![]() The IRS asked me to give up my bracelet and I did. ![]() How hard was it to lose your Main Event bracelet? You say that you ran into some tax issues last year because you made some financial mistakes, some of which had to do with the charity donations. I made some mistakes and I don't think it has anything to do with poker. I don't think that has anything to do with being a disgrace to the game. Do you feel like maybe he thinks you disgraced the game by allowing your WSOP Main Event bracelet to go up for auction? I may have made some mistakes in my past, but who hasn't? He could be referring to my tax issue but that has nothing to do with being a world champ. So then why do you think Joe views you as a poor ambassador for poker? So just because I don't play the World Poker Tour or other high-stakes games doesn't mean I don't have the passion for poker. I have six kids and a business that I have to run. I'm not going to play poker every single day. So from a charity point of view and promoting the game we love, I think I have done my part.Ĭharity is my passion. I have not seen one other world champion that has done that. I have personally raised another $800,000 on my own. As far as I know I have been the only champion that has donated $1 million of my own money to charity. I cannot play as much as other world champs, but I believe I have done my part in terms of charity. But when I heard that I was shocked.Īs a Main Event champion do you feel there's an obligation to be an ambassador for the game?ĭo you think you've fulfilled those duties? He's a great champion and a great poker player and I'm not going to take away from him. Joe is a nice guy and I have the utmost respect for him. I haven't even played with him at a table, so when I heard I was actually shocked. I don't know Joe very well to be honest with you. What was your initial reaction when you heard those words come from the mouth of a fellow world champ? PokerNews: Joe Hachem recently said that you and Jamie Gold destroyed the legacy of the world champion. As you'll see, Yang has a very different view of ambassadorship and the current state of poker. We reached out to Yang on Friday, and the 2007 Main Event winner was very eager to respond to Hachem's comments. Here's the full interview with Hachem, in case you missed it: ![]() The 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champ called out several of his peers, and even blamed fellow Main Event winners Jamie Gold and Jerry Yang for "destroying the legacy of the world champ." Joe Hachem's interview with Bluff Magazine this week caused quite a stir in the poker community. ![]()
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