Shaun Deeb Net Worth – Career Earnings, WSOP Success & Bio (Updated February 2026)

Shaun Deeb is one of the brightest minds that poker has ever seen in its history — a high-volume grinder turned live tournament beast with a top-drawer legacy and eight World Series of Poker bracelets.

The American hails from Troy, New York, and has amassed an impressive $17,394,336 in tracked live tournament earnings (as of February 2026), with a career-best $2,957,229 for winning the WSOP 2025 $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller to bag his seventh bracelet.

Arguably, Deeb’s true dominance shines brightest in online poker, where he has racked up five WCOOP titles, and five SCOOP wins to go with them, not to mention huge profits he accumulated pre-Black Friday.

Any Shaun Deeb net worth estimate is a blend of verified tournament results with substantial untracked online earnings from the boom era, and ongoing live success.

Below you’ll find an overview of his verifiable earnings, estimated net worth breakdown, and the key moments that built his reputation as a relentless, outspoken grinder with elite status.

Shaun Deeb’s true net worth is not publicly known information, and as a player who made a fortune in the pre-Black Friday online era before transitioning to live tournaments, any figure is an educated estimate rather than a verifiable total.

Deeb’s career includes a lot of untracked profits from the early years, where published results were often incomplete or just wrong.

Net worth estimates (and why they’re hard to pin down)

Online sources and poker community estimates for “Shaun Deeb net worth” typically range from $10 million to $25 million or higher.

These numbers reflect a highly successful career where he has won eight WSOP bracelets and consistently cashed in events featuring some of the best players in the world.

But these numbers are speculative and vary due to unreported winnings, including backing arrangements, success in any private cash games, and non-poker income. No official disclosures exist.

What we can verify: tracked live earnings

Shaun Deeb’s live tournament results are fully trackable via the Hendon Mob database. As of February 2026, his official live tournament earnings total $17,394,336 across a live career that stretches all the way back to 2006.

This figure covers only prize money won and not net profit after buy-ins are deducted.

Why estimates vary: online dominance, live success, and non-poker factors

Deeb built his early wealth grinding online on the major sites at the time, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.

These untracked results from the 2000s through to the early 2010s likely form a significant chunk of his wealth.

Shaun Deeb is known as one of the most prolific and successful online MTT grinders that poker has ever seen. But following the events surrounding Black Friday, he was forced to refocus his efforts on becoming one of the best live tournament players in the world.

Live tournament earnings (tracked)

As of February year], Deeb’s official verified total earnings from live tournaments stand at $17,394,336. He plays a high volume program at the World Series of Poker, always a serious challenger for the Player of the year title which he has already won twice.

The last decade on his record shows a clear  preference towards the WSOP with only infrequent visits to other major series.

Biggest live cashes and notable results

Deeb’s largest recorded live score is $2,957,229 for first place in the WSOP 2025 $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller where he won his seventh gold bracelet. Incredibly, however, this is one of only three seven-figure scores in his illustrious career, showcasing amazing consistency.

Online MTT legacy (untracked)

Deeb forged his reputation online during the poker boom and into the early 2010s, multi-tabling aggressively like few other players could manage. He was among the first to grind as many as 20 tables simultaneously at mid-high stakes online.

From the beginning he was marked as one of the brightest minds in the game, and one that was always willing to help others in the community.

He has won five WCOOP titles and five SCOOP events across his career. These events have the reputation as some of the toughest line-ups the tournament world ever sees during the year.

Early years and discovering poker

Shaun Deeb was born on March 1, 1986, in Troy, New York, a working-class city in the north of the state. He grew up in a modest household where his father, Frank Deeb, supported the family with several small eateries, including the popular Ted’s Fish Fry chain which later inspired his son’s famous online screen name “tedsfishfry”.

It was this early exposure to hard work and entrepreneurial spirit which planted the seed for the successful career that Deeb was to craft later on in the poker world.

Like many successful poker players, Deeb showed an aptitude for video games as a child but wasn’t among the most gifted students at Troy High School where he first picked up the passion for gambling.

After graduating from high school, Deeb briefly attended Bentley University in Massachusetts, studying business and economics, but he quickly realised the academic path wasn’t for him.

The turning point came in 2002 when, aged only 16, he began playing poker seriously after watching the WSOP 2002 on ESPN and falling in love with the game’s strategic depth.

It all began with $20 home games with friends but within a year Deeb was playing online, using the now iconic screen name “tedsfishfry.”

With a lack of interest in continuing his college studies, Deeb dropped out to play poker full-time after running up those early deposits into a large enough bankroll to be playing the biggest regular online MTTs.

Even before his teenage years were over, he was already one of the top online grinders and this was only the beginning of his legendary career.

Poker boom and pre-Black Friday era

With the poker boom in full swing, Deeb was clearly one of the top players, winning two WCOOP titles and one SCOOP title in the pre-Black Friday era. He racked up multiple six-figure scores during those years, including $312,610 for victory in a 2011 Full Tilt event.

There were few players around who could handle the same level of volume that Deeb could play. He was known for playing 15–20 tables simultaneously, as one of the first high-volume multi-tabling players at the top of the game.

Transition to live play post-Black Friday

After Black Friday destroyed the online poker landscape for players based in the United States, Deeb focused on live tournaments as his only serious option. As a family man, relocating to stay on the online grind has never been an option.

Deeb won his maiden WSOP bracelet in 2015 after taking down the $10,000 PLO Championship for $318,857, adding a second in 2016 when he won the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud for $111,101.

The next few years showed Deeb’s career escalating up to a higher level as he secured a reputation as one of the best players in the world, even if he wasn’t a regular in the super high roller fields. Six WSOP cashes in 2016 were followed by another 10 in 2017.

Deeb had a massive WSOP 2018 with 16 cashes and two more bracelets. He took down the $25,000 PLO High Roller event for $1,402,683 and then the $10,000 6-Handed NL Hold’em for $ 814,179. He also cashed in the Main Event and secured his first Player of the Year title.

Four more bracelets and chasing greatness

The following years saw Deeb continue his ascent, steadily adding to his bracelet collection while always challenging for the Player of the Year title at the WSOP.

In 2021, he won his fifth bracelet in the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller for $1,251,860 — the second time he won that prestigious event — and finished runner-up in the Player of the Year race.

He posted strong results again in 2022, this time with a monster count of  28 cashes throughout the summer. In 2023  he almost topped that, scoring 27 cashes and winning his sixth bracelet after dominating the $1,500 Eight-Game Mix for $198,854. That year also saw him narrowly miss out on the Player of the Year title with second place again.

For most top players, this would have been a perfect climax and peak to a poker career; but not for Shaun Deeb because there was more to come.

The momentum built further in 2024 with an unthinkable 35 cashes and nine final tables. This run kept him in contention for the Player of the Year race but without a bracelet that summer Scott Seiver’s haul of three topped Deeb for the top spot.

Deeb’s persistence paid off dramatically in 2025, where he delivered one of the most dominant WSOP performances in recent memory. He cashed in 30 events, reached five final tables, and captured his seventh bracelet in the $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller for a career-best score of $2,957,229.

That win, combined with consistent deep runs that included a pair of runner-up finishes and two more third places, earned him his second WSOP Player of the Year title, making him only the second player ever, after Daniel Negreanu to achieve the feat.

Later that year at the WSOP Europe 2025 in Rozvadov, Deeb won his eighth bracelet, taking down the €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em GGMillion€ for €329,000, to leave him as one of the seven most successful players at the WSOP ever.

Shaun Deeb carved out his reputation in poker as a high-volume, aggressive grinder with exceptional multi-tabling ability.

As he matured into the player we see today, he is more thought of as a strong tactician with a deep understanding of the game’s mechanics.

Core playing style

Deeb excels in NL Hold’em tournaments — both online and live — playing a style that is highly adaptive to his opponent’s tendencies of which he has a keen sense.

He is also strong in mixed games and PLO where he frequently showcases his ability in games which are much less studied and solved compared to NL Hold’em.

Reputation among peers & legacy

Deeb is highly respected for his theoretical knowledge and ability to translate that into adaptive plays at the table.

But as much as he is praised for his game, he does have a reputation for being outspoken on social media. Some see that as authentic behaviour, others find it annoying.

Key Traits include:

Shaun Deeb is often at the centre of poker discourse due to his outspoken nature, frequently calling out suspected cheating or misconduct. That said, he is never the figure of an accusation himself.

He has been involved in a long-running and heated feud with Sean Perry. Over multiple years, Deeb has repeatedly accused Perry of scamming players and doxing opponents online.

This back-and-forth has played out on social media with many sharp exchanges. Perry denies the accusations and countered with his own claims against Deeb. The dispute  between the pair remains unresolved and tempers still flare up occasionally.

Shaun Deeb has always kept much of his private life away from the poker spotlight, although his wife, Ashley Deeb, is known to the community.

Ashley frequently appears in Shaun’s posts on X and has been a steady, supporting presence at the WSOP for Shaun during those long tournament runs. Deeb describes her as a key influence in his life decisions including, surprisingly, when to play or step back from grinding.

The couple reside in the Las Vegas area with their four children, who Deeb has repeatedly stated come first in his life and he structures his schedule around them rather than chasing every high-stakes opportunity. One of the reasons why we never see a player as good as this on the Triton circuit.

Deeb has been candid about his personal health journey over the years, most notably with multiple weight-loss prop bets that saw him drop over 100 pounds at different points. These bets have become part of his public persona and have helped him maintain a healthier lifestyle in recent years.

Overall, Deeb presents as a devoted family man who balances an intense poker career with his family life.

In recent years we have seen Shaun Deeb focus almost exclusively on the World Series of Poker events. Occasionally he will travel, but for the most part the best way for fans to catch a glimpse of him is at the Horseshoe Las Vegas in the summer.

Quick answers to the most searched questions about Shaun Deebs net worth, earnings, age, and poker career.

This profile is written to separate what is factual from what is estimated, assumed, or simply unconfirmed.

All poker careers, particularly those of high-profile players, contain large periods of activity that never appear in public records, especially in private high-stakes cash games. Because of that, we aim to be completely transparent about which information is solid and which parts remain educated guesswork.

How we handle net worth

• There is no official, publicly available net worth figure for any poker player.
• Every net worth number you see here is clearly labelled as an estimate and can vary significantly depending on unreported cash game results, private investments, business holdings, staking arrangements, and other non-public income.
• We always give strongest weight to direct quotes, official tournament databases, and any verifiable financial information that is actually available.

How we report earnings

• All live tournament winnings figures come directly from the trusted Hendon Mob database. These numbers track prize money won and do not factor in buy-ins paid to calculate net profit.
• Online results and private cash game winnings from previous eras are not publicly verifiable. For that reason we never present them as confirmed tracked earnings.

How we deal with controversies and disputes

• Whenever any controversy or dispute is mentioned, we clearly state what has been alleged, what has been confirmed, what has been denied, and what still remains unclear or unresolved.
• We prefer to use named sources and direct quotes from the people directly involved, over anonymous forum posts, rumours, or unverified online chatter.

References

• The Hendon Mob – Shaun Deeb (tracked live tournament cashes and results history)
• WSOP.com – Shaun Deeb player page (official series profile and event-related references)
• Wikipedia – Shaun Deeb (basic biographical context; cross-checked where possible)

Last updated: February 2026.