WSOP 2025 Day 20 – Shaun Deeb Falls Short in Heads-Up Battle for Seventh Bracelet

Tournament poker at the WSOP is tough enough without having to go heads-up against Shaun Deeb for a bracelet.

Okay, Allan Le has got the job done before, albeit nine years ago in a mixed PLO event, and he has plenty of WSOP cashes, but facing off against Shaun Deeb is as tough as it gets.

Le came out on top of a field of 472 entrants, all fighting for a slice of the relatively modest prize pool of $626,580 which was divided up between the top 71 finishers.

Speaking after his win, Le said:

“PLO is my favorite game. I play all of the games, but that one is my bread and butter. Throughout the final table, there were a lot of ups and downs. 

“I kind of just went after every pot that I could. I’m not sure whether that was the best play or not, but that’s how I usually play. That was my first tournament in Razz, so I’m fairly new at it.”

Action Recap

As the final nine resumed play, Jackson Spencer was the first to fall, exiting within the first few pots played. MengQi Chen lasted only a handful of minutes longer, stacking off against both Maxx Coleman and Le.

By this stage we saw Deeb finding another gear, overtaking Le at the top of the standings, accumulating more than half of the chips in play.

Gabriel Ramos was next to fall, from what was now an all-American final table. Le acquired his stack as he began a fightback against Deebs sun run.

Jason Lipiner had a rollercoaster of a day, at one point getting a triple-up against Coleman and Jeanne David. But it was Le who relieved him of most of his chips and soon after finished the job.

Jeanne David is a mixed game specialist who would have felt right at home in a razz event. On any other day it might have gone differently but last night Deeb was on fire and his 8-6 beating her J-8 was enough.

Clint Wolcyn was the man on the move after David’s exit, and he took enough chips from Coleman after the break to leave him on the brink. Deeb performed the coup de grace by making an 8-7 on the next hand while Coleman kept pairing.

Deeb then continued a run of savagery by winning several large pots from Wolcyn before Le sent him home with a podium finish and a $57,296 prize.

The heads-up match lasted only half an hour, beginning with Deeb extending his significant lead even further. Le didn’t give up, though, and before long the chips steadily started to flow towards him.

After Deeb lost most of his chips to Le’s Q-9 in the penultimate hand, he still went with a face up ten while Le showed a nine. Le ended up with a 7-6 to beat Deeb’s Q-T.

Event #15: $1,500 Razz Final Table Results

Carlos Leiva Victorious in Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

After Allan Le and David “OTB” Baker won bracelets last night, Carlos Leiva topped an impressive field of 1,932 entries to win Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha.

The Argentine banked a cool $237,852 for his efforts out of a prize pool of $1,700,160. Although this was Leiva’s first WSOP bracelet win, it was actually not his career-best score.

$440,000 out of his new career total earnings of $1,149,482 came from winning a Punta Del Este event in 2023.

Event #42: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Results

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