Deeb Playing His Biggest Buy-In Ever: “Hopefully It Goes Well and I Don't Lose Too Much”
The World Series of Poker Paradise, which is in its second year, has partnered with the Triton Poker Series for the Triton Million, a unique tournament that paired an invitee with a poker pro – each putting up a $500,000 buy-in – and then each competing in their respective fields on Day 1 before combining into one field on Day 2.
One of the last pairs announced for the Triton Millions, which is being live reported by PokerNews, was that of invitee “Texas” Mike Moncek and poker pro Shaun Deeb.
PokerNews caught up with the latter prior to the start of play, and the man who won a million-dollar body fat prop bet earlier this year shared his excitement.
“There’s only been bigger, the Big One for One Drop $1,000,000, and I only won a satellite to that. I never played it.” explained Deeb, who received a cash payout for that 2012 event as he was an alternate to the 48-man field.
So, how did Deeb, who doesn’t really play the high roller scene, end up in one of poker’s largest buy-ins ever?
“Mike messaged me a couple of months ago about possibly wanting to play this. I was like, ‘You know, I can get you a better pro if you want one.’ But he was like, ‘I want to play with you’ and we kind of went back and forth. Then a few days ago he decided, ‘OK, let's do it’ and so we just had to coordinate. Everything was very last minute. I like to procrastinate.”