Shaun Deeb

aka "shaundeeb"

Nationality

GPI Rank 189

WSOP Bracelets 6

Total Live Earnings $12,803,916

Data provided by The Hendon Mob

Biography

Shaun Deeb is an American professional poker player. He is the owner of six World Series of Poker (WSOP) titles, as well as eight PokerStars WCOOP and five SCOOP titles.

In 2018, he was also named World Series of Poker POY after recording 16 cashes and winning two bracelets. He has also won POY titles in both the SCOOP (2012) and WCOOP (2015) festivals.

As of June 2023, he has amassed over $12 million in live earnings.

Biography

Deeb was born in 1986 in Troy, New York. He began playing poker at the age of 16 and started running $20 buy-in tournaments for his peers. After a while Deeb took his game to the online felt which soon became his full-time job. He attended Bentley University, but dropped out quickly in order to pursue a career as a professional poker player.

When he became of age Deeb started playing poker online and soon enough became a regular at some of the biggest cash games and tournaments on both of the biggest online poker sites at the time, Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars.

Deeb's Online Poker Accomplishments

Shaun Deeb has won 13 COOP titles over his career, tied with Jussi "calvin7v" Nevanlinna for most all-time. During the early years of his career, he received several accolades.

He was the first player to win the PokerStars Tournament Leaderboard (TLB) in back-to-back years in 2007 and 2008. He was also the former No. 1 ranked internet poker tournament player in the world on four separate occasions between 2008 and 2009 according to PocketFives.

He was inducted into the Internet Wall of Fame in February 2016.

Deeb's COOP Titles

Year	Event	Field	Payout
2008	WCOOP Event #25: $320 Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys	748	$144,113
2010	SCOOP-17M: $162 Pot Limit Omaha w/rebuys [6-Max]	743	$62,252
2010	WCOOP Event #28: $1,050 No-Limit Hold’em	1,433	$243,610
2012	SCOOP-10H: $2,100 Seven-Card Stud	64	$41,600
2012	SCOOP-19H: $2,100 Triple Stud	68	$44,200
2012	SCOOP-26H: $2,100 Seven Card Stud [High/Low]	74	$40,330
2012	SCOOP-38H: $2,100 HORSE	85	$46,325
2015	WCOOP Event #44: $215 NL Hold'em [4-Max]	1,593	$68,000
2016	WCOOP Event #12: $1,050 NL 5-Card Draw Championship	95	$22,186
2019	WCOOP-09-H: $1,050 NL 5-Card Draw [Progressive KO]	70	$25,375
2019	WCOOP-37-M: $530 PLO [6-Max]	599	$52,372
2018	WCOOP-22-H: $1,050 PLO8 [8-Max]	192	$38,089
2018	WCOOP-59-H: $215 PLO8 [6-Max]	173	$69,011

Deeb at the World Series of Poker

Deeb made his World Series of Poker debut in 2007 when he cashed in four events for a total of $67,000 in prize money. He came back to the WSOP in 2009 for five more money finishes and took home $44,000 in winnings. Two years later Deeb came close to his first World Series title. He placed 4th at the $2,500 10-Game Mix / Six Handed tournament for almost $70,000.

His first WSOP title came in 2015, when he won the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Championship for over $300,000.

A second bracelet followed the following year in $1,500 Seven Card Stud, and he narrowly missed out on making it three titles in three years, but fell in second place in the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship in 2017.

In recent years, Deeb had become a perennial contender for WSOP Player of the Year, and 2018 saw him finally take the crown. A total of 16 cashes in Las Vegas, and four at King's Resort for the WSOP Europe saw him win POY honors.

A third-place finish in Event #14: $1,500 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw set him on his way, before winning the prestigious Event #42: 25,000 Pot Limit Omaha for over $1.4 million — to date, the largest cash of Deeb's career. His next bracelet came less than three weeks later with victory in Event #74: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship. He defeated Paul Volpe heads-up to win his second bracelet of the year.

He would have to wait until the WSOP Europe to have his POY title secured, but held off Ben Yu to take the title.

2018 POY Winner Deeb Reflects on Summer of Success

Deeb would come close to clinching POY in back-to-back years, but would have to settle for second-place behind Robert Campbell in the 2019 race.

In 2021, Deeb added a fifth bracelet in the prestigious Event #53: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller, the second time he won this event. He won $1,251,860, the second-biggest cash of his career behind his 2018 victory in the same event.

Deeb won his sixth bracelet in 2023 in Event #27: $1,500 Eight Game Mix. The win, along with several other cashes at the 2023 WSOP helped push Deeb over $12 million in career earnings

Controversies

Over the course of his career, Deeb has been involved in several "scandals" and controversies. A long-running feud between him and Daniel Negreanu turned personal in 2019, with Deeb suggesting a prop bet over whose marriage would last longer.

In 2019, he called out Bryn Kenney alleging that Kenney had freerolled his Triton Poker Million second-place finish.

Most recently, a prop bet between him and former WSOP Main Event runner-up Tony Miles "turned ugly" after Miles competed on American Ninja Warrior.

WSOP Player of the Year Winners

Year	Player	Bracelets	Cashes
2004	Daniel Negreanu	1	$346,280
2005	Allen Cunningham	1	$1,007,115
2006	Jeff Madsen	2	$1,467,852
2007	Tom Schneider	2	$416,829
2008	Erick Lindgren	1	$1,358,528
2009	Jeff Lisandro	3	$807,521
2010	Frank Kassela	2	$1,255,314
2011	Ben Lamb	1	$5,352,970
2012	Greg Merson	2	$9,785,354
2013	Daniel Negreanu	2	$1,954,054
2014	George Danzer	3	$878,933
2015	Mike Gorodinsky	1	$1,766,487
2016	Jason Mercier	2	$960,424
2017	Chris Ferguson	1	$428,423
2018	Shaun Deeb	2	$2,545,623
2019	Robert Campbell	2	$750,844
2020	Not awarded
2021	Josh Arieh	2	$1,194,061

PokerNews Covered Events

Event	Place	Prize
2024 World Series of Poker Event #97: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha	13^th	$20,595
2024 World Series of Poker Event #85: $1,000 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold'em Presented by GGPoker	14^th	$8,412
2024 World Series of Poker Event #76: $10,000 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed)	20^th	$40,684
2024 World Series of Poker Event #72: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship (7-Handed)	23^rd	$20,552
2024 World Series of Poker Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) (2-7, A-5, Badugi)	6^th	$26,033
2024 World Series of Poker Event #53: $3,000 Nine Game Mixed (7-Handed)	43^rd	$6,080
2024 World Series of Poker Event #48: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed)	74^th	$3,400
2024 World Series of Poker Event #43: $1,500 Mixed: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Big O (7-Handed)	16^th	$7,543
2024 World Series of Poker Event #41: $1,500 Mixed: No-Limit Hold'em; Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot (8-Handed)	47^th	$6,314
2024 World Series of Poker Event #40: $1,500 Razz	65^th	$3,000
2024 World Series of Poker Event #35: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. (8-Handed)	59^th	$3,682
2024 World Series of Poker Event #20: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold'em	714^th	$1,040
2024 World Series of Poker Event #26: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed)	8^th	$153,302
2024 World Series of Poker Event #17: $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack	138^th	$3,276
2024 World Series of Poker Event #10: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (8-Handed)	22^nd	$20,309
2024 World Series of Poker Event #7: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed)	8^th	$11,422
2024 World Series of Poker Event #3: $500 WSOP Kickoff No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout	520^th	$1,001
2023 WSOP Paradise Event #11: $800 Flip & Go	88^th	$1,400
2023 World Series of Poker Online Event #19: $500 NL Hold'em Summer Saver	215^th	$873
2023 World Series of Poker Online Event #20: $777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's	180^th	$1,305
2023 World Series of Poker Event #89: $1,000 Flip & Go Presented by GGPoker	44^th	$3,870
2023 World Series of Poker Event #82: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (6-Handed)	109^th	$5,281
2023 World Series of Poker Online Event #16: $600 Online Deepstack Championship	155^th	$1,398
2023 World Series of Poker Online Event #13: $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship	35^th	$12,036
2023 World Series of Poker Event #73: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet	49^th	$4,398
2023 World Series of Poker Event #62: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha	125^th	$3,731
2023 World Series of Poker Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	19^th	$5,630
2023 World Series of Poker Online Event #10: $400 No-Limit Ultra Deepstack	75^th	$1,670
2023 World Series of Poker Online Event #9: $1,000 PLO Championship	26^th	$3,518
2023 World Series of Poker Event #45: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	5^th	$55,894
2023 World Series of Poker Online Event #7: $500 PLO 6-Max	113^th	$807
2023 World Series of Poker Event #27: $1,500 Eight Game Mix	1^st	$198,854
2023 World Series of Poker Online Event #5: $400 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max	86^th	$1,853
2023 World Series of Poker Event #17: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	145^th	$2,404
2023 World Series of Poker Event #13: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack	17^th	$8,647
2023 World Series of Poker Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud	5^th	$23,476
2023 World Series of Poker Online Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack	2^nd	$105,708
2023 World Series of Poker Event #6: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha	58^th	$8,750
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 PCA PLO High Roller	4^th	$121,500
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $3,000 PCA Mystery Bounty	55^th	$4,650
2022 World Series of Poker Event #85: $1,500 The Closer	30^th	$16,740
2022 World Series of Poker Event #82: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack	239^th	$1,603
2022 World Series of Poker Event #76: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty	12^th	$13,139
2022 World Series of Poker [Online] $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Bracelet Championship	16^th	$8,635
2022 World Series of Poker Event #66: $1,000 Mini Main Event	18^th	$23,148
2022 World Series of Poker Event #48: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed	49^th	$3,397
2022 World Series of Poker Event #44: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship	19^th	$20,193
2022 World Series of Poker Event #40: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	5^th	$83,465
2022 World Series of Poker [Online] $1,000 PLO 6-Max	20^th	$3,992
2022 World Series of Poker Event #31: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship	4^th	$94,606
2022 World Series of Poker Event #23: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	8^th	$11,980
2022 World Series of Poker Event #24: $1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold'em	63^rd	$3,250
2022 World Series of Poker [Online] $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack	363^rd	$530
2022 World Series of Poker Event #18: $1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em	160^th	$2,463
2022 World Series of Poker Event #12: $50,000 High Roller	15^th	$80,000
2022 World Series of Poker Event #7: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	28^th	$6,928
2022 World Series of Poker Event #3: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em	108^th	$4,027
2022 Wynn Millions $10,000 Main Event [$10,000,000 GTD]	12^th	$125,326
2021 World Series of Poker Event #88: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	12^th	$24,437
2021 World Series of Poker Event #85: $50,000 High Roller	16^th	$84,486
2021 World Series of Poker Event #84: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller	11^th	$91,821
2021 World Series of Poker Event #73: 10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	13^th	$22,536
2021 World Series of Poker Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	22^nd	$3,773
2021 World Series of Poker Event #57: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship	13^th	$16,552
2021 World Series of Poker Event #53: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller	1^st	$1,251,860
2021 World Series of Poker Event #49: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship	12^th	$20,165
2021 World Series of Poker Event #39: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha	60^th	$3,463
2021 World Series of Poker Event #35: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em	42^nd	$3,825
2021 World Series of Poker Event #27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E	49^th	$3,215
2021 World Series of Poker Event #20: $1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold'em	110^th	$2,155
2021 World Series of Poker Event #14: $1,500 Seven Card Stud	5^th	$18,475
2021 World Series of Poker Event #10: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em	59^th	$2,505
2021 World Series of Poker Event #8: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack	640^th	$960
2021 World Series of Poker WSOP.com (NV/NJ) Online Bracelet $500 NL Hold’em BIG 500 [3x Re-entry]	146^th	$768
2021 World Series of Poker WSOP.com (NV/NJ) Online Bracelet $5,300 NL Hold’em Freezeout	22^nd	$7,410
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #24: $400 NLH Monster Stack	74^th	$847
2020 WPT World Online Championships Event #8: $10,300 Main Event, $10m GTD	65^th	$33,363
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #29: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack	36^th	$6,955
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #27: $400 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout	13^th	$5,517
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #20: $500 PLO 6-Handed	36^th	$2,302
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout	80^th	$2,497
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #6: $600 PLO8 6-Handed	21^st	$2,519
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #4: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo	158^th	$743
2019 World Series of Poker Europe Event #15: €550 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em	11^th	€12,453
2019 World Series of Poker Europe Event #9: €1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha/No-Limit Hold'em Mix	26^th	€2,699
2019 World Series of Poker Europe Event #7: €1,100 Turbo Bounty Hunter No-Limit Hold'em	13^th	€2,329
2019 World Series of Poker Europe Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha	18^th	€1,445
2019 World Series of Poker Event #86: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship	17^th	$28,618
2019 World Series of Poker Event #84: The Closer - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	7^th	$80,766
2019 World Series of Poker Event #75: $1,000+111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em	118^th	$4,521
2019 World Series of Poker Event #80: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em, Pot Limit Omaha	71^st	$3,608
2019 World Series of Poker Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship	5^th	$232,058
2019 World Series of Poker Event #52: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship	24^th	$30,532
2019 World Series of Poker Event #51: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	13^th	$8,565
2019 World Series of Poker Event #42: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em / Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack	344^th	$875
2019 World Series of Poker Event #35: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship	2^nd	$193,090
2019 World Series of Poker Event #28: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em	28^th	$8,989
2019 World Series of Poker Event #23: $1,500 Eight Game Mix	82^nd	$2,257
2019 World Series of Poker Event #18: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	9^th	$34,467
2019 World Series of Poker Event #3: BIG 50 - $500 No-Limit Hold'em	3597^th	$797
2019 World Series of Poker Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw	16^th	$3,862
2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,300 PCA Main Event	115^th	$18,460
2018 World Series of Poker Europe Event #7: €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed	20^th	€3,518
2018 World Series of Poker Europe Event #6: €1,650 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha/No-Limit Hold'em	2^nd	€53,731
2018 World Series of Poker Europe Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed	38^th	€1,224
2018 World Series of Poker Europe Event #2: €1,650 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Deepstack	11^th	€4,640
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona Main Event	61^st	€19,760
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona €2,200 EPT National High Roller	85^th	€6,280
2018 World Series of Poker Event #75: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) - $1 Million Guarantee	320^th	$2,763
2018 World Series of Poker Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship	105^th	$57,010
2018 World Series of Poker Event #74: Big Blind Antes $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship	1^st	$814,179
2018 World Series of Poker Event #59: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty	172^nd	$1,124
2018 World Series of Poker Event #42: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller	1^st	$1,402,683
2018 World Series of Poker Event #40: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet	13^th	$5,460
2018 World Series of Poker Event #33: $50,000 Poker Players Championship	10^th	$111,447
2018 World Series of Poker Event #29: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw	19^th	$3,799
2018 World Series of Poker Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER	965^th	$2,345
2018 World Series of Poker Event #7: $565 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em	1418^th	$920
2018 World Series of Poker Event #13: $1,500 Big Blind Antes No-Limit Hold'em	16^th	$11,553
2018 World Series of Poker Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw	3^rd	$36,330
2018 World Series of Poker Event #8: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball	37^th	$3,937
2018 World Series of Poker Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	44^th	$4,723
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America Main Event	138^th	10,000 CAD
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America $1,100 Turbo	7^th	19,000 CAD
2017 World Series of Poker Event #72: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship	7^th	$30,817
2017 World Series of Poker Event #62: $50,000 Poker Players Championship (6-Handed)	7^th	$164,286
2017 World Series of Poker Event #57: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix	45^th	$4,196
2017 World Series of Poker Event #44: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.	26^th	$6,186
2017 World Series of Poker Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship	12^th	$21,318
2017 World Series of Poker Event #34: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship	2^nd	$143,842
2017 World Series of Poker Event #28: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw	20^th	$3,563
2017 World Series of Poker Event #22: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship	13^th	$15,333
2017 World Series of Poker Event #21: $1,500 8-Game Mix 6-Handed	26^th	$3,921
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona €10,300 High Roller	27^th	€30,400
2013 World Series of Poker Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em	20^th	$173,723
2013 World Series of Poker Event #41: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Six Handed)	26^th	$12,896
2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller	5^th	$289,880
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo Main Event	48^th	€14,000
2012 World Series of Poker Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	319^th	$32,871
2012 World Series of Poker $25,300 One Drop Mega Satellite	2^nd	$1,000,000
2012 World Series of Poker Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed	27^th	$13,509
2012 World Series of Poker Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em	6^th	$84,668
2012 World Series of Poker Event 8: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better	62^nd	$4,164
2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo Main Event	71^st	€10,000
2011 World Series of Poker Event #40: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed	49^th	$11,903
2011 World Series of Poker Event #29: $2,500 10-Game Mix / Six Handed	4^th	$67,146
2011 World Series of Poker Event #23: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix	47^th	$4,883
2011 World Series of Poker Event #20: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em	198^th	$2,343
2011 World Series of Poker Event #11: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship	18^th	$20,564
2011 World Series of Poker Event #5: $1,500 Seven Card Stud	15^th	$4,511
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure NAPT Bounty Shootout	3^rd	$40,000
2010 World Series of Poker Event #13: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em	86^th	$3,750
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw Championship Main Event	22^nd	28,620 PLN
2009 World Series of Poker Event 56 - $5,000 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em	26^th	$22,157
2009 World Series of Poker Event 47 - $2,500 Mixed Hold'em	36^th	$7,030
2009 World Series of Poker Event 36 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em	132^nd	$4,318
2009 World Series of Poker Event 19 - $2,500 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em	53^rd	$7,418
2009 World Series of Poker Event 7 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em	110^th	$3,581
2009 WSOP Circuit Event - New Orleans $5,150 Circuit Championship Event	14^th	$15,979
2007 World Series of Poker Event 52 - $1,000 No Limit Holdem w/ rebuys	36^th	$16,133
2007 World Series of Poker Event 49 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem	27^th	$24,731
2007 World Series of Poker Event 30 - $2,500 No Limit Holdem 6 Handed	27^th	$9,546
2007 World Series of Poker Event 10 - $2,000 No Limit Holdem	27^th	$16,858