Hun Wei Lee Defeats Joe Hachem to Win the Victorian Poker Championship

The final day of the Victorian Poker Championship opened with the 2,500 dollar Victorian Champs Main Event. Two names stood out among the nine players left at the final table. The heads up battle between Hun Wei Lee and Joe Hachem at the end of the tournament gave the series an unforgettable finish.

In a match that lasted more than two hours, the two players traded the chip lead back and forth. Lee won again at the Crown venue in Melbourne, six months after his previous victory. The Australian professional finished ahead of 715 entrants and took the largest share of the 1,573,000 Australian dollar prize pool.

Lee said he loves playing at Crown and that facing a name like Joe Hachem was a great honour for him. Lee, who won the 25,000 dollar Challenge at the 2026 Aussie Millions in May, said this win meant even more. He added that Hachem was the reason he started playing poker.

On final day, Lee started with the chip lead but lost chips in the early levels. Lee called Hachem's all-in with nines in his hand, and that loss was hard for him to recover from. Lee stayed patient and waited for the right moments. After a major confrontation with Nektarios Dimitrakis, he built a large chip advantage and advanced to the match against Hachem.

In the heads up battle, Hachem, the 2005 WSOP Main Event champion, survived with a six when he had only two outs before the turn. He then doubled up twice more and kept swapping the chip lead. The final decision, however, went Lee's way.