Di Jin was the third casualty of the day and Hua Wei Lin then missed the pay jump when she was eliminated in a duel of short stacks with Gao Luo. Her Q♦9♥ flopped a pair on the 9♠8♣7♠5♦8♥ runout but the A♥6♥ of Luo turned a straight.
Jun Liu opened to 11,000 on the button and was three-bet to 36,000 by Fangzhou Zhu in the big blind. Liu called.
Liu called a 27,000 bet from Zhu on the 7♥8♦Q♥ flop and then both players checked on the K♥ turn.
The 6♣ completed the board and Zhu announced he was all in — which was enough to put Liu all in for his last 130,000.
Liu went deep into the tank and asked for a count, spending two time banks before opting to lay his hand down.
Jincheng Du raised to 10,000 in the cutoff and Raffaele Sorrentino pushed all-in from the button with the covering stack. Haoyu Huang in the big blind had fewer than 20 big blinds and used a time bank before calling, Du folded.
Haoyu Huang: A♣K♠ 
Raffaele Sorrentino: 4♠4♣
The pocket pair held on a board of 9♠7♣5♥9♦3♥ and Huang headed to the payout desk.
Xian Xiao raised to 11,000 and then called a three-bet to 28,000 by Raffaele Sorrentino in the big blind. On the 8♦7♣6♥ flop, Sorrentino continued for 30,000 and Xiao folded.
One table over, Christian Harder doubled his severe short stack with [%hTs] versus K♠6♠ before Guangcheng Chen became the first casualty on Day 2 moments later on a nearby table.
The prize pool guarantee of US$700,000 was not surpassed and all 60 players already notched up cash rewards based on their respective Day 1 flights. Beyond that, there is a separate cash reward for Day 2 and that information can be found below.
| Place | Prize (in US$) | Place | Prize (in US$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $120,000 | 11-12 | $8,000 |
| 2 | $65,000 | 13-14 | $6,500 |
| 3 | $47,000 | 15-16 | $5,300 |
| 4 | $36,300 | 17-20 | $43,000 |
| 5 | $28,000 | 21-24 | $3,500 |
| 6 | $21,000 | 25-32 | $2,900 |
| 7 | $16,000 | 33-40 | $2,400 |
| 8 | $12,500 | 41-48 | $2,000 |
| 9-10 | $9,700 | 49-56 | $1,700 |
| Separate | Day 1 Rewards | 57-60 | $1,500 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
The final 60 players have taken their seats and action is underway!
Day three of the inaugural The Lord Poker Tournament Jeju standalone festival on Jeju Island has arrived and one of the key events will go one stop closer to determining a champion. After four flights in the previous day, a total of 60 players out of 505 entries advanced to the money stages in Event #2 TLPT Jeju Circuit Series Main Event and they will be battling for the lion's share of the US$700,000 guaranteed prize pool as of noon local time.
All those in the money already locked up a reward equalling two times their buy-in in the respective Day 1 heats and bigger cash prizes await today as well on tomorrow's Grand Finale at the luxurious five-star Jeju Shinhwa World Hotel in South Korea. Two players bagged up chips twice and combined their stacks to increase the odds of an even deeper run, both of which came in the final heat 1d.
However, Bin Wang still leads the way with his huge stack of 877,000 and the overall top three remains unchanged with Xuanzhi Zhao (666,000) and Martin Sedlak (625,000) following suit. The two American pros Stephen Song (492,000) and Yunkyu Song (374,000) also return in the overall top ten, as does Australia's William Jia (369,000).
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bin Wang | China | 877,000 | 174 |
| 2 | Xuanzhi Zhao | China | 666,000 | 133 |
| 3 | Martin Sedlak | Germany | 625,000 | 125 |
| 4 | Yang Liu | China | 620,000 | 124 |
| 5 | Pingfeng Wu | China | 592,000 | 118 |
| 6 | Jiaming Zhao | China | 589,000 | 118 |
| 7 | Stephen Song | United States | 492,000 | 98 |
| 8 | Boxin Jin | China | 412,000 | 82 |
| 9 | Yunkyu Song | United States | 374,000 | 75 |
| 10 | William Jia | Australia | 369,000 | 74 |
Sedlak finished second in chips in the opening heat and had a productive day at the poker tables thereafter. He opted not to enter any of the remaining three flights to try and build an even bigger stack, but instead jumped into the US$7,500 Single-Day High Roller and finished second to Yuzhu Wang while Taiwanese poker pro Nevan Chang bubbled.
Other notables in contention for Day 2 include two-time EPT Main Event finalist Raffaele Sorrentino (217,000), as well as a trio of WSOP bracelet winners in Calvin Lee (193,000), Renji Mao (152,000) and Dong Chen (148,000). TLPT founder Quan Zhou also advanced with a stack of 185,000 as well.
Day 1 Overview
| Flight | Buy-In | Level Duration | In the Money | Entries | Qualified | Cash Reward |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1a | $500 | 20 minutes | Top 5% | 69 | 4 | US$1,000 each |
| Day 1b | $1,000 | 30 minutes | Top 10% | 45 | 5 | US$2,000 each |
| Day 1c | $750 | 20 minutes | Top 7.5% | 210 | 16 | US$1,500 each |
| Day 1d | $2,000 | 40 minutes | Top 20% | 181 | 37 | US$4,000 each* |
*two players bagged up chips in two flights and combine their stacks
The multi-layered structure featured four different buy-in levels and "in the money" thresholds while everyone started with the same 25,000 in chips. All those advancing from their respective flights locked up a cash reward and the 60 hopefuls on Day 2 also benefit from a roll back to blinds of 3,000-5,000 and a big blind ante of 5,000.
Furthermore, the level duration will increase to 40 minutes each with a break every three levels. The penultimate tournament day will play down to the nine-handed final table and it's pretty much certain that today's action will also be streamed on the TLPT social media channels including Facebook and YouTube.
Stay tuned right here on PokerNews to follow all of the action from the first ever TLPT standalone live poker festival with US$8 million in overall guarantees until May 22, 2025.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Nevan Chang | Taiwan | 240,000 | 48 |
| 1 | 2 | Stephen Song | United States | 492,000 | 98 |
| 1 | 3 | Bin Wang | China | 877,000 | 175 |
| 1 | 4 | Wenwen Chen | China | 235,000 | 47 |
| 1 | 5 | Weiqiang Shan | China | 154,000 | 31 |
| 1 | 6 | Gailiang Chen | China | 235,000 | 47 |
| 1 | 7 | Martin Sedlak | Germany | 625,000 | 125 |
| 1 | 8 | Rui Sun | China | 281,000 | 56 |
| 2 | 1 | Haohui Ma | China | 48,000 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | Huan Wen | China | 110,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 3 | Yiyu Zhou | China | 134,000 | 27 |
| 2 | 4 | Kaihua Liu | China | 338,000 | 68 |
| 2 | 5 | Yunkyu Song | United States | 374,000 | 75 |
| 2 | 6 | Di Jin | China | 44,000 | 9 |
| 2 | 7 | Chuan Luo | China | 93,000 | 19 |
| 2 | 8 | Chenxin Yu | China | 91,000 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | Yi Ye | China | 84,000 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | Yu Chen | China | 121,000 | 24 |
| 3 | 3 | Yi Yang | China | 148,000 | 30 |
| 3 | 4 | Changdong Ren | China | 157,000 | 31 |
| 3 | 5 | Christian Harder | United States | 24,000 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 | Yang Liu | China | 620,000 | 124 |
| 3 | 7 | Zhanhui Zheng | China | 125,000 | 25 |
| 3 | 8 | Pingfeng Wu | China | 592,000 | 118 |
| 4 | 1 | Lili Tang | China | 153,000 | 31 |
| 4 | 2 | Yang Zhang | China | 110,000 | 22 |
| 4 | 3 | Supeng Pang | China | 63,000 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | Yi Liu | China | 117,000 | 23 |
| 4 | 5 | Guangcheng Chen | China | 103,000 | 21 |
| 4 | 6 | Jiangpu Jin | China | 153,000 | 31 |
| 4 | 7 | Xiangqian Gong | China | 157,000 | 31 |
| 4 | 8 | Jinhao Xu | China | 102,000 | 20 |
| 5 | 1 | Gary Thompson | Ireland | 137,000 | 27 |
| 5 | 2 | Boxin Jin | China | 412,000 | 82 |
| 5 | 3 | Weizheng Zhong | China | 78,000 | 16 |
| 5 | 4 | Jin Zeng | China | 72,000 | 14 |
| 5 | 5 | Jieming Xu | China | 241,000 | 48 |
| 5 | 6 | Jiaming Zhao | China | 589,000 | 118 |
| 5 | 8 | Calvin Lee | United States | 193,000 | 39 |
| 6 | 2 | Dong Chen | Hong Kong | 148,000 | 30 |
| 6 | 3 | Xian Xiao | China | 180,000 | 36 |
| 6 | 4 | Quan Zhou | China | 185,000 | 37 |
| 6 | 5 | Jincheng Du | China | 88,000 | 18 |
| 6 | 6 | Raffaele Sorrentino | Italy | 217,000 | 43 |
| 6 | 7 | Hongjia Zhang | China | 137,000 | 27 |
| 6 | 8 | Haoyu Huang | China | 95,000 | 19 |
| 7 | 1 | Gao Luo | China | 35,000 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | Renji Mao | China | 152,000 | 30 |
| 7 | 4 | William Jia | Australia | 369,000 | 74 |
| 7 | 5 | Song Yang | China | 126,000 | 25 |
| 7 | 6 | Xuesong Wu | China | 144,000 | 29 |
| 7 | 7 | Xuanzhi Zhao | China | 666,000 | 133 |
| 7 | 8 | Huawei Lin | Taiwan | 31,000 | 6 |
| 8 | 1 | Tingjia Cao | China | 77,000 | 15 |
| 8 | 2 | Yu Zheng | China | 300,000 | 60 |
| 8 | 3 | Zehao Li | China | 142,000 | 28 |
| 8 | 5 | Jun Liu | China | 197,000 | 39 |
| 8 | 6 | Jingjie Zhang | China | 61,000 | 12 |
| 8 | 7 | Fangzhou Zhu | China | 204,000 | 41 |
| 8 | 8 | Chen Shen | China | 141,000 | 28 |
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