Event #9: US$15,000 Main Event (US$3,000,000 GTD) Day 1 | 2025 The Lord Poker Tournament Jeju

05-16-2025 23:58 UTC+9

Zhou Cracks Harder's Aces

Adam Lamers

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Quan Zhou opened to 13,000 in early position and Christian Harder reraised to 34,000 on his left. The action folded back to Zhou who called to see a flop of Q♠4♠2♠.

Zhou checked to Harder who continued with a bet of 20,000 and Zhou check-raised to 75,000. Harder called and the 5♥ rolled off on the turn. Zhou announced all in and Harder called off his stack of 145,000.

Zhou flipped over 10♠9♠ for a flopped flush while Harder was trying to recover with his A♠A♣. The 6♦ bricked out on the river and Harder headed to the rail while Zhou collected his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	585,000 5,000	5,000
Christian Harder	Busted

Tags: Quan Zhou Christian Harder

05-16-2025 23:54 UTC+9

Du Calls Down Zhu with Ace-High

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Adam Lamers

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

A completed board of 10♣7♦6♠10♦7♣ was spread across the table with at least 200,000 chips in the middle already. The action was on Xiao Zhu in the big bling who led out with a bet of 150,000.

Jincheng Du dipped into the tank, using all seven of his remaining time banks. As the clock was winding down, Du finally made the call and Zhu whipped over 9♥5♠ for complete air. Du showed his A♥K♠ and raked in a healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jincheng Du	640,000
Xiao Zhu	140,000 385,000	385,000

Tags: Xiao Zhu Jincheng Du

05-16-2025 23:47 UTC+9

Xu Eliminated by Chen

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On a heads-up flop of 7♣5♦3♣, the chips go into the middle between Guangcheng Chen and Jieming Xu with the latter at risk.

Jieming Xu: K♠9♦ All in
Guangcheng Chen: A♥Q♦

The 2♦ turn and 3♥ river were both blanks and the ace-queen high of Chen ensured the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pan Wang	1,150,000 175,000	175,000
Benson Su	925,000 355,000	355,000
Jiaming Zhao	775,000 245,000	245,000
Minh Quang Nguyen	575,000 367,000	367,000
Guangcheng Chen	475,000 215,000	215,000
Anton Lu	450,000 200,000	200,000
Jieming Xu	Busted

Tags: Guangcheng Chen Jieming Xu

05-16-2025 23:43 UTC+9

No Gamble, No Future, No Double

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ivan Zhang had raised and Yu Zhao called. Kaihua Liu then jammed for 353,000 and Zhang eventually called all-in for around 240,000 with the words "no gamble, no future" while Zhao folded.

Ivan Zhang: 8♣7♠ All in
Kaihua Liu: A♣K♠

After the K♦J♠2♠ flop, Zhang already joked "good bye" and was gone by the time the J♣ turn and 6♥ river completed the board. However, he was back in the seat very shortly after as his re-entry randomly got into the same seat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kaihua Liu	610,000 360,000	360,000
Yu Zhao	275,000 70,000	70,000
Ivan Zhang	250,000

Tags: Ivan Zhang Kaihua Liu Yu Zhao

05-16-2025 23:36 UTC+9

Salazar Sanchez on the Comeback Trail

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Adam Lamers

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Mauricio Salazar Sanchez and Luobo were heads-up in the blinds on a flop of K♣5♣2♣. Salazar Sanchez led out with a bet of 10,000 from the small blind and Luobo called to see the 7♠ on the turn.

Salazar Sanchez fired out another bet of 24,000 and Luobo stuck around for the 4♦ on the river. Salazar Sanchez unleashed a third bullet for 53,000 and Luobo ripped all in as the bigger stack. Salazar Sanchez thought for a moment before calling off his stack of 189,000.

Luobo showed Q♣8♥ for a missed flush draw while Salazar Sanchez held the goods with 7♣3♣ for a flush to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	485,000 279,000	279,000
Luobo	48,000 237,000	237,000

Tags: Mauricio Salazar Sanchez Luobo

05-16-2025 23:36 UTC+9

Ye Gets Value From Li

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Shuang Li had entered not long ago and was then up against Yi Ye in a duel big blind versus button. On the 7♣4♦2♠6♦Q♠ river, he check-called for 35,000 but mucked when Ye revealed the Q♦5♦ for a missed flush draw but rivered top pair. Ye is one of two female players on this table with Jumiao She the current biggest stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jumiao She	880,000 235,000	235,000
Haohui Ma	615,000 180,000	180,000

Yinan Zhou	615,000 15,000	15,000

Yi Ye (CN)	315,000 35,000	35,000
Shuang Li	170,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Jumiao She Shuang Li Yi Ye (CN)

05-16-2025 23:29 UTC+9

Late Additions to the Field and Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

According to the clock, there are now 67 players remaining out of 107 entries as the final two levels for Day 1 are underway.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huawei Lin	250,000

Supeng Pang	250,000
Haobin Wang	250,000
Shuang Li	250,000
Jieming Xu	250,000
Jun Liu	250,000 195,000	195,000
Raffaele Sorrentino	Busted
Yi Yang	Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

05-16-2025 23:09 UTC+9

Last Break of the Night

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Adam Lamers

Level 8 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The remaining players are going on their last 15-minute break of the night. There will be two more levels before the players bag and tag to return tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time.

05-16-2025 23:09 UTC+9

Park Doubles Through Wang

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Just before the end of the level, table six saw a classic race for the tournament life of Christopher Park against Yuzhu Wang.

Christopher Park: Q♣Q♠ All in
Yuzhu Wang: A♥K♦

The Q♥8♦5♣4♥8♠ board gave Park the double and he nearly reached the starting stack again. Their entire table was then moved to the live stream setup for the final two levels of the night and all updated counts can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Weijue Cai	545,000 20,000	20,000
Yuzhu Wang	491,000 6,000	6,000
Jinlong Wu	317,000 317,000	317,000
Marius Gierse	287,000 32,000	32,000

Christopher Park	242,000 158,000	158,000
Jingjie Zhang	161,000 34,000	34,000
Martin Sedlak	117,000 103,000	103,000

Tags: Christopher Park Yuzhu Wang