"Official" ESPN Coverage of WSOP Main Event: Final Table

[AEKDBet]

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i'm not sure if this point has been made before, but does Joe Hachem give anybody else an Australian Josh Arieh vibe?


PASS THE SUGAH.

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Not cocky enough

-or confident enough, you choose your connotation

[Dynasty]

Hand 226 - Steve Dannenmann has the button in seat 8, he raises to $750,000, Hachem calls, and Barch moves all in for $5,650,000, pushing his chips out in front of him.

The action is back to Dannenmann, who says, "Call," and then Hachem tells the dealer to wait, before he calls as well. (Neither of the big stacks raised, so all three players are in for $5,650,000 each.)

The players must be as tired as the spectators (and the media), unless they all woke up to great hands. There is still a side pot at stake, so the hole cards won't be revealed yet.

The flop comes 10c-3d-2d, and both players check the side pot. The turn card is the Qh, and they check the side pot again. The river card is the 9c, and they check again. Time to see what they have!

Hachem shows pocket jacks, Dannenmann has pocket sevens, and I heard that Barch had A-6. (I couldn't see the cards on the monitor.) Hachem wins a pot worth over $16,000,000, and Tex Barch is eliminated in third place, earning $2,500,000.


Joseph Hachem - $39,995,000
Steve Dannenmann - $16,350,000

[Dynasty]

One great parts of the 2003 WSOP was that Moneymake and Farha played quite a bit of heads-up poker. Last year, Raymer busted Williams in 7 or 8 hands.

This year, Hachem and Dannenmann played just six hands before it was all over.

If you're Danneman, do you push or just call like he did?

[SoloAJ]

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Hachem doesn't seem to have much of an identity yet.


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I figure this was actually quite fitting. Listening to the Cardplayer broadcast that is kind of the impression I got. I was rooting for him after Mike went out just because I wanted to pick someone to root for...and I just happened to be rootin for the winna.

I think he laid low through a lot of the final table though, so I'm guessing that kinda fits he didn't get an identity.

[Dynasty]

Hand 228 - Steve Dannenmann has the button, he raises to $750,000, and Hachem calls. The flop comes Qh-5s-2c, Hachem checks, Dannenmann bets $750,000, and Hachem calls. The turn card is the 6h, Hachem checks, Dannenmann bets $1,450,000, and Hachem calls. The river card pairs the board with the Qc, Hachem checks, Dannenmann bets $2,000,000, and Hachem calls. Dannenmann shows Js-6d (pair of sixes), and Hachem mucks his cards. Dannenmann wins the pot.

[istewart]

wtf Dynasty...

[Dynasty]

Hand 232 - Steve Dannenmann has the button, he raises to $700,000, and Hachem calls. The flop comes 6h-5d-4d, Hachem checks, Dannenmann bets $700,000, Hachem raises to $1,700,000, and Dannenmann calls. The turn card is the As, Hachem bets $2,000,000, and Dannenmann slowly raises to $5,000,000, Hachem reraises all in, and Dannenmann immediately calls. Hachem shows 7c-3s (seven-high straight), while Dannenman has Ad-3c (top pair). Dannenmann needs to catch a seven on the river to chop the pot with equal straights.

The entire crowd is on their feet as the river card comes. There are only three cards that can keep Hachem from becoming champion.

The river card is the 4c! Joseph Hachem has just become the 2005 World Series of Poker champion.

Aussie fans have longed to hear it!

[swiftrhett]

Did anyone just notice Alex from amazing race 7 in the audience?