Joe Hachem is a Lebanese-Australian poker player. He was born on November 3^rd 1996 in Lebanon, and his family moved to Australia in 1972. 

Before Joe started to play poker full time, he was working as a chiropractor. He had to give up his career due to a rare blood disorder which meant that he could not use his hands fully – impairing his ability to do his job. He switched to a mortgage broker job, and started to focus more on playing poker, which had been a casual hobby for much of his adult life.

Joe had harbored dreams of playing in the World Series of Poker Main Event for many years. He had believed that it would not be possible, as he had financial commitments and a large family to look after, but, in 2005 his dream became a reality. 

He placed 10^th in a small tournament, and won $28,000. He used $10,000 to buy in to the 2005 World Series of Poker, where he made it through to the main event, and eventually clawed out a chip lead with only 3 players remaining. He defeated Steve Dannenmann in the final hand, taking a record-breaking $7,500,000 prize. 

Defending his title in 2006, Joe Hachem managed a 238^th place finish, taking a prize of $42,882 – he was the last of the main event champions to be eliminated. Later that year he went on to win a $2 million prize and the World Poker Tour title at the Bellagio Casino.

Joe Hachem appeared in Poker Superstars III, although he fell just short of the points required to make it into the Super 16 round. He also competed in the World Series of Poker Champions II tournament, which was featured on the NBC show Poker After Dark – he won $120,000 – defeating fellow champions such as Jamie Gold and Johnny Chan.

Joe has won more than $10 million in his career so far, and is second only to Jamie Gold in career winnings. He had a good track record in Australian poker tournaments before his WSOP win.

Joe acts as a spokesperson for the PokerStars online poker room – the same company that Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer represent. He can be found playing online quite often.

Joe remains quite grounded, saying that even $1 million would have changed his life, and he is happy that he has achieved his poker dreams, and can now use the prize money to look after his family and friends, and have fun.