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Poker's New Whiz Kid Is Just Like You

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He’s just a guy from Pennsylvania who ate a sub sandwich after he won $1 million. And now, Joe McKeehan is the odds-on favorite to go home with $7.7 million more this weekend.

Michael Kaplan
Michael Kaplan
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Michael Kaplan

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