Shaun Deeb

Confirmed in the Paradise announcement that the WSOP's own Player of the Year is settled on site in December across 20 bracelet events. Nothing between now and December 2 can be scored except Europe. Deeb's lead is effectively frozen for three months.

3,910 points on Card Player's board from two titles and ten final tables. Leads the WSOP's own $1 million race, which resumes at Paradise in December and uses an entirely different formula. The two numbers are not comparable and are routinely compared anyway.

Carried, unchanged. Still no published movement. The WSOP's own $1 million POY race resumes at Paradise in December.

Carried, unchanged. No movement published in this window. The WSOP's own global $1 million POY race resumes in earnest at Paradise in December, since Circuit rings do not score in it.

Card Player's leaderboard has Deeb at nine bracelets and $14,772,546 in WSOP earnings across 235 cashes. He won the $1,500 Eight-Game this summer after losing three heads-up matches for bracelets earlier in the same series. Told PokerNews he is going to pass Phil, which he has said for years and is eight bracelets from proving.

Carried from the WSOP leaderboard as last read, not re-verified today. Worth restating in light of today's count: 153 bracelets have been awarded in 2026 and only 115 of them, the 15 in Prague and the 100 in Las Vegas, carried Player of the Year points. The 38 online bracelets scored zero.

Carried from the WSOP leaderboard as last read, not re-verified today. Eight online bracelets have now been awarded and the leaderboard has not registered a single point from any of them, because online bracelets score zero under the rule on wsop.com/player-of-the-year.

Carried from the WSOP leaderboard as last read, not re-verified today, and nothing that has happened since would move it. Online bracelets score zero Player of the Year points under the rule on wsop.com/player-of-the-year, and Circuit rings score zero. Three bracelets were awarded this week and the leaderboard did not notice any of them.

Unchanged. Nothing that has happened since yesterday awards Player of the Year points. The eighteen Atlantic City ring winners scored zero, and online bracelet events score zero under the rule on wsop.com/player-of-the-year. The leaderboard is frozen until Paradise unless a POY-eligible event we do not know about is running.

Confirmed live on the WSOP leaderboard today, not inferred. Twenty-two clear of Kihara, twenty-nine clear of Foxen. A win in the Bahamas would be his third POY title and break his tie with Daniel Negreanu as the award's only two-time winner, making him the first player to win it three times. Currently in line for a $100,000 Paradise Package, which is what first place in a $1,000,000 prize pool pays.

Last verified figure 3,410 points, 22 clear of Naoya Kihara on 3,388 with Alex Foxen third on 3,381 after the Las Vegas leg. Fifteen days since the Main Event finished and we still cannot confirm official WSOP POY points from it have posted. Eleventh consecutive brief flagging this. The title is not decided until WSOP Paradise ends in December.

Last verified figure 3,410 points, 22 clear of Naoya Kihara on 3,388 with Alex Foxen third on 3,381 after the Las Vegas leg. Fourteen days since the Main Event finished and we still cannot confirm official WSOP POY points for it have posted. Tenth consecutive brief flagging this. The title is not decided until WSOP Paradise ends on December 18.

Last verified figure 3,410 points. Twelve days since the Main Event finished and we still cannot confirm official WSOP POY points for it have posted. Ninth consecutive brief flagging this. The 33-event online series that started yesterday has no published POY point values either, and now no published results, so the leaderboard has two separate reasons to be frozen.

Last verified figure 3,410 points. The Main Event finished eleven days ago and we still cannot confirm official WSOP POY points for it have posted. Eighth consecutive brief flagging this.

Last verified figure 3,410 points. The Main Event finished ten days ago and we still cannot confirm official WSOP POY points for it have posted. Seventh consecutive brief flagging this.

Last verified figure 3,410 points. The Main Event finished eight days ago and we still cannot confirm that official WSOP POY points for it have posted. Sixth consecutive brief flagging this.

Still 3,410. The Main Event ended six days ago and the official WSOP leaderboard still has not visibly posted points for it in our sources. Fifth consecutive brief flagging this.

Still leads the official WSOP race at 3,410 points, 22 clear of Kihara. Card Player has him 22nd overall with 3,910 points and $1,230,312. The gap between those two rankings is the whole argument about what a POY race is supposed to measure. WSOP leaderboard still had not visibly refreshed with Main Event points in our sources, now a fourth consecutive brief flagging it.

Still leads the official WSOP race out of Las Vegas, 22 points clear of Naoya Kihara and 29 clear of Alex Foxen. His eighth place in the $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. High Roller on the final day of the series is what decided the Vegas order. The leaderboard had still not visibly refreshed with Main Event points in our sources today, now the third consecutive brief flagging it. Thirty-three online bracelets from August 16 and 20 more in Paradise mean the race is nowhere near settled.

Still first in the official WSOP race with Naoya Kihara 22 points back and Alex Foxen 29 back. The leaderboard had still not refreshed with Main Event points in our sources today, which is the second consecutive brief flagging it. Note that 33 online bracelets starting August 16 and 20 more in Paradise mean this race has a great deal of scoring left, and the online events award WSOP POY points.

Still on top of the official WSOP race with Naoya Kihara 22 points back and Alex Foxen 29 back. Main Event WSOP POY points had not been published in our sources at the time of writing, so treat the top three as provisional until the leaderboard refreshes. The race does not resolve until WSOP Paradise in December.

Frozen until WSOP Paradise fires December 1, with Naoya Kihara 22 points back and Alex Foxen 29 back. No new POY results in our sources.

Frozen until WSOP Paradise fires December 1. No new results in our sources.

Frozen until WSOP Paradise fires December 1. No new results in our sources.

Frozen until WSOP Paradise fires December 1. No new results in our sources.

Frozen at the top until WSOP Paradise fires December 1. Spent this week in the replies of the Rampage and Kessler fight, per Hochgepokert, which is not worth any points.

Frozen at the top until WSOP Paradise fires December 1. Turns up in today's fantasy reporting as the priciest player on the top-ten scoring list at $133, returning 331 points on six cashes for 2.49 points per dollar. His own fantasy team, Team Lucky, finished 19th of 24.

Frozen at the top until WSOP Paradise fires December 1. Turned up in today's reporting as a supporting character in the Gagliano profile: Gagliano was all in for his tournament life with pocket tens against Deeb's ace-jack on Day 8 and won it. Deeb also finished behind Maurice Hawkins at a $600 mixed bracelet event final table this summer.

Frozen at the top until WSOP Paradise fires December 1. Turned up in today's news as the antagonist of the Hellmuth interview, on the strength of a comment he made at last year's Paradise that Hellmuth would never win another bracelet. Hellmuth says he thinks Deeb was kidding. Hellmuth also brought it up unprompted.

Frozen at the top until WSOP Paradise fires December 1 at Baha Mar. Robert Jen's stats piece adds a footnote to his summer: his $1,500 8-Game win made him one of a record-tying 17 players to claim a fourth or higher career bracelet this year.

Frozen at the top until WSOP Paradise fires December 1 at Baha Mar. Still 22 clear of Kihara and 29 clear of Foxen.

Frozen at the top until WSOP Paradise fires December 1 at Baha Mar. Twenty-two points clear of Kihara, twenty-nine clear of Foxen, and four and a half months to think about it.

Still 22 clear of Kihara and 29 clear of Foxen with nothing moving until WSOP Paradise in December. New context from his own disclosure: the lead cost 122 bullets and netted $89,286. Nobody is grinding POY for the money. Well, except the $1 million.

No movement Friday and none expected until WSOP Paradise, December 1 to 17 at Baha Mar. The standings hold: Deeb 3,410, Kihara 3,388, Foxen 3,381, per poker.org's official leaderboard reported yesterday.

The official leaderboard, per poker.org, has the reigning champ on top after all, correcting Wednesday night's initial reports. His eighth place in the $25K H.O.R.S.E. was worth more than it looked. A third POY title, which no one has ever won, runs through WSOP Paradise December 1 to 17.

Tripled early at the final table but bowed out eighth, per PokerNews. His POY repeat bid now runs through Paradise.

The reigning POY added final table points but not enough to take the lead, per PokerNews. He did find time to personally thank Kostritsyn for busting Foxen, which is the competitive spirit in its purest form. The first-ever third POY title now requires a Paradise heater.

The Main Event points landed and he has overtaken Kihara, exactly as forecast. Now sitting on 550,000 in the H.O.R.S.E., 22 stud hands from flipping the race. Still chasing the first-ever third POY title and a first-ever repeat.

Open-ended straight draw, check-raise all in, two bricks, per PokerNews. Registered two events within minutes and instantly busted one of them.

15th in the Main for $410,475 plus whatever the points table says, now grinding the $25K High Roller H.O.R.S.E. A repeat would make him the first three-time POY; Negreanu is the only other two-time winner. PokerNews' article also confirms Deeb won 2025 POY, resolving the discrepancy we had flagged.

PokerNews' Day 7 recap again calls Deeb the reigning WSOP Player of the Year, which we previously flagged against earlier reporting that Mizrachi won 2025 POY. Whatever the ledger says, a Main Event final table plus his stated plan to late-reg the $25K H.O.R.S.E. mid-run would be a POY statement all its own.

Still marching in the Main Event with 62 left. Notably, PokerNews' Day 6 recap called Deeb the 'reigning Player of the Year,' which conflicts with prior reporting that Mizrachi won 2025 POY. We flag the discrepancy rather than resolve it; official standings remain unpublished.

Deeb told PokerNews he is currently third in the race, correcting the picture painted by event results alone. Bagged 4,305,000 in the Main Event and said a final table would send his POY chances very high, while criticizing a points system that pays a week of Main Event grinding worse than a turbo final table.

Bagged 1,500,000 and is now officially in the Main Event money, per PokerNews. Every pay jump from here adds POY points to a lead that was already healthy.

Won a big flip before dinner and bagged 938,000, per PokerNews. The defending POY is one bubble away from adding Main Event points to the lead.

Bagged 368,000 from Day 2d, more than quadrupling his 86,900 starting count. The points leader has real Main Event equity heading into the merge.

Returns today on Day 2d with 86,900. Standings unchanged in our sources since the last SoMuchPoker update, which now predates a week of results.

Bagged 86,900 on Day 1d. A Main Event deep run from the points leader would start turning the $1 million race into a coronation. Standings unchanged in our sources since the last SoMuchPoker update.

The weekend's biggest threat to his lead, Foxen deep in the 8-Game Championship, came and went without flipping the board. Still the man to catch with 22 Vegas bracelet events left plus Paradise in December.

Still the man to catch per SoMuchPoker's last update. His lead is under live threat this weekend depending on how the 8-Game Championship resolves.

Leads the POY race entering Day 39 with 2,816 points after his ninth bracelet win in the 8-Game Mix. Two-time POY pursuing an unprecedented third. Official wsop.com standings not yet updated to reflect all recent results.

Won his ninth bracelet yesterday in the 8-Game Mix. Poker.org confirmed he reclaimed the POY lead. His exact point total and official standing have not been posted to wsop.com as of press time. Two-time POY winner pursuing an unprecedented third.

Two-time POY winner going for a third, which would be unprecedented. Won the $1,500 Eight-Game Mix today (Event #74) for his ninth bracelet. Poker.org confirmed he reclaimed the POY lead. His exact updated total is not yet on official standings. Volume approach plus bracelet wins is exactly how three-time POY campaigns are built.

Two-time POY and structural pre-series POY favorite entered and busted Day 1. Deeb and Foxen both out; the race may shuffle heading into the final third of the series.

Three runner-up finishes, zero bracelets this series. The $10M Hellmuth side-bet exposure on the Main Event looms. Not in Thursday's major action.

Three runner-up finishes, zero bracelets this series. Still accumulating points. Still sitting on a $10M Hellmuth side-bet exposure on the Main Event.

Three final-table runner-up finishes this series, zero bracelets. Still accumulating POY points through consistency. The heartbreak leaderboard remains uncontested. Also sitting on a $10M exposure in the Hellmuth side bet on the Main Event. Great summer.

Three runner-up finishes in 2026, no bracelet. Leads the heartbreak standings. Also now has a $10M exposure via the side bet with Hellmuth on the Main Event. The POY grind continues.

Third runner-up finish of the 2026 WSOP. Had a 2:1 chip lead entering heads-up. In the final Razz hand, had a made 8-7-3-2-A low but Couden caught a wheel on seventh street. Deeb left the tournament area immediately after the hand. His 17th career WSOP heads-up appearance; now 10 runner-up finishes all-time.

Deeb was heads-up in the Nine Game Mix as of brief publication. A win would be his ninth WSOP bracelet and a significant POY haul. His pre-summer POY position was 8th. Updated standings not confirmed.

Deeb had a dry Las Vegas summer before this event. He now leads the Nine Game Mix finale with 3,500,000 chips and 21 players remaining. A win is bracelet number nine and a significant point haul. He is also on record betting against Hellmuth Jr. cashing in the Main Event, which means he has side action on the July series as well.

Dropped from seventh to eighth as the field around him expanded. Still four places and roughly 630 points behind Foxen. One bracelet run closes the gap. Nobody has written him off. The summer has about six weeks left and Deeb plays a lot of poker.

Reported among the WSOP POY frontrunners through the early-to-mid series, built for long seasons of heavy volume. A precise current-day leaderboard incorporating Days 11 to 13 was not available at brief generation time.

1,363 points through Day 10. Playing heavy volume. A fifth in the $10K 2-7 hurt but Deeb is built for long seasons. 29 points back from Kudzmanas with the summer still early.

Despite the finish, Deeb is reportedly sitting second in the POY standings.

WSOP's official account noted Deeb sitting second in the early POY standings as of June 5. Two-time POY winner playing his usual heavy volume schedule. A fifth-place finish in the $10K 2-7 hurts but doesn't disqualify.

POY contender. Cash adds points but 5th is not the bracelet Deeb needed to move up the standings.

Two-time POY winner. His 5th-place finish in Event #17 ($10K NL 2-7) adds points. Best-15-results format means volume is still his edge.