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

05-15-2025 12:57 UTC+9

The Sorrentino Train Keeps Rolling

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Xian Xiao found a pair to get his chips in with the 3♣3♥ but Raffaele Sorrentino had him pipped holding the 7♣7♠.

Neither player connected with the 9♦5♠4♠6♥A♥ runout and that sent Xiao to the payout desk as well, further adding to the impressive resume of knockouts for the Italian in only the second level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raffaele Sorrentino	725,000 97,000	97,000
Xian Xiao	Busted

Tags: Raffaele Sorrentino Xian Xiao

05-15-2025 12:56 UTC+9

Jin Collects the Rest of Zhang's Chips

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Dan O'Hair

Level 23 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jingjie Zhang shoved for his last 40,000 from the hijack and just behind him, Jiangpu Jin raised for more. Everyone else quickly got out of the way and a showdown was held.

Jingjie Zhang: K♠J♠ All in
Jiangpu Jin: A♥J♣

Zhang found himself dominated, and the 10♥7♠5♠Q♣ runout changed nothing to send Zhang to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiangpu Jin	230,000 77,000	77,000
Jingjie Zhang	Busted

Tags: Jinapu Jin Jingjie Zhang

05-15-2025 12:45 UTC+9

Sorrentino Keeps the Momentum Going

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Raffaele Sorrentino raised to 14,000 and then called the shove by Zehao Li for around 90,000 while the rest of the table had folded.

Zehao Li: A♣8♥ All in
Raffaele Sorrentino: A♥Q♠

The kicker played on the J♥3♥3♣K♠2♠ board and Sorrentino notched up the next knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raffaele Sorrentino	628,000 108,000	108,000
Zehao Li	Busted

Tags: Raffaele Sorrentino Zehao Li

Level: 23

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

05-15-2025 12:40 UTC+9

Sorrentino Wins Classic Race to Eliminate Liu

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Dan O'Hair

Level 22 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jun Liu opened to 10,000 from early position and was called by Dong Chen from directly behind. It was then folded to Raffaele Sorrentino, who announced a raise to 45,000. Liu responded by shoving for his last 100,000 total and Chen got out of the way.

Jun Liu: A♦K♥ All in
Raffaele Sorrentino: Q♠Q♣

The 4♣5♥8♠2♣6♦ runout held up for Sorrentino's ladies and Liu offered a, "Nice hand," as he exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raffaele Sorrentino	520,000 165,000	165,000
Dong Chen	100,000 48,000	48,000

Jun Liu	Busted

Tags: Dong Chen Jun Liu Raffaele Sorrentino

05-15-2025 12:37 UTC+9

Another Two Down in Quick Succession

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Yu Chen got it in with the A♥5♥ but had a kicker problem against the A♠K♦ of Changdong Ren. That issue was never solved on the Q♦J♥8♣4♥4♣ runout and Chen departed.

Moments later, Hongjia Zhang also headed to the payout desk after sending his stack over to Quan Zhou.

Player	Chips	Progress
Changdong Ren	250,000 93,000	93,000
Quan Zhou	240,000 55,000	55,000
Yu Chen	Busted
Hongjia Zhang	Busted

Tags: Changdong Ren Hongjia Zhang Quan Zhou Yu Chen

05-15-2025 12:33 UTC+9

Jin Shows the Best Ace

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Dan O'Hair

Level 22 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Chen Shen opened to 10,000 from the hijack and was called by Boxin Jin in the small blind for a heads-up pot.

Jin led out for 12,000 on K♦8♣5♠ flop and Shen called.

The A♥ fell on the turn and Jin slowed down and checked, prompting a 25,000 bet from Shen. Jin called.

Both players checked on the 6♣ river and Shen turned over A♠10♦ for a turned pair of aces. Jin then revealed A♣J♥ for aces with a better kicker and was awarded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boxin Jin	440,000 28,000	28,000
Chen Shen	110,000 31,000	31,000
Jieming Xu	Busted

Tags: Boxin Jin Chen Shen

05-15-2025 12:25 UTC+9

Du Foubles Through Zhang

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a preflop contest, Hongjia Zhang flipped against Jincheng Du with the latter at risk for 70,000 with the 9♠9♦. Zhang had two overs with K♥Q♥ but none of them came on the A♠8♦6♦6♣3♦ board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jincheng Du	150,000 62,000	62,000
Hongjia Zhang	64,000 73,000	73,000

Tags: Hongjia Zhang Jincheng Du

05-15-2025 12:21 UTC+9

Zhou Sends Yu Out With the Ladies

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Dan O'Hair

Level 22 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Chenxin Yu shoved for approximately 100,000 from the hijack and it was folded to Yiyu Zhou, who called from the small blind to put Yu at risk.

Chenxin Yu: 10♥10♦ All in
Yiyu Zhou: Q♠Q♣

Yu needed some help, but the 7♦4♣7♥9♦J♣ runout left Zhou best with queens to eliminate Yu in the early going.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yiyu Zhou	200,000 66,000	66,000
Chenxin Yu	Busted

Tags: Chenxin Yu Yiyu Zhou

05-15-2025 12:20 UTC+9

Sun Run on the Feature Table

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Over on the live stream table, the first big clash took place when Rui Sun and Wenwen Chen got their chips in the middle in one of the most classic of clashes in tournament poker.

Wenwen Chen: A♣A♠ All in
Rui Sun: K♦K♠

The K♣9♥3♠7♣9♦ board was a sucker punch for Chen, who stormed off the feature table setup.