Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
Age: 58 (M)
Posts: 2432
Joe Hachem has followed Phil Ivey's Caesars Cup team announcement with his own selections. Broadcasting the news via Twitter, Hachem first extended an invitation to Jeff Lisandro to be part of Team Asia Pacific. The Australian pro has more than $5 million in live earnings, as well as five WSOP bracelets. Also joining the team from Down Under will be Jackie Glazier, Andrew Hinrichsen and cricket legend, Shane Warne. Hachem's team will be lining up against Team USA (Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Greg Merson, Daniel Negreanu and Antonio Esfandiari) and an as yet unnamed Team from Europe.
Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
Age: 58 (M)
Posts: 2432
Marvin Rettenmaier, Philip Gruissem and Dominik Nitsche have helped Team Europe become this year's Caesars Cup champions. Although Europe's captain, Sam Trickett, took his time choosing a team, the wait paid off in the end as they first took out Team Asia-Pacific, before beating defending champions Team Americas. Competing in a best-of-three format, it was Gruissem and Rettenmaier who first clinched a win over Team Asia-Pacific's Joe Hachem and Richard Yong. That put Team Europe in the lead, but after Team Asia-Pacific levelled the match, it was time for Dominik Nitsche to clinch the match by beating five-time bracelet winner, Jeff Lisandro. Now into the final against Team Americas, the first two matches produced a stalemate. However, after a back-and-forth tussle with Greg Merson, Europe's Sam Holden eventually secured the victory and the Caesars Cup trophy for his team.