Steve McLean
Career Summary
Ten wins across all events he has entered, 165 knockouts, $6,657 in career prize money — and a Tournament of Champions on the shelf. Steve McLean won the 2022 edition: nine players at that table, every one of them there on the strength of something they had already won, and Mac beat all of them for $445 in prize money.
That capped the best run of his career. He won the 2021 season closer, #10 in October — his first Eight Deuce win, and still his biggest regular-season payday at $460 — then opened 2022 by winning #11 in January, three months later. Back-to-back tournaments across the turn of a season, and the ToC to finish the year.
The single most destructive night belongs to November 2015, Canterberry #76. Nineteen players sat down and Mac knocked out ten of them — more than half the field busted by one man. Only one player in the history of this league has ever managed more in a single tournament.
September 2024, #39: fifteen runners, six knockouts, and a tournament that would not end. Five hours and thirty-three minutes — at that moment the longest winning night a regular-season Eight Deuce tournament had seen, and he was the last one sitting.
He has 5 Eight Deuce wins, third-most of anybody, and sits tied for sixth all-time in regular-season wins. He has reached heads-up 21 times, tied for fifth-most in league history, and carries 11 runner-up finishes alongside the ten wins — a player who is at that final table constantly.
Most recently: April 2026, #54, fifteen runners, four knockouts, $405 for first. Fifteen years in and still closing them out.
Lifetime Totals
All events · rank #5 all-timeHardware
1 trophy win
Career by League
Finishing Position Over Time
last 15last 10 Regular Season eventsRecent Appearances
last 10 events| League | Event | Date | Finish | Points | Hits | Prize | Hit by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ToC | 2026 | 10/30/26 | 4 | 22 | 3 | — | Juan Lopez |
| Eight Deuce | #60 | 10/9/26 | 13 | 12.86 | 1 | — | Sean Denny |
| Eight Deuce | #56 | 6/19/26 | 9 | 24 | — | — | Shawn Miller |
| Eight Deuce | #55 | 5/15/26 | 13 | 14.29 | — | — | Paul Coffman |
| Eight Deuce | #54 | 4/10/26 | 1 | 90 | 4 | $405 | — |
| Eight Deuce | #53 | 3/13/26 | 8 | 24.44 | 1 | — | Jeff Ferguson |
| Eight Deuce | #52 | 2/13/26 | 14 | 17.33 | 1 | — | Jeff Ferguson |
| Eight Deuce | #51 | 1/9/26 | 11 | 20.83 | 2 | — | Joe Johnson |
| Eight Deuce | #49 | 9/5/25 | 3 | 40 | 2 | $200 | Jeff Ferguson |
| Eight Deuce | #48 | 8/8/25 | 15 | 11.25 | — | — | Paul Coffman |
Eight Deuce — Year-by-Year
Regular Season onlyHead-to-Head
Across 125 eventsTournament Wins
| League | Event | Date | Players | Prize | Hits | Recap | Podcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eight Deuce | #54 | 4/10/26 | 15 | $405 | 4 | ||
| Eight Deuce | #39 | 9/13/24 | 15 | $360 | 6 | ||
| Eight Deuce | #26 | 6/9/23 | 13 | $335 | 3 | ||
| ToC | 2022 | 11/20/22 | 9 | $445 | 5 | ||
| Eight Deuce | #11 | 1/14/22 | 14 | $390 | 3 | ||
| Eight Deuce | #10 | 10/8/21 | 14 | $460 | 5 | ||
| CPL | #110 | 4/19/19 | 19 | $145 | 4 | · | |
| CPL | #81 | 6/10/16 | 16 | $75 | 4 | · | |
| CPL | #76 | 11/20/15 | 19 | $90 | 10 | · | |
| CPL | #46 | 11/10/12 | 17 | $150 | 7 | · |