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Freddy Deeb Video Image gallery See also. Freddy Deeb (born Kassem Deeb) who is also known by his nickname 'Fast Freddy' was born on November 27, 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon. He holds two World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and one World Poker Tour (WPT) title. When he was 19 years old, Deeb immigrated to the States from Lebanon. The $50,000 event, which awarded $2,276,832 to first place, was won by professional player Freddy Deeb. Separate H.O.R.S.E. Events with $2,500 and $5,000 buy-ins were also on the 2007 WSOP program. The 2008 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E event was won by Scotty Nguyen, who received $1,989,120 for his victory. Freddy Deeb is a person from Beirut, Lebanon. Professional poker player who competed at the 1996 World Series of Poker. Continue to next page below to see how much is Freddy Deeb really worth, including net worth, estimated earnings, and salary for 2020 and 2021.
- Perhaps no one else in the world of poker owes more to the game than professional player Freddy Deeb. Deeb has been able to use his poker skills to amass a fortune and reach that dream that all.
- Born in in Beirut, Lebanon on November 27, 1955, Kassem 'Freddy' Deeb is a professional poker player from Lebanon. He immigrated from Beirut to the United States at the age of 19 to enroll in the mechanical engineering program at Utah State University. Short on money, Deeb was forced to quit school just a few credits short of graduation.
Freddy Deeb (born Kassem Deeb) who is also known by his nickname 'Fast Freddy' was born on November 27, 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon. He holds two World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and one World Poker Tour (WPT) title.
When he was 19 years old, Deeb immigrated to the States from Lebanon. He was studying at Utah State University when the civil war broke out in 1975 in Lebanon and lost touch with his mother and father for two years. Because of this, he could not receive their financial support while he was at school. He was hurt financially and could not get any employment because he was on a student visa, so he started gambling. He could not complete his studies and was forced to quit only 12 credits short from graduating and receiving a Mechanical Engineering degree.
Deeb has won two WSOP events. His first was in 1996, where he defeated Gabe Kaplan, David Grey, Mickey Appleman, Doyle Brunson and others to win $146,250. His second one was in 2007, where he won $2,276,832. He also played the World Poker Tour (WPT) events and won the WPT Ultimate Poker Classic tournament in 2005 to take home $1,000,000. He also made appearances in the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament and GSN's High Stakes Poker.
Deeb usually wears shirts with various colors on them and one of his shirts became famous at the 2003 WSOP. During the tournament, Deeb was holding pocket Kings and decided to go 'all-in' against his opponent then, Phil Ivey. After the flop, Ivey had three sevens and was leading Deeb's pocket Kings, but then the turn card gave Deeb another king and he eventually won the hand. Ivey later stated that Deeb probably won that hand because of the shirt, but the interesting part was that in the 2004 WSOP event, Deeb defeated two players with the same hand and the same shirt. This shirt is now known as the 'magic shirt'.
As of 2008, he has won over $5,900,000 in live tournaments only.
He is married, has four children and they all currently live in Las Vegas, Nevada.
WSOP Winnings
1996 - $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw - $146,250
2007 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. - $2,276,832
WPT Winnings
2005 – UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic - $1,000,000
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Perhaps no one else in the world of poker owes more to the game than professional player Freddy Deeb. Deeb has been able to use his poker skills to amass a fortune and reach that dream that all poker players have – of having never held a “real” job.
Born in Beirut in 1955 as Kassem Deeb and now residing in Las Vegas, Freddy – the nickname came about after a brush had a difficult time spelling his first name for the waiting list in a poker room, a friend said his name was “Freddy,” and it stuck – showed tremendous skills in the field of mechanical engineering. His parents sent the nineteen year old Deeb to the United States to attend college for that purpose. After finding that Los Angeles (where he had planned to study) was too large for his tastes, he settled at Utah State University to pursue his degree in that field.
Life would soon have a serious setback to deal Freddy. While in college, war broke out in his native Lebanon and Deeb was cut off from contact with his family for nearly two years. With this separation also came the lack of funds to finish off his studies and earn his degree. As he was in the United States as a student, he couldn’t work to make ends meet and made his living expenses by gambling in Nevada.
As he started to make a good living from the game, Freddy began to venture closer to the poker havens of Reno and Las Vegas. He grinded the cash games to make a living and, as tournament poker became more popular, moved over to take part in those games also. Official records show that he first cashed in a tournament in 1986 and, since that time, Deeb has shown a tremendous ability in tournament poker alongside his cash game skills, no matter what discipline of poker is being played.
In the seven year history of the World Poker Tour, Freddy is a prominent part of the record books. He has three final tables in WPT events, including a $1 million championship at the final Aruba event in 2005, and seven cashes overall. Deeb has collected over $1.5 million from his play in WPT tournaments and all of these statistical milestones place him in at least the Top 50 of each category.
The World Series of Poker is where Freddy has arguably made his greatest achievements. In 1996, Deeb outlasted a talented final table of Doyle Brunson, Gabe Kaplan and David Grey in the $5000 Deuce to Seven Lowball event to capture his first bracelet. He has been close to the final table of the $10,000 Championship Event on two occasions, but has fallen just short in seventeenth (1995) and thirteenth (2003).
While not making the final table of the Main Event, Deeb has one of the crown jewels of the WSOP in his pocket. In 2007, Freddy defeated such players as Norwegian legend Thor Hansen, Barry Greenstein and French poker master Bruno Fitoussi on his way to one of the most coveted championships in the poker world, the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at the World Series. It was the second bracelet in his WSOP career and helped to drive his lifetime earnings to almost $6 million.
Freddy treats poker like a business and it shows both on the felt and away from it. He is quite businesslike in his play and always is looking for the right spot to “invest” his money, as he puts it. He always has the principles of the game in mind – for those that remember how he was rightfully outraged that he was accused of “going south” during a High Stakes Poker taping – and stays away from other casino games that drain the bankroll. A highly likeable person, the diminutive Deeb can often be found amid a swarm of fans who appreciate what he has done for the game and the style that he plays.
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For over thirty years, Freddy Deeb has carried himself as many should in the poker world. He shows what a tenacious attitude, keen knowledge and money management skills can do for a player. Would we have ever seen Freddy at the poker tables without the tumult in his early life? We won’t ever find out but we have to admit that the game of poker is better for having Freddy Deeb as a part of it.