Event #11: US$20,000 8 Handed (US$500,000 GTD) Day 1 | 2025 The Lord Poker Tournament Jeju

05-19-2025 23:12 UTC+9

Nitsche Double Leaves Demus Very Short

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Patrik Demus raised it up from under the gun to 12,000 and Dominik Nitsche jammed from the next seat for 113,000. It folded back to Demus, who instantly called with the covering stack.

Dominik Nitsche: 6♣6♥ All in
Patrik Demus: 10♣10♠

The 8♥6♠5♥J♥4♦ board saw Nitsche come from behind to double and leave Demus on a severe short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Nitsche	241,000 128,000	128,000

Patrik Demus	51,000 113,000	113,000

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Patrik Demus

05-19-2025 23:08 UTC+9

Cates Pays Off Black

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Dan Cates raised to 25,000 from under the gun with J♥J♦ and Taylor Black defended the K♥8♥ in the big blind to hit another big flop in A♥K♦3♥. Black check-called for 6,000 and they checked the A♦ on the turn. Black then led the 7♦ river for 25,000 and Cates instantly sighed, then talked a lot before paying off the bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Black	1,300,000

James Mendoza	561,000 18,000	18,000
Daniel Cates	167,000 43,000	43,000

Patrik Demus	164,000 27,000	27,000
Dominik Nitsche	113,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Dan Cates Taylor Black

05-19-2025 23:06 UTC+9

Song Drills the River to Send Zhou Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Stephen Song opened to 12,000 first to act and was three-bet to 37,000 by Quan Zhou from directly behind. Everyone folded back to Song, who announced he was all in. Zhou quickly called all in for a bit under 300,000 and a showdown was held.

Quan Zhou: J♥J♠ All in
Stephen Song: 8♥8♣

The 5♥7♠3♣ flop and A♣ turn left Zhou one card from a double up, but the 8♦ river hit Song's two-outer for a set to eliminate Zhou in heart-breaking fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Song	850,000 282,000	282,000

Quan Zhou	Busted

Tags: Quan Zhou Stephen Song

05-19-2025 23:06 UTC+9

Back in Black

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Gary Thompson opened to 12,000 first to act with K♦7♦ and was called by Taylor Black in the hijack holding K♥10♥. Daniel Cates then squeezed to 48,000 with A♣K♠ from the cutoff, which got a fold from Thompson and a call from Black.

Both players checked on the 10♠J♦5♦ flop, 4♦ turn, and 9♠ river and Black turned over his pair of tens to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Black	1,300,000 200,000	200,000

Gary Thompson	228,000 9,000	9,000
Daniel Cates	210,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Taylor Black Gary Thompson Daniel Cates

05-19-2025 23:00 UTC+9

Leng Busts in Three-Way Clash

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Stephen Song opened the action with a raise to 12,000 and Lei Yu called on the button. Bin Leng three-bet to 66,000 in the small blind with 8,000 behind and Yisha Chen called in the big blind. Song then jammed to force out Yu while Leng called all-in. Chen asked for a count on the shove of the table chip leader, which was for 906,000 total.

After some consideration, Chen called and was also at risk for 338,000.

Bin Leng: A♠9♥ All in
Yisha Chen: A♣Q♠ All in
Stephen Song: J♦J♣

The A♦7♣5♣4♥K♣ board knocked out Leng and Chen put a big dagger into the large stack of Song.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yisha Chen	768,000 414,000	414,000
Stephen Song	568,000 322,000	322,000

Bin Leng	Busted

Tags: Bin Leng Lei Yu Stephen Song Yisha Chen

05-19-2025 22:53 UTC+9

Zhou Chips Back Up

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Quan Zhou won three hands in quick succession to boost his stack. The last one came at the expense of Yisha Chen when he faced a bet of 10,000 on the K♥7♦6♦ flop. Zhou on the button raised to 28,000 and Chen folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yisha Chen	354,000 26,000	26,000
Quan Zhou	270,000 78,000	78,000

Tags: Quan Zhou Yisha Chen

05-19-2025 22:52 UTC+9

Demus Pays Off Cates

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Dan Cates raised with the Q♥J♠ and Patrik Demus called with A♠4♠ in the next seat. They somehow checked to the J♥5♣2♠A♦Q♦ river on which Cates checked and Demus bet 12,000. Cates check-raised to 65,000 and Demus started some table chat with his neighbour before tossing in a time bank chip.

The Hungarian could not find a fold and dropped below the starting stack, while Cates nearly started a rap song while raking in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Cates	340,000 92,000	92,000

Patrik Demus	137,000 77,000	77,000

Tags: Dan Cates Patrik Demus

05-19-2025 22:49 UTC+9

Updated Counts on the Feature Table

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

James Mendoza opened to 15,000 with the 8♠8♦ and earned callers in Daqn Cates with A♠10♥ on the button as well as Patrik Demus in the small blind, who had the 5♥5♦. The J♥7♠3♦ flop was checked to him and Mendoza's bet won the pot right there.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Black	1,100,000

James Mendoza	579,000 47,000	47,000
Daniel Cates	248,000 39,000	39,000

Gary Thompson	237,000 9,000	9,000
Patrik Demus	214,000 63,000	63,000
Dominik Nitsche	126,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: James Mendoza Patrik Demus

05-19-2025 22:47 UTC+9

Black Makes the Right Call

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Daniel Cates opened to 12,000 first to act with A♣J♣ and Taylor Black called in the big blind holding 8♥6♦.

Both players checked on the 10♣K♣K♥ flop and 8♦ turn; however, Black led out for 20,000 after the 3♦ completed the board.

Cates responded with a raise to 75,000 and Black burned up a couple of time extensions before looking Cates up.

Cates showed his bluff and Black turned over the best hand to earn the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Black	1,100,000 84,000	84,000

Daniel Cates	287,000 81,000	81,000

Tags: Daniel Cates Taylor Black

05-19-2025 22:44 UTC+9

Chen Catches Song Bluffing

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Yisha Chen opened to 12,000 on the button and Stephen Song defended his big blind.

Both players checked on the 7♥J♥6♦ flop and K♦ turn, but Song led out for 20,000 after the 10♦ completed the board.

Chen tanked a bit before landing on a call and Song showed Q♥5♣.

Chen turned over Q♣9♥ for a straight and collected the pot.

"You definitely weren't folding!" Song said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Song	890,000 5,000	5,000

Yisha Chen	380,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Stephen Song Yisha Chen