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Joe Hachem is still riding the fortunate wave that began for him about seven months ago in July of 2005. Under Australian law, a citizen does not have to pay income tax on any money earned from pursuing a hobby. And, as luck would have it, Hachem was not a professional poker player at the time of his big win Main Event win, so he does not have to pay any income tax on the $7.5 million he won at the World Series of Poker held in ...
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Chris Ferguson has enjoyed playing poker since the age of ten. And even while attending UCLA where he earned a Ph.D. in computer science, he continued to play poker for play money on internet chat rooms, as he pursued his desire to hone his poker- playing skills. Highly intelligent, and possessed of an inquisitive and analytical mentality, Ferguson was born on April 11, 1963 in Los Angeles, California to parents who both have doctorate ...
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