Pass The Sugar’ (Joe’s catch phrase after
he wins a big pot) takes readers on a journey that many
dream of ... from playing home games of Poker with friends
to becoming a multimillionaire world Poker champ. Joe’s
story proves that dreams can come true.
The book gives insights into how Joe
plays the cards he is dealt, in life as well as on the poker
table.
Faced with adversity which could have
ruined his life, Joe turned to the pastime that he loved,
and outlayed $10,000 to compete against 5,618 combatants
including many of the world’s top professionals in the World
Championship of the game known as the ‘Cadillac of Poker’—No
Limit Texas Hold ‘em. The prize is the richest in
sport...more than Wimbledon, the US Masters or the Tour De
France.Come with Joe from his childhood journey from Lebanon
to Australia to the final table at the World Series of Poker
Championship at the famous Binion’s Horseshoe Casino in Las
Vegas where he made poker history with a 7 of clubs and 3 of
spades. Along the way you will learn about perseverance, the
importance of family and the workings of a great poker mind.
After his famous victory, Joe still felt
the need to prove himself—for validation—and seventeen
months after winning the world championship he achieved
poker immortality by winning the second richest tournament
in the world, The Five Diamonds at the Bellagio, becoming
one of only four players in the history of poker to achieve
this amazing double feat.
The book also relates stories of Joe’s
encounters with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars,
tournaments that he’s played around the world and the work
that he does to promote Poker internationally and charitable
causes at home. It is the story of a man who has scaled
dizzy heights but whose feet remain firmly on the ground.
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