Event #9: US$15,000 Main Event (US$3,000,000 GTD) | 2025 The Lord Poker Tournament Jeju

05-18-2025 15:23 UTC+9

Quan Zhou Eliminated in 11th Place (US$52,000)

Dan O'Hair

Level 24 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Quan Zhou shoved for his last 1,600,000 from the cutoff and Patrik Demus also shoved for more from the small blind. James Mendoza got out of the way in the small blind and a showdown was held.

Quan Zhou: 7♥7♦ All in
Patrik Demus: K♦K♣

Zhou was in trouble with against Demus' cowboys, and the 3♠Q♠5♥6♠Q♥ runout changed nothing to eliminate Zhou in 11th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrik Demus	4,900,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Quan Zhou	Busted

Tags: James Mendoza Patrik Demus Quan Zhou

05-18-2025 15:21 UTC+9

Mauricio Salazar Sanchez Eliminated in 12th Place ($52,000)

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Adam Lamers

Level 24 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Mauricio Salazar Sanchez opened to 250,000 in the hijack and Jiaming Zhao three-bet to 675,000 on the button. The action folded back to Salazar Sanchez who four-bet shoved all in for just over 2,000,000. Zhao quickly called and the cards were on their backs.

Mauricio Salazar Sanchez: A♦Q♣ All in
Jiaming Zhao: 9♥9♦

It was a coin flip and the flop of J♣8♥7♥ left Zhao in the lead with his pair of nines. The 4♠ on the turn changed nothing and Salazar Sanchez was down to just six outs. The 7♦ paired the board on the river and Salazar Sanchez was eliminated in 12th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiaming Zhao	5,300,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	Busted

Tags: Jiaming Zhao Mauricio Salazar Sanchez

05-18-2025 15:07 UTC+9

Martin Sedlak Eliminated in 13th Place (US$44,000)

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Huawei Lin opened to 250,000 from the cutoff and Martin Sedlak called in the big blind.

The flop came 5♦2♠9♠ and Sedlak checked to Lin, who continued for 125,000.

"Why not all of it?" Sedlak said as he contemplated what to do with his remaining 200,000. Sedlak burned up a couple of time banks before deciding to commit his remaining stack to the middle and Lin quickly called.

Martin Sedlak: J♣6♣ All in
Huawei Lin: Q♠Q♥

The 4♠ turn gave Sedlak a little hope with a gutshot, but the 5♥ river bricked out and he was eliminated in 13th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huawei Lin	5,800,000 800,000	800,000

Martin Sedlak	Busted

Tags: Huawei Lin Martin Sedlak

05-18-2025 14:59 UTC+9

Gary Thompson Eliminated in 14th Place ($44,000)

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Adam Lamers

Level 24 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Haitao Lei opened to 275,000 in the cutoff and Gary Thompson shoved his short stack of 1,100,000 into the middle on the button. The blinds folded and Lei snap-called to put Thompson at risk.

Gary Thompson: K♦Q♥ All in
Haitao Lei: A♣A♦

The flop came J♠J♣3♠ which left Thompson drawing slim. The K♥ on the turn gave him some hope but the 3♦ on the river sent Thompson home in 14th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Haitao Lei	2,800,000 900,000	900,000
Gary Thompson	Busted

Tags: Gary Thompson Haitao Lei

05-18-2025 14:54 UTC+9

Mendoza Leaves Sedlak With Crumbs

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Quan Zhou opened to 265,000 from the hijack and was three-bet to 600,000 by Martin Sedlak on the button. It was then folded to James Mendoza, who announced he was all in for 2,850,000 in the big blind.

Zhou quickly folded, but Sedlak called having Mendoza slightly covered to put him at risk.

James Mendoza: Q♠Q♥ All in
Martin Sedlak: A♣K♣

It was a classic race, but the 9♦2♦Q♦K♥2♣ runout left Mondoza best with queen-full and he was awarded the double up whiel Sedlak was left with just a few big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Mendoza	6,000,000 2,850,000	2,850,000
Quan Zhou	1,600,000
Martin Sedlak	550,000 4,205,000	4,205,000

Tags: James Mendoza Martin Sedlak Quan Zhou

05-18-2025 14:43 UTC+9

Demus Picks Off Zhou's Bluff

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Dan O'Hair

Level 24 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Patrik Demus opened to 250,000 from early position and found one caller in Quan Zhou in the big blind.

Zhou check-called a 150,000 bet from Demus on the Q♦3♣6♦ flop and then both players checked on the 3♥ turn.

The K♠ completed the board and Zhou put 300,000 into the middle. Demus tanked a while, but eventually called and Zhou could only show Jx10x for a bluff. Demus revealed A♦9♠ and claimed the pot with his ace.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrik Demus	2,900,000 650,000	650,000
Quan Zhou	1,600,000 540,000	540,000

Tags: Patrik Demus Quan Zhou

05-18-2025 14:42 UTC+9

Gierse Cracks 10 Million

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Adam Lamers

Level 24 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Marius Gierse raised to 250,000 in the cutoff with 7♠7♥ and Jiaming Zhao called from the big blind with K♥10♥. The flop fell A♠J♥J♦ and Zhao check-called a bet of 150,000 from Gierse.

The turn brought the 3♣ and both players checked to the 5♣ on the river. Zhao checked for the third time and Gierse was happy going to showdown with his two pair, raking in another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gierse	10,000,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Jiaming Zhao	3,500,000 800,000	800,000

Tags: Marius Gierse Jiaming Zhao

05-18-2025 14:38 UTC+9

Gierse Keeps Bullying the Short Stacks

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Adam Lamers

Level 24 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Haitao Lei made a raise on the larger side to 300,000 from the button with A♥5♣ and Marius Gierse picked up 7♠7♣ in the big blind. Gierse shoved all in as the big stack and Lei was forced to lay his hand down.

On the next hand, Gary Thompson raised to 200,000 on the button with K♣9♦ and Gierse three-bet to 500,000 from the small blind with A♠6♥. Thompson looked back at his holding and quickly dispatched his cards to the muck as well.