Shaun Deeb isn’t ‘Amped Up’ for World Series of Poker

Shaun Deeb started his chase for the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Participant of the Yr award on Tuesday. However he nonetheless is not happy with the scoring system he believes “punishes” him, and he seems to be much less enthusiastic in regards to the begin of the Collection than in earlier years.

The six-time bracelet winner, who spoke to PokerNews on a break, entered Day 1a of Event #1: $1,000 Mystery Millions. He skipped out on the 25k Fantasy Draft, which happened the identical day down the highway at Aria on the Las Vegas Strip. Deeb defined he did not draft a workforce as a result of “there’s simply too many groups this yr.”

“I did not wish to do the work to search out these late worth gamers, drafting 200 folks, it is so many gamers,” Deeb stated.

There are 24 groups within the 25k Fantasy Draft this yr, a report. Every workforce can spend as much as $200 drafting eight gamers. Factors are primarily based on WSOP outcomes. Deeb, as per ordinary, was among the many most costly bids at $99 to Staff Riordan. Jeremy Ausmus, who has 5 bracelets since 2021, went for the best bid at $141.

Does Deeb Have a 2025 WSOP Participant of the Yr Run in Him?

Deeb has been a contender for WSOP Participant of the Yr late in the summertime quite a few instances. He gained the award in 2018, however wasn’t an element within the race final yr, the primary yr wherein the WSOP changed the scoring system to solely embrace a participant’s 10 prime outcomes, specializing in high quality over amount, and Deeb dislikes the scoring adjustment.

“Implementing that rule to punish folks like me who put in quantity and multi-table, which is sort of foolish for all these concerned. However I used to be within the minority and I misplaced that argument, and that is sort of why they’ve that 10 money scoring system,” Deeb stated.

Regardless of the scoring adjustments that eradicate most min-cashes, Deeb’s proven a number of instances he is able to contending for POY below the present scoring system. In 2018, the yr he gained, had that system been in place, he would have possible gained with two bracelets and a 3rd place end.

‘It is As much as My Spouse’ How Lengthy Deeb Performs Poker Summer season Camp

Deeb will play a full schedule this summer time, one thing he is achieved for the previous decade. But it surely’s lower than him what number of extra years he’ll come out to Las Vegas every year.

“It is probably not as much as me, it is as much as my spouse (Ashley Deeb),” Deeb stated. “She makes the choice. When she tells me I can not go, I will not be right here. If I did not have a household, I might be right here till my 80’s or 90’s. However I by no means know, yearly it is a bit of completely different with me.”

“My household comes first.”

Deeb, who has 4 youngsters, admitted he is not as fired up for the WSOP as he has been previously.

“It is bizarre, I really feel like that is the primary yr that, each different yr I received a bit of bit extra amped up. It is simply, I do not know, I simply haven’t been enjoying as a lot poker. I am not as in tune with the sport as I was, so there’s rather less pleasure as a result of I do know I’ll be a canine within the greater buy-ins,” Deeb stated.

“It is unlucky, however that is what occurs if you do not have time to review or play always.”

Make no mistake, Deeb’s odds of successful a bracelet and contending for WSOP Participant of the Yr this summer time are nearly as good as anybody’s.