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

05-13-2025 21:04 UTC+9

The Sun Run Continues

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Stephen Song was all-in preflop for 36,000 with A♦Q♠ against the A♠10♥ of Rui Sun. On a board of A♣Q♣J♣5♠9♦, Song doubled with two pair.

Down to a shorter stack, Sun then jammed in the small blind with 7♦6♠ and Kaihua Liu called from the big blind with J♥10♥ on a flop showing []Qh7c3h]. The A♣ turn gave Liu even more outs but the mighty pair held on the 2♦ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kaihua Liu	95,000 70,000	70,000
Rui Sun	85,000 17,000	17,000
Stephen Song	80,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Kaihua Liu Rui Sun Stephen Song

05-13-2025 20:57 UTC+9

Wang Triples Up; Wu Out

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Yunkyu Song has been pushing all-in several times and leaped out of his chair to put on the jacket, though, he didn't get called. This time, he jammed the button and Weichen Wang called all-in from the small blind as did Zhu Wu in the big blind.

Weichen Wang: A♦7♦ All in
Zhu Wu: J♥J♦ All in
Yunkyu Song: A♠5♠

The board ran out A♣Q♠8♥6♠3♥ and Wang tripled for 36,000. Wu had slightly more chips but those went to Song in the far smaller side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Weichen Wang	115,000 90,000	90,000
Yunkyu Song	90,000 20,000	20,000
Zhu Wu	Busted

Tags: Weichen Wang Yunkyu Song Zhu Wu

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

05-13-2025 20:46 UTC+9

Wang Falls To Song

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Only 19 players remain and Bin Wang is no longer among them. He had "too many outs" as openly declared by his opponent Yunkyu Song in the following preflop contest.

Bin Wang: A♦10♥ All in
Yunkyu Song: 6♦6♠

The Q♥J♥9♥4♠9♠ runout was a huge sweat indeed but no help arrived for Wang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunkyu Song	110,000 63,000	63,000
Bin Wang	Busted

Yinju Li	Busted

Tags: Bin Wang Yunkyu Song

05-13-2025 20:44 UTC+9

Lin and Zhou Eliminated

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Huawei Lin was all-in with the 7♥7♦ and needed help, as table big stack Yu Liu tabled the superior pair in 9♥9♠.

The 10♣5♣2♣4♦10♠ board brought no help and Lin was sent to the rail.

One table over, Zhiyin Zhou was all-in with A♥J♠ and up against Martin Sedlak, who had her dominated holding the A♠K♦.

Zhou paired up on the Q♠J♥3♥ flop much to the delight of Jing Sun one table over. But the K♥ turn returned the lead to Sedlak, who held on the 4♦ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yu Liu	195,000 115,000	115,000
Martin Sedlak	115,000 31,000	31,000
Huawei Lin	Busted

Zhiyin Zhou	Busted

Tags: Huawei Lin Jing Sun Martin Sedlak Yu Liu

05-13-2025 20:40 UTC+9

Cui Eliminated by Yang

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

It was another classic cooler that brought the next all-in and call, which this time came on table 40. Kai Cui was ahead with K♥K♦ versus Q♦Q♣ and hit a set, but the A♦10♦3♠J♠K♠ runout gave Shaojie Yang broadway. Both stacks were close and Cui was covered to bow out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaojie Yang	135,000 72,000	72,000
Kai Cui	Busted

Tags: Kai Cui Shaojie Yang

05-13-2025 20:35 UTC+9

Wang Out After Dinner

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Yongbin Wang was down to only 7,000 and jammed the Q♦3♣ to get called by Zida Chen with the A♥8♥.

The 7♥6♥5♥Q♦A♠ board was short and without any sweat, as Chen flopped the ace-high flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zida Chen	90,000 15,000	15,000
Yongbin Wang	Busted

Tags: Zida Chen Yongbin Wang

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

05-13-2025 19:51 UTC+9

Dinner Break on Day 1a

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Upon completion of the first 12 levels, the remaining 25 players out of 69 entries have been sent into a 40-minute dinner break. The action will resume at approximately 8.30 p.m. local time. During the break, the T-100 chips will be raced off.

05-13-2025 19:49 UTC+9

Xu and Chen Chip Up

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Yuan Xu has been chipping up a lot to take over the lead on the final four tables and limp-jammed into Supeng Pang to earn another 10,000 on top. He previously coolered Jiaqi Zhao with straight versus set as mentioned by Zhao on the way into the dinner break.

One table over, Zida Chen pushed all-in with the turn showing K♠3♦2♠8♣ and Xuanzhi Zhao reluctantly folded the K♦.