Stephen Song wins the World Series of Poker

the World Series of Poker The $1,100 entry event attracted a whopping field of 5,430 entries, more than double the $2 million guarantee to create a final prize pool of $5,267,100. In the end, Stephen Song emerged victorious from this sea of ​​players with the title and first prize of $712,650.

“Honestly, it’s unbelievable,” Song said. card player After coming out on top. “I had a dream year and that’s just the cherry on top. Words can’t really explain how I feel. I’m just lucky. It’s clear that I ran like God, you have to hit 5,400 people. I don’t know if I will be able to repeat such a run, But it feels really good.”

This was the biggest score to date for the 27-year-old World Series of Poker He holds a bracelet from Greenwich, Connecticut, and has brought his lifetime earnings from live tournaments to over $5.1 million. His previous highest salary came when he finished second in this year’s competition WSOP $5,000 for a six-max event for $476,990.

As he noticed, this year has been a hot one for Song. He’s made 51 cash to date, with 16 finishes at the final table and winning two titles along the way. Finally, he cashed out $2,389,405 in 2022.

The earnings of this last win are 1,320 card player Player of the Year points. As a result of his impressive run, he is now in second place in 2022 POY Race order submitted by Global Poker.

The final table was set after midnight on December 13, but the final six did not return to take down the winner until the televised final table on the evening of December 19. Basically a draw with the lead, the former having less of a big blind than the latter as the cards go into the air.

The first elimination from the final table came in the 14-hour-a-day deal. Giorgii Skhulukhiia entered limping from the button for 600,000 with 107. Eisenberg raised to 2,400,000 small canopies with A.a And Skhulukhia made the call. The flop came down72 to give the highest Eisenberg range. I bet 1,200,000 and Skhulukhiia connected with the middle pair and backdoor flush potential.

9 Skhulukhia in turn improved to full withdrawal. Eisenberg bet 2,400,000 and Skhulukhia made the call. 2 In the end, both players improved, giving Eisenberg aces full of deuces and rushing to Skhulukhiia. Push Eisenberg, covered with Skhulukhia. He made the call, only to be shown a full house. He earned $153,000 as the sixth-place finisher.

Albert Nguyen was the next person to be dispatched firmly. Opened by lifting the bottom of the button with an As. Alon Messica came along with A.10. The flop came downj5 Give both players the best pair. Messika bet 2,000,000 as the first to act and called Nguyen to the position.

Get the 10th floor Makes aces for Messika. He checked it out and checked Nguyen in the back. River brought the case ace, a, giving Misia full aces while Nguyen catches flights. Messika checked and Nguyen fired 4,500,000. Messika checked everything and called Nguyen to put his tournament life on the line. Messika revealed his full house and Nguyen shook his opponents hands before heading to the rail. He was awarded $200,000 for his fifth-place appearance in the event.

An unruly hand fell during a quadruple action. Song entered through the small curtain with a Q8 And Messika checked his option on the big blind with Q9. Action checked when flipping and turning. Read the final board a4276. Check Song and Messika bet 2,000,000 with the Queen of the Nine rising. Song performed a check-over trick with Queen’s high eight. Messika went into the tank, but it wasn’t just a situation. After a while contemplating the situation, he made a gero call with a slightly better queen rising to win the health bowl and move into the chip lead. The song slid towards the bottom of the leaderboard after the hand.

Messica used his big combo to try and put pressure on Young Eum, running a multi-street feint that put Eum to test his entire combo. He found the right call with the second pair and faded Messika’s two cards for a double.

Eisenberg won a big pot from Messika with a river double besting his river pair, the best kick player. Then her deck takes a big hit when her flight kings are hit by kings full of dozens by Eum. With that, Eum doubled down and took the lead.

Messika had the champion call tables turned on him by Song, who called a high ten trick on the river accompanied by a high jack, though in a somewhat smaller pot. Messika’s run soon ended appropriately via a champion call. Messika entered from the Little Curtain for 1,200,000 with K6 And raise Eum to 4,000,000 from the big blind A6. The flop came downj4 To give Messika a nut flush tie. He checks it out and bets Eum 2,200,000 with his best pair. Called Messika and 2 hit the role. Messika was called out again, this time to the tune of 6,200,000. 4 Plate coupling at the end and messica examination. Eum moved it all in and after a while in the tank, Messika called all in for 12,600,000 with his king high. Eum showed winning aces and pars to send Messika home in fourth place ($265,000).

The three-play saw the remaining contenders participate in a number of all-around pots, many of which involved classic pre-seasoned races such as the pocket pair against two overs. Each time, the shorter combination won, until such a coin saw Eum’s As Fail to improve against Jj from Eisenberg.

Eum earned $354,000 as the third-place finisher. It was his third podium finish in a massive championship around this price point this year. He finished second out of 2,663 entries in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Freeze at WSOP for $203,949 in June. Almost three weeks later he won his first bracelet by topping a field of 5,832 entries in the $1,000 Mini Main Event to earn $594,189. Eum 880 awarded POY Points for this deep run. With a total of 3,240 points and over 1.1 million dollars in POY earnings, it now sits inside the top 50’s POY Categories.

Head-to-head started with Eisenberg getting nearly 3:1, with 119,600,000 for 43,800,000 songs. Song largely closed the gap when he made foursomes against jacks full of Eisenberg fives and managed to get a big pot on the river. He quickly moved forward thanks to flipping levers against Eisenberg’s upper pair of levers.

In the final hand, Eisenberg went into a weak spot for 2,000,000 with Q8 And check Song with 64. s85 Saw flop song of choice. Eisenberg bet 2,000,000 with her best pair, and Song called his straight draw. 7 At the turn he completed Song’s Draw, giving him a straight height eight. Song checked again and Eisenberg bet 8,000,000. The check for the song was raised to 22,000,000. Eisenberg considered her options before transferring all for 53,600,000. Snap Song called and needed to fade Queen or Eight on the River to secure the title.

2 Complete the painting, sealing Song’s victory. Eisenberg earned $481,500 as the runner-up, the most cash to date for 2021 WSOP Women’s event champion. The radiologist from Silver Springs, Maryland, has now earned nearly $760,000 in lifetime course earnings.

Here is a look at payments and POY Points awarded at the final table: