Joe Hachem to Play a Movie Role

The famous poker name - Joe Hachem is set to take on a role outside of the poker world as an actor in a movie.

Joe Hachem achieved poker fame by winning the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event and is now set to feature in an Australian movie named ‘Prey’. ‘Pass the sugar baby’ has been the famous one-liner of Hachem since the time he became the WSOP main event champion but now he will have to learn a few more lines for his movie role.

In order to preserve the real excitement of the forthcoming movie, not many details have been revealed yet. The other co-stars in the movie alongside Hachem are Rogue Traders, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Jesse Johnson. Although the word is that the role of Hachem in the movie will be of a short duration, yet the excitement for poker fans of witnessing him on the screen will be great.

This formidable Australian star became $7,500,000 richer from the 2005 Las Vegas WSOP win along with immense popularity on the international poker stage. Hachem is believed to be earning a significant fee for his movie role but the details are still unknown

His earnings from poker tournaments so far are in excess of $10million and Hachem is only the second person in history to surpass the $10million mark. Other accomplishments comprise of being one of only four players who have won both WSOP as well as World Poker Tour (WPT) titles.

The movie is expected to do tremendous business and we can’t wait to see how this all turns out.

Related Articles:

• Helmuth Movie - Christensen to play Lead Role
• China APPT to feature Jerry Yang
• WSOP Event #30 - $2,500 NLHE Six Handed
• World Series of Poker 2006 Commences
• US Law change affect on WSOP 2007 Player numbers