Debbie Lee: $1 Million Tournament Earner and WSOP Circuit Main Event Runner-Up
POKER HALL OF FAME
Inducted 2014
Debbie Lee is an American tournament poker player whose career spans more than a decade and includes multiple six-figure scores, deep runs in major championship events and repeated success on the World Series of Poker Circuit.
Tournament databases list her full name as Sung H. Lee and identify her in poker records as Sung H. "Debbie" Lee. As of August 31, 2026, her documented live tournament earnings have surpassed $1.03 million. Her largest recorded cash is $173,145 for finishing second in the 2025 WSOP Circuit Choctaw Main Event.
Lee has remained active throughout 2026. Her results include another runner-up finish worth $143,090 at the Texas Card House Trailblazer Tour Main Event, ninth place in the WSOP Circuit New Orleans Main Event and seventh place in the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica Main Event on August 31.
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Who Is Debbie Lee?
Debbie Lee is a United States poker player currently listed by the Global Poker Index as residing in Argyle, Texas.
Official tournament records show Lee competing in live poker for many years. A World Series of Poker report from the 2009 Bayou Poker Challenge identified her as an Atlanta-based regional company vice president when she finished third in one of the series events for $4,295.
Her tournament record grew considerably in the years that followed. Lee developed into a regular presence in no-limit hold'em events across the WSOP, WSOP Circuit, WPT, Wynn, Venetian and regional tournament circuits.
Her career has been defined less by one isolated breakthrough than by repeated deep finishes against large tournament fields.
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Debbie Lee's Live Tournament Earnings
As of August 31, 2026, Lee has more than $1.03 million in documented live tournament earnings.
The Global Poker Index listed her with $1,019,838 in career earnings and a $173,145 best live cash before her seventh-place finish for another $14,528 in the August 31, 2026 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica Main Event.
Live tournament totals can change whenever new results are added or databases are updated, so career earnings should be treated as a current snapshot rather than a permanent figure.
Lee crossed the seven-figure mark through a combination of major championship scores and consistent cashes across national and regional tournament series.
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Debbie Lee's Biggest Poker Results
Lee's largest recorded tournament score came in January 2025 at the WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant Main Event.
The $1,700 tournament attracted 1,070 entries. Lee reached heads-up play before finishing second to Eric Taylor, earning $173,145.
That performance became the largest cash of her career and one of several significant Main Event runs.
Lee added another major runner-up finish in early 2026. She reached the final table of the $1,200 Texas Card House Trailblazer Tour Main Event in Dallas and finished second for $143,090.
The tournament attracted 1,196 entries and generated a prize pool of more than $1.25 million.
Those two runner-up finishes are joined by another six-figure result from one of the most competitive independent tournament series in Las Vegas.
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Deep Run in the 2022 Wynn Millions
Lee produced one of her most notable national tournament results at the 2022 Wynn Millions.
The $10,000 Main Event attracted 1,075 entries and generated a $10,105,000 prize pool. Lee survived deep into the tournament before finishing 15th for $108,602.
Her run ended during Day 5 when she was involved in a three-way preflop confrontation with Shankar Pillai and Alex Livingston. Livingston's pocket aces held against Lee's pocket tens and Pillai's pocket jacks.
The result was Lee's first recorded six-figure tournament cash and established her as a player capable of advancing deep in high-buy-in championship fields.
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Debbie Lee's WSOP and WSOP Circuit Career
Lee has accumulated a substantial portion of her tournament résumé in World Series of Poker and WSOP Circuit events.
The WSOP player database lists her without a WSOP bracelet or Circuit ring. Her strongest Circuit performance remains the second-place finish in the 2025 Choctaw Main Event.
That result was followed by several more Circuit cashes during 2025 and 2026.
In May 2026, Lee reached the final table of the $1,700 WSOP Circuit New Orleans Main Event. She finished ninth for $9,886.
Three months later, she made another WSOP Circuit Main Event final table at Horseshoe Tunica. Lee finished seventh on August 31, 2026, earning $14,528 from a field of 367 entries.
Her WSOP Circuit history also includes a third-place finish in a $1,100 Mystery Bounty event at Pompano Beach in October 2024 for $24,494.
Although Lee has not won a WSOP Circuit ring, repeated Main Event and final-table appearances have become an important part of her tournament record.
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Debbie Lee's World Poker Tour Results
Lee has also recorded cashes in World Poker Tour events.
The World Poker Tour lists her with Main Tour and WPT Prime results, but no WPT title.
She cashed in the 2023 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship for $12,650 and returned to WPT competition during the 2025 season.
At the 2025 Seminole Rock 'N' Roll Poker Open Championship, Lee earned $7,000. She later cashed in the 2025 WPT Prime Championship at Wynn Las Vegas for $2,480.
Those results add another major tour to a career that has included competition across numerous poker series and venues.
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A Career Built on Consistent Tournament Results
Lee's tournament history extends well beyond her largest scores.
She has accumulated results at the World Series of Poker, WSOP Circuit, World Poker Tour, Wynn, Venetian, Texas Card House, RunGood Poker Series and other live tournament stops.
Her results are primarily concentrated in no-limit hold'em, ranging from smaller regional tournaments to $10,000 championship events.
That range is an important part of Lee's career profile. She has demonstrated the ability to navigate very large fields as well as deeper championship structures where reaching the final stages requires surviving several days of tournament play.
Her two major runner-up finishes in 2025 and 2026 also show that her strongest results have come relatively late in a career that began producing recorded live results many years earlier.
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Debbie Lee's Recent Poker Results
Lee remained highly active during the first eight months of 2026.
Her biggest result of the year came at the Texas Card House Trailblazer Tour in Dallas, where she finished second in the $1,200 Main Event for $143,090.
She followed that performance with additional cashes at The Lodge, the RunGood Poker Series in Dallas and several WSOP Circuit stops.
In May, Lee recorded multiple cashes at the WSOP Circuit series at Harrah's Cherokee before reaching the New Orleans Main Event final table.
Her August 31 seventh-place finish at WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica provides further evidence that she continues to compete regularly in major regional and national tournament events.
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What Makes Debbie Lee's Poker Career Notable?
Lee's record stands out for longevity and repeated deep tournament runs rather than for a collection of major titles.
She has no WSOP bracelet, WSOP Circuit ring or WPT championship, but her career earnings have moved beyond $1 million through consistent tournament success.
Her résumé includes:
More than $1.03 million in documented live tournament earnings as of August 31, 2026
A career-best $173,145 score for second place in the 2025 WSOP Circuit Choctaw Main Event
Second place for $143,090 in the 2026 Texas Card House Trailblazer Tour Main Event
A 15th-place finish for $108,602 in the 2022 Wynn Millions
Multiple WSOP Circuit Main Event final tables
WPT Championship and WPT Prime cashes
Recorded tournament results spanning more than a decade
The combination of longevity, seven-figure career earnings and several major final-table appearances makes Lee an established tournament player even without a marquee tour title.
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Debbie Lee's Current Status
As of August 31, 2026, Lee remains an active tournament player.
Her 2026 schedule has included events in Texas, North Carolina, Louisiana and Mississippi, with significant results coming in both regional events and WSOP Circuit Main Events.
Her seventh-place finish in the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica Main Event on August 31 is among her most recent documented results.
With more than $1 million in career earnings and two six-figure runner-up finishes since the beginning of 2025, Lee is producing some of the strongest results of her tournament career.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Debbie Lee's full name?
Poker databases list her as Sung H. Lee, commonly identified in tournament records as Sung H. "Debbie" Lee.
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How much has Debbie Lee won in live poker tournaments?
As of August 31, 2026, Debbie Lee has more than $1.03 million in documented live tournament earnings. Tournament database totals can change as additional results are reported and verified.
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What is Debbie Lee's biggest poker tournament cash?
Lee's largest recorded live cash is $173,145 for finishing second in the 2025 WSOP Circuit Choctaw Durant Main Event.
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Has Debbie Lee won a WSOP bracelet?
No. The WSOP database lists Debbie Lee with zero WSOP bracelets.
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Has Debbie Lee won a WSOP Circuit ring?
No. Lee has reached several WSOP Circuit final tables, including a Main Event runner-up finish, but the WSOP database lists her with zero Circuit rings.
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Has Debbie Lee won a WPT title?
No. The World Poker Tour lists Lee with WPT Main Tour and WPT Prime cashes but no WPT championship victory.
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Where does Debbie Lee live?
The Global Poker Index currently lists Sung H. "Debbie" Lee as residing in Argyle, Texas.
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Is Debbie Lee still playing poker?
Yes. Lee remained active throughout 2026 and finished seventh in the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica Main Event on August 31, 2026.
