The result pushes his lifetime total tournament earnings north of $19.5 million, second all-time for the state only behind the controversial high roller, Jake Schindler.Įven before this win, 2023 had already been good to McKeehen. McKeehen, who has made five World Poker Tour final tables and was picked by some prognosticators to win WPT Player of the Year honors this year, started Day 2 with a healthy chip lead and finished the night with the win. The $2,200 event was the biggest buy-in tournament ever held at the venue and 187 East Coast entries piled into the poker room to generate a prize pool of more than $360,000. McKeehen, who famously won more than $7.6 million in the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event donning an Allen Iverson 76ers jersey, added yet another title to his multi-page poker resume when he took down the inaugural Philadelphia Poker Championship Series at Rivers Casino Philadelphia for a reported $94,320 on Sunday. Rivers Philadelphia Poker Room March 6, 2023 Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-Gambler /NwSW5fVLsG He is our first PPCS Main Event Winner!Ĭongrats to both Joes on an excellent run! Joe McKeehen took his Day 2 lead the distance and takes down Joe “The Worm” Palma in an instant classic of Philadelphia Poker.
