
Nicholas Julia Wins Event #54: $2,500 Nine-Game Mix 6-Handed He tanked for while before making the call. Lau checked his trips again and Deeb bet enough to force Lau all-in. Lau called and the 5c landed on the river, giving Deeb a backdoor full house. Lau bet 700k and Deeb called with an open-ended straight draw. Lau raised to 900k with Ah Kd Kc 8d and Deeb called to take to the flop of 8s 8c 6c. On the final hand, Deeb limped in for 300k with Ac 7d 6h 5s. Beauprez got all-in on a Ad Qc 7h 5s 3s board with As 9c 4d 2s and Deep called with Ks 8h 6h 4c for the nut straight to bust Beauprez in third and enter the heads-up with a 3:1 chip lead.ĭeep remained ahead and finally won it. Deeb scored his second knockout at the FT when his Ad Js Jc 8c bested the Qd 9s 6d 3s of Coleman (fourth – $381,394).Īfter a long 3-handed battle, it was the bracelet winner John Beauprez who exited in third place ($537,295). Deep got off to a good start on the final day and eliminated Bulgaria’s Veselin Karakitukov in 5th place after the latter ran into Deeb’s aces. The final day of this PLO event began with Ka Kwan Lau in the lead and Deeb in fourth place among the remaining five players. It’s gonna take me a decade or two but I’ll be there,” Deep added throwing light on his goals ahead. It’s gonna take me a while but I’m gonna pass Phil. “I’m gonna pass Phil (Hellmuth) eventually. “For the rest of the year, you’re gonna see me firing pretty hard so it’ s gonna be a battle.”

“Now I’m gonna start multi-tabling, I really took it easy,” Deeb said. The 35-year old poker pro became the 28th player in poker history to secure five titles at the series.ĭeep has his sights set much higher now. Deeb shipped this PLO tournament for the second time, outlasting a field of 212 entries that resulted in a prize pool of $5,008,500 shared by the top 32 players with a min-cash worth $40,966.

Shaun Deeb defeated Ka Kwan Lau heads up to win the WSOP 2021 Event #53: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller on Saturday, earning his fifth career WSOP bracelet and a $1,251,860 top prize.
