Kevin Song is a Korean-American professional poker player who started playing poker since 1980 and began playing in poker tournaments since 1994 where he has cashed in many of them throughout his poker career, among them are 39 cashes at the World Series of Poker including winning the 1997 World Series of Poker $2,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em event.[1]
| Kevin Song | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Brea, California |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 41[1] |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 20th, 2001 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 6[2] |
World Series of Poker
editSong has cashed 39 times at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), making twelve final tables. At the 1994 World Series of Poker, his first cash at a WSOP event, Song made the final table and finished in 9th place in the $2,500 Limit Hold'em event won by Mike Laing.[3] Three years later he won his first bracelet in the $2,000 Limit Hold'em event at the 1997 World Series of Poker, earning $397,120 in a final table that included other professional players like Dan Heimiller, Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, Berry Johnston and John Esposito.[4] He has two WSOP second-place finishes. The first was at the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event of the 2004 World Series of Poker where he finished runner-up to Kathy Liebert, earning $58,300.[5] He came in second again at the 2018 WSOP in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event.[6]
World Series of Poker bracelets
edit| Year | Event | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | $2,000 Limit Texas hold 'em | $397,120 |
World Poker Tour
editSong has finished in the money six times at the World Poker Tour (WPT), including placing 9th in the 2003 L.A. Poker Classic and 10th at the 2006 WPT World Poker Challenge.[2]
Other poker events
editSome of Song's biggest cashes have been at a various poker events such as winning the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event at the 1997 Hall of Fame Poker Classic, earning $184,000,[7] winning the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event at the 1999 Legends of Poker, earning $96,800,[8] finishing in 3rd at the 2005 WSOP Circuit event at Harrah's Las Vegas, earning $110,638 that was won by Chris Ferguson,[9] and Song won the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event at the Fifth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic in 2006, earning $253,560.[10]
As of 2023, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,800,000.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Kevin Song". WSOP.com. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ a b "Kevin Song". World Poker Tour. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "25th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1994, Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "28th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1997, Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ a b "Kevin Song's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ "49th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2018, Limit Hold'em (Event #41)". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Poker Classic 1997, Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ^ "1999 Legends of Poker, Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ^ "WSOP Circuit - WSOPC Las Vegas, Main Event - No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ^ "Fifth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic, No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved April 13, 2024.