Shaun Deeb Finally Wins His NInth WSOP Bracelet

A successful tournament in a losing series?

This year's World Series of Poker in Las Vegas will be remembered for the remarkable number of top players who captured their ninth WSOP bracelet. Following Michael Mizrachi and Benny Glaser, Shaun Deeb became the third player to reach the milestone.

The prolific tournament grinder claimed victory in Event #74: $1,500 8-Game Mixed, earning his ninth bracelet along with a first-place prize of $181,625.

Full list of Shaun Deeb's bracelets:

1. 2015: $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’em Championship ($318,857)
2. 2016: $1,500 Seven Card Stud ($111,101)
3. 2018: $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha – High Roller ($1,402,683)
4. 2018: $10,000 No Limit Hold’em – 6-Handed Big Blind Ante ($814,179)
5. 2021: $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller – 8-Handed ($1,251,860)
6. 2023: $1,500 Mixed Games: Eight-Game Mix – 6-Handed ($198,854)
7. 2025: $100,000 Pot Limit Omaha ($2,957,229)
8. 2025: €25,000 No Limit Hold’em – GGMillion€ (WSOPE) (€329,000 / ~$385,824)
9. 2026:  $1,500 8-Game Mixed ($181,625).

Overall, however, it's difficult to describe Shaun Deeb's summer as a success. After an outstanding showing at the WSOPE in Prague—six cashes in 15 bracelet events, including two runner-up finishes, many expected Shaun to carry that momentum into Las Vegas. He was even considered the most expensive player in Daniel Negreanu's draft. But variance had other plans.

Despite adding another bracelet to his collection, Deeb has recorded just three cashes so far—a win, a runner-up finish, and a fifth-place result. By the same point in the 2025 WSOP, he had already cashed 18 times.

Deeb, however, doesn't see it as a stretch of bad luck. Even after countless near misses, he has continued to do what he does best: grind methodically and relentlessly.

"I could have lost this heads-up just as easily as I'd won the previous ones. I just sit down at the table every day, play my game, and hope to eventually grab all the chips, like I did today," he said.

Interestingly, Shaun Deeb, like Michael Mizrachi, has expressed a strong desire to catch Phil Hellmuth's all-time WSOP win total.

Final table

Sean had two big breaks in the pre-final of Event #74. Michael Koenig gave him all the chips in the top nine. First, Deeb got all-in with A♦ 2♣ against A♥ 6♠ and flopped a winning deuce. Then, in a hand of 2-7 Triple Draw, he made a wheel against the second-best hand.

Early in the final table, Deeb picked up pots with preflop raises or in no-showdown hands. He eliminated players in 5th and 6th place, and then Dean Joe took over, hitting the next two outs.

So, Sean started heads-up play with half as many chips. The battle for first place lasted two and a half hours. The big pot that turned the tide in Deeb's favor was played in a no-limit hold'em hand: Sean hit a straight on the river against a second pair.

The final hand was a PLO hand. The players went all-in on the flop. Deeb found himself with two kings against his opponent's top pair and straight draw. The turn and river didn't help Joe.

Event #74 Final Table Payouts: $1,500 8-Game Mixed:

1. Shaun Deeb (USA) – $181,625
2. Dean Joe (USA) – $120,570
3. Fu Wong (USA) – $81,530
4. Blaz Žerjav (Slovenia) – $56,230
5. Itzuko Yoroi (Japan) – $39,570
6. Patrick Mahoney (USA) – $28,420