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

May 17, 2025

Chao Out and Back In

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Charles Chao raised to 50,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Quan Zhou in the big blind, who used one time bank extension.

Ivan Zhang pointed out to Patrik Demus "open raise fifty" just before Zhou opted to call and check the [7s5d43h] flop. Chao moved all-in and Zhou instantly called.

Charles Chao: Q♦Q♥ All in
Quan Zhou: 5♥3♠

The 6♦ turn and K♦ river changed nothing and the entire table cracked up. With a dry voice, Demus mentioned "raise too small".

Chao re-entered and took the seat vacated by Christopher Park only moments earlier.

Tags: Charles Chao Christopher Park Ivan Zhang Patrik Demus Quan Zhou

May 17, 2025

Some More for Zhang

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

On the tail end of a 8♦8♠5♠Q♠3♦ board, Jun Liu check-called for 90,000 when Ivan Zhang bet on the button. He was shown king-queen for queens and eights and that was enough for Zhang to win the pot.

One table over, Christian Harder sat down for the re-entry while Harry was eliminated on a nearby table. Raffaele Sorrentino three-bet jammed the next hand on their table but Charles Chao as the initial raiser folded.

Tags: Charles Chao Christian Harder Ivan Zhang Jun Liu Raffaele Sorrentino

May 17, 2025

Cates Takes Another Break

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Daniel Cates raised to 25,000 in early position and Jiawei Huang called from the small blind. They went heads-up to a flop of Q♣J♠4♠ where Cates continued with a bet of 25,000. Huang check-raised to 75,000 and Cates called.

The turn was the K♥ and Huang slid out a stack of 25,000 chips. Cates quickly called off his stack of 125,000 and the cards were tabled. Huang turned over K♦Q♠ for two pair while Cates was in need of some help with A♠K♣.

The 6♥ completed the board and Cates was eliminated as he headed to the empty part of the room to continue his massage.

Tags: Jiawei Huang Daniel Cates

May 17, 2025

Chen Shoves on Meng

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Dong Chen raised it up on the button and Xiangnan Meng called from the small blind. The flop came Q♦6♠6♦ and Meng check-called a bet of 25,000 from Chen.

The turn was the J♦ and Meng led out with a bet of 70,000 this time. Chen called and the 9♥ landed ont he river. Meng checked this time and Chen moved all in as the bigger stack. Meng quickly folded and Chen flashed him one card while he collected the pot.

Tags: Dong Chen

May 17, 2025

Latest Batch of New Entries

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The field is now up to 150 entries and some 69 players remain. Former big stack Jiaming Zhao is not among them but has another two levels to re-enter.

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May 17, 2025

Black Doubles Before Break

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Adam Lamers

Level 13 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

On the last hand before the break, the action folded to Taylor Black in the small blind who ripped all in for his last 87,000 chips. Jieming Xu was in the big blind and deliberated for a moment before making the call.

Taylor Black: 10♥9♠ All in
Jieming Xu: 6♥5♥

The flop came A♥10♠6♠ with the six in the window but it was quickly followed by the ten to give Black the better of the two pairs. The K♥ on the turn made things sweaty as Xu picked up a flush draw but the A♠ on the river ensured Black of a double up.

Tags: Jieming Xu Taylor Black

Level: 13

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

May 17, 2025

First Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Upon completion of level 12, the remaining 65 players out of 147 entries have been sent on their first scheduled 15-minute break. The late registration will be open for another two levels and following break.

May 17, 2025

Zhang Doubles Through Zhou

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Quan Zhou raised to 25,000 and Ivan Zhang called in the next seat. Jun Liu then three-bet out of the big blind and both opponents called.

Following the 8♠3♠3♦ flop, Liu continued for 65,000 and Zhou called. Zhang pushed for 308,000 and Liu reluctantly folded while Zhou called after some consideration.

Ivan Zhang: J♥8♥ All in
Quan Zhou: 7♥7♠

The K♦ turn saw Liu bang his hand on the table as he spoke some words in Chinese and added "a k" [ace king] prior to the A♣ river. Patrik Demus glanced back as to that happened and Zhang gave him the cliffs, while Lee told Demus "ace king" as to what Liu had murmured.

Tags: Ivan Zhang Jun Liu Quan Zhou Patrik Demus

May 17, 2025

If At First You Don't Succeed ...

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Christian Zetzsche

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

... just re-enter into the same seat and double right away. That's what happened to Xiao Zhu against Nevan Chang when they got it in for 240,000 effective with Zhu at risk with J♠10♠ versus A♣7♠. The J♣8♠4♥5♠5♥ board paired up Zhu for the double.

Tags: Xiao Zhu Nevan Chang