Former Main Event Winner Joe Hachem Joins the Field

While an already stacked field has shown up for the $5,000 Challenge here at the Star Sydney, the field just got a little bit tougher.

Entering in the middle of level two is the leader of the Australia all-time money list and former Main Event Champion Joe Hachem. Over the course of his poker career, Hachem has earned over $12 million in live tournament cashes, with over $8 million of those earnings being World Series of Poker specific. In total, Hachem boasts 31 lifetime cashes in the World Series of Poker.

Last year, Hachem nearly made the final table of this event, finishing 10th and collecting $20,362. He'll look to improve upon that with a strong finish again this year, but he's off to a cold start and sits with right around 17,000, so he'll have some work to do.