Stephen Song wins the main event of the World Series of Poker Circuit in Grand Victoria

Stephen Song is only 28 years old, but he has already achieved several tremendous accomplishments on the live tournament circuit. The Greenwich, Connecticut, native has both World Series of Poker The first bracelet of its kind World Series of Poker Main Tour The cup is on his proverbial cloak. And now, thanks to this week’s big win, Song has also made it four times WSOP Circuit hero. He received his final ring in 2023 WSOPC Grand Victoria Casino $1,700 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Main Event. He defeated 652 participants to take home the title and the grand prize of $183,508.

“Winning has been on my bucket list for a while, actually, specifically winning [WSOP] The main event of the circuit. “I’ve played a lot of these matches and come close a few times but I’ve never won any of them,” Song said. Poker.org Reporters live on site after the summit.

This was the sixth-largest result recorded to date for Song, with his highest payout being the $712,650 he received as winner of the aforementioned prize. WPT Prime Minister’s Championship in 2022. He now has approximately $5.9 million in career earnings to his name.

Song’s last win on tour also came with an 840 Card player Player of the Year points. It was his first title and fourth at the final table of the year. For a total of 2,064 points and nearly $434,000 so far Boy Earnings, it now sits among the top 200 companies in 2023 Boy Race standings provided by World poker.

The event was held from November 16 to 20 at the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, Illinois near Chicago. A turnout of 653 entries resulted in a prize pool of $987,780, with the top 80 winners taking home cash.

Lee Rzentkowski held the lead until the final day, with Song finishing second among the five remaining competitors. Song scored the first knockout, with his pocket queens holding out against J-9 fit Svetlozar Momchilov (5th – $46,748). Rzentkowski also won a large total of pocket queens. Overpair remained favorite against Timothy Mulroy’s Pocket Fives (4th – $62,039).

Two-time bracelet winner Tom Koral’s run came to an end in the event when J-10 couldn’t come from behind against the Rzentkowski Kings. Coral failed to draw straight open, but Rzentkowski improved to the river-filled Kings to book the bet. Corral earned $83,365 as the third-place finisher, increasing his lifetime earnings to nearly $2.8 million in the process.

The heads-up game began with Song getting 15,180,000 to Rzentkowski’s 10,900,000. Rzentkowski managed to work his way into the lead for a while, but Song soon regained control. The final hand saw all the chips come to 7625K Painting with song bearing 98 For nine consecutive highs, which beat 62 A couple of Rzentkowski.

Rzentkowski earned $113,415 as runner-up. It was the second-biggest tournament finish on his resume, behind only the $145,006 he earned as winner of the 2022 tournament. Central states poker tour riverside Stop in Iowa.

Here’s a look at the payouts Boy Points awarded at the final table:

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