In Phoenix, his jump from playing low limits to the biggest high-stakes games happened quickly. One local story is that Keller won so many $100 chips at Casino Arizona that the casino ran out, forcing high limit players to buy chips from him, which he sold from the trunk of his car.[1] Keller has said the story is absurd, but the fact it persists attests to how well Keller did in high limit games during the era.
In December 2003, Keller won the $281,525 first prize in the $2,500 no limithold'em event of the Five Diamond World Poker Classic, defeating Allen Cunningham in the final heads-up confrontation.[2]
Keller has been a primary columnist for Card Player since 2004.[6]
He married his wife Andra on April 24, 2004. Andra gave birth to their first child, Kaylee Keller, in September 2006. They had their second child, Alexander, in late February 2009.
Keller cashed twice at the 2008 World Series of Poker including finishing in 61st place out of 6,844 entries in the $10,000 buy-in Main Event, earning $115,800.[7]
As of 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $1,400,000.[5] His 5 cashes as the WSOP account for $789,127 of those winnings.[8]
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^Told by Norman Chad during ESPN coverage of Tom's 2004 NLHE final table
