Joseph McKeehen (born June 28, 1991) is an American professional poker player and mind sports player from

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. In 2015 he won the World Series of Poker Main Event, earning $7,683,346. McKeehen attended high school at

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, then graduated from Arcadia University with a math degree. In 2010 he won the world championship in the board game

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, the Risk Annual Classic. McKeehen played poker online while being underaged until he could start playing live tournaments at the age of 18. McKeehen's first poker title came in 2012, when he won a side event at the

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for $116,230. In March 2013, he won the WSOP Circuit event in

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, 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

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, where he earned $820,863. At the 2015 WSOP Main Event, McKeehen made the

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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 against for $7.683 million. In January 2016, McKeehen finished runner-up to

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in the $100,000 Super High Roller event at the

, 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. McKeehen captured his second WSOP bracelet in

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, winning the $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship. As of June 2020, McKeehen's total live tournament winnings exceed $16,600,000.Hendon Mob profile
/ref> His 43 WSOP cashes account for $10,857,294 of those earnings.WSOP.com profile
accessed November 18, 2015.

World Series of Poker bracelets

An "O" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won during the World Series of Poker Online

References

External links

Joe McKeehen Interview
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