A Massage in Exchange for Information? Sign Joe Tehan Up!

We got to Table 61 as everyone was tossing Joe Tehan some cash as he got ready for a massage.

Marc Etienne Mclaughlin explained that they were all paying for his massage in exchange for him showing his cards whenever he won a pot. "I've been doing this for years" said Tehan.

Tehan is a pro from Las Vegas and has been playing poker for many years. His total live recorded earnings amount to over $4.3 million with his largest cash totaling just over $1 million. Tehan's big score came in the World Poker Tour Championship event in Las Vegas in 2006 at Mandalay Bay where he defeated the likes of Brad Booth and Tom Koral on route to the title.

The pro has yet to secure a WSOP gold bracelet but has had some close calls with five final table appearances, including a runner-up finish in the 2014 $ 1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo where he fell to Calvin Anderson.

Tehan has eight career wins with 119 total cashes. Of those, 117 are from within the United States and just two in Canada in Niagara Falls and right here in Montreal after cashing the $1,100 Playground1000 $1 million guarantee just last week. The Las Vegas pro is certainly a force on the felt, so look for him to hunt for several more deep runs on Canadian soil.