Shaun Deeb watched 2 different players gain their ninth vocation World Series of Poker triumph this summertime earlier helium could scope the milestone.
The nonrecreational poker subordinate from Wynantskill, New York, yet joined them connected Tuesday night.
Deeb won the $1,500 buy-in Eight-Game Mix event, defeating Dean Joe aft a agelong heads-up conflict astatine Paris Las Vegas. The triumph was worthy $181,625 and puts Deeb successful a necktie for ninth spot connected the all-time wins list.
Benny Glaser and Michael Mizrachi each won their ninth vocation WSOP bracelet, which are awarded for tourney victories, astatine this summer’s series.
“I’m going to walk Phil (Hellmuth). I’ve been saying that for years,” Deeb told PokerNews of the 17-time bracelet winner. “I could person been a batch closer. I could person been a batch further up of immoderate different guys with 9 oregon 8 oregon seven, but, you know, I amusement up each day, play each event, play each buy-in, and sometimes you win.”
Deeb finished 2nd successful the $3,000 buy-in Nine-Game Mix event this period aft holding a monolithic spot pb with 2 players near and besides was runner-up successful 2 events astatine the WSOP Europe successful April. Early successful the series, WWE prima Danhausen placed a curse connected Deeb aft being commissioned by poker commentator Jeff Platt.
Deeb yet broke through, outlasting a tract of 766 entrants.
Deeb was all-in for his tourney beingness with 9 players remaining and survived past built his spot stack astatine the last table. He faced a 2-to-1 spot shortage erstwhile heads-up play started but outlasted Joe, who earned $120,570 for 2nd place.
“I conscionable made the nuts successful a clump of hands. I called a immense check-raise successful PLO with a consecutive gully and a flush draw, and I made both. And then, you know, I had a fewer different hands wherever I conscionable had it,” Deeb said. “When you marque the champion manus connected the stream heads-up, you’re gonna usually triumph the tournament.”
With the victory, Deeb moved to the apical of the WSOP Player of the Year standings and is successful presumption to triumph the grant for the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth and 3rd clip overall.
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