Joe McKeehen, Date of Birth

    

Joe McKeehen

American poker player

Date of Birth: 28-Jun-1991

Profession: poker player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Joe McKeehen

  • Joseph "Joe" McKeehen (born June 28, 1991) is an American professional poker player and mind sports player from North Wales, Pennsylvania.
  • 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.
  • In 2010 he won the world championship in the board game Risk, the Risk Annual Classic.
  • 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. At the 2015 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?.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 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 2017, winning the $10,000 Limit Hold'em World Championship. As of October 2016, McKeehen's total live tournament winnings exceed $12,800,000.
  • His 14 WSOP cashes account for $9,451,754 of those earnings.

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