“It was very ridiculous and entertaining that two days later I win the eight game and Josh is on my rail, drunk, and having a blast and pumping me up.”ĭeeb has cashed in 11 tournaments since the start of the series and was third in the player of the year standings through Saturday behind leader Ian Matakis and Michael Rodriguez Pires Santos.ĭeeb won player of the year in 2018 when he claimed two bracelets and more than $2.5 million in winnings and is pushing for the WSOP to add a monetary prize to the award.ĭaniel Negreanu is the only two-time player of the year winner. “I always make fun of him for being such a fish,” Deeb said. Close friend Josh Arieh earned his fifth career WSOP bracelet days prior, and Deeb threatened to retire if Arieh reached No. His most recent victory was in the $1,500 buy-in Eight-Game Mix Six-Handed on June 13 for $198,854. To illustrate his versatility, only one of Deeb’s bracelets came in the popular No-limit Hold’em variant. He captured his first bracelet, which are awarded to tournament winners, in 2015 in the $10,000 buy-in Pot-limit Hold’em event and is one of 20 players with six career bracelets. It’s at the WSOP where Deeb made his mark in live tournaments, and he has nearly $9.2 million in career WSOP earnings through Saturday. He became a legendary online player, and his eight career titles at PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker series ranks second all time. That’s what I find most important about my quality of life is that result.”ĭeeb learned cards from his grandmother and began running poker tournaments at his house when he was 16. “But I know there’s only so many years you have a really good shot of winning player of the year. “I’m hurting my equity of winning that bet by going so hard for player of the year,” Deeb said. After that, Deeb’s attention will turn to his weight-loss prop bet with billionaire businessman and high-stakes poker player Bill Perkins. The first is WSOP player of the year, which will be determined when the series ends next month. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Deeb joined an exclusive club this month when he won his sixth career World Series of Poker tournament.īut the decorated poker pro from Wynantskill, New York, has his sights set on at least two bigger prizes. Chips are stacked and ready for poker players to check in during the WSOP in the Paris on Friday, June 23, 2023, in Las Vegas.

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