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Poker pro Freddy Deeb battled his way to the $2,276,832 first prize at the $50K HORSE event at the 2007 WSOP. (AP Images)

After sluggin through 148 of the best poker players on the planet, Freddy Deep finally won his second WSOP bracelet when he beat out French poker pro Bruno Fitoussi in heads-up play early this morning at 5 a.m.

The HORSE event is considered by many top players to be the "real" Main Event of the WSOP as it's the only event that requires players to compete in five different types of poker: H)old'em, (O)maha, (R)azz, (S)tud and stud (E)ight or better. The versions switch from one to the next every 30 minutes with limits increasing every 60 minutes during flop games and every 90 minutes during stud games.

Last year, Chip Reese won the bracelet, beating out a final table that included Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, T.J. Cloutier and Jim Bechtel.

This year the final table was not any easier with players like Barry Greenstein and actor/poker pro Gabe Kaplan. The final table lasted 14.5 hours.  which ranked it as the fourth-longest recorded final table in WSOP history.

When the table was down to four, Deeb was all-in on a critical Omaha High-Low hand. He managed to scoop the pot and survive. That propelled Deeb back into the match. However, he was the shortest stack during much of play in the finale, yet still managed to outlast his final opponents in the end.

"I have a very (loose) reputation as a poker player," Deeb said in a post-tournament press conference. "When I bet out, I know I am going to get called. So, I adjust my play and it works in my favor."

Deeb has now cashed 22 times at the WSOP with the HORSE championship his biggest career win by far. "When I won my first bracelet, I was mostly a cash game player so it didn't really matter that much to me," Deeb said. "But this one – it means everything to me. They are the toughest players in the world. It has the highest buy-in. Except for the $10,000 buy-in (main event) this is the bracelet that means the most of any of them."

ESPN taped heavily during most of the five-day event. The network plans to make the HORSE championship a five-part series as part of its 2007 WSOP coverage. The shows are expected to air later in the year.

While ESPN might have the televised coverage, Bodog Beat has got the live updates. So unless you want to wait for months, keep checking back here at the Beat for more live 2007 World Series of Poker coverage.