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

05-16-2025 19:51 UTC+9

Gavin Finds a Double

Adam Lamers

Level 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Three players headed to a flop of K♥7♦4♦ and the action checked to Gavin who flicked in a bet of 5,000. Zhengpeng Liu check-raised to 16,000 and Dong Chen flat-called in the middle. Gavin moved all in for 38,000 and Liu raised the minimum to 60,000 which forced Chen out.

Gavin: K♦10♠ All in
Zhengpeng Liu: 9♣9♦

Gavin found himself well out front with a pair of kings, leaving Liu drawing to just outs. The K♣ on the turn nor the 7♣ on the river were any help as Liu passed over a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dong Chen	230,000

Zhengpeng Liu	130,000 61,000	61,000
Gavin	115,000 77,000	77,000

Tags: Dong Chen Gavin Zhengpeng Liu

05-16-2025 19:50 UTC+9

Up to 74 Entries in Level 5

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Julian Warhurst was unable to spin up his micro stack after the dinner break but quickly re-entered. Nevan Chang also bought back in and found a new home on the recently started live-stream table. Among the recent additions to the field is also Weijue Cao and there are now 67 players out of 75 entries remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Warhurst	250,000 235,500	235,500
Nevan Chang	250,000 250,000	250,000

Weijue Cao	250,000
Haohui Ma	250,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Julian Warhurst Nevan Chang

05-16-2025 19:47 UTC+9

Ma Eliminated by Chen

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The chips go into the middle preflop with Haohui Ma all-in and at risk for around 109,000 with the K♥K♣. He is up against Liang Chen with the A♦Q♠ and the K♦J♣10♦ flop delivers top set versus broadway, as the chips would have gone in by that time anyways.

Nothing changes with the 2♦ turn and 8♣ river to send Ma to the rail soon after the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liang Chen	385,000 135,000	135,000
Haohui Ma	Busted

Tags: Haohui Ma Liang Chen

05-16-2025 19:40 UTC+9

Assorted Pictures From Day 1

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Christian Zetzsche

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

05-16-2025 18:48 UTC+9

Dinner Break

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The players are now heading on their 45-minute dinner break and are expected to be back at the tables just after 7:30 p.m. local time.

05-16-2025 18:48 UTC+9

Yang Doubles Through Warhurst

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

There was a reraise to 20,000 out in front of Guangcheng Chen and he then faced the all-in shoves by Julian Warhurst for 175,500 and the call by Yi Yang for 161,000. After some consideration, Chen folded the Q♠Q♥ face-up.

Yi Yang: A♣A♠ All in
Julian Warhurst: K♥K♣

There was no upset on the 9♠7♦4♣6♣9♥ runout and Yang left Warhurst on fumes right before the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yi Yang	350,000 100,000	100,000
Guangcheng Chen	135,000 30,000	30,000
Julian Warhurst	14,500 182,500	182,500

Tags: Guangcheng Chen Julian Warhurst Yi Yang

05-16-2025 18:45 UTC+9

Zhu Gets a Little Value with Two Pair

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The action folded around to COOLER and Xiao Zhu in the blinds who just limped in to see a flop of Q♥10♠9♠. COOLER checked to Zhu who made a bet of 5,000 only to have COOLER check-raise to 12,000, which Zhu called.

The turn was the 8♥ and both players checked to the 6♦ on the river. COOLER checked again and Zhu made a small bet of 10,000. COOLER called and Zhu turned over Q♦8♠ for two pair to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiao Zhu	393,000 42,000	42,000
COOLER	232,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Xiao Zhu

05-16-2025 18:42 UTC+9

Wang Tops Chang in a Classic Flip

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Adam Lamers

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

After a couple of preflop raises, Nevan Chang found himself all in and at risk for a little over 80,000 chips. Pan Wang was the player to call and put Chang at risk and the cards were on their backs.

Nevan Chang: A♠K♦ All in
Pan Wang: Q♠Q♥

It was a classic flip and the flop of 7♠5♠3♣ left Wang in the lead with his pocket pair. The 2♥ and 8♥ runout was no help to Chang who headed to the registration desk for another entry.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pan Wang	348,000 73,000	73,000
Nevan Chang	Busted

Tags: Nevan Chang Pan Wang

05-16-2025 18:40 UTC+9

Barer Doubles Through Gavin

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ami Barer three-bet out of the small blind and Gavin called from under the gun. On the K♠10♥4♥ flop, Barer continued for 17,000 and Gavin came along to the 6♠ turn on which Barer checked. Gavin bet 50,000 and Barer called.

The 5♥ fell on the river and Barer checked, prompting the shove by Gavin with the covering stack. Barer eventually called after mulling it over for a short while as Gavin rolled over the 5♠3♠ for a busted double draw and rivered pair of fives. Barer earned the double for 98,000 with the K♣J♠ and then joked "he just knew the turn was a six".

Player	Chips	Progress
Ami Barer	375,000 235,000	235,000

Gavin	38,000 166,000	166,000

Tags: Ami Barer Gavin