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WSOP report: Event #42, No-Limit Hold 'em Championship, July 7-16, 2005

Jul 08 2005 12:00 AM EST

Event #42:

No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event
Location: Rio, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $10,000
Number of Entries: 5,619
Total Prize Money: $52,818,610

A remarkable 5,619 players signed up for the legendary $10,000 buy-in main event, which began on July 7. At 7 am July 16, a new champion was crowned: Joseph Hachem from Melbourne, Australia. This is Hachem's first WSOP event, ever. A dedicated poker player, he chose to wait until his children were older before making the journey to Vegas to participate in the world series.

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Tournament reporting by Nolan Dalla / worldseriesofpoker.com

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