The curse continues for Shaun Deeb astatine the World Series of Poker.
Despite holding a monolithic spot pb during heads-up play, Deeb was denied his ninth vocation bracelet by Joey Couden successful the $3,000 buy-in Nine-Game Mix lawsuit aboriginal Saturday.
Couden earned his 3rd vocation WSOP bracelet, which are awarded for tourney victories, and the $254,470 apical prize aft a grueling heads-up conflict that lasted adjacent to 4 hours.
“It means a batch to me. I consciousness blessed, conscionable feels great,” Couden told PokerNews.com. “I conscionable wanted it truthful bad.”
Deeb is having 1 of his worst summers astatine the WSOP, cashing successful conscionable 1 lawsuit anterior to this runner-up finish. Early successful the series, WSOP commentator Jeff Platt called connected WWE prima Danhausen to spot a curse connected Deeb.
“I greatly respect your accomplishments. You are a tremendous poker player,” Platt wrote connected X astir Deeb with the accompanying video of Danhausen. “Yet your disrespect of sideline reporters cannot beryllium tolerated.”
Hey @shaundeeb,
I greatly respect your accomplishments. You are a tremendous poker player.
Yet your disrespect of sideline reporters cannot beryllium tolerated.
I asked my person @DanhausenAD to nonstop you a connection for the 2026 @WSOP pic.twitter.com/bAAny8zjtH
— Jeff Platt (@jeffplatt) June 3, 2026
Danhausen went viral this outpouring erstwhile helium cursed the New York Knicks during an quality connected ESPN anterior to the commencement of the NBA playoffs. New York fell down the Atlanta Hawks successful the opening circular earlier Danhausen uncursed the Knicks, who went connected to triumph 15 of the adjacent 16 games en way to their archetypal rubric since 1973.
Deeb, a nonmigratory of Wynantskill, New York, appeared to beryllium connected his mode to breaking his ain Danhausen curse. He held a commanding spot pb implicit the 21 remaining players astatine the commencement of Day 3 of the Nine-Game Mix lawsuit and was liable for 4 of the archetypal 5 eliminations astatine the last table.
When heads-up play started, Deeb held a 2-to-1 spot vantage implicit Couden and extended his pb earlier the archetypal break. But Deeb was incapable to enactment distant Couden, and the 2 traded the spot pb respective times implicit the adjacent 2 levels of action.
Couden took the pb during a Limit Hold’em manus and past near Deeb abbreviated connected chips aft winning a large cookware successful Seven-card Stud.
On the last hand, with the players competing successful Razz and a vocal assemblage cheering the action, Deeb was all-in connected 5th street. He made an eight-high, but Couden improved his manus to a six-high connected his last paper to destruct Deeb.
Deeb, who rapidly near the tourney country aft getting knocked out, was looking to go the seventh subordinate successful WSOP past with 9 oregon much bracelets. He would person tied the legendary Johnny Moss connected the all-time list.
Instead, Deeb had to settee for the $166,540 2nd prize and cardinal points successful the WSOP Player of the Year race. Deeb, the reigning subordinate of the year, is eighth successful the latest standings.
Couden outlasted a grounds tract of 472 players to gain the biggest currency of his career. He pushed his vocation unrecorded tourney net to much than $3.4 million, according to the Hendon Mob Poker Database.
Contact David Schoen astatine dschoen@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-387-5203. Follow @DavidSchoenLVRJ connected X.
English (US)·