Shaun Deeb has been topped WSOP Participant of the 12 months after a seven-week battle royale. Deeb edged out Benny Glaser to take the coveted crown.
The 51-day race for WSOP PoY standing lasted till the final occasion on the ultimate day. It took cashes value $4,006,440 throughout eighteen stay bracelet occasions and 6 on-line bracelet occasions, with 5 last tables and one gold bracelet to seal the deal.
For followers of the sport it was a pleasure following the principally three-way race between Deeb, Martin Kabrhel and Benny Glaser, with the outstanding PPC/Essential Occasion double thrusting Mike Mizrachi into late competition.
Whereas Glaser was wining an incredible three gold bracelets, and Kabrhel was seemingly all over the place directly, it took Deeb a bit of longer to get going this yr.
A number of minor cashes had him trailing his rivals, with Daniel Negreanu (PoY in each 2004 and 2018) and Brian Rast additionally within the early combine. When he began to motor, nevertheless, the 2018 Participant of the 12 months proved inconceivable to cease.
A 3rd-place end $10,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha Hello-Lo Championship was his first large exhibiting, adopted by a runner-up end behind Allan Le within the $1,500 Razz.
One other second, in On-line Occasion #12: $600 No-Restrict Maintain’em Monsterstack, was the prelude to his solely win of the sequence, but it surely was an enormous win.
Deeb scooped Occasion #79: $100,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha Excessive Curler forward of a 121-entry discipline of the sport’s greatest and finest 4-card followers, pocketing $2,957,229 from the $11,676,500 prizepool.
Shaun Deeb (@shaundeeb) was VERY NICE to speak with us after successful bracelet #7 tonight within the $100,000 Excessive Curler Pot-Restrict Omaha. Deeb expressed how tough the sphere was and the way his Crew Fortunate run-good and help from the rail helped carry him by one of many hardest… pic.twitter.com/YWLCTwEHOk
— WSOP – World Collection of Poker (@WSOP) July 4, 2025
He was again in content material in once more nearly instantly however couldn’t fairly shut out the $1,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em Deepstack, shedding out to Kabrhel’s countryman Zdenek Zizka.
Just a few extra cashes would shut his account at 24 whole cashes value $4,006,440 and 4,191.10 factors within the leaderboard race.
Glaser’s triple-bracelet run this summer season introduced him ever-so-close ending lower than 40 factors behind Deeb, whereas Mizrachi’s $10million Essential Occasion victory — along with 11 different cashes, together with the highly-coveted Poker Participant’s Championship — launched him into third place.
WSOP Participant of the 12 months Ultimate Standings
1
Shaun Deeb
USA
4,191.10
2
Benny Glaser
USA
4,153.66
3
Michael Mizrachi
USA
3,804.96
4
Martin Kabrhel
Czech Rep.
3,639.41
5
Scott Bohlman
USA
3,328.86
6
Joao Vieira
Portugal
3,025.20
7
Brian Rast
USA
3,006.66
8
Daniel Negreanu
Canada
2,972.05
9
Klemens Roiter
Austria
2,813.51
10
Zdenek Zizka
Czech Rep.
2,807.76
“We did it girls and boys,” Deeb tweeted. “Nice battle between Martin and Benny they battled to the final tourney.”
We did it girls and boys nice battle between Martin and Benny they battled to the final tourney pic.twitter.com/jRnWtAk7L1
— shaun deeb (@shaundeeb) July 16, 2025
Deeb is not going to solely obtain the WSOP Participant of the 12 months trophy but additionally a seat within the 2026 WSOP Essential Occasion.
Shaun Deeb’s 2025 WSOP Outcomes
Occasion #3:
$5k NLH 8-Handed
94th
$10,000
Occasion #5:
$5k PLO
fifty fifth
$12,903
On-line Occasion #2:
$555NLH Thriller Bounty
161st
$1,008
Occasion #14:
$25k NLH/PLO Excessive Curler
seventeenth
$60,520
On-line Occasion #4:
$1k NLH PKO
138th
$866
Occasion #19:
$500 NLH COLOSSUS
1036th
$1,230
Occasion #21:
$1k PLO Hello-Lo
thirty first
$8,101
On-line Occasion #5:
$600 NLH Deepstack
166th
$1,265
Occasion #34:
$1,500 Tremendous Turbo Bounty
86th
$3,036
Occasion #36:
$10k PLO Hello-Lo Championship
third
$348,304
Occasion #43:
$1,500 Razz
2nd
$84,221
Occasion #47:
$2,500 Omaha Hello-Lo/Stud Hello-Lo
twelfth
$11,269
Occasion #55:
$10k H.O.R.S.E. Championship
nineteenth
$20,999
Occasion #57:
$50k PLO Excessive Curler
twenty sixth
$100,000
On-line Occasion #12:
$600 NLH Monsterstack
2nd
$90,776
Occasion #63:
$1,500 Restrict 2-7 Triple Draw
56th
$3,154
Occasion #65:
$1,000 NLH TagTeam
69th
$1,508
On-line Occasion #17:
$500 NLH Deepstack
205th
$1,351
Occasion #76:
$2,500 Combined Large Guess
twenty ninth
$7,237
Occasion #79:
$100k PLO Excessive Curler
1st
$2,957,229
Occasion #90:
$777 Lucky7’s
270th
$2,078
Occasion #88:
$50k NLH Excessive Curler
nineteenth
$123,068
On-line Occasion #28:
$400 NLH Thriller Bounty
92nd
$1,411
