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• Final Result Event #11 $20,000 NLHE
• Action of the Final Day

Many people enjoy putting their favorite songs on repeat. Stephen Song, it seems, prefers repeating victories.

Just two days after winning the TLPT US$15,000 Main Event, the American poker pro struck gold again at the 2025 The Lord Poker Tournament (TLPT) Jeju, capturing his second title of the series. Song triumphed in Event #11: US$20,000 NLHE 8-Handed at the luxurious Jeju Shinhwa World Hotel, going wire-to-wire in his third final table appearance in just seven days.

The event drew 32 entries, generating a $640,000 prize pool. Song entered the final day as the chip leader with 11 players remaining. Although he briefly surrendered the lead to eventual runner-up Calvin Lee, he never strayed far from the top. The two agreed to an ICM deal before heads-up play began, securing the lion’s share of the prize pool and leaving $10,000 and the trophy up for grabs.

Down slightly at the start of heads-up play, Song wasted no time regaining momentum. In less than 15 minutes, he sealed the win and posed for photos holding two TLPT trophies, having earned $204,000 for his latest victory. Lee collected $200,000 as runner-up.

With two wins and a near seven-figure haul for the series, Song has proven himself a force on the TLPT circuit. Only the top five players cashed in Event #11. Song was also responsible for bursting the money bubble, dispatching Yisha Chen with seven-deuce suited.

Already a WSOP bracelet winner and EPT Main Event champion, Song now boasts 16 live poker titles and more than $10 million in career earnings, with this latest score soon to be added to his Hendon Mob résumé. As his results continue stacking up, Song is cementing his reputation as one of the game’s fastest-rising international stars.

Final Result Event #11 $20,000 NLHE

Place	Winner	Country	Prize (in USD)
1	Stephen Song	United States	$204,000
2	Calvin Lee	United States	$200,000
3	Taylor Black	United States	$101,000
4	James Mendoza	Philippines	$75,000
5	Lei Yu	China	$60,000

Action of the Final Day

While only 11 players returned for the final day, they had ten WSOP bracelets, one EPT Main Event title and two WPT Main Tour stop victories under their belt to showcase the quality of the participants.

Song was leading the way and brought the field down to the nine-handed final table within fewer than half an hour. Dominik Nitsche sent Short Deck specialist Martin Nielsen to the rail but was then knocked out by Song on the outer table soon after.

It took a while for the next all-in showdown to emerge and Dan Cates saw his stack reduced to fumes in a battle of the blinds with Lee. The first casualty thereafter was then however Istvan Birizdo, who bowed out with king-queen in a three-way all-in against the pocket tens of Gavin and the ace-queen suited of James Mendoza.

Cates doubled a few times when getting short, and Lee then won a crucial flip with ace-king against the pocket queens of the last woman in contention, Chen. Taylor Black was the next player at risk and needed to improve with queen-nine against the ace-seven of Cates, hitting a nine on the flop to send “Jungleman” back onto fumes.

The last few blinds went in soon after with ace-deuce suited and Gavin followed suit holding king-queen, both getting looked up by the pocket fives of run-away chip leader Song. Another five came on the flop, and Song rivered a full house for good measure to bring the field to the money bubble with a commanding chip advantage. Song's first attempt to burst the bubble was not crowned by success as Black doubled through him with ace-ten versus king-queen.

His second try, however, sent the remaining five players into the money. Song jammed out of the small blind with seven-deuce suited, and Chen called as one of the three short stacks at the table with the superior queen-nine suited. The flop delivered a deuce, and no help came for Chen, as she shared the bad news to her Chinese rail.

Black earned another double soon after that to reach seven figures while Lei Yu was left on fumes, and the WSOP Bracelet winner became the first casualty in the money when his rivered straight had been drawing dead against a turned full house. Mendoza was the shortest stack during four-handed play, and the Los Angeles-based pro then came up second-best with king-jack against the ace-king of Lee, who joined Song atop the leaderboard.

Despite his double, Black was still the shortest stack and his gutshot against the second pair of Song, who notched up another elimination to enter heads-up against Lee as a slight underdog in chips, albeit with an astonishing 58 big blinds. Prior to the restart, both players discussed an ICM deal and left $10,000 on top for the winner.

What followed was 13 minutes of domination by Song, who wrapped up his second consecutive victory at the Landing Casino on his third final table of the festival. In the final hand, his ten-four flopped two pair against the top pair of Lee.