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

05-13-2025 19:45 UTC+9

Sun Doubles Through Wang

Christian Zetzsche

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

Rui Sun raised to 5,500 and then pushed all-in over the top of a three-bet by Bin Wang, who called with the covering stack.

Rui Sun: K♦K♣ All in
Bin Wang: 6♦6♥

Both players held pocket pairs and Sun remained ahead all the way on the 7♦7♥5♦A♠K♠ runout to leave his opponent on the shorter side.

In the meanwhile, Qun Liang was unable to run up his short stack and bowed out on a different table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rui Sun	68,000 68,000	68,000
Bin Wang	20,000 26,000	26,000

Qun Liang	Busted

Tags: Bin Wang Qun Liang Rui Sun

05-13-2025 19:42 UTC+9

Ma Eliminated by Liu

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Haohui Ma pushed all-in from the button with the K♣7♣ and was called by Yu Liu in the big blind, who had the same suit and superior A♣5♣. The J♥4♦3♠3♠5♦ board missed both players and the ace was good enough for the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yu Liu	80,000 17,000	17,000
Haohui Ma	Busted

Tags: Haohui Ma Yu Liu

05-13-2025 19:34 UTC+9

Thompson Eliminated in Three-Way All-In

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Gary Thompson was all-in for only a handful of big blinds with the J♠9♠ and was up against the table big stack Qiheng Liu, who revealed the 7♦6♦. He was also covered by Jing Sun who revealed the A♥10♠ and the board came A♠Q♦8♣6♥5♠ for Sun to nearly triple up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiheng Liu	100,000 22,000	22,000
Jing Sun	65,000 41,000	41,000
Gary Thompson	Busted

Tags: Gary Thompson Jing Sun Qiheng Liu

05-13-2025 19:31 UTC+9

Zhao Doubles Through Liang

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Xuanzhi Zhao had dropped to just over the starting stack and was all-in for just over 32,000 with the K♠K♣. He was up against Qun Liang with the A♥Q♦ and the kings held on a board of J♠8♦3♠6♦2♥ to stay in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuanzhi Zhao	67,000 1,000	1,000

Qun Liang	12,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Qun Liang Xuanzhi Zhao

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

05-13-2025 19:29 UTC+9

Shan Doubles Through Sedlak

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Waiqiang Shan was all-in for only 13,800 with the A♥2♥ and up against Martin Sedlak, who had a monster in K♣K♥.

"Three times in a row with kings is impossible to win," Sedlak joked and his prediction was right on the A♠8♦8♣8♠A♣ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Sedlak	84,000 6,000	6,000
Weiqiang Shan	32,600

05-13-2025 19:25 UTC+9

Song Gets a Shove Through

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Former big stack Yunkyu Song faced an open raise to 4,000 by Gary Thompson and a call by current chip leader Qiheng Liu out of the cutoff. He pushed all-in for 38,600 on the button and Thompson folded, while Song was on his feet already. Liu was still waiting for the exact count and then folded.

In the meanwhile, the field has dropped to only 29 hopefuls.