WSOP 2005: Meet the Final Nine - A Disclaimer

TAGS: Poker: WSOP 2005

Black. Lazar. Hachem. The hallowed halls of poker history ring with the names of…

Wait, who the hell are these guys? We’ve heard of Mike Matusow to be sure, and we know Andy Black is a European poker pro we’d never recognize on the street. So we’re one-for-nine here in known quantities, and that makes it rather difficult to give you the insight you need to keep track of the action.

So let’s get ready to meet the final nine. We’ll start with Joe Hachem, and will give you bios on these guys throughout the day. We’ve assembled a crack team of research interns who have been wringing their sources* dry of any information we can dig up on the final table’s participants for you. As the day rolls on, we’ll continue to check and double check our information, giving you the thoroughly accurate and wholly realistic coverage you’ve come to expect from Oddjack.

*By “sources” we mean Google and by “interns,” we mean the same Oddjack staff as any other day. It’s not our fault, our boss keeps bouncing our “Oddjack Featuring Special Guests Starla, Destiny, and Candi Live From Las Vegas” pitch. You’d think a guy who roasts his Ahi Tuna on a cedar plank wrapped in $20 bills could afford to send his hardworking pseudo-journalist bastard step-children to Vegas. But no, so we’re stuck doing most of this from our imagination. Seriously, if you know any of these guys and have a “hot tip” on their background - underground bukkake video, baby seal clubbing society membership, whatever - email us at tips@oddjack.com.