Three-time WSOP Champion Joe McKeehen steps into the GRID to talk about a hand from the World Poker Tour final table at Rolling Thunder in 2018. The 2015 World Series of Poker Champion rivered the nuts with queen-ten offsuit, in a riveting hand that captured the imagination of the poker world. 

The flop was Ace of hearts, five of hearts and a seven of spades. Joe explains why he decided to float with queen ten, even lacking a flush draw or a backdoor. The offsuit jack on the turn gave Joe a gutshot, so he bet when checked to. He rivered the stone nuts with a black king.  When Joe’s opponent, Ian Steinman tanked to Joe’s jam on the river, Joe explained to Jennifer he thought Ian was contemplating an excellent fold with ace-king. Instead, his opponent folded a hand that was even far stronger- pocket kings.    

Joe goes into depth on how a fold like that can influence table dynamics, and why hero plays like that are a major component of the poker dream. They also discuss Doug Polk’s video recap of the hand, titled, “The #1 Mistake Poker Players Make.”

Joe has over 16 million dollars in live event cashes. In addition to his 2015 WSOP win for over 7 million, he also won a bracelet in the 2017 10K Limit Hold Em Championship for over 300K. Joe added a third in between the recording and publication of this interview, with a win in the $3200 NLHE High Roller for over 350K. He’s a coach with Chip Leader Coaching.  

Now that Joe has covered queen-ten offsuit, there are 127 hands left on thepokergrid.com

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