Shaun Deeb Claims Seventh WSOP Bracelet in PLO High Roller Win

Shaun Deeb captured the seventh WSOP bracelet of his incredible career after beating his fellow American poker hero Isaac Haxton in the pioneering PLO High Roller event. Winning the biggest single prize of his poker career at $2.95 million, the win not only bumped Deeb up the All-Time Money List via The Hendon Mob but catapulted him to the summit of the WSOP Player of the Year leaderboard.

Taking home the biggest prize of his poker career, Shaun Deeb stunned the poker world last night after winning his seventh WSOP bracelet. Drawing level with other poker legends such as Billy Baxter, Daniel Negreanu and Deeb’s rival in this year’s POY race, Benny Glaser, Deeb defeated his fellow U.S. pro Isaac Haxton heads-up. With Phil Ivey going close, it was a $100,000-entry WSOP High Roller for the books.

$100,000 PLO High Roller Final Table Results

High Roller, Higher Hopes

When 121 entries bulked the $100,000 PLO High Roller Event #79 prize pool to $11.67 million, the poker world sat up and took notice. Shaun Deeb’s stunning victory at the Horseshoe Las Vegas casino pricked up more ears, as he conquered the 79^th event at this year’s WSOP to win a career-high top score of $2.95 million.

With 121 entries, just 19 players got paid, with Lou ‘AP’ Garza (18^th) and Bryce Yockey (16^th) both earning a $200,000 min-cash among others. Daniel Negreanu (15^th), Nik Airball (14^th) and Nick Schulman (13^th) each earned $209,457, while Aaron Katz (10^th for $237,232) and Tomas Ribeiro (9^th for $277,839) both missed out on the final eight.

It was the former third-place finisher at the WSOP Main Event, Ben Lamb, who finished eighth, cashing for $336,110. Soon after the final day started, seven were reduced to six when Sean Rafael busted for $419,563, his pair of aces downed by Isaac Haxton’s made wheel straight.

Ivey Fails in Bid for 12^th Title

Alex Foxen hoped to follow up on several deep runs at the 2025 WSOP by booking his third WSOP bracelet win but he crashed out in sixth to lose that dream. Winning $539,917, Foxen called off his stack with aces when Haxton had rivered aces and nines to bust just outside the top five places.

Soon, the most respected player at the felt was on the rail. The 11-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Ivey would have loved to bring up the dozen by winning the prestigious high roller and booking one of his biggest-ever tournament poker results. It was not to be, however, as he ran into Isaac Haxton’s aces in the hole and an ace on the flop gave Haxton top set. No help came on the turn and Ivey, drawing dead to the river, departed with $715,614 and a rueful grin as the Poker Hall of Famer came close to the gold but fell short.

The last non-American player busted in fourth place as Spanish player Lautaro Guerra exited for a score of $976,082. Guerra had pocket aces, but they couldn’t hold as Haxton’s jack and queen in his hand ended up matching with the K-T-4-6-A as a two-outer ace gave the American Broadway and set the PLO expert Guerra home outside the podium places.

Arthur Morris was the man to miss out on heads-up play as he ran short before he missed flush draws to bust to Shaun Deeb’s rivered straight. Deeb went into heads-up with fewer chips than Haxton, as his stack of 31.3 million was behind Haxton’s 41.3 million stack. A set of tens proved enough to flip the script and see Deeb grab a lead of 55m to 17.6m chips as Morris cashed in third for $1,368,994.

The final hand saw Isaac Haxton’s kings lose to Deeb’s queens, as the latter made a flush on the river to seal victory and a top score of $2,957,229. Haxton’s heroics throughout the tournament earned him a terrific runner-up prize of $1,972,860 but it was a delighted Shaun Deeb who celebrated after the tournament ended in hs favor.

“Anyone could have won that tournament with the run of cards I had,” a modest Deeb said afterwards. “I ran so above chip EV in every all-in – there wasn’t much skill. I played really well pre-flop but I got outplayed post flop. I knew what was going to happen. I know how to reduce a better players’ edge.”

After the vital win, Deeb’s victory put him ahead of his closest rival in the WSOP Player of the Year race Benny Glaser. Deeb sees it as a likely two-horse race until the end.  

“It’s going to be me and Benny,” Deeb said. “He’s a favourite, though, because I think he only has six or seven scores so any score he gets is just points on his total. I’ve really got to get 200 points or [reach] another final table.”

All Seven Bracelets

Here are all seven of Shaun Deeb’s WSOP bracelet victories after his latest win made it seven titles in the last 11 years:

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