Freddy Deeb Poker Tournament Updates

Freddy Deeb Proves He Once Had Hair

Jul 18, '19

Freddy Deeb, The Lebanese Billy Mays

Freddy Deeb stopped by the media table during the break to ask us if we would mind embarrassing his daughter by posting one of her baby photos. He also wanted to prove to the world that he once had hair.

Of course, we had no problem with that, seeing as how Freddy’s daughter Jeanine also spent years working as a member of the poker media. When notified of the upcoming photo drop, however, Jeanine quickly fired back with a photo of her own, showing off her dad in full ’80s glory, with more hair on his chest than he currently has on his head.

Deeb, who has nearly $9 million in earnings, came on the Poker Stories podcast last year to tell his story.

Player Tags: Freddy Deeb

Kou Vang Doubles Through Freddy Deeb

Jul 18, '19

Kou Vang

Vang showed JJ and was in great shape against Deeb’s 99.

The board ran out K75QJ. Vang doubled up with a set of jacks and is back above his 25,000-chip starting stack.

Kou Vang – 32,000
Freddy Deeb – 135,000

Player Tags: Freddy Deeb,   Kou Vang

Freddy Deeb Joins The Field

Oct 12, '15

Freddy Deeb

Player Tags: Freddy Deeb

Tom Braband Gets Double Knockout

Feb 27, '11

Tom Braband

The flop came down QJ10 and Braband and DeNiro checked. The middle position player moved all in for his last 23,000 and Deeb moved all in behind him for a little less.

Both Braband and DeNiro called and the turn was the 6. Braband moved all in for his last 85,000 and DeNiro eventually mucked.

The middle position player showed pocket kings and Deeb showed Q10 for top and bottom pair, but Braband was well ahead with QJ for top two pair.

The river was the 4 and Braband took the whole pot, increasing his stack to 200,000. DeNiro is still stacked with just over 300,000.

Player Tags: Freddy Deeb,   Tom Braband

Freddy Deeb Eliminated in 24th Place

Dec 06, '10

Freddy Deeb

Player Tags: Freddy Deeb,   Amit Makhija

Level 16 Update: Into the Dinner Break

Sep 26, '10

Freddy Deeb

Blinds: 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante

Players Remaining: 28 of 346

Chip Counts:

1. Andrew Pantling — 1,300,000
2. Phil Ivey — 699,000
3. Dan Fleyshman — 695,000
4. Nicolas Levi — 634,000
5. Bojan Gledovic — 605,000
6. Daniel Steinberg — 605,000
7. Arnaud Mattern — 480,000
8. David Peters — 442,000
9. Marc Inizan — 375,000
10. Ronald Lee — 367,000

Average Chip Count: 346,000

Notable Cashes:

Big Hands:

James Mitchell Eliminated in 31st Place (₤21,106)

James Mitchell moved all in on a flop of 7 4 2 and Marc Inizan made the call. Their cards:

Micthell: 9-9
Inizan: 10-10

Turn and River: 3 and 6

Mitchell was eliminated on the hand in 31st place and he will take home ₤21,106 in prize money.

Freddy Deeb Eliminated in 30th Place (₤21,106)

Roland de Wolfe raised preflop from the small blind and Freddy Deeb reraised all in from the big blind. De Wolfe made the call and they flipped over their cards:

De Wolfe: K 8
Deeb: 9 9

Board: Q J 10 A

De Wolfe made a Broadway straight on the turn and that brought an end to Deeb’s tournament in 30th place. He will take home ₤21,106 in prize money.

Boatman Gets Chatty

Ivey bets 12,500 from late position and Barny Boatman raises it to 37,500 from the hijack. Ivey calls and the flop comes J 10 7. Both players check and the turn is the Q. Ivey checks and Boatman bets 35,500. Ivey calls and the river is the 8. Ivey checks and Boatman moves all in. Ivey asks how much it is and the answer is 175,000. He sits back and contemplates the call. Boatman then turns to him and says, “Were you trap-checking me on the flop?” Straight away Ivey gets very animated and starts repeating the question – “Was I trap-checking you on the flop?” He’s almost laughing as he stares at Boatman to figure out if he’s playing mind games. After a few minutes he decides to pass and Boatman adds a good few more chips to his stack.

Bryn Kenney Eliminated in 29th Place (£21,106)

Bryn Kenney bets 13,000 from the cut-off and Phil Ivey makes it 40,000 from the small blind. Kenny pops it to 80,000 and after about 30 seconds Ivey quietly says, “I’m all in.” Kenney insta-calls and flips over K K. Ivey shows A 8 and the board is dealt 10 10 9 J A. Not only did Ivey hit his ace but it was a club giving him a flush. He adds about 170,000 to his stack.

De Wolfe and Blom at it Again

Coming in preflop but slightly late into the action. Viktor Blom bets 28,500 from the button and Roland de Wolfe makes it 65,000 from the small blind. There is about 21,000 in the middle. It comes back to Blom who takes some time to think. One of the other players then calls the clock and Blom asks, “Who called time?” The player leans forward, picks up his short stack and says, “I can’t handle the blinds going up.” “You show?” Blom says to de Wolfe. “I told you I’d show!” says de Wolfe. “Promise?” asks Blom and then folds. De Wolfe shows him pocket jacks and moves up to 245,000.

Blom bets 12,000 on a flop of 7 6 2. De Wolfe bends forward to try and see Blom’s hooded face, and then makes the call. The turn is the J and both players check. The river is the 3 and Blom bets 52,000. De Wolfe leans forward once again and takes a good hard look at him. Eventually, he calls and Blom shows 10 10. De Wolfe mucks and his stack moves back down again.

Player Tags: Barny Boatman,   Phil Ivey,   Roland de Wolfe,   Freddy Deeb,   Bryn Kenney,   James Mitchell,   Viktor Blom

Level Four, Hour One: Little Chops, Then Doubles

Jul 08, '10

Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante

Notable Chip Counts:

1. Brent Baldrey – 150,000
2. Khamsy Nuanmanee – 123,000
3. David Benyamine – 113,000
4. Paul Noriega – 112,000
5. Bretty Richey – 102,000
6. Anh Van Nguyen – 94,000
7. Jason Mercier – 91,500
8. Steve Billirakis – 91,000
9. Eric Buchman – 78,500
10. Victor Mendicuti – 76,000

Card Player Family Chip Counts

Jeff Shulman — 5,600
Steve Zolotow — 32,200
Jen Harman — 27,000

Big Hands:

Little Chops Up a Big One

Jonathan Little push his opponent all in for around 10,000 and was called. Their hands:

Little: AK
Opponent: AK

They held the same hand, but when the flop ran 527 Little saw he had a backdoor flush draw. “Freeroll,” he said.

But the board finished without two more diamonds and they chopped the pot. Little is still relatively short with just 13,000 in chips.

Lee Busts to Aces

A short-stacked Doug Lee got all in preflop holding 77, but his opponent held the big bad AA.

The board ran 552J4 and Lee was gone.

Varkonyi Loses Big One

Robert Varkonyi’s opponent was all in, creating a pretty large pot on a board of 2948J. Varkonyi tanked for a while before making the call. Their hands:

Varkonyi: J-8
Opponent: AK

Varkonyi’s two pair could not be his opponent’s nut flush, and the former main event champ dropped to 26,000 in chips.

Singer Flexes

The player under the gun raised to 1,000 and David Singer made it 3,400 to go. The blinds folded but the under the gun player called.

The flop came down 952 and the player bet 4,300. Singer made the call and the 9 fell on the turn.

The player checked and Singer pounced, moving all in for 10,625. His opponent mucked and Singer took the pot. He was at 20,000.

Freddy Deeb Getting Short

Four players, including Freddy Deeb, limped preflop and saw the KJ9 land on the felt. Everyone checked and the turn was the 5.

The player in seat 1 bet 700 and everyone folded. Deeb was ailing with just 9,000 after the hand.

Harman Gets Pushed

Jennifer Harman and her opponent in seat 9 saw a flop of J55. Seat 9 bet 2,600 and Harman raised it up to 6,600.

Seat 9 would not be pushed as he reraised to 14,600. Harman then went into the tank for a couple of minutes. The ESPN cameras noticed and surrounded the table. Harman shuffled her chips for what seemed like forever.

Finally, she threw away her hand and slipped to 27,000.

Rousso Jacks Up Opponent

Vanessa Rousso and her opponent saw a flop J98. The action preflop was unclear, but seat 6 eventually ended up all in for 27,250. Rousso made the call.

Rousso: JJ
Seat 6: A10

Rousso flopped top set but her opponent was drawing to an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the A, giving seat 6 a meaningless pair. The river was the 6 and Rousso dodged the draws to score the knockout. She was at 63,000 after the hand.

Pavilion Room Update

Johnathan Little Doubles Up

Jonathan Little bet 800 from middle position and it was folded around to a player in the small blind. The big blind raised to 1,800 and Little called. The flop came Q99. The big blind bet 2,000 and Little made the quick call. The 5 fell on the turn and the big blind bet 3,600. Little called with only 5,950 behind. An off suit four hit the river and Little’s opponent set him all in. Little made the insta-call for his tournament life. His opponent exposed the KK but was no good against the 98 of Little. Little doubled to over 30,000.

Shawn Sheikhan Outplayed

It was folded around to the small blind. Shawn Sheikhan was in the big blind and was asking for a walk. However, the small blind completed and Sheikhan checked. The flop came KK10 and it was checked to Sheikhan. He fired out a bet of 800 before being check-raised to 2,000. Sheikhan quickly folded and his opponent showed him the 52 for 5-high. Sheikhan was at around 20,000 after the hand.

Thomas Marchese Loses a Pot

With about 10,000 in the middle on a board of 1053Q6, Marchese checked and his opponent checked behind. Marchese’s opponent announced pair and tabled A5. Marchese mucked and was down to 23,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Shawn Sheikhan,   David Singer,   Jennifer Harman,   Robert Varkonyi,   Doug Lee,   Jonathan Little,   Freddy Deeb,   Tom Marchese

Level 15: Seidel Not Going Quietly

Jul 01, '10

Blinds: 4,000-8,000, Ante: 1,000

Players Remaining: 30 out of 191

Average Chip Count: 324,468

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Daniel Negreanu — 1,260,000
2. Bryn Kenney — 994,000
3. Mikael Thuritz — 846,000
4. Vadim Trincher — 820,000
5. Barry Greenstein — 800,000
6. Jason Somerville — 775,000
7. Abe Mosseri — 525,800
8. Billy Jordanou — 510,000
9. Steven Kelly — 505,000
10. Eugene Katchalov — 475,000

Notable Eliminations:
Freddy Deeb

Big Hands:

Seidel Doubles Up

Facing a raise from Sam Trickett, Erik Seidel reraised all in for 91,000 and Trickett made the call. Their hands:

Seidel: AQ
Trickett: A3

Seidel was a heavy favorite and the board didn’t change that. It ran 10K987 and Seidel doubled up to 194,000.

Trickett dropped to 300,000 after the hand.

Freddy Deeb Loses Flip, Eliminated

Steven Kelly raised to 20,000 and Freddy Deeb moved his last 115,000 all in from the big blind. Kelly called and they showed down:

Kelly: 77
Deeb: AQ

The flop brought J62, and Deeb still needed to catch an ace or queen. The K turn card gave him some more outs, but the 3 completed the hand and sent Deeb to the rail.

Kelly had around 508,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Erik Seidel,   Freddy Deeb,   Sam Trickett,   Steven Kelly

Level Eight: Last Level Of The Night

Jun 10, '10

Blinds: 300-600 with a 150 ante

Players Remaining: 74 out of 101

Average Chip Count: 40,946

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Homan Houshiar – 116,100
2. Tommy Vedes – 112,600
3. David Baker – 104,000
4. Greg Mueller – 69,000
5. Andy Black – 58,000
6. Steve Zolotow – 56,000
7. Farzad Bonyadi – 55,300
8. Brett Richey – 55,000
9. Dee Tiller – 50,000
10. Stephen Chidwick – 50,000

Notable Eliminations:

Erick Lindgren
Nick Binger
Dan Shak
Howard Lederer
J.C. Tran
Justin Smith
Dario Alioto

Players Twitter Accounts:

Daniel Negreanu
Jean-Robert Bellande
Doyle Brunson
Barry Greenstein
Chad Brown

Big Hands:

Erick Lindgren Busts

Dan O’Brien raised to 1,500 before the draw. The action was on Erick Lindgren who shoved all in for his remaining 13,000.

O’Brien made the call and drew one card. Lindgren tabled 10-8-6-4-3.

O’Brien took his drawn card and then tabled 8-7-5-3-2 to best Lindgren and send him to the rail on the last level of the night.

Mizrachi Straightens Out Grey

Michael Mizrachi raised to 2,000 before the draw and the action was then on David Grey. Grey made the call and both players drew one card.

Mizrachi then led out with 4,000 and Grey mucked his hand. Mizrachi then showed Grey a straight, 8-7-6-5-4, a wicked smile on his face as he showed off his bluff.

Grey had shown a face card and probably would have taken the pot down with a call. Mizrachi was at 30,000 after the hand.

Richey Completes The Comeback

Freddy Deeb raised to 2,000 before the draw and the action folded to Brett Richey. He reraised to 6,000. The big blind then repopped it to 20,000. Deeb mucked and Richey raised to 26,200 total, putting himself all in.

The big blind made the call and drew one card. Richey stood pat and showed down J-8-7-3-2. It was just enough as the big blind tabled Q-8-6-4-2. Richey was once down to his last 1,000 in chips but rebounded all the way up to 55,000 after that double up.

Player Tags: Erick Lindgren,   Michael Mizrachi,   David Grey,   Brett Richey,   Freddy Deeb,   Dan O'Brien

Level Seven: No Snow In Vegas

Jun 10, '10

Blinds: 250-500 with a 125 ante

Players Remaining: 86 out of 101

Average Chip Count: 35,233

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Tommy Vedes – 92,000
2. David Baker – 90,000
3. Greg Mueller – 69,000
4. Dario Alioto – 63,400
5. Dee Tiller – 60,000
6. Vladimir Schmelev – 53,000
7. Stephen Chidwick – 50,000
8. Brandon Cantu – 50,000
9. Tom Dwan – 50,000
10. Erick Lindgren – 48,000

Notable Eliminations:

Phil Ivey
Johnny Chan
Vanessa Rousso
John D’Agostino
Marco Johnson
Jon Turner

Players Twitter Accounts:

Daniel Negreanu
Justin Smith
Jean-Robert Bellande
Doyle Brunson
Vanessa Rousso
Barry Greenstein
Chad Brown

Big Hands:

Kassela’s Snow Job Doesn’t Convince Anyone

We caught up with the action after the draw. Frank Kassela fired a bet of 4,000 into the pot with Freddy Deeb and Brett Richey next to act.

Deeb pondered his decision for awhile and made the call. Richey did not hesitate as long to make the call.

A wry grin appeared on Kassela’s face as he turned over 7-7-5-4-3.

“That didn’t go quite the way I planned,” he joked.

Deeb then addressed Richey, saying that if he didn’t have a pair he had the pot. Richey turned over 10-8-6-5-2 and took down the pot.

Richey was once extremely short but clawed back to 24,000 after the hand. Kassela was at 32,000 while Deeb was at 34,000.

Cantu Bets Out Richey

A few hands after the one against Deeb and Kassela, Brett Richey called a raise by Brandon Cantu before the draw.

Richey then elected to take one card while Cantu did the same. Cantu then led out with 2,100 and Richey quickly mucked.

Cantu took down the pot and was at 38,000.

Elezra Jacks Up Mercier And Baker

We caught up with this hand after the draw. Eli Elezra, Jason Mercier and David Baker had built the pot to around 6,000.

Eli Elezra showed down J-10-8-5-2 after all three players checked their option. Mercier and Baker mucked their hands and Elezra took down the pot.

He was at about 30,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Eli Elezra,   Brett Richey,   Brandon Cantu,   Freddy Deeb,   David Baker,   Jason Mercier

Level One: Turner And Lindgren Start Off Well

Jun 09, '10

Blinds: 50-75 with a 25 ante

Players Remaining: 70

Notable Eliminations:

None

Players Twitter Accounts:

Daniel Negreanu
Justin Smith
Jean-Robert Bellande
Doyle Brunson
Vanessa Rousso
Barry Greenstein
Chad Brown

Big Hands:

Turner Bets Out Chen And Monnette

Picking up the action on the draw, John Monnette stood pat, Yan Chen drew one card and Jon Turner drew two cards.

Chen then led out with 400 and Monnette quickly folded. Turner then popped it to 1,600 and Chen released his hand just as quickly as Monnette.

Turner took the 1,600 pot and was off to a good start.

Brown’s Nine Bests Alaei

We caught up with this hand at showdown and Chad Brown turned over 9-6-4-3-2. Alaei mucked his hand and Brown took an early 800 chip pot, his three add-on chips still by his side.

Bellande Gets Jacked

Alessio Isaia raised to 1,800 and Jean-Robert Bellande made the call. Bellande drew one card while Isaia stood pat.

Bellande then fired 3,600 and Isaia thought for a few moments before making the call.

“I got a queen,” Bellande said as he tapped the table.

Isaia showed J-9-7-6-2 and he took a nice pot early in the day.

Greenstein Takes One Down

Jean-Robert Bellande raised to 250 before the draw and he was called by John Kabbaj and Barry Greenstein.

Bellande stood pat, Kabbaj took one and Greenstein took two cards on the draw. The three players then checked and Greenstein turned over a perfect jack-low, J-5-4-3-2.

He took down the 1,000-chip pot and was off to a positive start.

Lindgren Takes Pot Off Four Players

Erik Seidel, John D’Agostino, Nikolay Evdakov, Erick Lindgren and the player in seat 6 each had 300 in the pot before the draw.

Seidel and D’Agostino each drew two cards, Lindgren and seat 6 drew one and Evdakov stood pat.

Lindgren then led out for 900 and only Evdakov stuck around to look him up. Lindgren showed 9-6-5-4-3 and Evdakov mucked, surrendering the 1,350 pot to Lindgren.

Mizrachi Beats Seed

Huck Seed raised to 225 and Michael Mizrachi three-bet to 600. Seed made the call and Mizrachi stood pat on the draw.

Seed drew one card and both players checked. Mizrachi then turned over 10-9-8-4-2 and Seed mucked, surrendering the 1,350 pot to Mizrachi.

Left In The Deck

Reload When Ready

The players have started the tournament with 7,500 in chips in front of them. But they also have three red add-on chips worth 7,500, thus making the starting stacks equal 30,000. The players are free to use the chips at any time during the first four levels, after which they will be forced to cash them in.

Come Back In 45 Minutes

Freddy Deeb and Steve Sung were just a couple of players who registered late for this event. As a result, the floor has told them that they will be a part of the second flight and must return at the beginning of the second level. The entrants list reads 70 at the moment, but that number is sure to grow by the time the dinner break hits after level four.

Player Tags: Erik Seidel,   Erick Lindgren,   Barry Greenstein,   Huck Seed,   John D'Agostino,   Michael Mizrachi,   John Monnette,   Jean-Robert Bellande,   Steve Sung,   Jon Turner,   Freddy Deeb,   Nikolay Evdakov,   Alessio Isaia

Level Four: Durrrr Eliminated

May 29, '10

Note: Following this round the players have agreed to cut the break down from 20 minutes to 10 minutes.

Blinds

Limit Games: 800-1,500; 1,500-3,000 Stakes
Stud Games: 300 ante; 500 bring-in; 1,500-3,000 limits
No Limit Hold’em: 200 ante; 400-800

Players Remaining: 112 out of 116

Notable Chip Counts:

Hasan Habib – 200,000
Barry Greenstein- 194,000
Howard Lederer – 180,000
Daniel Negreanu- 170,800
Scott Seiver- 155,000
Scotty Nguyen – 150,000
Andy Bloch- 144,100
Matt Glantz- 98,000

Eliminations:

Tom Dwan
Marc Karam
Big Hands:

Pot Limit Omaha

Dwan Gets Short, Busts

Daniel Negreanu, Tom Dwan and Shawn Buchanan checked a flop of A 94.

After the J fell on the turn Negreanu bet 5,000 and both Dwan and Buchanan called.

The 10 hit on the river and Negreanu and Buchanan checked to Dwan who bet 11,200. Negreanu folded but Buchanan called Dwan down and showed QJ109 for two pair. Dwan said, “Ace” implying he had a pair, and mucked.

Shortly after, Dwan busted out of the tournament.

No Limit Hold’em

Seiver doubles through Dario

After several significant preflop raises, Scott Seiver managed to get his 75,100 all in against Dario Minieri. With a board of 642 Seiver showed A6 to Dario’s AK, and the board finished with 38 to give Seiver a flush and double him up back over the day’s starting count of 150,000.

Floor Ruling Costs Deeb A Little More

Steve Zolotow raised to 2,100 from under the gun and Ralph Perry called behind him. Action folded around to Freddy Deeb who reraised to 12,100. Tim Phan made the call from the button and Zolotow and Perry mucked.

The flop came down A104 and Deeb fired 13,000. Phan made the call and the turn was the 5.

Deeb threw out a 5,000 chip and announced, “Fifteen.” While it was likely Deeb meant 15,000, Zolotow pointed out that the bet was more likely 1,500 since the chip was valued lower than 15,000. The floor was called over and ruled that the bet was 15,000.

Phan made the call regardless and both players checked the 7 on the river.

“Nines,” Deeb told Phan, never turning over his hand.

Phan then turned over AQ when Deeb confirmed he did not have a club. Phan took down the pot with top pair and Deeb was down under 100,000. Phan improved to around 200,000.

Arieh Takes Big Pot Off Phan

On the very next hand at the table, Tim Phan raised to 6,500 after seat 7 made 2,100 to go. Josh Arieh then repopped it to 16,800 from the button. Seat 7 mucked but Phan made the call.

The flop came down 553 and Phan checked. Arieh bet 25,000 and Phan called.

The turn was the 4 and both players checked. They did the same on the 8 river and Arieh tabled 99. Phan mucked and was around 175,000 after the hand. Arieh took down the pot and was at 215,000.

Binger getting into opponent’s heads

Michael Binger is making his table think. First, he brought the topic of time travel into the table’s conversation. If you could time travel 20 years backward for forward, where would it be? Jeff Lisandro answered, "Who cares? As long as you know the Kentucky Derby winners. Doyle Brunson mirrored that response with, “And Super Bowl winners.” It’s all making the money, Lisandro concluded.

The following hand, Binger bet 2500 on a flop of 882 and Nick Schulman folded.

Limit Hold’em

Binger High Fives Schulman

On a board showing 75410, Michael Binger bet 3,000 into the pot and Nick Schulman made the call.

The river brought the J and Binger fired another bet of 3,000. Schulman made the call once more and Binger turned over 55 for a flopped set.

Schulman mucked and was down to 182,000. Binger improved his stack to 123,000.

Omaha/8

Habib Bests Schulman

On a flop of J97, Nick Schulman led out with 1,500 from the big blind. Hasan Habib made the call from the hijack and the 4 fell on the turn.

Schulman led out again, this time for 3,000. Habib then raised it to 6,000 and Schulman made the call.

The river was the 8 and Schulman checked to Habib who fired 3,000. Schulman called and Habib tabled A5103 for the nut flush and a 8-7-4-3 low. Schulman mucked and was down to around 135,000. Habib took the pot and was around 200,000.

Ivey, Benyamine clash in a friendly game of poker

The most entertaining table in event 2 has to be the one containing Scotty Nguyen and Chau Giang. Giang has been especially energetic, while sharing stories to keep the table smiling. During these story times there has also been some poker.

On the other side of the table Phil Ivey check-called David Benyamine all the way down on a board of J74Q4. Benyamine showed AA510, prompting Ivey to say “very nice,” and muck.

Lisandro Bets Out Doyle

After a flop of J67, Jeffrey Lisandro bet 1,500 and Doyle Brunson made the call.

Bill Chen folded his hand and the turn was the 2. Lisandro fired another bet, this one 3,000. Brunson tagged along and the two players saw the 5 fall on the river.

Lisandro bet 3,000 again and Brunson had enough as he mucked his hand. Lisandro took the pot and was around 142,000 while Brunson was at 145,000.

Card Player TV: Players Championship Begins:

Player Tags: Josh Arieh,   Hasan Habib,   Daniel Negreanu,   Steve Zolotow,   David Benyamine,   Doyle Brunson,   Shawn Buchanan,   Jeffrey Lisandro,   Chau Giang,   Phil Ivey,   Tim Phan,   Michael Binger,   Nick Schulman,   Tom Dwan,   Dario Minieri,   Freddy Deeb,   Scott Seiver,   Ralph Perry

And so it begins -- $50,000 Players Championship Underway

May 28, '10

The 2010 World Series of Poker is officially underway. Cards are in the air for event No. 2, The $50,000 Poker Players Championship.

The event will rotate every eight hands through eight forms of poker — limit hold’em, Omaha hi-low split-8 or better, seven card razz, seven card stud, seven card stud hi-low split 8 or better, no limit hold’em, pot limit Omaha and 2-7 triple draw lowball.

The tournament will run five days through 90 minute levels. Players will start with 150,000 in tournament chips.

The event’s $50,000 buy-in is the most expensive among the 57 events featured in this year’s WSOP, and the richest entry fee for a North American event.
The inaugural Players Championship was won by Chip Reese in 2006. The trophy was named the “Chip Reese Trophy” following Reese’s death in 2007. Freddy Deeb won the event in 2007, Scotty Nguyen in 2008, and last year David Bach took first place.

Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen,   David Reese,   Doyle Brunson,   David Bach,   Freddy Deeb

Abe Mosseri Busts Freddy Deeb

Apr 20, '10

On a flop of 732, Freddy Deeb was all in with K7.

Abe Mosseri made the call with 73 and it held when the turn and river fell J10. Deeb is out, but Mosseri is still short with 98,000.

Player Tags: Abe Mosseri,   Freddy Deeb

Erik Seidel Doubles Up

Apr 20, '10

Erik Seidel raised from the button to 6,000 and Freddy Deeb reraised all in from the big blind for 72,000. Seidel went into the tank and he eventually made the call for 21,900. Their cards:

Seidel: A4
Deeb: 33

Board: A945A

Seidel doubled up with a full house and he grew his stack to 61,000. Deeb was knocked down to 43,500.

Player Tags: Erik Seidel,   Freddy Deeb