Kassem "Freddy" Deeb

Name: Kassem "Freddy" Deeb
Nickname: Freddy - Kid55
Current Residence: Las Vegas, Nev.
Birth Date: November 27, 1955
Birth Place: Beirut, Lebanon

If not for the Lebanon Civil War, Kassem "Freddy" Deeb might be back in his homeland, working as a mechanical engineer and playing kitchen table card games.

Instead, he is touted as one of today's best poker players, knocking elbows and knocking out some of the world's top pros at the tournament felt.

Deeb was born Nov. 27, 1955, in Beirut, Lebanon. On holidays, his close-knit family would gather and pass time by playing games... Read more >>

Trivia

Started playing poker professionally because he couldn’t work in the U.S. or afford to finish university
Is good friends with pro player Eli Eleza
Earned a gold bracelet in the 1996 WSOP 2-7 Draw event

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
WPT Season 7, Foxwoods World Poker Finals	28th	$21,320
2008 WSOP, Event 36, No-Limit Hold'em	80th	$6,012
EPT Season 4, EPT Grand Final	30th	€42,100
2008 Special, NBC Heads-Up Championship	12th	$25,000
WPT Season 6, World Poker Finals	9th	$108,081
2007 WSOP, Event 54, World Championship No-Limit 2-7 Draw...	6th	$73,813
2007 WSOP, Event 39, World Championship H.O.R.S.E.	1st	$2,276,832
2007 WSOP, Event 4, Pot-Limit Hold'em	45th	$5,111
2006 WSOP, Event 5, No-Limit Hold'em Short-Handed, 6/table	21st	$9,476
WPT Season 4, Aruba Poker Classic	1st	$1,000,000
2005 WSOP, Event 37, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/Re-buys	6th	$117,500
2005 WSOP, Event 11, $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em	5th	$59,615
2005 WSOP, Event 9, $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em	100th	$2,840
2005 WSOP, Event 7, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/Re-buys	61st	$4,405
2004 WSOP, Event 31, Pot-Limit Omaha	3rd	$147,800
1992 WSOP, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	4th	$24,765