Name: 20K (SHR) - 8 HANDED
Start: 2025-05-19T13:00
End: 2025-05-20

The Lord Poker Tour Jeju 2025

Korea (Republic of), Jeju Shinhwa WorldEVENT #11

2025.05.19 - 2025.05.20

The Lord Poker Tour

Yisha Chen

China

Seat

2 / 9

Chips

1,200,000

Blind level

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

Entries

8/32

Total Chips

6,400,000

Average

800,000

Day 2

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

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)

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
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,500,000(75 BB)
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	1,100,000(55 BB)
YC Yisha ChenChina	1,000,000(50 BB)
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	1,000,000(50 BB)
TB Taylor BlackUnited States of America	695,000(35 BB)
LY Lei YuChina	460,000(23 BB)
G GavinChina	450,000(23 BB)
DC Daniel CatesUnited States of America	220,000(11 BB)

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

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.

SMPSMP

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

Chip Counts Update

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

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

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