– Pennsylvania poker pro Joe McKeehen won the World Series of Poker on Tuesday night, taking home $7.68 million.
McKeehen won with an ace-10 and got lucky when the community cards revealed a second 10, ensuring his victory in a faceoff with Joshua Beckley of New Jersey, who went all-in with a pair of fours.
McKeehen held an overwhelming lead in poker chips going into the finale and the entire three-day event.
Joe McKeehen held an unwavering chip lead and 67 percent of all the chips on the table going into Tuesday’s showdown. AP Photo/John Locher
A short while earlier, 61-year-old Neil Blumenfield dropped from the contest, going home with $3.4 million in third place.
That left just McKeehen facing Beckley.
The two played on — sitting between stacks of cash and a prized, pricey, World Series of Poker bracelet encrusted with diamonds and rubies — until McKeehen claimed the final victory.
McKeehen, the 24-year-old poker ace from Pennsylvania with a math degree, held an unwavering chip lead and 67 percent of all the chips on the table going into Tuesday’s showdown, or some 128 million worth. He was responsible for dashing the dreams of four of the November Nine members Monday and Tuesday before ousting Blumenfield.
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