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

05-14-2025 19:06 UTC+9

Four-Way All-In Propels Mao

Christian Zetzsche

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

Just before their table broke, there was a four-way all-in over on table 29.

Juhong She was at risk for only 6,000 with K♥K♦, while Renji Mao tabled the K♣Q♣. Also involved were Lucy Li with the A♦5♥ and Qiheng Liu, who had a pocket pair in 4♠4♦.

The board ran out Q♥Q♠10♥J♦9♥ and Mao was denied a knockout as he chopped the small main pot with She, while Liu was left on crumbs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucy Li	75,000 75,000	75,000
Renji Mao	70,000 35,000	35,000

Juhong She	15,000 15,000	15,000
Qiheng Liu	5,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Juhong She Lucy Li Qiheng Liu Renji Mao

05-14-2025 19:03 UTC+9

She Eliminated by Zeng

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Jumiao She was all-in preflop for a shorter stack with the K♠10♦ and Fangui Zeng looked her up with the superior A♣Q♠. The board ran out 9♠5♥2♦3♦A♦ and She could not improve.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fangui Zeng	140,000 140,000	140,000
Jumiao She	Busted

Tags: Fangui Zeng Jumiao She

05-14-2025 19:01 UTC+9

Live Stream Table Up and Running

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Christian Zetzsche

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

With a 20-minute turbo structure and likely around three hours of play left, one table was moved to the live stream setup and that happens to feature table 37 with Yunkyu Song, Dan Cates, and Changdong Ren. So far, the stream announcement shows a start for 8 p.m. local time and that would mean a delay of one hour.

Player	Chips	Progress
Changdong Ren	110,000 23,000	23,000
Yunkyu Song	106,000 56,000	56,000
Dan Cates	60,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Changdong Ren Dan Cates Yunkyu Song

05-14-2025 18:58 UTC+9

Some Bigger Stacks in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Wenlong Duan	284,000 21,000	21,000
Jieming Xu	274,000 74,000	74,000

Kaihua Liu	194,000 89,000	89,000
Boxin Jin	184,000 154,000	154,000
Zhengpeng Liu	174,000
Stephen Song	172,000 72,000	72,000

Sebastian Ferreira	168,000 3,000	3,000
Yu Zheng	164,000
Weijue Cai	160,000 85,000	85,000
Jingxuan Zhu	138,000 138,000	138,000
Anton Lu	137,000 33,000	33,000
Dong Chen	130,000 50,000	50,000

Lei Yu	121,000 121,000	121,000

Xian Xiao	112,000 37,000	37,000

05-14-2025 18:57 UTC+9

Harder Among Casualties Before the Dinner Break

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Among the notable casualties before the dinner break was also Christian Harder, who got it in with A♦A♥ from the cutoff via five-bet shove. Yu Zheng called with the 9♠9♦ and the J♥10♥2♥2♣9♣ runout brought a brutal end for Harder prior to the dinner break.

Other notables on the rail can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Harder	Busted

Quan Zhou	Busted
Fei Luo	Busted
Haohui Ma	Busted
Zhi Liu	Busted
Christopher Park	Busted
Lina Guo	Busted
Sean Ooi	Busted
Shiyou Li	Busted
Weizheng Zhong	Busted

Tags: Christian Harder Yu Zheng

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

05-14-2025 18:25 UTC+9

No Call for Song.

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On the river of a K♥8♣5♠7♥J♥ board on the live stream table, Sebastian Ferreira bet 13,0o00 with K♣4♠ for top pair. Yunkyu Song raised to 71,000 with 10,000 behind holding the Q♥8♥ for the flush and Ferreira reluctantly folded.

The table no longer features Dan Cates, while Boxin Jin leads.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boxin Jin	287,000 257,000	257,000
Sebastian Ferreira	149,000 16,000	16,000
Yunkyu Aong	115,000
Dan Cates	Busted

Tags: Dan Cates Sebastian Ferreira Yunkyu Song

05-14-2025 18:17 UTC+9

Extended Break After Level 12

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Another fast-paced two hour session at the tables has come to an end with only 64 players left out of 210 entries. They are now all on a scheduled 40-minute dinner break and the action will resume at approximately 6.55 p.m. local time.

05-14-2025 18:13 UTC+9

Assorted Pictures From Day 1c

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Christian Zetzsche

05-14-2025 18:10 UTC+9

Triple Up for Poon

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Yuming Poon was all-in for 25,900 out of the big blind and earned two callers as he faced two of the table big stacks in initial raiser Jieming Xu as well as Anton Lu in the small blind.

Both active players checked the 10♥9♥8♠6♣A♥ board and Lu showed the 2♥2♦. Poon had that beat with A♣Q♦ and Xu mucked K♣J♥.