place Finishes: 25
WSOP Bracelets: 4
Pro Rank 1 Position: 258
Age: 34
Started Playing Poker: At the age of 15
Favorite Poker Game: NL Omaha 8
Hobbies: Golf, Fantasy Hockey Leagues, Movies, ping pong
Favorite Movie: Good Will Hunting
Favorite Music: Indigo Girls
Favorite Place: Las Vegas
Favorite Celebrity: Michael Jordan, for his motivation and
Poker Players I Respect Most: Jennifer Harman-for making it to the top of a 'man's' world Allen Cunningham-for his ability and table demeanor Ted Forrest-simply the best Mickey Coleman-for playing his best game 365 days a year even though the money is insignificant Harry and Jerri Thomas-for having a wonderful family with poker being an important part of their lifestyle at the same time
If I could change anything in the world: The divorce rate. If there wasn’t such a high number of a single parent household, this would be a better place. It's tough for any child to grow up without a father and a mother fulltime. People should take marriage more seriously, you don't just do it then 'change your mind'.
If I could change anything in the poker world: Flatter payout structure for final table
Famous Poker Players
Jamie Gold
Name: Jamie Gold
Location: Malibu, CA, United States
Cashes: 16
Total Winnings: $12,183,572
First Place Finishes: 2
WSOP Bracelets: 1
ProRank 1 Position: 1159
Favorite Poker Game: Texas Hold'em
Hobbies: Live music, producing television and great food
Favorite Celebrity: Will Ferrel
Poker Players I Respect Most: 10 Times WSOP bracelet winner Johnny Chan, who has given me poker tips and tutorials
Poker A Family Of Cards
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually (but not always) hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown (in some games, the pot is split between the high and low hands), limits on bets and how many rounds of betting are allowed. In most modern poker games, the first round of betting begins with some form of forced bet. The action then proceeds to the left. Each player in turn must either match the maximum previous bet or fold, losing all further interest in the hand. A player who matches a bet may also raise, increasing the bet. The betting round ends when all players have either matched the last bet or folded. If all but one player fold on any round, the remaining player collects the pot without showing his hand. If more than one player remains in contention after the final betting round, the hands are shown and the winning hand takes the pot.
Players feel that this betting system distinguishes poker from gambling games. With the minor exception of initial forced bets, money is only placed into the pot voluntarily by a player who, at least in theory, rationally believes the bet has positive expected value. Thus while the outcome of any particular hand is determined mostly by chance, the long-run expectations of the players are determined mostly by their actions chosen based on probability and psychology.
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