South Korea, Jeju Shinhwa WorldEVENT #11

2025.05.19 - 2025.05.20Add to Calendar

The Lord Poker Tour

Blind level

Level 18: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Entries

1/32

Total Chips

6,400,000

Average

6,400,000

Watch TLPT 20K Super High Roller Day 2 Live Stream

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 11:13:33 AM

Stephen Song Wins The TLPT $20K Super High Roller For $204,000

Level 18: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Stephen Song - TLPT 20K SHR Winner

After finishing 7th out of 505 in the Circuit Series Main Event for $16,000 and shipping the 191 player Super High Roller Main Event for $750,000 on Sunday, Stephen Song adds another TLPT trophy and $204,000 to his resume for winning The Lord Poker Tournament $20,000 Super High Roller with a $640,000 prize pool at Jeju Island’s beautiful Landing Resort.

Well the Main Event was more money, but this one feels good cause winning two tournaments in a row is just unreal, especially when they're the two biggest buy-ins I played. It's just really nice for sure.

His journey to victory started as one of the 11 early birds yesterday where he came out of the gates swinging, delivering the first knockout of the day against Ivan Zhang with A♠ A♦ versus Zhang's Q♦ 8♦ in level 1 and axed Dong Chen in level 3 with a 6♦ 7♦ flush on J♦ 2♦ J♠ 3♦ Q♠ when Chen had top pair with the nut blocker A♦ Q♣ that had him sit on a whopping 442BBs at the time. He gave a great summary of his run in the interview right after.

I mean right from the start, I ran really good. I won a nice pot and was able to stack Ivan with aces, which was really good, so I had like 400K right away and then before I knew it stacked Dong Chen who is a really good player too, that got me to 6-700K instantly and then the rest of day I was kind of just cruising a little bit. I took a little bit of hit when I lost jacks - it was for a pretty big pot - but right after I sucked out with eight's vs jacks, like instantly right after and then I had it back. Once I moved to the feature table I started running really good so yeah it was a pretty easy day overall.

Starting Day 2 as chip leader of the 11 players that remained from the 32 total entries he hit the ground running, eliminating four-time bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche in 10th that got the field to the final table with his 108 BB stack far ahead of his competition. He slowly chipped up before delivering the double knockout of short stacks Dan Cates and Gavin with 5♠ 5♦ against A♣ 2♣ and K♣ Q♥ when the board ran 2♠ 5♥ 7♥ 3♣ 7♦ that took the remaining players to the money bubble. After taking a chunk out of Calvin Lee's stack and giving the chips right back by doubling up two of the short stacks he jammed 7♥ 2♥ from the small blind and last woman standing Yisha Chen made a gutsy call with Q♥ 9♥ , but became the unfortunate bubble when the board ran 5♣ T♦ 2♠ T♠ A♠ .

After Song knocked out Lei Yu in 5th it was Calvin Lee's turn to deliver the final blow to James Mendoza in 4th and Song's elimination of Taylor Black got them to an almost even heads-up. The two bracelet winners agreed to an ICM deal and left $10,000 and the trophy to play for.

Well honestly after playing for so many hours, I'm completely shot, I've been sleeping okay, but not amazing. I haven't fully adjusted to the local time and hopefully won't before going back to Vegas. We were almost even stacks. I was pretty delirious, I've been drinking red bulls to stay up so I was okay, but I wanted to play for something so we took off 10K to play for so I can actually at least like try to win you know. It's hard when you take off all the money and solely play for the trophy. I mean the trophy is great too but you know, you got to get extra incentive to try.

After Song took the lead, Calvin Lee limped J♠ 7♦ and Song opted to check T♥ 4♣ for the action flop T♠ 4♥ J♣ to drop. Lee's 50,000 c-bet got called by Song, the 6♠ turn hit the felt and Lee fired another 175,000 before filling up Song's 800,000 raise. Song jammed the river 5♣ and Lee snapped to find out his top pair was no good.

Congrats to all the winners and the SMP Live Updates will continue for the $25,000 Super High Roller in a few minutes.

Calvin Lee and Stephen Song

Payout Result

Place	Player	Prize (USD)
1	SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	$204,000
2	CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	$200,000
3	TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	$101,000
4	JM James MendozaUnited States of America	$75,000
5	LY Lei YuChina	$60,000

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 11:02:06 AM

Calvin Lee Finishes Runner Up For $200,000

Level 18: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Calvin Lee - 2nd Place

Right the next hand Calvin Lee limps J♠ 7♦ , Stephen Song opts to check T♥ 4♣ and the flop T♠ 4♥ J♣ drops. Song check-calls 50,000 before check-raising 800,000 on the 6♠ turn. Lee fills up his 175,000 second barrel and snap-calls his last 1,700,000 on the river 5♣ after Song put him all-in. Top pair versus two pair is the end for him, adding another six-figure cash that takes his 2025 live earnings to over $2,000,000 already.

Player	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	6,400,000(128 BB)
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	busted

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 10:52:34 AM

Stephen Song Takes Over The Lead

Level 18: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Stephen Song

Stephen Song opens 125,000 with A♣ 5♥ and Calvin Lee defends T♥ 7♥ to the flop 6♥ 2♥ Q♣ . Song continues for 75,000 and pays up after Lee check-raised to 250,000. On the turn J♠ Lee fires another 275,000, Song consumes a time banks and ups it to 750,000 with Lee calling. The river 4♠ gets checked down for Song to scoop the pot with ace-high.

Player	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	3,900,000(78 BB)
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	2,600,000(52 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 10:49:53 AM

Both Players Agree To ICM Deal

Level 18: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

While the table is being prepared for the heads-up, Stephen Song and Calvin Lee agree to an ICM deal that gives $200,000 to Lee and $194,000 to Song With $10,000 and the trophy left to play for.

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 10:32:54 AM

Chip Counts For A Fairly Even Heads Up

Level 18: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Heads Up

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	3,500,000(70 BB)	2	7
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	2,900,000(58 BB)	2	8

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 10:30:52 AM

Taylor Black Exits In Third For $101,000

Level 18: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Taylor Black - 3rd Place

After collecting the blinds with a jam the hand before, Taylor Black opts to check against Stephen Song's open-limp from the small blind and calls a 50,000 lead on the 6♠ A♠ 8♦ flop. The turn 2♥ has Black jam 430,000 and Song fills up his 150,000 second barrel.

Player	Hand	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	8♣7♦ SB	2,900,000(58 BB)
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	5♦4♦ BB	busted

No three for Black on the river K♦ sees the 2021 WPT Main Event winner exit in 3rd for a $101,000 payday.

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 10:22:01 AM

Calvin Lee Takes Over The Lead

Level 18: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Calvin Sungwon Lee

A limped blind battle has Calvin Lee triple barrel 50,000, 200,000 and 1,000,000 on the board K♣ 6♣ 7♠ A♣ T♥ and small blind Taylor Black check-calls all the way with A♦ 7♣ before he has to surrender the pot to Lee's T♣ 3♣ flush.

Player	Chips
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	3,600,000(72 BB)
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	455,000(9 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 10:07:26 AM

$25,000 Super High Roller Update

Level 18: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

The $25,000 Super High Roller is in level 4 with 5 out of 7 currently battling it out. Late registration will be open until the end of level 10.

Level 18: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

45 minutes

Remaining Players: 3/32

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 9:46:20 AM

Taylor Black Closes The Gap To The Frontrunners

Level 17: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Taylor Black

Still stacking some of Stephen Song's chips he won the hand before, Taylor Black defends his big blind against a min-raise from button Calvin Lee to lay eyes on the 8♠ 6♣ T♦ flop. He check-calls a 125,000 c-bet before the turn 3♣ and river J♦ get checked down with Black tabling the winner K♦ 7♥ against Lee's Q♦ 4♦ .

Player	Chips
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	2,400,000(60 BB)
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	1,300,000(33 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 9:45:26 AM

Chip Counts Update With 3 Remaining Players

Level 17: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	1,100,000(28 BB)	2	4
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	2,600,000(65 BB)	2	7
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	2,800,000(70 BB)	2	8

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 9:43:42 AM

SHR Main Event Runner-Up James Mendoza Out In 4th For $75,000

Level 17: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

James Mendoza - 4th Place

After just losing a chunk of his stack against 2nd in chips Calvin Lee, Stephen Song is at it again with an 80,000 lead from under the gun, small blind James Mendoza declares all-in for 560,000 and big blind Calvin Lee successfully isolates with a jam of his own.

Player	Hand	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	3♦3♥ UTG	2,800,000(70 BB)
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	K♥J♣ SB	busted
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	A♥K♣ BB	2,600,000(65 BB)

Digging for three outs, Mendoza can't find any of them on the board 8♦ 5♣ Q♦ 7♦ 6♠ that sends him home in 4th and adds another $75,000 to his $450,000 biggest cash ever that he banked for finishing the SHR Main Event as runner-up two days ago.

The remaining three have a six-figure payout guaranteed.

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 9:42:43 AM

Chip Counts Update

Level 17: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	1,200,000(30 BB)	2	4
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	640,000(16 BB)	2	5
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	1,400,000(35 BB)	2	7
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	3,200,000(80 BB)	2	8

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 9:27:36 AM

Lei Yu Takes Trip To The Payout Desk In 5th For $60,000

Level 17: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Lei Yu - 5th Place

First to act Stephen Song min-raises and fills up after cutoff Lei Yu put his last 130,000 in the middle.

Player	Hand	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	9♦9♣ UTG	3,200,000(80 BB)
LY Lei YuChina	Q♦T♥ CO	busted

The dealer makes short work of Yu by flipping over 2♦ 9♥ K♥ 2♠ J♣ and we lose our last Chinese contender.

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 9:17:09 AM

Taylor Black Doubles Up Again

Level 17: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Taylor Black

Lei Yu declares all-in from the small blind and Taylor Black snaps.

Player	Hand	Chips
LY Lei YuChina	5♥4♥ SB	130,000(3 BB)
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	9♦9♣ BB	1,100,000(28 BB)

Board:Q♥7♥8♣Q♣7♣

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 9:13:28 AM

Yisha Chen Becomes The Bubble Girl After Getting It In Good

Level 17: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Yisha Chen

Stephen Song continues to bully with an open jam from the small blind and Yisha Chen starts considering her options. Two time banks later she makes a gutsy call for her last 420,000 and is ahead.

Player	Hand	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	7♥2♥ SB	2,900,000(73 BB)
YC Yisha ChenChina	Q♥9♥ BB	busted

Heartbreak for the last lady on the table when the dealer reveals a two in the window and flips over 5♣ T♦ 2♠ T♠ A♠ , eliminating Yisha Chen on the bubble that grants the rest of the field a $60,000 payday at minimum.

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 9:12:18 AM

Lei Yu Nibbles On The Leaders Stack

Level 17: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Lei Yu

Hijack Lei Yu leads 80,000 and big blind Stephen Song defends to the 7♠ 2♠ A♥ flop where he calls a 65,000 c-bet before folding to a 180,000 second barrel from Yu on the 3♦ turn.

Player	Hand	Chips
LY Lei YuChina	A♣T♥ HJ	760,000(19 BB)
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	K♥6♥ BB	2,500,000(63 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 9:10:18 AM

Taylor Black Doubles Up On The Bubble

Level 17: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Taylor Black

After Yisha Chen and Lei Yu collected the blinds in the two hands before, Taylor Black is now at the bottom of the leaderboard and fills up his small blind for a total of 255,000 after Stephen Song jammed from the hijack.

Player	Hand	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	K♥Q♦ HJ	2,700,000(68 BB)
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	A♥T♦ SB	590,000(15 BB)

Board:K♦A♠8♥5♦4♣

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 8:51:37 AM

Chip Counts At The Start Of Level 17 With Stephen Song Dominating

Level 17: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
LY Lei YuChina	555,000(14 BB)	2	3
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	335,000(8 BB)	2	4
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	860,000(22 BB)	2	5
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	1,400,000(35 BB)	2	7
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	3,000,000(75 BB)	2	8
YC Yisha ChenChina	300,000(8 BB)	2	9

Level 17: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

45 minutes

Remaining Players: 6/32

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 8:49:33 AM

Stephen Song Extends Lead

Level 16: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Scooping a small pot on the river against James Mendoza two hands ago, Calvin Lee open-limps his small blind and fills up after chip leader Stephen Song increased to 105,000. Lee check-calls a 60,000 c-bet on 7♦ 6♦ 7♥ and does so again for 180,000 on the J♦ turn. Both players check down the river 2♠ that has Song come out on top with ace-high A♦ 9♥ against Lee's K♦ T♣ king-high.

Player	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	2,900,000(97 BB)
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	1,400,000(47 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 8:40:02 AM

Stephen Song Delivers Double Elimination

Level 16: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Stephen Song

Daniel Cates

Dan Cates jams 190,000 from +1, Stephen Song flats from the hijack and fills up after Gavin over-shoved to 220,000 from the button.

Player	Hand	Chips
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	A♣2♣ UTG+1	busted
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	5♠5♦ HJ	2,600,000(87 BB)
G GavinChina	K♣Q♥ D	busted

Board:2♠5♥7♥3♣7♦

This takes us to the money bubble with Stephen Song in a perfect position to profit from the shorter stack's ICM considerations.

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 8:35:03 AM

Calvin Lee Continues His Ascent

Level 16: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

James Mendoza min-raises from +2 and takes two customers to the flop 7♦ K♦ 8♥ that gets checked to cutoff Calvin Lee who makes it 55,000 and takes only big blind Gavin to the Q♣ turn. Lee puts Gavin all-in who lets it go after using a time bank.

Player	Hand	Chips
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	K♠J♠ CO	1,600,000(53 BB)
G GavinChina	8♠5♣ BB	235,000(8 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 8:26:06 AM

Bracelet Winner Lei Yu Recovers Some

Level 16: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Right the next hand Lei Yu puts 65,000 in the middle from +2 and big blind Stephen Song defends to see the flop 8♠ 3♠ J♣ where he check-folds to Yu's 55,000 c-bet.

Player	Hand	Chips
LY Lei YuChina	Q♠Q♦ MP	435,000(15 BB)
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	K♣T♦ BB	2,100,000(70 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 8:23:07 AM

Taylor Black Doubles Against Dan Cates

Level 16: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Taylor Black

Down to his last 175,000, Taylor black wants the all-in triangle from the cutoff and small blind Dan Cates successfully isolates for 290,000.

Player	Hand	Chips
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	Q♥9♠ CO	410,000(14 BB)
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	A♥7♦ SB	115,000(4 BB)

Board:7♠3♦9♣2♠8♦

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 8:21:41 AM

Chip Counts Update

Level 16: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
G GavinChina	440,000(15 BB)	2	1
LY Lei YuChina	325,000(11 BB)	2	3
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	175,000(6 BB)	2	4
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	980,000(33 BB)	2	5
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	350,000(12 BB)	2	6
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	1,400,000(47 BB)	2	7
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	2,200,000(73 BB)	2	8
YC Yisha ChenChina	515,000(17 BB)	2	9

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 8:20:33 AM

Lei Yu Folds Aces

Level 16: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Lei Yu

After chopping a preflop all-in against Cates two hands ago, Lei Yu is back with A♥ A♣ on the button and only calls Calvin Lee's 60,000 raise from +1 who has A♠ K♦ . Lee continues for 55,000 on the flop K♣ 5♥ 7♠ and Yu fills up to see the 6♥ turn hit the felt. Both players are trapping with a check and the board completes 8♦ for a scary four-liner. Lee pulls the trigger with a jam that puts Yu in the tank. He puts all his time banks in front, but lets go of the aces after using only three of them.

Player	Chips
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	1,400,000(47 BB)
LY Lei YuChina	325,000(11 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 8:04:23 AM

Calvin Lee Doubles Up

Level 16: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Calvin Sungwon Lee

Button Calvin Lee opens 70,000, big blind Yisha Chen ups it to 250,000 and snaps after Lee announced all-in for his last 600,000.

Player	Hand	Chips
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	A♣K♠ D	1,200,000(40 BB)
YC Yisha ChenChina	Q♠Q♣ BB	530,000(18 BB)

An ace in the window on 2♠ 9♦ A♠ puts Chen behind, who can't recover when the board completes J♠ 4♥ making her trade places on the leaderboard with Lee.

Level 16: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

45 minutes

Remaining Players: 8/32

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 7:53:27 AM

Chip Counts Going Into Level 16

Level 15: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
G GavinChina	515,000(21 BB)	2	1
LY Lei YuChina	460,000(18 BB)	2	3
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	250,000(10 BB)	2	4
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	950,000(38 BB)	2	5
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	345,000(14 BB)	2	6
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	675,000(27 BB)	2	7
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	2,100,000(84 BB)	2	8
YC Yisha ChenChina	1,200,000(48 BB)	2	9

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 7:51:44 AM

Stephen Song Now Over 2M

Level 15: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

Stephen Song

Chip Leader Stephen Song picks up A♠ A♥ in +1, raises to 50,000 and takes two interested parties to the flop J♦ K♥ 5♦ that gets rejected for a free J♠ turn. Song's 65,000 delayed c-bet keeps only hijack Gavin around for the board to complete 9♠ . Song fires another 80,000 and Gavin lets go of A♣ 6♣ after using a time bank.

Player	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	2,100,000(84 BB)
YC Yisha ChenChina	1,200,000(48 BB)
G GavinChina	515,000(21 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 7:33:47 AM

James Mendoza Back To 1M

Level 15: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

James Mendoza

With the day starting slow for him, James Mendoza puts out 50,000 from +2 and takes two customers to the flop Q♦ 5♣ K♠ and scoops the pot after a 75,000 c-bet.

Player	Hand	Chips
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	A♥8♠ MP	1,000,000(40 BB)
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	T♠9♠ D	1,700,000(68 BB)
G GavinChina	T♥9♦ BB	350,000(14 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 7:24:11 AM

Dan Cates Doubles Up Once More

Level 15: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

First to act Gavin min-raises, Dan Cates requests the triangle for 150,000 out of the cutoff and big blind Yisha Chen successfully isolates with a jam.

Player	Hand	Chips
G GavinChina	A♦5♦ UTG	425,000(17 BB)
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	J♠J♥ CO	385,000(15 BB)
YC Yisha ChenChina	9♦9♥ BB	1,200,000(48 BB)

Board:K♦K♣5♠2♣4♦

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 7:21:29 AM

Chip Counts With Yisha Chen Using Her Position Well

Level 15: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

After taking down two single raised pots in the three hands before, Yisha Chen cements her second place on the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
G GavinChina	415,000(17 BB)	2	1
LY Lei YuChina	545,000(22 BB)	2	3
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	310,000(12 BB)	2	4
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	925,000(37 BB)	2	5
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	160,000(6 BB)	2	6
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	805,000(32 BB)	2	7
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,900,000(76 BB)	2	8
YC Yisha ChenChina	1,400,000(56 BB)	2	9

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 7:14:40 AM

Stephen Song Continues To March Ahead

Level 15: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

Stephen Song

Wrestling down a preflop pot with a cold four-bet two hands prior, Stephen Song is back with a 50,000 lead out of the cutoff and takes two customers to the flop 3♥ 4♣ 4♥ where he takes it down again with a simple 70,000 continuation.

Player	Hand	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	T♥9♣ CO	1,900,000(76 BB)
YC Yisha ChenChina	J♦T♦ D	1,200,000(48 BB)
LY Lei YuChina	Q♦5♦ BB	495,000(20 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 7:11:26 AM

Yisha Chen Closes Gap To The Chip Leader

Level 15: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

Yisha Chen

After chopping a preflop all-in against Calvin Lee with ace-king for both of them, Yisha Chen raises 50,000 from under the gun with A♥ K♦ and takes hijack Taylor Black with A♠ Q♦ to the flop T♣ 2♥ 6♥ where her 40,000 c-bet gets called. The 5♥ turn gets checked to the river T♦ and Chen's 340,000 lead goes unanswered.

Player	Chips
YC Yisha ChenChina	1,300,000(52 BB)
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	445,000(18 BB)

Level 15: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

45 minutes

Remaining Players: 8/32

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 7:02:54 AM

Gavin Recovers Some

Level 14: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Calvin Lee lays out 40,000 from +1 with Q♦ J♦ and cutoff Gavin takes three time banks before opting to call A♣ 7♣ to see the 8♦ 6♥ K♠ flop where Lee's 40,000 c-bet gets called and the 6♠ turn drops. Lee checks and Gavin uses the opportunity to scoop the pot with a 60,000 bet.

Player	Chips
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	800,000(40 BB)
G GavinChina	500,000(25 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 6:47:18 AM

Stephen Song Steals

Level 14: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Stephen Song

Taylor Black min-raises A♦ K♠ from +1 and button Stephen Song comes along for the ride with 3♠ 3♣ . The flop J♣ T♥ 9♦ gets checked to the turn K♥ where Black check-calls 70,000 to watch the river A♥ hit the felt. Checking again, Black uses a time bank before he folds to another 135,000 bet from Song.

Player	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,600,000(80 BB)
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	585,000(29 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 6:45:01 AM

Dan Cates Claws Some Back From Calvin Lee

Level 14: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Daniel Cates

Losing some chips defending his big blind against Lei Yu the hand before, Dan Cates limps his small blind and snaps for his last 155,000 after Calvin Lee put him all-in.

Player	Hand	Chips
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	T♦T♣ SB	330,000(17 BB)
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	A♦6♣ BB	840,000(42 BB)

Cates evades an ace on 8♥ 7♠ 7♥ 2♠ J♣ to survive another all-in.

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 6:40:31 AM

The $25,000 Super High Roller is Underway

Level 14: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

A few meters away from the stage, five early birds are already sitting down with the cards about to start flying.

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 6:36:47 AM

Chip Counts After We Lost Hungarian Istvan Birizdo

Level 14: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
G GavinChina	450,000(23 BB)	2	1
LY Lei YuChina	460,000(23 BB)	2	3
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	695,000(35 BB)	2	4
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	1,100,000(55 BB)	2	5
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	220,000(11 BB)	2	6
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	1,000,000(50 BB)	2	7
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,500,000(75 BB)	2	8
YC Yisha ChenChina	1,000,000(50 BB)	2	9

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 6:29:48 AM

Istvan Birizdo Out In 9th And Gavin Triples

Level 14: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Istvan Birizdo - 9th Place

After Taylor Black went to the river with James Mendoza to collect a small pot we have some serious action on our hands. Hijack Gavin declares all-in for 140,000, Istvan Birizdo shoves over the top for a total of 295,000 from the cutoff and big blind James Mendoza fills up to put both of them at risk.

Player	Hand	Chips
G GavinChina	T♥T♣ HJ	450,000(23 BB)
BI Birizdó IstvánHungary	K♣Q♥ CO	busted
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	A♣Q♣ BB	1,100,000(55 BB)

Board:T♠5♥3♣2♥J♥

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 6:21:22 AM

Chip Counts After Some Movement For The Short Stacks

Level 14: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Cates picked up the blinds and Gavin lost a small pot against Istvan Birizdo that leaves him with crumbs.

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
G GavinChina	140,000(7 BB)	2	1
BI Birizdó IstvánHungary	295,000(15 BB)	2	2
LY Lei YuChina	470,000(24 BB)	2	3
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	620,000(31 BB)	2	4
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	1,100,000(55 BB)	2	5
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	220,000(11 BB)	2	6
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	1,000,000(50 BB)	2	7
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,500,000(75 BB)	2	8
YC Yisha ChenChina	1,000,000(50 BB)	2	9

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 6:14:51 AM

Triple Up For Dan Cates

Level 14: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Daniel Cates

Cutoff Dan Cates wagers his last 50,000 and takes both blinds to the 5♣ 8♣ 8♥ flop. Small blind Stephen Song's 35,000 bet goes unanswered and he shows down with the Jungleman.

Player	Hand	Chips
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	K♦8♦ CO	170,000(9 BB)
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	K♣5♦ SB	1,400,000(70 BB)
YC Yisha ChenChina	T♥9♦ BB	1,100,000(55 BB)

Jungle stays ahead when the board completes 9♥ 7♠ for more than a triple up.

Level 14: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

45 minutes

Remaining Players: 9/32

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 6:11:54 AM

Chip Counts Update

Level 13: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
G GavinChina	240,000(16 BB)	2	1
BI Birizdó IstvánHungary	285,000(19 BB)	2	2
LY Lei YuChina	510,000(34 BB)	2	3
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	620,000(41 BB)	2	4
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	1,100,000(73 BB)	2	5
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	50,000(3 BB)	2	6
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	1,000,000(67 BB)	2	7
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,500,000(100 BB)	2	8
YC Yisha ChenChina	1,100,000(73 BB)	2	9

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 6:10:03 AM

Calvin Lee Doubles Up

Level 13: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Daniel Cates and Calvin Sungwon Lee

The previous three min-raised pots went to some of the short stacks before the action gets folded to small blind Dan Cates in the next one. He makes it 30,000 with K♦ 9♥ and Calvin Lee defends 8♣ 7♣ to see the action flop 9♠ K♣ 5♣ . Cates triple barrels 25,000, 125,000 and 375,000 all-in to the Q♦ turn and 6♥ river. Lee snaps for his last 325,000 on the river for a double up with his straight against Cates' two pair.

Player	Chips
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	1,000,000(67 BB)
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	50,000(3 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 5:59:13 AM

Taylor Black Adds Some

Level 13: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Taylor Black

A min raised three-way pot gets checked to the river T♣ 7♣ 3♠ 2♣ 4♥ with preflop raiser Taylor Black's A♣ K♠ coming out on top against Dan Cates and Stephen Song.

Player	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,500,000(100 BB)
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	680,000(45 BB)
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	585,000(39 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 5:56:06 AM

Istvan Birizdo Gets Some Breathing Room

Level 13: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Istvan Birizdo

After Lei Yu and Dan Cates picked up the blinds, Istvan Birizdo jams his last 200,000 into Stephen Song's min open and scoops a small pot.

Player	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,500,000(100 BB)
BI Birizdó IstvánHungary	255,000(17 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 5:48:12 AM

Yisha Chen Chips Up

Level 13: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Yisha Chen

Yisha Chen min-raises from under the gun and takes two players to the flop 9♠ 3♦ Q♥ where her 30,000 c-bet only keeps big blind Stephen Song around for the A♠ turn. Another 40,000 gets the job done for her.

Player	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,500,000(100 BB)
YC Yisha ChenChina	1,200,000(80 BB)
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	480,000(32 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 4:42:45 AM

The Final Table Is About To Begin

Level 13: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

TLPT 20K SHR Final Table

With a few minutes of break left for the live stream production, the players are getting ready for their formal walk in.

Stephen Song extended his lead already, but Yisha Chen drew a good seat in position of him to maybe challenge the American bracelet holder.

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
G GavinChina	240,000(16 BB)	2	1
BI Birizdó IstvánHungary	215,000(14 BB)	2	2
LY Lei YuChina	450,000(30 BB)	2	3
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	580,000(39 BB)	2	4
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	1,120,000(75 BB)	2	5
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	585,000(39 BB)	2	6
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	540,000(36 BB)	2	7
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,615,000(108 BB)	2	8
YC Yisha ChenChina	1,060,000(71 BB)	2	9

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 4:32:51 AM

Four-Time Bracelet Holder Dominik Nitsche Hits The Rail

Level 13: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Dominik Nitsche

First to act Dominik Nitsche limps once more and fills up small blind Stephen Song's 50,000 raise. Song puts the German all-in on the 9♦ T♣ 5♠ flop, who makes the call for his last 155,000.

Player	Hand	Chips
DN Dominik NitscheGermany	2♦2♥ UTG	busted
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	K♦K♣ SB	1,615,000(108 BB)

No two-outer for Nitsche when the board completes A♦ Q♠ and we have the Final 9 set. Still four places away from the money.

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 4:27:48 AM

Gavin Chips Up

Level 13: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

A limped pot between three players gets checked to the turn 6♠ 8♠ Q♦ 3♦ where small blind Gavin tests the waters for 15,000 and takes cutoff Dominik Nitsche to the A♠ river, firing another 20,000 to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,380,000(92 BB)
G GavinChina	265,000(18 BB)
DN Dominik NitscheGermany	205,000(14 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 4:17:50 AM

Stephen Song Picks On The Smaller Stacks

Level 13: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Dominik Nitsche defends his big blind against a 30,000 raise from button Stephen Song, but lets it go against a 25,000 c-bet on the 6♥ T♠ 2♦ flop.

Player	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,420,000(95 BB)
DN Dominik NitscheGermany	290,000(19 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 4:15:01 AM

Danish Pro Martin Nielsen First Elimination Of The Day

Level 13: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Martin Nielsen

Dominik Nitsche limps from under the gun and quickly fills up after Martin Nielsen declared all-in for 65,000 from the cutoff.

Player	Chips
DN Dominik NitscheGermany	335,000(22 BB)
MN Martin NielsenDenmark	busted

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 4:10:35 AM

Dominik Nitsche Starts Strong

Level 13: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Dominik Nitsche

Taylor Black opens 30,000 from the cutoff, but lets it go after Dominik Nitsche jammed his small stack to win his second pot of the day.

Player	Chips
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	715,000(48 BB)
DN Dominik NitscheGermany	270,000(18 BB)

SMPSMP

5/20/2025, 4:03:18 AM

Day 2 Of The $20,000 Super High Roller Is Underway

Level 13: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Shuffle Up And Deal!

Level 13: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

45 minutes

Remaining Players: 11/32

SMPSMP

5/19/2025, 7:45:17 PM

Day 2 Of The $20,000 Super High Roller Begins At 13:00 Local

Level 13: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

The Lord Poker Tournament $20,000 Super High Roller broke its guaranteed $500K prize pool just before the end of level 10 yesterday and pushed the total entries to 32, resulting in a $640,000 prize pool with $242,000 going to the champion. Today's eleven contenders will have to navigate their stacks into the 5 ITM spots that start at $60,000 for 5th.

Stephen Song

Sunday's SHR Main Event Winner Stephen Song will start the day on top with 1,315,000 (87 BB). Being one of the 11 early birds yesterday, he came out of the gates swinging, delivered the first knockout of the Day 1 against Ivan Zhang with A♠ A♦ versus Zhang's Q♦ 8♦ in level 1 and axed Dong Chen in level 3 with a 6♦ 7♦ flush on J♦ 2♦ J♠ 3♦ Q♠ when Chen had top pair with the nut blocker A♦ Q♣ that had him sit on a whopping 442BBs at the time. He gave a great summary of his run in the interview right after.

James Mendoza

James Mendoza - Sunday's SHR Main Event runner-up for $450,000 - is chasing Stephen Song once again, having 1,180,000 (79BB) to work with in second place.

Yisha Chen

Carrying the torch for the ladies is Yisha Chen - 2024 Triton Montenegro Main Event 9th place finisher for $478,000 - who will start Day 2 in 3rd with 1,100,000 (73BB).

The Lord Poker Tournament $25,000 Super High Roller with a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool is scheduled to start at 15:00 with 200,000 starting stacks that will give the early birds 200 opening blinds. Intervals are a relaxed 45 minutes and late registration will close at the end of level 10.

The SMP Live Updates will cover the action from start to finish.

Chip Count

Player	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,315,000(88 BB)
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	1,180,000(79 BB)
YC Yisha ChenChina	1,100,000(73 BB)
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	680,000(45 BB)
LY Lei YuChina	595,000(40 BB)
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	470,000(31 BB)
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	400,000(27 BB)
G GavinChina	205,000(14 BB)
BI Birizdó IstvánHungary	185,000(12 BB)
DN Dominik NitscheGermany	155,000(10 BB)
MN Martin NielsenDenmark	120,000(8 BB)

Seat Draw

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,315,000(88 BB)	2	1
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	470,000(31 BB)	2	3
MN Martin NielsenDenmark	120,000(8 BB)	2	4
LY Lei YuChina	595,000(40 BB)	2	5
YC Yisha ChenChina	1,100,000(73 BB)	2	7
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	1,180,000(79 BB)	3	1
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	680,000(45 BB)	3	3
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	400,000(27 BB)	3	4
G GavinChina	205,000(14 BB)	3	5
BI Birizdó IstvánHungary	185,000(12 BB)	3	6
DN Dominik NitscheGermany	155,000(10 BB)	3	8

Payouts

Place	Payout (USD)
1	$242,000
2	$162,000
3	$101,000
4	$75,000
5	$60,000