Talk about a tune-up. PocketFiver Joseph dude904McKeehen (pictured) won the Wynn Fall Classic Main Event this week and earned $90,000. Sure, it wasn’t the largest score you’ll see on the live circuit, but for a man about to play for a $7.6 million first prize in the World Series of Poker Main Event in two weeks, we’re pretty sure the win is far more meaningful.

The Wynn Fall Classic Main Event had a $1,600 buy-in and a field of 267. Twenty-seven players finished in the money and, interestingly enough, making the final table alongside McKeehen was another November Niner, Dennis Phillips, who took fourth place for $27,000. It was McKeehen’s first top-eight finish in a live MTT this year outside of the WSOP Main Event.

McKeehen Tweeted his progress in the Wynn Classic Main Event, starting it off with, “Haven’t done this in a long time, but here’s an update for the fans. Got 390k at 6k with 18 left in this Wynn Byrd.” When six players remained, McKeehen was in first, but he dropped to fourth out of four before mounting a comeback.

McKeehen has a commanding chip lead entering the conclusion of the WSOP Main Event, which restarts on Sunday, November 8. Here are this year’s WSOP November Nine members:

1. Joseph dude904McKeehen – 63,100,000
2. Zvi Stern – 29,800,000
3. Neil Blumenfield – 22,000,000
4. Pierre Neuville – 21,075,000
5. Max Steinberg – 20,200,000
6. Thomas Cannuli – 12,250,000
7. Joshua asdf26 Beckley – 11,800,000
8. Patrick Chan – 6,225,000
9. Federico Butteroni – 6,200,000

Yes, when we said “commanding chip lead,” we weren’t kidding. He has an impressive live tournament resume already, having amassed over $3 million in winnings, according to the Hendon Mob, which includes $1 million from the WSOP Main Event. He is #7 on the all-time money list for Pennsylvania.

McKeehen has been a member of PocketFives since 2006 and has $1.1 million in tracked online scores, the largest of which was worth $52,000 and came by virtue of winning the Full Tilt $150,000 Guarantee in 2010.

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