Family and Personal Life
"I hope to help with the journey that playing poker for a living can be respectable. My objective is to let the world know that an ordinary guy with a family can be a poker pro and not be considered a degenerate."
Joe HachemHachem has been married since 1989 to Jeanie, who he has known since both were teenagers. They have four children named Anthony, Justine, Daniel and James. Hachem said his wife was extremely supportive of his decision to seek a career in poker and participate in the World Series of Poker in 2005. His children also play poker, and Hachem said he believes it teaches them discipline and how to handle adversity.
He operates a mortgage company, and enjoys playing golf, especially with friends and other poker players.
Until December 2011, Hachem represented the online poker website, PokerStars He played under the name "JoeHachem" on the site.
Actor Matt Damon, who starred in the 1998 poker film Rounders, is a fan of Hachem and has played poker with him. Damon said of Hachem, "Poker can bring out the worst in people, but when you see somebody who's just winning with grace and class and dignity, it's nice."
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