Education
McKeehen attended high school at Louisiana Salle College High School, then graduated from Arcadia University with a math degree.
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Career
That year he cashed in the WSOP Main Event for the first time, finishing in 489th place. 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.
As of 2016, McKeehen"s total live tournament winnings exceed $11,000,000. His nine WSOP cashes account for $8,566,840 of those earnings.
Achievements
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In 2015 he won the World Series of Poker Main Event, earning $7,683,346. In 2010 he won the world championship in the board game Risk. 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.
