Montco Dude in Iverson Jersey Wins World Series of Poker

Joseph McKeehen poses with friends and family after winning the Main Event at the World Series of Poker on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, in Las Vegas. McKeehen won more than $7 million. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Wearing a black Sixers Allen Iverson jersey, Joseph McKeehen won $7.68 million last night when he triumphed at the World Series of Poker’s main event.

Play in the WSOP main event began July 5th with 6,420 entrants. Play continued until July 14th, when it was down to nine players. (A poker pro casual fans might know, Daniel Negranu, came in 11th.) The “November Nine” returned to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Sunday.

McKeehan actually cruised through the final three days of the tournament; he entered on Sunday with 63,1 million chips — 32 percent of the total amount in play at the final table. “It was just my days for three days in a row,” he told the Associated Press after winning the tournament.

The main event of the World Series of Poker is the most prestigious prize in the game. Competitors play no-limit hold ’em, a form of poker where each player receives two “hole” cards and attempts to build the best-five card hand with his two hole cards and five communal cards. After an initial deal of hole cards to players, cards are dealt in three segments: the flop (three cards), the turn (one card) and the river (one final card). When opponent went all-in with pocket fours, McKeehan called with Ace-10. He landed a 10 on the flop and won the championship.

If you play poker locally, you might know McKeehan: He’s routinely made the final table at big Atlantic City poker tournaments the last few years. McKeehan is from North Wales; he went to Arcadia University. Per Poker News, he actually normally wears a Flyers jersey while playing. (He wore a Connor Barwin Eagles jersey on Sunday.)

Incidentally, the player McKeehan beat in that final was Marlton, New Jersey’s Josh Beckley, who’s also in his 20s. He went to Drexel. (“Although I’m very proud of Josh right now, I wasn’t thrilled with his gambling as a teenager,” his mother told the Courier-Post this summer.) Remind me to stick to the blackjack when I hit the local casinos.