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

05-17-2025 21:02 UTC+9

Two Knockouts in a Row for Mendoza

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

James Mendoza raised to 75,000 and instantly called the shove by Lei Yu for 545,000 without asking for a count.

Lei Yu: A♦Q♥ All in
James Mendoza: K♠K♣

The J♦7♥6♦8♦9♠ board was a sweat with the over card and flush draw but Yu found no help.

Shortly thereafter, Mendoza opened to 75,000 and Yang Wang pushed all-in for even more. This time, Mendoza asked for a count and had to mull it over when the shove was deemed to be for 945,000 - thirty one big blinds. Eventually, Mendoza called and Wang sheepishly turned over his cards.

Yang Wang: 4♦4♥ All in
James Mendoza: 9♠9♦

The A♥K♣5♠ flop gave Wang some runner-runner equity but he was instantly drawing dead on the 9♥ turn to make the 10♥ river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Mendoza	3,920,000 2,110,000	2,110,000
Lei Yu	Busted

Yang Wang (CN)	Busted

Tags: James Mendoza Lei Yu Yang Wang (CN)

05-17-2025 20:58 UTC+9

Another Massive Cooler Results In No Eliminations

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Adam Lamers

Level 18 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Martin Nielsen opened to 60,000 in early position and Patrik Demus just flat called in the cutoff. Gary Thompson reraised to 270,000 on the button and Nielsen shipped all in for 420,000. Demus asked for a count and then also shipped all in for 1,755,000. Thompson quickly called having both of his opponents covered.

Martin Nielsen: 10♣10♦ All in
Patrik Demus: A♠A♣ All in
Gary Thompson: K♠K♥

The flop came Q♠5♥3♥ and Demus was still well out front with his pocket aces. The 8♣ on the turn changed nothing but the 10♠ gave Nielsen the best hand on the river. Nielsen managed to triple up while Demus raked in the large side pot, sending Thompson below average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrik Demus	2,670,000 1,290,000	1,290,000
Martin Nielsen	1,300,000 260,000	260,000

Gary Thompson	960,000 1,800,000	1,800,000

Tags: Patrik Demus Martin Nielsen Gary Thompson

05-17-2025 20:53 UTC+9

Jumbo Pot for Qu

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Adam Lamers

Level 18 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Junbo Qu raised to 65,000 in early position and Yunkyu Song three-bet to 225,000 from the small blind. Qu four-bet shoved all in for around 800,000 and Song snapped him off.

Junbo Qu: A♠A♦ All in
Yunkyu Song: K♥K♣

All of the chips inevitably got in the middle and the board ran out J♠9♠2♥6♠8♣ and Qu let out some emotion for the first time today as he collected a healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Junbo Qu	1,720,000 820,000	820,000
Yunkyu Song	1,410,000 700,000	700,000

Tags: Yunkyu Song Junbo Qu

05-17-2025 20:46 UTC+9

Chen Eliminated by Jin

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Boxin Jin raised it up from the cutoff and was called only by Dong Chen out of the big blind. They got it in after the 9♠7♦6♠ flop with Chen holding 9♣7♠ for two pair and his last 210,000. Jin, however, had flopped the straight with 10♥8♦ and the 10♣ turn as well as J♣ river changed nothing anymore.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boxin Jin	2,160,000 560,000	560,000
Dong Chen	Busted

Tags: Boxin Jin Dong Chen

05-17-2025 20:41 UTC+9

Yuan and Salazar Sanchez Clicking Buttons

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Adam Lamers

Level 18 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Yilu Yuan raised to 60,000 in middle position and Mauricio Salazar Sanchez three-bet to 160,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Yuan who splashed in a four-bet to 285,000.

Salazar Sanchez responded with a five-bet all in as the bigger stack and Yuan wasted little time before sending his cards in the muck after committing nearly half of his stack.

"Nines," Yuan said to his tablemates in Chinese which was then translated to English by Ivan Zhang so everyone understood.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	1,490,000 225,000	225,000
Yilu Yuan	375,000 345,000	345,000

Tags: Ivan Zhang Mauricio Salazar Sanchez Yilu Yuan

05-17-2025 20:35 UTC+9

Zhang Puts Gierse in the Blender

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Adam Lamers

Level 18 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Ivan Zhang raised to 60,000 in middle position and Marius Gierse reraised to 190,000 from the small blind. Zhang called and the dealer fanned the flop of J♥10♦6♣. Gierse started with a check and Zhang bet 225,000 which Gierse called.

The turn brought the J♠ and both players checked to the 9♠ on the river. Gierse led out with a bet of 200,000 and Zhang sighed, used a time bank, and then shoved all in for 765,000.

Now it was Gierse's turn to spend some time in the tank as he used up six time banks while a crowd gathered around the table. Gierse finally slid his cards to the muck and Zhang showed his 6♠5♠ while he scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gierse	2,050,000 690,000	690,000

Ivan Zhang	1,850,000 740,000	740,000

Tags: Marius Gierse Ivan Zhang

Level: 18

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

05-17-2025 20:23 UTC+9

Salazar Sanchez Jams Into Chen

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Mauricio Salazar Sanchez raised to 50,000 and then called a three-bet to 130,000 by Dong Chen on the button. Following the K♣7♦4♥ flop, Salazar Sanchez check-called for 60,000 and checked the J♦ on the turn. Chen used a tine bank and then bet 125,000 for Salazar Sanchez to call moments before his shot clock ran out.

Salazar Sanchez then opted to open shove the 3♥ on the river for 230,000 effective and Chen went into a deep tank. He used five time banks and then folded. In the meanwhile, Anton Lu was eliminated off a recent short stack and the field plummeted to the final 40 contenders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gierse	2,740,000 80,000	80,000

Boxin Jin	1,600,000 605,000	605,000
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	1,265,000 515,000	515,000
Huawei Lin	975,000 653,000	653,000

Taylor Black	970,000 110,000	110,000

Yilu Yuan	720,000 80,000	80,000
Dong Chen	230,000 970,000	970,000

Anton Lu	Busted

Tags: Anton Lu Dong Chen Mauricio Salazar Sanchez

05-17-2025 20:21 UTC+9

Sedlak Doubles Through Song

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Adam Lamers

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Yunkyu Song raised to 50,000 in middle position and Martin Sedlak jammed all in for 435,000 in the small blind. Song asked for a count and then called to put Sedlak at risk.

Martin Sedlak: A♦J♥ All in
Yunkyu Song: 9♥9♣

They were off to the races and Sedlak jumped in the lead on the A♥8♣2♥ flop. The 2♠ and 3♥ runout changed nothing and Sedlak scored a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunkyu Song	2,110,000 140,000	140,000
Martin Sedlak	920,000 580,000	580,000

Tags: Yunkyu Song Martin Sedlak

05-17-2025 20:13 UTC+9

Pang's Full House is No Good

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Adam Lamers

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

James Mendoza raised to 50,000 in middle position and picked up three callers along the way. The flop came K♠K♦7♠ and Mendoza continued with a bet of 75,000. Supeng Pang check-raised to 175,000 from the small blind and Mendoza moved all in. Pang called off his stack of around 500,000 and the cards were tabled.

Supeng Pang: 7♣7♦ All in
James Mendoza: K♥8♥

Pang flopped a full house but Mendoza still had some outs after flopping trip kings. The 4♣ landed on the turn and it was the 8♦ on the river that gave Mendoza a better full house and eliminated Pang.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Mendoza	1,810,000 630,000	630,000
Supeng Pang	Busted

Tags: Supeng Pang James Mendoza