Joe McKeehen eliminates the first three opponent’s to take a huge chip advantage into Day 2 of the World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table in Las Vegas.

Joe McKeehen has a fingertip on the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event bracelet after storming out of the Day 1 gate like a man possessed.

The chip leader eliminated three players in less than six hours of action, and will sleep soundly tonight knowing that when he returns he has the chips to play absolute havoc.

It only took two hands for the first elimination. Joe McKeehen applying maximum pressure by shoving into the two shortest stacks at the table, and the man with the second shortest of those stacks, Patrick Chan, made the call.