WSOP Player of the Year Shaun Deeb Wins His Eighth Bracelet

Shaun Deeb is now tied for seventh place with eight WSOP bracelets after taking down the €25,000 GGMillion€ on the World Collection of Poker Europe (WSOPE) sequence.

The New Yorker secured one other victory and a second bracelet this yr. He additionally took down the $100,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha occasion this summer season in Las Vegas for a career-best $2,957,229 rating.

Deeb defeated a tiny discipline of simply 38 runners to win his most up-to-date bracelet at King’s Resort in Rozvadov. However it all counts the identical, and the victory was even sweeter given he obtained some revenge in opposition to Zdenek Zizka a backgammon champion, who denied Deeb back-to-back bracelets in July throughout heads-up play within the $1,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em match.

Zizka, this time, went out in third place for €142,000 when he misplaced a race to Deeb. Coincidentally, the bracelet occasion in July ended the opposite means round, with Deeb dropping a race.

Deeb, who hit a fortunate ace along with his match life on the road throughout heads-up play in opposition to Iago Savino on Wednesday, collected €329,000 for the win. The runner-up obtained €219,000 as a comfort prize.

Deeb Joins Elite Firm

The victory leaves Deeb one bracelet shy of Poker Corridor of Famer Johnny Moss for sixth place all-time. Solely Phil Hellmuth (17), Erik Seidel (11), Phil Ivey (11), Doyle Brunson (10), and Johnny Chan (10) have extra. Deeb joins reigning world champion Michael Mizrachi and Benny Glaser, who had simply 5 earlier than the summer season, within the eight-bracelet membership.

The latest WSOP champion now has over $17 million in dwell match cashes, in line with The Hendon Mob.

Deeb was a controversial WSOP Participant of the 12 months winner, as some argued Mizrachi, who gained the 2 most prestigious occasions (Principal Occasion and Poker Gamers Championship), deserved the award. However the precise POY winner posted a banner summer season that has continued throughout the globe at WSOP Europe.

Deeb, a future Poker Corridor of Fame lock inside a yr or two after he turns into eligible at age 40 subsequent yr, outlasted the second-smallest dwell bracelet occasion discipline within the fashionable period. Justin Bonomo beat a discipline of 27 entrants within the 2018 $1,000,000 buy-in Large One for One Drop for $10,000,000.

A full recap of the €25,000 GGMillion€ occasion, together with a postgame interview with the champion, shall be out there later.