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The popular show High Stakes Poker debuted in early 2006, with the first season lasting 13 episodes. Throughout the show's run, episodes were culled from multi-day sessions, so often the same players would be sitting around the table from week to week, although new players were frequently rotated in to change the makeup of the game.
Years later the shows remain highly entertaining, and can even be educational. For new poker players they introduce the game while illustrating many strategic concepts, while those with experience can watch and recognize how certain strategies have evolved over the years since the shows aired.
Continuing with our look back at Season 1, the episode shown below finds players starting a new session with Poker Hall of Famer Johnny Chan, amateur Fred Chamanara, and pro Freddy Deeb — or 'Fast' Freddy Deeb, as Gabe Kaplan refers to him — all joining the fun for the first time.
Amir Nassiri returns as well after having won on earlier episodes, and here mixes things up by opening with hands like and . Several players make oversized raises preflop and big bets postflop, both as bluffs and for value. And multi-way pots near the end of the show conclude with a big clash between Deeb and Daniel Negreanu.
High Stakes Poker: Season 1, Episode 6
| Originally aired: | February 20, 2006 |
| Location: | Golden Nugget, Las Vegas |
| Players: | Doyle Brunson, Fred Chamanara, Johnny Chan, Freddy Deeb, Eli Elezra, Sam Farha, Amir Nassiri, Daniel Negreanu |
| Commentators: | A.J. Benza, Gabe Kaplan |
| Game: | no-limit hold'em cash game, minimum $100,000 buy-in |
| Stakes: | blinds $300/$600, ante $100 |
Terms and Concepts
- overcard — Sam Farha and Deeb both have middle pocket pairs when a single overcard (an ace) flops — 10:00 mark
- position — in a multi-way hand Doyle Brunson raises from the button and continues to exert pressure postflop, with only Eli Elezra providing resistance — 24:00 mark
- implied odds — after a $1,200 straddle is introduced, Brunson raises and five players call, motivated largely by the prospect of winning a big pot after investing relatively little — 35:00 mark
Big Hand Alert
- another 'family pot' (a five-way hand) ends up producing the episode's largest pot of $179,200 when both Deeb and Negreanu manage to make full houses by the river — 37:00 mark
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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.
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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.
Freddy Deeb Net Worth
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.
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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
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WPT Winnings
Freddy Deeb Net Worth
2005 – UltimateBet Aruba Poker Classic - $1,000,000