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

05-15-2025 16:12 UTC+9

Yi Ye Eliminated in 23rd Place (US$3,500)

Dan O'Hair

Level 27 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Yang Liu opened to 34,000 first to act and just behind him, Zhanhui Zheng three-bet to 85,000. It was then folded to Yi Ye, who shoved for her last 124,000 from the hijack. Liu folded, but Zheng called to put Ye at risk.

Yi Ye: K♠K♣ All in
Zhanhui Zheng: K♥Q♥

Ye found herself in commanding shape to double up, and she maintained the lead on the A♥Q♦8♣ flop and 5♥ turn. However, a cruel Q♠ fell on the river to improve Zheng to trip queens — ending Ye's run in heartbreaking fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhanhui Zheng	850,000 260,000	260,000
Yang Liu	750,000 70,000	70,000
Yi Ye (CN)	Busted

Tags: Yang Liu Zhanhui Zheng

05-15-2025 16:10 UTC+9

Song Takes From Sedlak

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Picking up the action on the 9♦8♣4♣9♥ turn, Martin Sedlak in the big blind used one time bank extension and then bet 32,000. Stephen Song called in an early position and also called for another 75,000 on the J♦ river.

Sedlak tabled K♣2♣ for a missed flush draw and Song had the goods with Q♠J♠ for rivered jacks and nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Song	920,000 160,000	160,000

Martin Sedlak	174,000 251,000	251,000

Tags: Martin Sedlak Stephen Song

Level: 27

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

05-15-2025 16:01 UTC+9

Gary Thompson Eliminated in 24th Place ($3,500)

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Adam Lamers

Level 26 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jiaming Zhao raised to 24,000 in early position with K♠J♥ and Gary Thompson defended from the big blind with K♥4♥. The flop came Q♣10♥3♠ and Thompson checked to Zhao who continued with a bet of 22,000. Thompson check-raised to 75,000 with complete air and Zhao just called.

The turn was the 9♦ to give Zhao the nuts and Thompson led out with a bet of 70,000 this time. Zhao just called again and the 7♠ completed the board on the river. Thompson announced all in for 319,000 and Zhao instantly called to send Thompson to the payout desk in 24th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiaming Zhao	1,400,000 630,000	630,000
Gary Thompson	Busted

Tags: Gary Thompson Jiaming Zhao

05-15-2025 15:25 UTC+9

Stream Delay

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Dan O'Hair

Level 26 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With 24 players remaining, PokerNews will begin posting on a delay to match the stream, which can be found on the TLPT YouTube page here.

05-15-2025 15:24 UTC+9

Chen Runs Into Chang's Full House

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Martin Sedlak raised from under the gun and was called by two opponents in Nevan Chang as well as Gailiang Chen out of the big blind. They all checked the 6♣2♣2♦ flop and Chen then led the 10♠ turn for 40,000. Sedlak folded while Chang called.

Chen then jammed the 10♥ river and Chang instantly called with 6♦6♥ for a flopped full house, catching his opponent on a move with the 4♠4♥ for tens and fours only. That spelled the end for Chen in 25th place and the final 24 hopefuls will be balanced across the final three tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nevan Chang	850,000 500,000	500,000

Martin Sedlak	425,000 150,000	150,000
Gailiang Chen	Busted

Tags: Gailiang Chen Martin Sedlak Nevan Chang

05-15-2025 15:21 UTC+9

Mao Eliminated by Zhong

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Weizheng Zhong raised the button and called the three-bet shove by table short stack Renji Mao for just shy of 100,000.

Renji Mao: K♣J♠ All in
Weizheng Zhong: K♥Q♠

The 7♥3♣2♥A♠5♥ runout ensured that the kicker played and Mao came up short on the final four tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Weizheng Zhong	394,000 144,000	144,000
Renji Mao	Busted

Tags: Renji Mao Weizheng Zhong

05-15-2025 15:19 UTC+9

Wu Flips Song to the Rail

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Adam Lamers

Level 26 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Yunkyu Song made it 24,000 to go from the hijack and Xuecong Wu ripped all in as one of the bigger stacks in the small blind. Song looked back at his cards and called off his stack of 310,000.

Yunkyu Song: A♦K♠ All in
Xuecong Wu: J♣J♦

It was a coin flip for a healthy-sized pot and the flop of Q♦9♥8♦ left Wu in the lead with his pocket pair. Song was unable to improve on the 7♥, 6♠ runout, bowing out just before the final three tables were formed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuecong Wu	826,000 826,000	826,000
Yunkyu Song	Busted

Tags: Xuecong Wu Yunkyu Song

05-15-2025 15:17 UTC+9

Zhang Ousts Tang

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Dan O'Hair

Level 26 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Lili Tang shoved for her last 50,000 from the hijack and just behind her, Yang Zhang three-bet to 100,000 in the cutoff. Everyone else got out of the way and hands were revealed.

Lili Tang: 8♣7♣ All in
Yang Zhang: A♠10♠

Tang's cards were live, but the 2♦3♠9♥2♠2♥ runout left Zhang best with his ace and Tang was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Zhang (CN)	340,000 230,000	230,000
Lili Tang	Busted

05-15-2025 15:11 UTC+9

Chen Runs Into Song's Aces

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Adam Lamers

Level 26 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Dong Chen opened to 24,000 from under the gun and Yunkyu Song three-bet to 36,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Chen four-bet all in for 130,000 and Song snap-called.

Dong Chen: A♣J♣ All in
Yunkyu Song: A♠A♦

The flop came 10♠8♣4♠ and Chen was left with a couple of backdoor draws to stay alive. The 5♦ on the turn was no help and Chen was left drawing dead to the 7♦ on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunkyu Song	334,000 240,000	240,000
Dong Chen	Busted

Tags: Yunkyu Song Dong Chen