{"id":5538,"date":"2023-11-02T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=5538"},"modified":"2023-11-02T12:00:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T12:00:55","slug":"arkansas-veteran-secures-free-seat-to-decembers-wpt-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/arkansas-veteran-secures-free-seat-to-decembers-wpt-world-championship","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas Veteran Secures Free Seat to December\u2019s WPT World Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/11\/chace-mckamie.jpg\" title=\"Chace McKamie\" alt=\"Chace McKamie\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5539\"><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chace McKamie qualified for the record-breaking tournament via ClubWPT<\/li>\n<li>He hopes to win the tournament in honor of his deceased twin brother who was also a huge poker fan <\/li>\n<li>McKamie has already made plans on what he will do if he claims the title<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One lucky player from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/top-10-us-poker-sites\/arkansas\">Arkansas<\/a> gets the chance of a lifetime after winning his way into the $10,400 million buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship this December. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Chace McKamie<\/strong> qualified for the tournament by playing on ClubWPT, the WPT\u2019s official subscription-based online poker platform.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"arkansas-veteran-believes-he-can-win\">Arkansas Veteran Believes He Can Win <\/h2>\n<p>McKamie outclassed around 1,500 opponents in the ClubWPT qualifier to secure his seat in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/2023-wpt-world-championship-ups-the-ante-with-record-breaking-40m-gtd\">WPT World Championship which will award a staggering $40 million guarantee<\/a>, the largest guaranteed prize pool ever offered in a single poker tournament.<\/p>\n<p>McKamie, an Iraq war veteran, began playing poker at nine years old. Since then, he has maintained an interest in the game, though he never attempted to pursue a career out of it. Even so, he remains a huge fan of the game, following the journeys of some of the world\u2019s most successful poker pros. <\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/sinclairstoryline.com\/resources\/embeds\/amp\/jw8-amp-embed-continuous-videos.html?file=https:\/\/content.uplynk.com\/142f96ab9f4e490aba7c3c8bbe49739b.m3u8?tc=1&amp;exp=1698949832&amp;rn=1689417353&amp;ct=a&amp;cid=142f96ab9f4e490aba7c3c8bbe49739b&amp;hlsver=7&amp;sig=b77b69d0a6e417011100e2e54d0b92194e726f6a6cd412be8b0537f65572ac13&amp;thumbUrl=\/resources\/media\/11971519-fd14-4a5c-b8c4-f4f26ab5ad89-large16x9_thumb_54434.png&amp;preroll=true&amp;zone=\/4756\/KATV\/AMP\/news\/local&amp;client=googima&amp;adKeywords=news,%20arkansas,united%20states,%20world%20poker%20tour,%20trent,%20poker,%20chace%20mckamie,%20allied%20esports%20entertainment,%20inc.,%20wpt%20enterprises,%20inc.,%20las%20vegas,nevada,united%20states,%20newsletter%20daily,%20las%20vegas,%20local&amp;adStorySlug=i-just-want-one-shot-arkansas-veteran-wins-free-entrance-in-high-stakes-40-million-world-poker-tour-world-championship-chace-mckamie-goodyear-wpt-40-million-pot-guaranteed-las-vegas-hope-arkansas-trent-prize-pool-rocky-balboa-december-2023-tournament&amp;googleAnalyticsId=UA-45818038-11&amp;domainSlug=katv.com&amp;sectionSlug=\/news\/local&amp;title=KATV%20-%20%20clip&amp;videoType=hero\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McKamie, who currently works for Goodyear on 12-hour shifts, developed a bigger passion for poker a few years ago when he lost his twin brother who was his poker buddy.  As a coping mechanism, he studied the game and played more. <\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old considers himself an amateur player but he is optimistic about the prospect of going up against the elites and winning the historic tournament. <\/p>\n<p>In an interview with a local news outlet, McKamie said he has an edge against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/blog\/top-10-poker-players\">the best poker pros<\/a> \u2013 he knows their game as he watches them all the time, but those guys never saw him play poker. That sounds ambitious, but the poker world has a few stories to share about amateurs outclassing poker veterans.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mckamie-eyes-life-changing-victory\">McKamie Eyes Life-Changing Victory <\/h2>\n<p>Claiming the WPT World Championship title would be a life-changing moment for McKamie. The winner is guaranteed to walk away with an estimated $6 million as top prize \u2013 that would be enough for McKamie to start a new life with his wife and their five children.<\/p>\n<p>Should he win the record-breaking tournament, McKamie said he would leave his current work (building tires for Goodyear) and use the prize money to pursue other endeavors. He could help his wife start a local business, which has always been her dream.<\/p>\n<p>But above all, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chacemckamie\">Chace McKamie<\/a> is just grateful for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of sharing a table with his poker heroes, honoring his twin brother, and potentially embarking on a new life with his family. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Chace McKamie qualified for the record-breaking tournament via ClubWPT He hopes to win the tournament in honor of his deceased twin brother who was also a huge poker fan McKamie has already made plans on what he will do if he claims the title One lucky player from Arkansas gets the chance of a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,9,11],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized 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