The 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event was his tournament to lose coming into the final table on Sunday, Nov. 8, and Joe McKeehen put on a commanding performance that backed up all expectations of him running away with the title.
It took 184 hands of final-table play for McKeehen to seal the deal, and after the hit the river on the final hand, $7.7 million and ultimate poker glory was all his.
To say McKeehen ran away with the victory would be an understatement. He entered the final table with over double the chips of his next closest competitor, advanced to six-handed play with 2.