Leader of the pack still playing his cards right

It’s been a dizzying 12 months of fame and luxury for Australia’s poker world champion, Joe Hachem, but family comes first, Mark Russell reports. LIFE could not get much better for former West Preston chiropractor Joe Hachem.Hachem, 39, who won $10 million when he became the world’s no-limit hold ‘em poker champion in July, spent New Year’s Eve with his wife, Jeannie, and the couple’s four children at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas.

The family had earlier celebrated Christmas…

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Mon, January 9th, 2006

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  • OUT - [1] A card that will improve your hand, often substantially. A hand with many OUTS is preferable to a hand with only 1 or 2. [2] Folded, ineligible to bet or win this hand. "I'm out" is often a synonym for "I fold".
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