- Kevin Song
Infobox poker player
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firstname=Kevin
lastname=Song
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hometown=Hacienda Heights, California
wsop bracelet count=1
wsop money finishes=23
wsop main event best finish rank=20th
wsop main event best finish year=2001
multi-year wsop winner
wpt titles="None"
wpt final tables="None"
wpt money finishes=6Kevin Song (born in
South Korea ) is aKorean-American professionalpoker player fromHacienda Heights, California who started playing poker since 1980 and began playing inpoker tournament s since 1994 where he has cashed in many of them throughout his poker career, among them are over 20 cashes at theWorld Series of Poker including winning the1997 World Series of Poker $2,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em event. cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=221 |title=Kevin Song - Results |accessdate=2008-06-18 |last=Butt |first=Robert |publisher=TheHendonMob.com ]World Series of Poker
Song has cashed 22 times at the
World Series of Poker (WSOP), making eight final tables. At the1994 WSOP , his first cash at a WSOP event, song made the final table and finished 9th place in the $2,500 Limit Hold'em event won by Mike Laing, Three years later he won his first bracelet in the $2,000 Limit Hold'em event at the1997 WSOP , earning $397,120 in a final table that included other professional players likeDan Heimiller ,Erik Seidel ,Huck Seed ,Berry Johnston andJohn Esposito . At the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event of the2004 WSOP he finished runner-up toKathy Liebert , earning $58,300. his latest cash was at the2008 WSOP $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed) event where he finished in fourth place, earning $141,983 after after his hand of cards|Kc|Jh failed to improve against the chip leader and eventual winnerDario Minieri 's cards|Ad|8h.World Series of Poker bracelets
World Poker Tour
Song has finished in the money five 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.Other poker events
Some of Song's biggest cashes have been at a various poker events such as winning the $500 Limit Hold'em event at the Rags to Riches II in
Los Angeles in 1996, earning $94,689, winning the $2,500 LimitSeven-Card Stud event at the 1996United States Poker Championship , earning $77,000, winning the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event at the 1997 Hall of Fame Poker Classic, earning $184,000, winning the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship Event at the 1999 Legends of Poker, earning $96,800, finishing in 3rd at the 2005WSOP Circuit event at Harrah's Las Vegas, earning $110,638 that was won byChris Ferguson 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.As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,100,000. [ cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=221 |title=Kevin Song - Stats |accessdate=2008-06-18 |last=Butt |first=Robert |publisher=TheHendonMob.com ]
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External links
* [http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/players/playerProfile.asp?playerID=145&pagecolor=FFFFFF WorldSeriesOfPoker.com Profile]
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