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

05-19-2025 22:37 UTC+9

Yu Knocks Out Gavin

Christian Zetzsche

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

In the first hand back from the break, Lei Yu opened to 13,000 from under the gun and Gavin three-bet jammed out of the big blind to get snapped off. Gavin already laughed as he knew he was in deep trouble.

Gavin: 10♥2♥ All in
Lei Yu: 10♠10♣

The suited ten needed a lot of help, yet Gavin was drawing dead on the turn of a 8♦6♥6♣8♠9♠ runout to depart moments into the new level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lei Yu	285,000 115,000	115,000

Gavin	Busted

Tags: Gavin Lei Yu

05-19-2025 22:33 UTC+9

Updated Counts From the Break

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
2	1	Stephen Song	United States	895,000	149
2	2	Quan Zhou	China	192,000	32
2	3	Gavin	China	129,000	22
2	5	Lei Yu	China	168,000	28
2	6	Bin Leng	China	160,000	27
2	7	Yisha Chen	China	385,000	64
2	8	Christopher Park	United States	580,000	97

3	1	James Mendoza	Philippines	532,000	89
3	2	Gary Thompson	Ireland	228,000	38
3	3	Taylor Black	United States	1,016,000	169
3	4	Daniel Cates	United States	368,000	61
3	5	Patrik Demus	Hungary	277,000	46
3	8	Dominik Nitsche	Germany	117,000	20

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Black	1,016,000 16,000	16,000

Stephen Song	895,000

Christopher Park	580,000 7,000	7,000
James Mendoza	532,000 57,000	57,000
Yisha Chen	385,000
Daniel Cates	368,000 35,000	35,000

Patrik Demus	277,000 22,000	22,000
Gary Thompson	228,000 59,000	59,000
Quan Zhou	192,000 18,000	18,000
Lei Yu	168,000 2,000	2,000

Bin Leng	160,000 5,000	5,000
Gavin	129,000 7,000	7,000
Dominik Nitsche	117,000 41,000	41,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

05-19-2025 22:16 UTC+9

Break Time

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8 : Blinds 25,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The remaining 13 players have been sent on a 15-minute break.

05-19-2025 22:16 UTC+9

Song Forces Out Chen

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 25,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Yisha Chen raised from the cutoff to get called only by Stephen Song in the small blind. Song check-raised the K♥9♠4♦ flop from 10,000 to 35,000 and Chen called. Both opted to check the 10♠ on the turn and Song then fired a big bet of 150,000 on the 3♦ river.

Chen burned through three time banks and then folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Song	895,000 22,000	22,000

Yisha Chen	385,000 15,000	15,000

05-19-2025 22:15 UTC+9

Nitsche Bluffs Black

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8 : Blinds 25,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Dominik Nitsche limped in the cutoff holding 7♠7♥ and Taylor Black checked his option with Q♥J♠ in the big blind.

Black check-called a 5,000 bet from Nitsche on the 3♠Q♣10♦ flop and a 14,000 bet from Nitsche on the A♥ turn.

The 2♠ filled the river and Black checked a final time. Nitsche fired 61,000 into the middle, leaving himself just 1,000 behind.

Black went into the tank and burned a couple time extensions before landing on a fold and Nitsche collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Black	998,000 2,000	2,000

Dominik Nitsche	118,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Taylor Black

05-19-2025 22:14 UTC+9

Birizdo Runs Kings Into Aces

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 25,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Taylor Black made it 11,000 to go from the cutoff and Istvan Birizdo three-bet to 35,000 with 132,000 behind from the big blind. The initial raiser double-checked his cards once more and Black just called to see the 8♠4♦3♥ on the flop.

Birizdo bet 22,000 and Black continued his slow play to just call ahead of the 10♣ on the turn. With 121,000 in the middle and 110,000 behind, Birizdo bet 40,000 and Black min-raised. The eventual shove by the Hungarian followed and Black instantly called.

Istvan Birizdo: K♠K♥ All in
Taylor Black: A♣A♠

The river was the 9♥ and Birizdo bowed out in cruel fashion, while Black reached seven figures.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Black	1,000,000 157,000	157,000

Istvan Birizdo	Busted

Tags: Istvan Birizdo Taylor Black

05-19-2025 22:10 UTC+9

Cates Forces Out Nitsche on the Turn

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 25,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Dominik Nitsche limped in with the A♥6♥ and then called a raise to 20,000 by Dan Cates with the A♣J♠. On the 10♥7♠7♣ flop, Nitsche check-called for 15,000 and checked the 2♣ on the turn. Cates bet 25,000 and earned a snap-fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Cates	403,000 7,000	7,000

Dominik Nitsche	76,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Dan Cates Dominik Nitsche

05-19-2025 22:10 UTC+9

Leng and Zhou Clash Despite Slow Play

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 25,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Bin Leng raised to 11,000 and Quan Zhou just called to see a flop of J♠3♠2♦, on which Zhou check-called for 9,500. After the 8♦ turn, Zhou checked again and faced a bet of 15,500. Zhou asked for the stack size of his countryman and check-raised to then see Leng call all-in for 52,000.

Bin Leng: A♠A♥ All in
Quan Zhou: K♠K♣

The river was the 7♦ and Leng doubled while both players chuckled about the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	210,000 10,000	10,000
Bin Leng	155,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Bin Leng Quan Zhou

05-19-2025 22:06 UTC+9

Park Takes From Song

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 25,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a single-raised pot to the 9♣7♥7♣ flop, Christopher Park and Stephen Song checked. They did so again on the K♥ turn and Park also checked the K♦ on the river. Song bet 18,000 but folded when he was check-raised to 53,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Song	873,000 52,000	52,000

Christopher Park	587,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Christopher Park Stephen Song