Joe Mckeehen
- The Action Clock on the World Poker Tour chimes with 10 seconds remaining and buzzes when the 30 seconds are over. Joe McKeehen rarely hears these sounds. Over the span of three days, hundreds of hands, and tens of thousands of dollars at stake on his journey to the WPT final table at the Borgata Winter Poker Open, McKeehen never used a time extension chip.
- Joe McKeehen has won 3 bracelets and 3 rings for total earnings of $11,226,926. See all events where they placed in-the-money.
- Joe McKeehen is a professional poker player and the winner of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event. Joe McKeehen was born in North Wales, Pennsylvania and learned to play poker during the Moneymaker boom after seeing the game played on television.
Winning the World Series of Poker Main Event is the dream for every poker player. And in 2015, a kid from Pennsylvania navigated his way through a 6,420-player field to capture the coveted WSOP bracelet and $7,683,346 first-place prize.
Joe McKeehen wins World Series of Poker (1:17) After defeating Joshua Beckley to win the World Series of Poker and $7.68 million, Joe McKeehen comments on his victory and how he intends to celebrate.
That kid was Joe McKeehen who had already amassed just shy of $2 million in lifetime tournament earnings before winning the big one in 2015.
It wasn’t McKeehen’s first time under the bright lights of a WSOP final table, because in the previous year he finished runner-up to Hugo Pingray in the $1,500 Monster Stack for $820,863. It was winning the 2015 WSOP Main Event that sent his poker career on a completely different trajectory as he now sits with over $16.65 million in live tournament earnings – which puts him 39th on the All Time Money List.
Every episode from the 2015 WSOP Main Event is now available on PokerGO.
Although McKeehen will always be remembered for his 2015 WSOP Main Event victory, he has since added two more WSOP bracelets after winning the 2017 WSOP Limit Hold’em Championship and the 2020 WSOP Online High Roller.
On today’s Run it Back show, Remko Rinkema sat down with McKeehen to discuss his 2015 WSOP Main Event victory, the strategy behind some of the key hands, and also his personal growth since becoming the 2015 World Champion. Watch Run it Back with Joe McKeehen 2015 Main Event now on Poker Central’s YouTube channel.
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| Joseph 'Joe' McKeehen | |
|---|---|
| Residence | North Wales, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Born | June 28, 1991 (age 29) |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 3 |
| Final table(s) | 6 |
| Money finish(es) | 22 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | Winner, 2015 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Final table(s) | 4 |
| Money finish(es) | 14 |
| Information accurate as of 7 March 2018. | |
Joseph 'Joe' McKeehen (born June 28, 1991) is an American professional poker player and mind sports player from North Wales, Pennsylvania.[1] In 2015 he won the World Series of Poker Main Event, earning $7,683,346.
McKeehen attended high school at La Salle College High School, then graduated from Arcadia University with a math degree.[2]
In 2010 he won the world championship in the board game Risk, the Risk Annual Classic.[3]
He played poker online while being underaged until he could start playing live tournaments at the age of 18.[4]
His first poker title came in 2012, when he won a side event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $116,230. In March 2013 he won the WSOP Circuit event in Atlantic City, New Jersey, earning $174,147. That year he cashed in the WSOP Main Event for the first time, finishing in 489th place. Prior to the 2015 Main Event, McKeehen's largest cash came for a 2nd-place finish in the Monster Stack event at the 2014 World Series of Poker, where he earned $820,863.
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At the 2015 WSOP Main Event, McKeehen made the November Nine with the chip lead and nearly a third of the chips in play. Throughout the final table, he never relinquished the chip lead and defeated Josh Beckley heads-up with A♥10♦ against 4♦4♣ $7.683 million.[5]
In January 2016, McKeehen finished runner-up to Bryn Kenney in the $100,000 Super High Roller event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, earning $1,220,480.
In April 2016, McKeehen appeared on an episode of season 4 of Poker Night in America, on CBS Sports.
In July 2016, he finished 6th in WSOP $111,111 No Limit Hold'em High Roller for One Drop for $829,792.[6] McKeehen captured his second WSOP bracelet in 2017, winning the $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship.
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As of June 2020, McKeehen's total live tournament winnings exceed $16,600,000.[6] His 43 WSOP cashes account for $10,857,294 of those earnings.[7]
World Series of Poker bracelets[edit]
| Year | Tournament | Prize (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event | $7,683,346 |
| 2017 | $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship | $311,817 |
| 2020 O | $3,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller | $352,985 |
An 'O' following a year denotes bracelet(s) won during the World Series of Poker Online
References[edit]
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- ^Parks, Jessica (November 11, 2015). 'Mystery works for Montco poker champ'. Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia Media Network. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^'Montco's McKeehen outlasts N.J.'s Beckley to win World Series of Poker'. Philly.com. Philadelphia Media Network. November 10, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^Smith, Dan (July 8, 2011). 'How to be a champion at Risk'. Wired Magazine. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ^'Joe McKeehen's Life: Biggest Profits, Losses and Net Worth'. Somuchpoker. July 15, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^Peters, Donnie (November 11, 2015). 'Stats from the Conclusion of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table'. PokerNews.com. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
- ^ abHendon Mob profile
- ^WSOP.com profile; accessed November 18, 2015.