WSOP Main Event Champ Joe McKeehen Wins Bracelet #2

Joe McKeehen got his hands on his third WSOP bracelet by winning the $3,200 NLHE High Roller.

McKeehen’s latest victory puts him in the same bracket as some of poker’s biggest stars. Antonio Esfandiari, Jonathan Duhamel, Justin Bonomo, Scott Seiver, Doug Polk and Nick Schulman also have a trio of bracelets. As so Adrian Mateos, Barry Greenstein, David “Chip” Reese and Vanessa Selbst.

Some 496 players bought into this event online at WSOP.com and 63 of them won prize money. Chris Ferguson burst the bubble, much to the delight of his army of haters. This paved the way for the likes of Matt Affleck, Maria Konnikova, Ali Imsirovic, and Phil Galfond to cash. Four-time bracelet winner Loren Klein finished in 18th with Dave “Dunningkrugr” Alfa falling in ninth-place.

Maguire Leads Final Table, McKeehen Third

Clayton “nevarlucky” Maguire was the man to catch at the final table with McKeehen third in chips. Each of the eight finalists locked up $28,950, the sum awarded to David “newjerz05” Jackson. Jackson and Lee “SoccerDJ” Vlastaris entered a preflop raising war that resulted in Jackson four-bet jamming with Kd-Qd. Vlastaris snap-called with Ad-As and it as game over for Jackson.

Vlastaris claimed the lead when he sent Nathan “innate9” Russler to the rail in seventh. Russler three-bet all-in with Ad-5h and Vlastaris called with Ac-Qc to reduce the player count.

Maguire went from hero to zero and fell in sixth-place. He pushed all-in for 12 big blinds with Jd-3d and Frank “thewholefunk” Funaro called with Ah-7d. A seven on the turn left Maguire needing a jack on the river. It never came as the 3h landed to leave five players in the hunt for the title.

McKeehen, the 2015 WSOP Main Event champion, was maintaining his stack while players dropped like flies around him. The action folded to Funaro in the small blind and he set Vlastaris in for his 17.5 big blind stack. Vlastaris called with Jh-Th and was against Ac-3h. A three on the flop was enough for Funaro to stack his opponent.

Zhi Hong “Jaydestar17” Huang fell in fourth, again at the hands of Funaro. Funaro then busted Roland “prngls12” Israelshvili in third. Israelashvili holds the record for the most WSOP cashes without winning a bracelet. That unwanted tag is still around his neck thanks to Ah-9s not getting there against Funaro’s 6c-6h.

McKeehan Stages Epic Comeback

Funaro faced McKeehen heads-up with a 9,153,383 to 3,246,617 chip lead, almost 3-to-1. McKeehen’s experience showed and he not only drew level but won all 12,400,000 chips in play. The final hand took place at the 80,000/160,000/16,000a level. McKeehen min-raised to 320,000 and called when Funaro jammed for 2,759,541. Funaro showed 7d-6d to McKeehen’s Ad-9d. Neither player improved on the 8d-4h-Ks-4c-Qc, which handed McKeehen his third bracelet.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Joe “fanofdapoker” McKeehen	$352,985
2	Frank “thewholefunk” Funaro	$219,089
3	Roland “prngls12” Israelashvili	$148,975
4	Zhi Hong “Jaydestar17” Huang	$103,136
5	Lee “SoccerDJ” Vlastaris	$72,979
6	Clayton “nevarlucky” Maguire	$52,624
7	Nathan “innate9” Russler	$38,601
8	David “newjerz05” Jackson	$28,951

2020 WSOP.com Bracelet Winners So Far

Event	Entrants	Champion	Prize
Event #1: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Kick-Off	1,715	Jonathan Dokler	$130,426
Event #2: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Max Deepstack	919	Louis Lynch	$168,586
Event #3: $400 No-Limit Hold’em	2,091	Robert Kuhn	$115,850
Event #4: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo	1,179	Matthew Bode	$97,091
Event #5: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout	854	Allen Chang	$161,286
Event #6: $600 PLO8 6-Handed	833	Nathan Gamble	$89,424
Event #7: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Knockout Deepstack	989	Joon Kim	$103,127
Event #8: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout	1,479	Alan Goehring	$119,399
Event #9: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max	1,026	Ron McMillen	$188,214
Event #10: $600 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack	1,505	Ryan Torgersen	$172,361
Event #11: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack 6-Max	1,691	Raman Afanasenka	$128,601
Event #12: $500 No-Limit Hold’em The BIG 500	2,427	Ryan Depaulo	$159,563
Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Freezeout	649	Michael Lech	$164,249
Event #14: $3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller	496	Joe McKeehen	$352,985

Matthew Pitt

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