Steve Sung

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Steve Sung
Steve Sung (2019)
Steve Sung (2019)
  Personal information  
Date of birth April 15, 1985
place of birth Korea SouthSouth Korea Seoul
Nickname
MuGGyLiCiOuSPokerStars
place of residence United StatesUnited States Torrance
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,205,324
Total prize money $ 6,020,032
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 53
Best main event 291st ( 2007 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 20th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: March 11, 2020

Suk-Min "Steve" Sung (born April 15, 1985 in Seoul , South Korea ) is a professional American - South Korean poker player . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Personal

Sung came to the United States from South Korea with his family at the age of seven. He studied computer engineering and economics at the University of California at San Diego . Sung lives in Torrance .

Poker career

Career

Sung watched his father play poker, which sparked his interest in the game. In high school he started playing poker with friends himself. Sung has been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2005 . He plays on the online poker platform PokerStars under the nickname MuGGyLiCiOuS .

In December 2006, Sung took third place in a tournament of the Five Diamond World Poker Classic as part of the World Poker Tour (WPT) at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas , winning around $ 125,000 in prize money. A few days later, he finished ninth in the Series Main Event, earning nearly $ 120,000. In June 2007 , Sung won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for the first time , making four money places, including two final tables and a cash in the main event . In mid-October 2017, he reached his first final table at the WPT Main Event and took fourth place in Barcelona, worth almost 120,000 euros . In March 2008, Sung was again at the final table of a WPT main event and finished second in San José behind Brandon Cantu for $ 585,000. In mid-December 2008 he made it to the final table again at the WPT's Five Diamond World Poker Classic and finished in second place, which was paid for just under $ 400,000. In the 2009 WSOP won Sung a tournament variant No Limit Hold'em and secured a prize money of more than 770,000 dollars in prize money and a bracelet . After reaching other final tables of the WSOP just a few days later and in 2010 and 2011 , Sung secured his second bracelet with more than $ 1.2 million in prize money at the end of June 2013 . In mid-October 2018, he won the Wynn Fall Classic at Wynn Las Vegas with a prize of around $ 170,000. In March 2019, Sung finished third at the WPT Main Event in Los Angeles for just under $ 260,000.

In total, Sung has made more than six million dollars playing poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Sung cashed 53 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2009 0.1000 No-Limit Hold'em 6012 0.771,338
2013 25,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed 0175 1,205,324

Web links

Commons : Steve Sung  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Стив Санг ( memento from March 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on holdemworld.ru from September 4, 2014, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c Steve Sung in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ muggylicious on Pokerstars on highstakesdb.com from February 1, 2011, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ Fifth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 5,000 + 180 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ Fifth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 15,000 + 400 WPT Doyle Brunson North American Poker Classic - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 14, 2019.
  6. ↑ WPT Spanish Championship (€ 7,500 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 14, 2019 (English).
  7. ↑ Bay 101 Shooting Stars ($ 9,600 + 400 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 10, 2016.
  8. ↑ 2008 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 15,000 + 400 No Limit Hold'em - Doyle Brunson Classic) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 14, 2019 (English).
  9. ↑ 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).
  10. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed (Event # 52)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).
  11. ↑ 2018 The Wynn Fall Classic ($ 1,500 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 14, 2019.
  12. ↑ WPT Gardens Poker Championship ($ 9,600 + 400 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Gardens Poker Championship Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 14, 2019.
  13. ↑ Steve Sung in the World Series of Poker database, accessed March 10, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Sung, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sung, Suk-Min (real name); MuGGyLiCiOuS (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-South Korean poker player
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Seoul , South Korea