Blind level
Level 19: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000
Entries
16/210
Total Chips
5,250,000
Average
328,125

Flight C

SMPSMP
5/14/2025, 1:38:18 PM

Flight C Ends With Bin Wang Topping The Leaderboard

Level 19: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000
Bin Wang

The $750 flight C for The Lord Poker Tour Circuit Main Event with a guaranteed prize pool of $700,000 concludes during level 19 with Kai Cui becoming the bubble in 17th.


A total of 210 entries tried their luck and saw Bin Wang emerge as the new overall chip leader bagging a whopping 877,000 at the end. His rise during the last levels started with the elimination of Hungarian Patrik Demus with A A against Demus' J T that got him from one of the shortest stacks to 117,000 (23 BB) followed by knocking out Anton Lu who had K K and Wang hit with A 9 on the board J J A 3 3 scooping a hefty preflop all-in pot that got him to 402,000 (40 BB). Just a few hands after in level 18 he dominated Zhengpeng Liu with A 8 against Liu's K 8 , netting another 152,000 and never looked back.


Being the new table chip leader, he dominated the last two levels with extremely aggressive play, winning a lot of small to medium sized pots preflop with several orbits where he took down half the hands that were played, getting him in a commanding overall chip lead for Day 2 at the moment. His 877,000 will be worth 175BB when the blinds will be scaled back to level 14 at the start of Day 2.


Yang Liu finished with 620,000 (124 BB) and Jiaming Zhao will have 589,000 (118 BB) to his name tomorrow at 12:00.


The last of four flights is still in full swing and we will migrate to the live updates over there in just a few minutes.

Day 1C Qualifiers

PlayerChips
BW
877,000(55 BB)
620,000(39 BB)
589,000(37 BB)
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
492,000(31 BB)
BJ
412,000(26 BB)
YS
Yunkyu SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
374,000(23 BB)
WJ
William JiaAustralia [AUS]Australia
369,000(23 BB)
YZ
300,000(19 BB)
KL
266,000(17 BB)
235,000(15 BB)
XX
180,000(11 BB)
CS
141,000(9 BB)
YZ
134,000(8 BB)
YZ
110,000(7 BB)
JX
102,000(6 BB)
DJ
Di JinChina [CHN]China
44,000(3 BB)
SMPSMP
5/14/2025, 12:53:45 PM

Kai Cui Bubbles Flight C

Level 19: 8,000 / 16,000 ante: 16,000
Kai Cui
Stephen Song

Short stack Kai Cui wagers his last 28,000 from the hijack, Yang Liu flats and big blind Stephen Song successfully isolates.

PlayerHandChips
KC
Kai CuiChina [CHN]China
A8
HJ
busted
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
AQ
BB
492,000(31 BB)
CO
620,000(39 BB)

No miracle for Cui on 5 T 4 J 7 and the 16 qualifiers for Flight C are set in stone.

SMPSMP
5/14/2025, 12:16:04 PM

Chip Counts With 18 Out Of 210 Trying To Make It To The 16 Player Cutoff

Level 18: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
JX
102,000(9 BB)11
283,000(24 BB)13
CS
205,000(17 BB)14
XX
322,000(27 BB)15
BW
566,000(47 BB)17
YZ
174,000(15 BB)18
DJ
Di JinChina [CHN]China
124,000(10 BB)22
433,000(36 BB)23
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
431,000(36 BB)24
KL
340,000(28 BB)26
KC
Kai CuiChina [CHN]China
68,000(6 BB)27
622,000(52 BB)28
YZ
300,000(25 BB)31
YZ
150,000(13 BB)33
BJ
359,000(30 BB)34
WC
103,000(9 BB)35
YS
Yunkyu SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
358,000(30 BB)37
WJ
William JiaAustralia [AUS]Australia
295,000(25 BB)38
SMPSMP
5/14/2025, 12:06:18 PM

Kaihua Liu Calls Off With King-Nine For A Massive Double

Level 18: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000
Kaihua Liu

Small blind Stephen Song tries to collect the blinds with an open-shove, but Kaihua Liu pays up for a total of 172,000.

PlayerHandChips
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
47
SB
431,000(36 BB)
KL
K9
BB
356,000(30 BB)
Board:QAK5T
SMPSMP
5/14/2025, 11:46:47 AM

Yang Liu Keeps His Foot On The Gas

Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Under the gun Stephen Song makes it 20,000, Yang Liu ups it to 70,000 from the cutoff and button Biao Han calls for his last 45,000 before Song throws his cards to the dealer.

PlayerHandChips
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
UTG
526,000(53 BB)
BH
AJ
D
busted
85
CO
606,000(61 BB)

Liu binks an eight on the river 6 T 6 9 8 , sends another player to the rail and slides into a narrow overall lead.

SMPSMP
5/14/2025, 11:36:35 AM

Table 36 Update With Chip Leaders Stephen Song and Jiaming Zhao Next To Each Other

Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
BH
31,000(3 BB)361
DJ
Di JinChina [CHN]China
98,000(10 BB)362
504,000(50 BB)363
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
546,000(55 BB)364
YZ
223,000(22 BB)365
40,000(4 BB)367
401,000(40 BB)368
SMPSMP
5/14/2025, 11:28:05 AM

Last Week's RDPT Prestige High Roller Champ Lei Yu Is Out

Level 16: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 80,000
Lei Yu

With a limp and a call in front, Lei Yu raises to 32,000 from +2, followed by a 60,000 three-bet from button Stephen Song, the limpers get out of the way and Yu jams for 187,000. Song snaps.

PlayerHandChips
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
TT
MP
busted
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
AA
D
548,000(69 BB)
Board:J8767
SMPSMP
5/14/2025, 11:05:12 AM

Yiyu Zhou Doubles Up

Level 16: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 80,000
Yiyu Zhou

Stephen Song kicks off the action with a 16,000 raise, small blind Kai Cui jams 88,000 and big blind Yiyu Zhou fills up for a total 82,000. Song lets it go.

PlayerHandChips
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
UTG
293,000(37 BB)
KC
Kai CuiChina [CHN]China
AK
SB
6,000(1 BB)
YZ
33
BB
188,000(24 BB)

Top-two and bottom set on K 3 A fizzles out to 5 and 2 with Song proclaiming he had better.

SMPSMP
5/14/2025, 10:55:48 AM

Zhengpeng Liu Takes Chunk Out Of Stephen Songs Big Stack

Level 15: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Under the gun Zhengpeng Liu leads 13,000 and big blind Stephen Song defends to see the flop Q 2 5 where he check-calls another 13,000 c-bet before check-folding to Liu's 23,000 second barrel on the turn T .

PlayerChips
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
292,000(49 BB)
184,000(31 BB)
SMPSMP
5/14/2025, 10:30:44 AM

Table 33 Update With American Crusher Stephen Song In A Commanding Lead

Level 14: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
YZ
50,000(10 BB)331
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
296,000(59 BB)332
130,000(26 BB)333
YZ
183,000(37 BB)334
KL
127,000(25 BB)335
91,000(18 BB)336
XP
Xi PengChina [CHN]China
70,000(14 BB)337
KC
Kai CuiChina [CHN]China
60,000(12 BB)338
SMPSMP
5/14/2025, 9:28:26 AM

Top Stacks Going Into Level 13

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500
PlayerChips
284,000(114 BB)
JX
274,000(110 BB)
KL
194,000(78 BB)
BJ
184,000(74 BB)
174,000(70 BB)
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
172,000(69 BB)
168,000(67 BB)
YZ
163,600(65 BB)
WC
160,000(64 BB)
138,000(55 BB)
AL
Anton LuAustralia [AUS]Australia
137,000(55 BB)
DC
Dong ChenHong Kong [HKG]Hong Kong
130,000(52 BB)
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
121,000(48 BB)
XX
112,000(45 BB)
QD
111,000(44 BB)
JX
108,000(43 BB)
BW
107,000(43 BB)
KX
93,000(37 BB)
SMPSMP
5/14/2025, 7:43:44 AM

Table 22 With American Pros Christian Harder and Stephen Song Right Next To Each Other

Level 8: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000
Christian Harder
Stephen Song
PlayerChipsTableSeat
78,000(78 BB)221
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
38,400(38 BB)222
CH
Christian HarderUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
25,600(26 BB)223
20,000(20 BB)224
JY
Jie YeChina [CHN]China
14,800(15 BB)225
25,000(25 BB)226
YL
21,700(22 BB)227