Tony Hachem, brother of 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Joe Hachem, won his first major title earlier this week. He defeated a field of over two hundred players to take first place at the Australia and New Zealand Poker Tour event in Perth, Western Australia. Each player paid A$2,500 (US$2,294) to play in the no-limit Texas Holdem tournament, for a prize pool of A$552,500 (US$507,098).

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