Tony Hachem
| Tony Hachem | |
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| Born | 3 June 1972 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Australian |
| Other names | Hach |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🏢 Organization | Hachem Management Group |
| Known for | Former Team PokerStars PRO Australia |
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Tony Hachem is a former Team Australia PokerStars Pro player.[1], best known for winning back-to-back Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) titles in 2009 and 2010.[2] He is the brother of 2005 World Series of Poker Champion Joe Hachem.
Tony is a regular on the Australian poker circuit with more than US$1 million in prize money to his name including victory in the ANZPT Perth main event in 2010[3] for US$121,523. He finished 37th in the 2011 WSOP main event for a career-high cash of US$196,174.
Hachem is the managing director of Hachem Management Group and the founder of “ALL in for Charity” and “Poker with the Stars”, a company that organizes high-end red carpet events featuring keynote speakers and appearances by various celebrities and media personalities.
Early life[edit]
Hachem was born on 3 June 1972. When he was six months old, he and his family migrated to Melbourne where he was raised by his mother Labibe Sukkar-Hachem and his uncles Mansour, Bechara and Dieb Sukkar. He is one of three children alongside older brother Joe and his middle brother Elei, who passed away in a tragic car accident in 1987[4]
Hachem began his working career as an accountant for various accountancy firms around Melbourne, before moving into hospitality as owner of the iconic Melbourne eatery Barfly’s Café in 2001.
Poker career[edit]
Hachem began playing poker in 1999 in home games organized by his brother Joe.
His first real taste of the now popular variant Texas Hold’em came in 2003 after Melbourne’s Crown Casino introduced weekly tournaments and cash games.
Hachem primarily played Limit Hold’em during his early days at Crown, ranging from $30/$60 up to $40/$80, but he told PokerNews Australasia in a later interview that his focus changed after being on the rail in Las Vegas when Joe won the 2005 WSOP main event and its US$7.5 million first prize.[5]
He told PokerNews Australasia that he began taking poker seriously after his brother won the WSOP main event, with the goal of making a name for himself in the industry.[6]
The birth of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) in 2007 and Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) two years later saw Hachem playing more tournaments as a new member of PokerStars Team Australia.
In 2009 he was crowned inaugural ANZPT Player of the Year after making the money in four of the five Season 1 tour events. He was rewarded with an AU$55,000 cash prize.
In 2010, Hachem began his Player of the Year title defence by winning his first major main event title at ANZPT Perth, taking home AU$132,750 (US$121,523) in the process[7]. However, coming into the final event of Season 2 in Darwin he sat third on the POTY points table behind John Maklouf and Andrew Scarf.
After both Maklouf and Scarf were eliminated before the money, Hachem only needed to cash to secure his second straight POTY title. He eventually finished 10th to ensure he went back-to-back[8]. His prize for winning Player of the Year again in 2010 was another AU$60,000.
Hachem said at the time that winning consecutive ANZPT Player of the Year titles and a main event trophy at ANZPT Perth in 2010 provided validation that he was a formidable player in his own right[9].
In 2011, Hachem made a deep run in the WSOP main event, eventually finishing 37th from a field of 6,865 players for a career-best score of US$196,174. He has a total of nine career WSOP cashes to his name[10]. He has played in some of the biggest events in the world including on the World Poker Tour (WPT), European Poker Tour (EPT) and Asian Poker Tour (APT).
Other work[edit]
Hachem established Hachem Management Group (HMG) in 2011.
HMG is an events management company that accesses high-end celebrities from the television, music and sporting worlds, as well as media personalities, to entertain corporate clients while helping raise funds and awareness for various charities.
HMG cites its goal as being to captivate, educate and to entertain its guests along with trying to change the perception of poker as a “Sport of Minds.” HMG’s current charitable beneficiary is the Australian Sports Foundation and its Giving4Grassroots program.
HMG’s regular signature charity events include “All in for Charity” and “Poker with the Stars” – targeting corporate clients and attended by a number of celebrities and media personalities that include the likes of cricket legends Shane Warne, Ian Botham and Merv Hughes, Australian Olympic champion John Steffensen, NRL stars Andrew Johns, Willie Mason and coaching great Craig Bellamy, AFL greats Brendan Fevola, Ben Johnson, Wayne Carey, Anthony Koutoufides, Campbell Brown, Adam Goodes and Kevin Sheedy, plus musicians Havana Brown, Anthony Callea and Tim Campbell.
Family[edit]
Hachem is married to wife Jessica. The pair have three children together: Eliana-Lulu, Elijah-Joseph, and Emily-Jean.
References[edit]
- ↑ Team PokerStars Pro Australia's Tony Hachem wins the inaugural ANZPT Perth. The Hendon Mob, 21 March 2011.
- ↑ "Tony Hachem wins ANZPT Player of the Year…again!". PokerStars Blog.
- ↑ "ANZPT Perth: Another chapter written in the Hachem history". PokerStars Blog.
- ↑ The pride of Australia. joehachem.com. 31 May 2011.
- ↑ "WSOP Player Profile: Joe Hachem". WSOP.
- ↑ “Q&A: Tony Hachem”. PokerNews Australasia, Mar/Apr 2010 issue.
- ↑ Tony Hachem wins ANZPT Perth main event. card player.com, 22 March 2010.
- ↑ Tony Hachem wins ANZPT Player of the Year ... again! www.pokerstarsblog.com
- ↑ “On top of the world”. PokerNews Australasia, Jan/Feb 2011 issue.
- ↑ Tony Sachem. Hendon Mob Database.
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