Poker Pro Freddy Deeb Now Up To $6 Million

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With his $100,000 win at the WPT LA Poker Classic Celebrity Invitational, Lebanese born Freddy Deeb now has career live tournament winnings of just over $6 million.  This is his second WPT title.

Deeb, who arrived from Lebanon in the United States at the age of 19,  began gambling while attending Utah State University out of necessity.  When civil war broke out in Lebanon in 1975, he lost touch with his parents who were sending money to fund his education.  Deeb, on a student visa, was unable to gain employment and had to leave the University just 12 credits shy of obtaining a degree in Mechanical Engineering. 

Some highlights of Deeb's poker career include: winning $146,250 at the Deuce to Seven Draw event as part of the 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

He won the fourth season World Poker Tour (WPT) Ultimate Poker Classic event, where he won $1,000,000.

On June 29, 2007 Deeb won the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2007 World Series of Poker winning $2,276,832. During five-handed play, Deeb was down to his last $365,000 in chips, but managed to recover and win the WSOP bracelet. Deeb said that he didn't appreciate his first bracelet because he did not recognize what it meant. "But this one - it means everything to me. These are the toughest players in the world. It has the highest buy-in. Except for the $10,000 buy-in (Main Event), this is the bracelet that means the most of any of them."

Here were the final placements in the WPT LA Poker Classic Celebrity Invitational:

 

1st Freddy Deeb $100,000

2nd Nick Gonzalez $50,000

3rd Tom Hall $20,000

4th Scott Clements $15,000

5th Ottavio Tassone $10,000

6th Jose "J.J." Tavares $5000

 

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