
Final Table
Yiyu Zhou's Journey Ends In 5th For A $29,500 Payday

The action folds to small blind Weizheng Zhong who declares all-in and big blind Yiyu Zhou takes her last 750,000 for a spin.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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WZ Weizheng Zhong | K♥6♣ SB | 3,100,000(31 BB) |
YZ Yiyu Zhou | J♠T♠ BB | busted |
Zhou picks up a lot of outs when the dealer flips over 8♦ 7♦ Q♠ 5♠ , but none materialize on the river 4♥ .
Chip Counts Going Into Level 28
Xuecong Wu picked up another few pots, taking chips from everyone but William Jia, who was himself able to steal the blinds to stay even.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
XW Xuecong Wu | 6,300,000(79 BB) |
WZ Weizheng Zhong | 2,600,000(33 BB) |
WJ William Jia | 1,600,000(20 BB) |
FZ Fangzhou Zhu | 1,300,000(16 BB) |
YZ Yiyu Zhou | 840,000(11 BB) |
Chip Count Update
Player | Chips |
---|---|
XW Xuecong Wu | 5,500,000(69 BB) |
WZ Weizheng Zhong | 3,700,000(46 BB) |
FZ Fangzhou Zhu | 2,000,000(25 BB) |
WJ William Jia | 755,000(9 BB) |
YZ Yiyu Zhou | 720,000(9 BB) |
Chip Count Update
Player | Chips |
---|---|
WZ Weizheng Zhong | 4,200,000(70 BB) |
XW Xuecong Wu | 3,600,000(60 BB) |
FZ Fangzhou Zhu | 1,800,000(30 BB) |
YZ Yiyu Zhou | 1,400,000(23 BB) |
WJ William Jia | 905,000(15 BB) |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 760,000(13 BB) |
Chip Count Update
Player | Chips |
---|---|
WZ Weizheng Zhong | 4,200,000(70 BB) |
FZ Fangzhou Zhu | 2,000,000(33 BB) |
XW Xuecong Wu | 1,800,000(30 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 1,500,000(25 BB) |
WJ William Jia | 1,100,000(18 BB) |
YZ Yiyu Zhou | 1,000,000(17 BB) |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 970,000(16 BB) |
Chip Count Update
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 2,600,000(52 BB) |
WZ Weizheng Zhong | 2,200,000(44 BB) |
XW Xuecong Wu | 1,900,000(38 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 1,800,000(36 BB) |
FZ Fangzhou Zhu | 1,700,000(34 BB) |
YZ Yiyu Zhou | 1,100,000(22 BB) |
WJ William Jia | 1,100,000(22 BB) |
JZ Jin Zeng | 230,000(5 BB) |
Double Up For Yiyu Zhou

After a few small pots exchanged hands, under the gun Stephen Song opens 110,000 holding Q♣ J♠ , Yiyu Zhou calls from +2 with 3♠ 3♦ and small blind Weizheng Zhong defends 9♥ 9♣ before big blind Jin Zeng squeezes to 300,000 with A♦ Q♠ . Still liking her threes, Zhou jams for a total of 435,000 and only Zeng fills up.
The dealer flips over T♠ 6♠ 2♥ 2♠ , Zhou starts chanting at the board before lifting her arm into a victory pose when the river J♦ makes her double up official.
Chip Count Update
Player | Chips |
---|---|
WJ William Jia | 2,600,000(52 BB) |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 2,100,000(42 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 1,900,000(38 BB) |
FZ Fangzhou Zhu | 1,900,000(38 BB) |
XW Xuecong Wu | 1,800,000(36 BB) |
WZ Weizheng Zhong | 1,800,000(36 BB) |
YZ Yiyu Zhou | 560,000(11 BB) |
JZ Jin Zeng | 505,000(10 BB) |
The Circuit Main Event Final 9 Will Start At 12:00 Local

The Lord Poker Tournament Circuit Main Event with a prize pool of $700,000 has reached the Final 9, down from a total of 505 entries over four opening flights and 60 qualifiers that battled it out on Day 2 yesterday. With a $9,700 payday for ninth secured already, the remaining contenders will have their sights set on the $120,000 that go to the inaugural champion and a beautiful trophy alongside with it.
Chip leader William Jia - a young Australian pro who came close to a bracelet at the WSOP last year, finishing 9th out of 965 in the $10k Mystery Bounty for $80K - qualified for Day 2 tenth in chips, but was 2nd on his table yesterday morning with a great position and applied pressure from the get-go. A pivotal hand came in level 22 when he took on then chip leader Stephen Song, defending his big blind with K♠ 2♠ against a button min-raise. He called a 3BB c-bet on the flop K♦ 7♣ 8♦ and switched to a 2BB lead on the turn K♥ that got called by Song and the board completed J♦ . Jia checked, Song forked out 5,5BB and called Jia's 16BB check-raise with A♠ A♣ . Close to the end he knocked out Yang Liu after winning a flip with eights against ace-king and ended the day by eliminating AAPoker Ambassador Quan Zhou on the final table bubble, open-jamming the small blind with 4♠ 5♥ against Zhou's Q♠ 9♣ and the board ran 8♠ T♣ 2♥ 3♠ 4♣ . He will start the day with 2,575,000 (51BB).
Second in chips and the most experienced player at the final table is American Stephen Song who has a bracelet and six rings to his name and won the EPT Barcelona $5K Main Event last September for a whopping $1,425,651. He started Day 2 seventh in chips, but had some heavy hitters on his table with overall chip leader Bin Wang to his immediate left. His break came in level 18 when he four-bet jammed Q♠ 6♠ for 35BB and doubled up against Xuanzhi Zhao with A♥ K♦ when the board ran 7♠ 9♦ 8♥ 5♦ Q♣ and went on a tear after that. Still on the most stacked table of the tournament he knocked out Rui Sun with aces against kings and won massive pots against other greats like Martin Sedlak and Nevan Chang that took him into a massive lead during level 20 before he lost with A♠ A♣ against Jia's K♠ 2♠ in the previously mentioned hand. After a roller coaster ending to his day, he bagged 1,945,000 (39BB) for today's final table.
The Final 9 will take their seats at 12:00 on Friday the 16th of May and the SMP Live Updates will be there to cover the action from start to finish.

Final Table Seat Draw
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
HW Huan Wen | 330,000 | 1 | 1 |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 1,595,000 | 1 | 2 |
YZ Yiyu Zhou | 560,000 | 1 | 3 |
FZ Fangzhou Zhu | 1,850,000 | 1 | 4 |
WJ William Jia | 2,575,000 | 1 | 5 |
XW Xuecong Wu | 1,820,000 | 1 | 6 |
WZ Weizheng Zhong | 1,350,000 | 1 | 7 |
JZ Jin Zeng | 605,000 | 1 | 8 |
SS Stephen Song | 1,945,000 | 1 | 9 |
Final Table Chip Count
Player | Chips |
---|---|
WJ William Jia | 2,575,000 |
SS Stephen Song | 1,945,000 |
FZ Fangzhou Zhu | 1,850,000 |
XW Xuecong Wu | 1,820,000 |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 1,595,000 |
WZ Weizheng Zhong | 1,350,000 |
JZ Jin Zeng | 605,000 |
YZ Yiyu Zhou | 560,000 |
HW Huan Wen | 330,000 |
Place | Payout (USD) |
---|---|
1 | $124,000 |
2 | $67,000 |
3 | $48,500 |
4 | $40,300 |
5 | $29,500 |
6 | $22,500 |
7 | $17,500 |
8 | $16,500 |
9 | $13,700 |