2015 Poker Main Event
- The World Series of Poker has released a tentative schedule for the upcoming 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event final table. There is a blip on the radar screen.
- This is a discussion on The 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event within the online poker forums, in the Poker News and Events section; Here is a look at the top ten chip counts heading into day 4.
- Nov 10, 2015 The 2015 World Series of Poker main event is officially in the books with 24-year-old Joe McKeehen etching his name in history as this year’s world champion. The North Wales, Pennsylvania.
World Series Of Poker 2015 Main Event Episode 1
The high-voltage action in the 2015 WSOP Main Event continued in the episode 3 and 4 with pros like Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari left in the field. The episode 3 posted on YouTube by a channel Poker Mania 2015 starts with 416 players who are already in the money. The 2015 World Series of Poker forged on Saturday night at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas as Event #14 of the 68-tournament series, a $1,500 no-limit hold’em shootout bracelet event, played out in the famed Amazon Room.
In what felt like a formality, Philadelphia-area native Joe McKeehen used a mountainous chip stack and patient poker play to win the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event Tuesday night, the third of three days during which the final table was contested. Along with a gaudy bracelet, McKeehen won nearly $7.7 million for his $10,000 entry.
This was the first time that the November Nine was split into three days and it worked out nicely, as neither the players nor spectators had to suffer into the wee hours of the morning on any of the nights. On Sunday, the longest day, three players were eliminated to narrow the field to six. Three more were sent to the rail Monday and the final three players – McKeehen, Josh Beckley, and Neil Blumenfield – duked it out Tuesday night for the title.
There was really never any doubt going into Tuesday’s action that McKeehen would win. With 128.825 million chips, he held two-thirds of the chips in play. Beckley and Blumenfield had 40.125 million and 23.7 million, respectively. It was going to take a series of lucky hands or poor play by McKeehen for either of the short stacks to make a comeback and unfortunately for them, the best bet was the former.
World Series Of Poker 2015 Main Event Episode 5
McKeehen, knowing his opponents might want to wait the other one out to move up a million dollars in prize money, opted for the small ball approach. Rather than trying to demolish Beckley and Blumenfield in one fell swoop with his truckload of chips, he used small raises to keep them at bay. With a big blind of a million chips, the short stacks knew that if they were going to play back at McKeehen’s raises, they would almost have to just commit to being all-in, so there was no reason for McKeehen to take silly chances by shoving and risk doubling the others’ up without a good hand.
Blumenfield, the lone amateur of the final three and the second oldest person to ever make the November Nine (61-years old – fellow 2015 November Niner Pierre Neuville is the oldest at 72), was the first to bow out on Tuesday. He initially ran into trouble when he couldn’t let go of Q-8 offsuit against McKeehen. He was the aggressor in the hand the whole way, but missed entirely, while McKeehen flopped top pair with K-T. The problem was, Blumenfield was just in a bad spot. If he took his foot off the gas, McKeehen would have taken the pot from him and was such a low stack and a growing pot, Blumenfield couldn’t afford to give the pot away. But since he had to bet to try to get McKeehen to fold, he was digging himself a bigger hole. McKeehen called him all the way down and won the hand, sending Blumenfield’s stack below 20 million chips.
Eventually, Blumenfield ended up all-in with 2-2 and McKeehen beat him with Q-Q.
To begin heads-up play against Josh Beckley, McKeehen had 81 percent of the chips: 155.65 million versus just 37 million. Beckley really had no chance, save some crazy Aces versus Kings double-ups. He tried to hang tough, but on the thirteenth hand, had to go all-in with 4-4. McKeehen called him with A-T, flopped a pair, and that was that.
Joe McKeehen is the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion
Complete 2015 WSOP Main Event Final Table Standings
- Joe McKeehen – $7,683,346
- Josh Beckley – $4,470,896
- Neil Blumenfield – $3,398,298
- Max Steinberg – $2,615,361
- Zvi Stern – $1,911,423
- Tom Cannuli – $1,426,283
- Pierre Neuville – $1,203,293
- Federico Butteroni – $1,097,056
- Patrick Chan – $1,001,020
In what felt like a formality, Philadelphia-area native Joe McKeehen used a mountainous chip stack and patient poker play to win the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event Tuesday night, the third of three days during which the final table was contested. Along with a gaudy bracelet, McKeehen won nearly $7.7 million for his $10,000 entry.
2015 Poker Main Event Winners
This was the first time that the November Nine was split into three days and it worked out nicely, as neither the players nor spectators had to suffer into the wee hours of the morning on any of the nights. On Sunday, the longest day, three players were eliminated to narrow the field to six. Three more were sent to the rail Monday and the final three players – McKeehen, Josh Beckley, and Neil Blumenfield – duked it out Tuesday night for the title.
There was really never any doubt going into Tuesday’s action that McKeehen would win. With 128.825 million chips, he held two-thirds of the chips in play. Beckley and Blumenfield had 40.125 million and 23.7 million, respectively. It was going to take a series of lucky hands or poor play by McKeehen for either of the short stacks to make a comeback and unfortunately for them, the best bet was the former.
McKeehen, knowing his opponents might want to wait the other one out to move up a million dollars in prize money, opted for the small ball approach. Rather than trying to demolish Beckley and Blumenfield in one fell swoop with his truckload of chips, he used small raises to keep them at bay. With a big blind of a million chips, the short stacks knew that if they were going to play back at McKeehen’s raises, they would almost have to just commit to being all-in, so there was no reason for McKeehen to take silly chances by shoving and risk doubling the others’ up without a good hand.
Blumenfield, the lone amateur of the final three and the second oldest person to ever make the November Nine (61-years old – fellow 2015 November Niner Pierre Neuville is the oldest at 72), was the first to bow out on Tuesday. He initially ran into trouble when he couldn’t let go of Q-8 offsuit against McKeehen. He was the aggressor in the hand the whole way, but missed entirely, while McKeehen flopped top pair with K-T. The problem was, Blumenfield was just in a bad spot. If he took his foot off the gas, McKeehen would have taken the pot from him and was such a low stack and a growing pot, Blumenfield couldn’t afford to give the pot away. But since he had to bet to try to get McKeehen to fold, he was digging himself a bigger hole. McKeehen called him all the way down and won the hand, sending Blumenfield’s stack below 20 million chips.
Eventually, Blumenfield ended up all-in with 2-2 and McKeehen beat him with Q-Q.
To begin heads-up play against Josh Beckley, McKeehen had 81 percent of the chips: 155.65 million versus just 37 million. Beckley really had no chance, save some crazy Aces versus Kings double-ups. He tried to hang tough, but on the thirteenth hand, had to go all-in with 4-4. McKeehen called him with A-T, flopped a pair, and that was that.
Joe McKeehen is the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion
2015 Poker Main Event Online
Complete 2015 WSOP Main Event Final Table Standings
2015 Poker Main Event Results
- Joe McKeehen – $7,683,346
- Josh Beckley – $4,470,896
- Neil Blumenfield – $3,398,298
- Max Steinberg – $2,615,361
- Zvi Stern – $1,911,423
- Tom Cannuli – $1,426,283
- Pierre Neuville – $1,203,293
- Federico Butteroni – $1,097,056
- Patrick Chan – $1,001,020