Deeb certainly knows his stuff on this front. The conversation naturally turned to the leader in the race Dan Zack with Deeb half-jokingly, half seriously lamenting how he had given away to Zack “all the tricks” of how to maximize his chances. If someone catches heat early, they normally go for it and always have a chance.”ĭeeb: “But you’re right that it’s not that many.” Me: “Thank you Shaun, asking great questions is what I do.”ĭeeb: “It’s bigger than that. I held and we got chatting, playing a game of “Name the Main Event winners from each year in reverse chronological order” and then later discussing the Player of the Year contest.
“Nuts,” he declared before rolling over the nut-draw with one card to come. A couple of weeks ago, I was playing the 2022 World Series of Poker Mini Main Event, drawing an unusually tough table for such a soft tournament that included Shaun Deeb and top Irish player/professional mystery bounty envelope-opener Padraig O’Neill.ĭeeb exquisitely “reversed slowrolled” meĭeeb exquisitely “reversed slowrolled” me in a spot where we got it all-in on the turn, I holding the third nuts and he with the nut blocker.