Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Event 7 Winner - McKeehen

$400 + $50 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 200k/400k/40k ante
Joe McKeehen (North Wales, PA)
$30,963

After trading double-ups with Chris DeQuatro, Joe McKeehen finally gets a hand to hold.

McKeehen: 8♣ 8
DeQuatro: 5 4

Flop: K Q♣ 4♠ (DeQuatro pair of 4s)

Turn: K♠: (no change)

River: 8

McKeehen hits a set of 8s on the river to win the tournament and the trophy.

"It's my first Borgata trophy," says McKeehen, who's finished runner-up here twice, "I finally got one."

McKeehen was down to 1.4 million chips (4 bb) when he hit three straight double-ups to stay in the match.

McKeehen earns $30,963 to push his career earnings to more than $600,000.  He's a recent college graduate and is now playing poker full time.

"I'm going to give it a go. I don't want a job. I can work when I'm not dumb and stupid, with an emphasis on stupid. Please write that," he said.

McKeehen gives a shoutout to his mom and dad for all the support.

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