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Charles Keith Lehr, Jr., known as Keith Lehr (born November 1963) is an American
poker player Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game wa ...
from his native Bossier City,
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, who is a two-time
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winner.


Poker career

Lehr won his first bracelet at the
2003 World Series of Poker The 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. Preliminary events Main Event There were 839 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament ever played in a brick and mortar ca ...
in the $3,000 Pot Limit Hold'em event. His second bracelet came in the
2015 World Series of Poker The 2015 World Series of Poker is the 46th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held from May 27 – July 14 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Paradise, Nevada. There were 68 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hold ...
Heads-up No Limit event earning $334,430. Lehr (using the nickname "cheesemonster") won the
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Main Event in May 2008, winning $410,780. Lehr largest cashed was for $701,757 at the
2012 World Series of Poker The 2012 World Series of Poker was the 43rd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada between May 27 – July 16, 2012, with the final table of the Main Event delayed until late Oct ...
$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) event. As of 2015, his earnings exceeded $2,100,000.RankingHero database
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References

1963 births Living people American poker players World Series of Poker bracelet winners People from Bossier City, Louisiana Louisiana Republicans {{poker-stub