Old Guard; New Surroundings

I doubt many players here today can say that cashed in the 1997 Main Event when Stu Ungar completed his comeback year to win a third WSOP title.

George McKeever can.

Hailing from Ireland, McKeever was likely around when poker was invented and has been a regular visitor to Vegas since the eighties, maybe earlier. In his time, McKeever has picked up a number of impressive results - including two EPT final tables - and was a part of the Irish invasion of the World Series in 1999 where he finished seventh.

This year, he's looking to make the money once again. The location is different, and the field is somewhat bigger, but McKeever remains a permanent fixture and could well add another Main Event cash to his repertoire.

However, if he's to achieve such a goal, the journey's going to be long and hard as, at time of writing, he doesn't have too much more than 100,000. I did see him win a pot, though, his push for 98,000 on a {7-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} flop enough to pick up the pot.