Event #9: US$15,000 Main Event (US$3,000,000 GTD) Day 2 | 2025 The Lord Poker Tournament Jeju

05-17-2025 13:59 UTC+9

Birizdo and Thompson Among the Chip Millionaires

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Gary Thompson flopped with 8♣8♠ against the A♣Q♦ of Weijue Cai and came out on top to reach seven figures next to another large stack in Istvan Birizdo.

In the next hand, Charles Chao was all-in with J♥10♥ and declared "lucky hand" when he was up against the A♣4♥ of Jiaming Zhao in the bi blind. The Q♠10♦8♠A♠2♦ board gave both players a pair and that spelled the end for Chao.

Player	Chips	Progress
Istvan Birizdo	1,250,000 353,000	353,000
Gary Thompson	1,200,000 786,000	786,000
Jiaming Zhao	550,000 50,000	50,000
Christopher Park	250,000 250,000	250,000
Charles Chao	Busted
Weijue Cai	Busted

Tags: Charles Chao Gary Thompson Istvan Birizdo Jiaming Zhao Weijue Cai

05-17-2025 13:50 UTC+9

Recent Batch of Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Within the first level, the field size has increased from 122 to 141 entries and some 65 players currently remain. Both of these figures are however subject to frequent changes during the late registration period.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raffaele Sorrentino	250,000 124,000	124,000
Dian Shan	Busted
Supeng Pang	Busted
Yu Zhao	Busted
Christopher Park	Busted

05-17-2025 13:45 UTC+9

Jiang Felted by Demus

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Down to around 188,000, Yunpeng Jiang was all-in via flip with A♦Q♠ against the 9♠9♣ of Patrik Demus. The K♦8♣8♥4♥4♠ board delivered no help and Jiang was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrik Demus	800,000 339,000	339,000
Yunpeng Jiang	Busted

Tags: Patrik Demus Yunpeng Jiang

05-17-2025 13:44 UTC+9

Chen Among Recent Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

In a duel hijack versus button, Stephen Song raised and called a three-bet to 45,000 by Sean Ooi. On the K♦K♠J♠ flop, Song check-called for 25,000 and they checked the 8♥ turn. After the 7♥ river, Song bet 90,000 with 5,000 behind and Ooi called to win the pot with A♥J♥ versus A♣10♦.

In the next hand, Yisha Chen jammed for 146,000 and Dong Chen called all-in for less than that from the big blind.

Dong Chen: A♠9♠ All in
Yisha Chen: A♣10♦

The A♥8♣7♦10♣3♦ board combined the stack of the Chens.

Song then chopped with Dominik Nitsche before he turned one big blind into five big blinds thanks to the isolation of Nitsche with 8♠5♠ versus 4♣4♦ on a board of J♣6♥3♠10♠8♦. Song went to 50,000, lost them and re-entered into the same seat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Ooi	1,480,000 240,000	240,000
Dominik Nitsche	275,000 502,000	502,000

Yisha Chen	270,000 94,000	94,000
Stephen Song	250,000

Dong Chen	Busted

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Dong Chen Sean Ooi Stephen Song Yisha Chen

05-17-2025 13:27 UTC+9

Some Entries and Re-Entries Early on

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The field size has increased to 137 entries of which 69 players currently remain and below are some of those who gave it another shot in the last couple of minutes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Lee	250,000 121,000	121,000

Yang Wang (CN)	250,000 250,000	250,000
Boxin Jin	250,000
Stephen Song	250,000 250,000	250,000

Gavin	Busted

05-17-2025 13:05 UTC+9

Early Knockout for Song

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Zhenpeng Liu called the shove by Yunkyu Song and found himself up with K♦Q♥ versus A♥8♠. Song got out of the chair and put on his jacket as usual for the all-in showdown but sat back down rather quickly when the flop came A♦A♣Q♦. The 2♥ turn confirmed the elimination of Liu ahead of the J♣ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunkyu Song	1,245,000 130,000	130,000
Zhenpeng Liu	Busted

Tags: Yunkyu Song Zhenpeng Liu