Event #2: US$500 Circuit Main Event (US$700,000 GTD) Day 1ab | 2025 The Lord Poker Tournament Jeju

05-13-2025 17:03 UTC+9

New Entries in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

There are now 42 players out of 48 entries remaining and among the latest players to join the action was Tunisian born and Japan-based Selim Souissi, who has been a semi-regular on the Asia-Pacific live poker circuit once in a while throughout the last few years.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuanzhi Zhao	25,000

Selim Souissi	25,000
Xian Xiao	25,000
Yuan Xu	25,000
Haobin Liu	Busted

Tags: Selim Souissi

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

05-13-2025 16:56 UTC+9

Jiang Takes From Dang

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Yunpeng Jiang raised and then called a three-bet by Qun Dang in the small blind, which led them to the Q♠J♦3♣ flop. Dang continued for 1,800 and Jiang called.

After the 4♥ turn, Dang slowed down and checked. Jiang made it 3,200 to go and that won the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qun Dang	56,000 2,000	2,000
Yunpeng Jiang	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Qun Dang Yunpeng Jiang

05-13-2025 16:48 UTC+9

New Entries and a Bustout

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The field has reached some 35 entries across five tables and among the newest faces in the field is also the 2024 WPT Player of the Year Yunkyu Song.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hao Li	25,000 25,000	25,000
Huan Wen	25,000
Yunkyu Song	25,000
Bin Wang	25,000

Chao Wang	25,000
Yu Liu	25,000
Qiao Heng	25,000
Haoran Hu	Busted

Tags: Yunkyu Song

05-13-2025 16:45 UTC+9

Zhou Gets More Chips Back

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With the blinds moving up every 20 minutes, the action is picking up rather swiftly. Jingwen Zhou limped in from under the gun and then called a raise to 1,500 by Quan Qu. They checked to the Q♦8♥7♥A♠9♥ river on which Zhou bet 3,100 and won the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Qu	16,700
Jingwen Zhou	8,000 1,200	1,200

Tags: Jingwen Zhou Quan Qu

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

05-13-2025 16:36 UTC+9

Early Pictures From Day 1a

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Christian Zetzsche

05-13-2025 16:30 UTC+9

Two Seat Open Already

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Hao Li and Jinnan Zhao have been eliminated while Qun Dang more than doubled his stack. On his table, Dang then got involved in a tussle with Qun Liang once more and bet the A♠8♠7♦ flop for 1,800. Liang raised it up to 5,000 and Dang reluctantly folded, flashing his card to the table neighbour when peeling.

Liang returned the favour and showed the A♥ before collecting the pot.