Shaun Deeb, a professional poker player from Upstate New York now residing in Las Vegas, has just added a WSOP gold bracelet to the one he captured this time last year. Last night, Deeb topped the field of the 2016 WSOP $1,500 Seven Card Stud, scooping the amount of $111,101 for his victory.
Last summer, the player won the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em Championship for his first gold piece and a payout of $318,857. So far, he has cashed in 35 WSOP events and has collected about $1.3 million in those. It is also interesting to note that Deeb is considered to be one of the best Chinese Poker players in the world.
As for his performance in this year’s $1,500 Seven Card Stud, the player emerged victorious over a final table comprised of five other former gold bracelet winners, striving to add another gold piece to their collections. What is more, Deeb needed only several hands to defeat his heads-up opponent – Adam Friedman from Gahanna, Ohio.
The $1,500 Seven Card Stud was a three-day tournament played from June 28-30. It attracted as many as 331 entries who generated $446,850 in prize money. The top 50 players were paid a share of the prize pool, with min-cashes totaling $2,257.
The event’s final day saw the eight final table players return to play down to a champion. Ukrainian Eugene Katchalov was the chip leader at that point, closely followed by Deeb. Heads-up match began with the eventual winner holding the chip lead. As already mentioned, Deeb did not take long to defeat his last opponent.
On the very last hand in play, Deeb brought it on with [8d][7d][Jh][5d] and Friedman completed with [Ad][Qh][7h][Kc] to see Deeb two-bet. Friedman then called. The player checked on fourth street and Deeb bet. Friedman raised and Deeb three-bet to get it all in. At that point, Friedman tabled [Qc][Jd] for a pair of Queens and his opponent showed [10c][10h] for a pair of tens.
Nothing happened until the seventh street when Deeb hit [5h] for two pair, thus leaving Friedman with hopes to make a higher two pair. The [Jc] came for the player and he hit the rail in 2nd place to collect $68,666 for his efforts.
Four-time gold bracelet winner Max Pescatori from Italy took 3rd place in the tournament for $46,312. Katherine Fleck from Fort Myers, Florida finished 4th for $31,899. Start-of-the-day chip leader and one-time gold bracelet winner Eugene Katchalov collected $22,448 for finishing 5th.
Yaniv Birman from Westwood, California took 6th place for a payout of $16,147. John Monnette from Palmdale, California scooped $11,878 for his seventh-place finish. Cory Ziedman from Coral Springs, Florida took 8th place for $8,941.
