Online Poker Legends: Shaun Deeb

Shaun Deeb was already a legend before the 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) began. Deeb once retired, albeit briefly, at age 24, after suffering immense burnout from grinding it out on the virtual felt in excess of 100 hours a week. Prior to 2012, Deeb was widely considered the best online player who never won a major live tournament. He accumulated $5 million in career online tournament earnings with $3 million won on PokerStars (screen name: “shaundeeb”) and over $2 million at Full Tilt Poker (screen name: “tedsfishfry”). But for some peculiar reason, Deeb’s virtual prowess never translated to brick and mortar rooms, where he only collected $750,000 in earnings with a handful of disappointing runner-up performances.

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Shaun Deeb is a great poker player and I am great fan of him. He is retired now but people are still remembering him for his best achievements and poker tricks.

Deeb started playing poker at age 16 in high school .Deeb was widely considered the best online player who never won a major live tournament.

I grew up watching the World Series on TV and talking with my friends about what it would be like to play WSOP events,” said Deeb.So in my view he is the hero of poker game.