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

05-13-2025 23:14 UTC+9

Wang Eliminated by Sedlak

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Weichen Wang moved all-in for the last 83,000 and Martin Sedlak called in the small blind, Rui Sun let go from the big blind.

Weichen Wang: K♠Q♠ All in
Martin Sedlak: A♣10♦

Neither player connected with the J♣8♣2♥8♠J♠ board and Sedlak reduced the field to the final seven hopefuls with four set to advance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Sedlak	635,000 73,000	73,000
Weichen Wang	Busted

Tags: Martin Sedlak Rui Sun Weichen Wang

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

05-13-2025 23:10 UTC+9

Zhao Continues to Add Chips

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Weiqiang Shan opened the action with a raise to 35,000 and the action then reached Xuanzhi Zhao from two seats over. He opted for a reraise to 80,000 in the cutoff and when it was back on Shan, he tried to glance at Zhao's stack.

"Cover, cover," Zhao replied and Shan folded a couple of seconds later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuanzhi Zhao	495,000 105,000	105,000

Weiqiang Shan	190,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Weiqiang Shan Xuanzhi Zhao

05-13-2025 23:05 UTC+9

Sedlak's Double Leaves Liu Short

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Qiheng Liu raised to 40,000 and Martin Sedlak pushed all-in once more. It folded back to Liu, who immediately asked "how much?" The shove was deemed to be for 261,000 and Liu called with the covering stack to put the only non-Chinese contender still in the mix at risk.

Martin Sedlak: A♣K♥
Qiheng Liu: J♠J♥

The 9♦6♣4♠ flop and 4♦ turn changed nothing, but Sedlak spiked the A♠ on the river to double while Liu leaped out of his chair and turned around in agony.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Sedlak	562,000 301,000	301,000
Qiheng Liu	100,000 222,000	222,000

Tags: Martin Sedlak Qiheng Liu

05-13-2025 23:02 UTC+9

One Flop and No Major Action

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Xuanzhi Zhao raised to 36,000 and was called only by Jing Sun in the big blind. They saw a flop of A♣K♦3♥ on which Sun checked, Zhao repeated his wager of 36,000 and forced a fold.

Jing Sun then raised to 32,000 and Martin Sedlak pushed all-in from the button with the covering stack to force her out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuanzhi Zhao	390,000 85,000	85,000

Martin Sedlak	261,000 26,000	26,000
Rui Sun	180,000 61,000	61,000
Jing Sun	160,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Jing Sun Martin Sedlak Xuanzhi Zhao Rui Sun

05-13-2025 22:49 UTC+9

Updated Counts From the Break

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Martin Sedlak	Germany	235,000	15
2	Rui Sun	China	241,000	15
3	Weiqiang Shan	China	223,000	14
5	Jing Sun	China	192,000	12
6	Xuanzhi Zhao	China	305,000	19
7	Weichen Wang	China	105,000	7
8	Qiheng Liu	China	322,000	20
9	Shaojie Yang	China	101,000	6

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiheng Liu	322,000
Xuanzhi Zhao	305,000 30,000	30,000

Rui Sun	241,000 51,000	51,000
Martin Sedlak	235,000 10,000	10,000
Weiqiang Shan	223,000 42,000	42,000
Jing Sun	192,000 2,000	2,000
Weichen Wang	105,000
Shaojie Yang	101,000 39,000	39,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

05-13-2025 22:36 UTC+9

Break With Eight Remaining

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The final eight players are on the next 15-minute break, during which some of the chips will be coloured up. Whether or not there will be another break today remains to be seen given how shallow the action is now.

05-13-2025 22:33 UTC+9

Dang Runs Into Broadway

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

In the last hand of the level, Qiheng Liu limped from under the gun and Qun Dang did so from the cutoff, Weichen Wang checked in the big blind.

On the K♣10♠4♥ flop, it checked to Dang and he bet 15,000. Only Liu called and checked again the Q♦ on the turn. Dang now pushed all-in and Liu beat him into the pot.

Qun Dang: 3♣3♠ All in
Qiheng Liu: A♠J♣

Dang could all but smirk as he was drawing dead with his low pocket pair ahead of the 2♥ river before the remaining players went into the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiheng Liu	322,000 127,000	127,000
Weichen Wang	105,000 10,000	10,000
Qun Dang	Busted

Tags: Qiheng Liu Qun Dang Weichen Wang

05-13-2025 22:30 UTC+9

Zhao Takes From Dang

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Xuanzhi Zhao raised to 25,000 from an early position and was called only by Qun Dang in the big blind. The flop came K♣9♠7♥ and Dang checked. Zhao made it 30,000 to go and that won the pot without any further resistance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuanzhi Zhao	275,000 55,000	55,000

Qun Dang	150,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Qun Dang Xuanzhi Zhao