Player Profiles - Emad Tahtouh
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One of the most exciting young players on the Australian poker scene, he holds a special place in the annals of poker history as the man who gave Joe Hachem the reason to attend the 2005 WSOP. The 25-year-old Australian won his WSOP seat via a PokerStars satellite, and convinced his friend to join him on the trip to Las Vegas. However, the Melburnian has built an impressive tournament CV of his own, highlighted by his runner-up finish in the 2006 PokerStars EPT London main event, which earned him ￡285,900 (or just over $A720,000) for his second placing.
At the 2006 WSOP, Tahtouh celebrated his first final table appearance with a seventh in the $5000 Pot Limit Hold’em event. He was also runner-up in the 2004 Speed Poker Championships in Melbourne, and was second in last month’s $10,000 Bad Boys of Poker Invitational at the PokerNews Cup.