McKeehen Chips Up Into Six Figures

Joe McKeehen just lost a small pot and won a big one, and now he’s up over 110,000.

The first hand begins with McKeehen raising from under the gun to 2,000 and getting two callers, then continuing when checked to for 2,000 on a flop. Only one opponent in the big blind calls, then both remaining players check the  turn. On the  river the big blind leads for 4,300 and after some thought McKeehen calls, then mucks after he’s shown .

On the very next hand, Scott Montgomery raises to 1,800 from the cutoff and James Hughes calls from the button. McKeehen then makes it 6,200 to go from the big blind. Montgomery quickly folds and Hughes calls, and the flop comes all clubs — . McKeehen leads for 5,200 and Hughes calls, then after the  turn McKeehen checks. Hughes goes all in, and after McKeehen gets a count he sees the bet is for 26,425.

McKeehen considers a short while and calls with , and Hughes shows . The river was a blank, failing to fill Hughes’s straight draw, and he’s out.

Joe McKeehen – 112,000 (140 bb)