Hailing from Marlton, New Jersey, Josh Beckley is a 24-year-old poker pro with $219,526 in lifetime cashes prior to this year's World Series of Poker Main Event. He previous career best was worth $98,348 for winning the 2014 Parx Casino Big Stax VII $1,500 Event. His other five-figure scores include $53,564 for third in the 2015 Parx Casino Big Stax X $300 No-Limit Hold'em, and $33,932 for fourth in a $1,500 no-limit hold'em event two weeks later.
"It means a lot because it's my career," Beckley told PokerNews about what this achievement meant to him.