
Day 2
Day 2 Of The Lord Poker Tournament SHR Main Event Concludes With Marius Gierse In A Commanding Lead

The Lord Poker Tournament SHR Main Event with a prize pool of a whopping $3,000,000 has attracted a total of 191 players that all ponied up the $15,000 buy-in and now has 15 hopefuls left standing that will compete for the $750,000 top prize, the trophy and bragging rights for making history as the inaugural champion.
All of the remaining players had to go through a star studded field with bracelet winners Daniel "Jungleman" Cates, Dominik Nitsche, Yinan Zhou, Mao Renji, Lei Yu, Calvin Lee, Ami Barer, Dong Chen and a flurry of high stakes players from all around the globe.
Topping the leaderboard with a huge gap to the rest of the field is German Marius Gierse who is famous for his online accomplishments, but racked up several million dollars in live earnings over the past decade as well. He was one of the people that took a starting stack from Ivan Zhang when he tried to spin up a stack during the closing levels of late registration that got him to a 62BB stack at the end of level 14. From then on he consistently chipped up, becoming chip leader of his table and then took the overall lead during level 20 and never looked back. Busting Raffaele Sorrentino in 17th on the buzzer to put a 20BB cherry on top of his 7,545,000 (94BB) stack.
Second in chips is Martin Sedlak - another German who has several final tables to his name in 2025 already - who came back from the brink in level 20 and finished the day with the elimination of Calvin Lee for 20BB and shortly after Yunkyu Song in 16th for another 7BB that concluded Day 2. He will unbag 4,755,000 (59BB) tomorrow.
AAPoker Ambassadors Ivan Zhang - 3,550,000 (44BB) and Quan Zhou - 2,140,000 (27BB) are also still in the stacked Top 15.
Day 3 will start at 13:00 local on Sunday the 18th with 16 minutes left in level 22 and finish when a champion is determined.
The SMP Live Updates will cover the action from start to finish.
Chip Count
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MG Marius Gierse | 7,545,000(94 BB) |
MM Martin Michael Sedlak | 4,755,000(59 BB) |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 4,685,000(59 BB) |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 4,265,000(53 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 4,085,000(51 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 3,550,000(44 BB) |
MN Martin Nielsen | 3,505,000(44 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 3,330,000(42 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 2,250,000(28 BB) |
QZ Quan Zhou | 2,140,000(27 BB) |
MS Mauricio Sanches | 1,920,000(24 BB) |
BL Bin Leng | 1,915,000(24 BB) |
GT Gary Thompson | 1,460,000(18 BB) |
JQ Junbo Qu | 1,370,000(17 BB) |
HL Haitao Lei | 985,000(12 BB) |
Top Stacks Going Into Level 21
With 26 players left and everyone a min cash of $28,000 secured already we have German Marius Gierse in a commanding lead.
Day 2 will conclude when we reach the last two tables with 16 players bagging their chips for tomorrow.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MG Marius Gierse | 5,255,000(105 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 3,645,000(73 BB) |
QZ Quan Zhou | 3,350,000(67 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 2,800,000(56 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 2,710,000(54 BB) |
BL Bin Leng | 2,700,000(54 BB) |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 2,600,000(52 BB) |
BI Birizdó István | 2,500,000(50 BB) |
MM Martin Michael Sedlak | 2,460,000(49 BB) |
CS Calvin Sungwon Lee | 2,455,000(49 BB) |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 1,755,000(35 BB) |
MN Martin Nielsen | 1,645,000(33 BB) |
BJ Boxin Jin | 1,500,000(30 BB) |
SL Shuang Li | 1,145,000(23 BB) |
GT Gary Thompson | 1,100,000(22 BB) |
XM Xiangnan Meng | 940,000(19 BB) |
Table 1 Has James Mendoza Still Dwarfing His Competition
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
XM Xiangnan Meng | 1,500,000(38 BB) | 1 | 1 |
PD Patrik Demus | 2,600,000(65 BB) | 1 | 2 |
GT Gary Thompson | 800,000(20 BB) | 1 | 3 |
SL Shuang Li | 1,100,000(28 BB) | 1 | 4 |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 940,000(24 BB) | 1 | 5 |
MN Martin Nielsen | 1,300,000(33 BB) | 1 | 6 |
KL Kaihua Liu | 875,000(22 BB) | 1 | 7 |
JM James Mendoza | 3,865,000(97 BB) | 1 | 8 |
Leaderboard Going Into Level 19
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JM James Mendoza | 3,900,000(130 BB) |
BL Bin Leng | 3,200,000(107 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 2,700,000(90 BB) |
BJ Boxin Jin | 2,280,000(76 BB) |
MG Marius Gierse | 2,260,000(75 BB) |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 2,200,000(73 BB) |
CS Calvin Sungwon Lee | 2,200,000(73 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 2,140,000(71 BB) |
HL Haitao Lei | 2,050,000(68 BB) |
JQ Junbo Qu | 1,820,000(61 BB) |
BI Birizdó István | 1,770,000(59 BB) |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,700,000(57 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 1,700,000(57 BB) |
QZ Quan Zhou | 1,430,000(48 BB) |
YS Yunkyu Song | 1,405,000(47 BB) |
MN Martin Nielsen | 1,400,000(47 BB) |
MS Mauricio Sanches | 1,300,000(43 BB) |
1,130,000(38 BB) | |
MM Martin Michael Sedlak | 895,000(30 BB) |
830,000(28 BB) | |
YZ Yinan Zhou | 445,000(15 BB) |
Table 5 With Overall Chip Leader James Mendoza Dwarfing The Competition
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
XT Xin Tong (2) | 365,000(12 BB) | 5 | 1 |
BS Benson Su | 565,000(19 BB) | 5 | 3 |
ZL Zhengpeng Liu | 365,000(12 BB) | 5 | 4 |
HW Haobin Wang | 415,000(14 BB) | 5 | 5 |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 1,600,000(53 BB) | 5 | 6 |
JM James Mendoza | 3,920,000(131 BB) | 5 | 7 |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,705,000(57 BB) | 5 | 8 |
James Mendoza's Heater Continues

Just after busting Lei Yu, hijack James Mendoza is at it again with a raise to 75,000 and a snap after Yang Wang declared all-in for 945,000.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
JM James Mendoza | 9♠9♦ HJ | 3,920,000(131 BB) |
YW Yang Wang | 4♦4♥ SB | busted |
Newly Minted Bracelet Winner Lei Yu Eliminated

Catching the action with cutoff James Mendoza and small blind Lei Yu all-in pre, the latter is at risk for 575,000.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
JM James Mendoza | K♠K♣ CO | 2,915,000(97 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | A♦Q♥ SB | busted |
Supeng Pang Flops Boat
James Mendoza leads the way with a 50,000 raise and small blind Supeng Pang defends to the flop K♦ K♠ 7♠ where Mendoza slides 75,000 over the line, Pang ups it to 175,000 and snaps for a total of 385,000 after Mendoza put him all-in.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
JM James Mendoza | K♥8♥ UTG+1 | 1,805,000(72 BB) |
SP Supeng Pang | 7♥7♣ SB | busted |
Mendoza is looking for some help that doesn't show up on the turn 4♣ , but the river 8♦ gives him a bigger boat, drowning Pang's hopes of making it into the money.
Haobin Wang On The Edge

Cutoff Haobin Wang declares all-in for 240,000 and small blind James Mendoza has an easy call.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
HW Haobin Wang | 6♠6♣ CO | 530,000(21 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | A♠K♥ SB | 980,000(39 BB) |
Mendoza immediately jumps ahead when the board runs 2♣ A♣ 7♦ A♥ , leaving Wang with just 5% and bam, 6♦ . Wang slams his time banks on the table with elation.
Chip Counts Going Into Level 17
With 49 out of 191 total entries remaining that all want to get to the 29 money places we see Gary Thompson closing in on chip leader Bin Leng in the hunt for the top prize of $750,000.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
BL Bin Leng | 3,615,000(181 BB) |
GT Gary Thompson | 3,050,000(153 BB) |
QZ Quan Zhou | 2,260,000(113 BB) |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,950,000(98 BB) |
HL Haitao Lei | 1,900,000(95 BB) |
BJ Boxin Jin | 1,670,000(84 BB) |
MG Marius Gierse | 1,550,000(78 BB) |
YS Yunkyu Song | 1,500,000(75 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | 1,465,000(73 BB) |
KL Kaihua Liu | 1,430,000(72 BB) |
BI Birizdó István | 1,415,000(71 BB) |
YW Yuzhu Wang | 1,350,000(68 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 1,240,000(62 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 1,125,000(56 BB) |
JQ | 1,035,000(52 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 1,025,000(51 BB) |
XG Xiangqian Gong | 1,000,000(50 BB) |
ZL Zhengpeng Liu | 920,000(46 BB) |
MS Mauricio Sanches | 910,000(46 BB) |
Table 5 Update With Chip Leader Supeng Pang
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
JW Jinlong Wu | 280,000(19 BB) | 5 | 1 |
YW Yang Wang | 975,000(65 BB) | 5 | 2 |
HL Haitao Lei | 195,000(13 BB) | 5 | 3 |
SP Supeng Pang | 1,945,000(130 BB) | 5 | 4 |
HW Haobin Wang | 245,000(16 BB) | 5 | 5 |
JM James Mendoza | 1,260,000(84 BB) | 5 | 7 |
GL Genhan Li | 110,000(7 BB) | 5 | 8 |
Top Stacks Going Into Level 15 With Late Reg Over
Player | Chips |
---|---|
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 2,000,000(167 BB) |
BL Bin Leng | 1,740,000(145 BB) |
SP Supeng Pang | 1,600,000(133 BB) |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 1,440,000(120 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 1,345,000(112 BB) |
HM Haohui Ma | 1,300,000(108 BB) |
YS Yunkyu Song | 1,270,000(106 BB) |
BI Birizdó István | 1,245,000(104 BB) |
DC Dong Chen | 1,245,000(104 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | 1,220,000(102 BB) |
MS Mauricio Sanches | 1,200,000(100 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 1,145,000(95 BB) |
RM Renji Mao | 1,000,000(83 BB) |
JL Jun Liu | 985,000(82 BB) |
QZ Quan Zhou | 945,000(79 BB) |
GT Gary Thompson | 945,000(79 BB) |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 920,000(77 BB) |
YW Yang Wang | 875,000(73 BB) |
YP Yuefeng Pan | 865,000(72 BB) |
PW Pan Wang | 830,000(69 BB) |
XG Xiangqian Gong | 785,000(65 BB) |
YY Yilu Yuan | 780,000(65 BB) |
BJ Boxin Jin | 730,000(61 BB) |
715,000(60 BB) | |
MM Martin Michael Sedlak | 710,000(59 BB) |
JQ | 707,000(59 BB) |
Table 5 Update
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
JW Jinlong Wu | 523,000(44 BB) | 5 | 1 |
CH Christian Harder | 256,000(21 BB) | 5 | 2 |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 89,000(7 BB) | 5 | 3 |
SP Supeng Pang | 705,000(59 BB) | 5 | 4 |
HW Haobin Wang | 110,000(9 BB) | 5 | 5 |
JM James Mendoza | 1,100,000(92 BB) | 5 | 7 |
JH Jiawei Huang | 730,000(61 BB) | 5 | 8 |
James Mendoza Picks Up Another
Hijack James Mendoza raises to 25,000 and big blind Jiaming Zhao defends for the flop 5♥ 6♦ 3♣ that gets checked to the turn J♣ where Zhao's 20,000 lead gets called and the board completes T♠ . Another 43,000 from Zhao with top-pair J♦ 2♦ is met by Mendoza with the better kicker Q♠ J♥ .
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JM James Mendoza | 1,150,000(96 BB) |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 145,000(12 BB) |
This Month's RDPT Prestige SHR Finalist James Mendoza Chips Up

Under the gun James Mendoza opens 25,000 and big blind Quang Minh Nguyen defends to see 4♥ 9♥ 8♣ hit the felt with Nguyen check-calling 35,000 before he surrenders against a 105,000 second barrel on the 7♠ turn.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JM James Mendoza | 1,100,000(92 BB) |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 980,000(82 BB) |
Top Chip Counts Going Into Level 13
After the late registration was pushed to the end of level 14, the blinds have been adjusted as well. We now have level 13 and 14 being at 6K/12K/12K and continue with regular blind increases from level 15 (10K/15K/15K) onwards.
The $10,000 Super Star that was scheduled for 15:00 will now begin after the end of the SHR Main Event late reg at 17:00.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HM Haohui Ma | 1,600,000(160 BB) |
YS Yunkyu Song | 1,350,000(135 BB) |
BL Bin Leng | 1,300,000(130 BB) |
YY Yilu Yuan | 1,250,000(125 BB) |
RM Renji Mao | 1,160,000(116 BB) |
KL Kaihua Liu | 1,150,000(115 BB) |
BI Birizdó István | 1,130,000(113 BB) |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,120,000(112 BB) |
LY Lei Yu | 1,100,000(110 BB) |
JM James Mendoza | 1,000,000(100 BB) |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 1,000,000(100 BB) |
920,000(92 BB) | |
BJ Boxin Jin | 853,000(85 BB) |
DC Dong Chen | 850,000(85 BB) |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 843,000(84 BB) |
YW Yuzhu Wang | 820,000(82 BB) |
BS Benson Su | 800,000(80 BB) |
AB Amichai Barer | 760,000(76 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 740,000(74 BB) |
JL Jun Liu | 736,000(74 BB) |
GT Gary Thompson | 730,000(73 BB) |
PW Pan Wang | 640,000(64 BB) |
SP Supeng Pang | 635,000(64 BB) |
Day 2 Seat Draw And Chip Count
Seat Draw
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
JZ Jingjie Zhang | 393,000 | 1 | 1 |
TC Toan Chan Truong | 486,000 | 1 | 2 |
JD Jincheng Du | 644,000 | 1 | 3 |
AL Anton Lu | 410,000 | 1 | 5 |
JX Jieming Xu | 211,000 | 1 | 7 |
MS Mauricio Sanches | 542,000 | 1 | 8 |
ZL Zhengpeng Liu | 118,000 | 2 | 1 |
JS Jumiao She | 473,000 | 2 | 2 |
GC Guancheng Chen | 297,000 | 2 | 4 |
XT Xin Tong (2) | 646,000 | 2 | 5 |
YZ Yinan Zhou | 142,000 | 2 | 7 |
YS Yunkyu Song | 1,115,000 | 2 | 8 |
MM Martin Michael Sedlak | 372,000 | 3 | 1 |
HM Haohui Ma | 1,363,000 | 3 | 2 |
NC Nevan Chang | 183,000 | 3 | 4 |
YW Yuzhu Wang | 462,000 | 3 | 5 |
WJ William Jia | 416,000 | 3 | 7 |
PW Pan Wang | 1,114,000 | 3 | 8 |
JA Julian Andrew Warhurst | 142,000 | 4 | 1 |
817,000 | 4 | 2 | |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 322,000 | 4 | 4 |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 777,000 | 4 | 5 |
KL Kaihua Liu | 677,000 | 4 | 6 |
YP Yuefeng Pan | 385,000 | 4 | 8 |
JW Jinlong Wu | 400,000 | 5 | 1 |
LC Liang Chen | 837,000 | 5 | 2 |
270,000 | 5 | 3 | |
HW Haobin Wang | 212,000 | 5 | 5 |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,276,000 | 5 | 6 |
JM James Mendoza | 884,000 | 5 | 7 |
JH Jiawei Huang | 435,000 | 5 | 8 |
RM Renji Mao | 927,000 | 6 | 1 |
HK Hyunyeong Kang | 719,000 | 6 | 2 |
BS Benson Su | 852,000 | 6 | 4 |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 126,000 | 6 | 5 |
AB Amichai Barer | 1,054,000 | 6 | 6 |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 564,000 | 6 | 7 |
DC Dong Chen | 343,000 | 6 | 8 |
YY Yilu Yuan | 683,000 | 7 | 1 |
ZJ Zhi Jian Sean Ooi | 1,041,000 | 7 | 2 |
LY Lei Yu | 611,000 | 7 | 3 |
CS Calvin Sungwon Lee | 129,000 | 7 | 5 |
DW Dapeng Wang | 140,000 | 7 | 6 |
YC Yisha Chen | 176,000 | 7 | 7 |
QZ Quan Zhou | 964,000 | 8 | 1 |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 435,000 | 8 | 2 |
PD Patrik Demus | 461,000 | 8 | 3 |
BL Bin Leng | 570,000 | 8 | 4 |
JL Jun Liu | 419,000 | 8 | 5 |
YJ Yunpeng Jiang | 300,000 | 8 | 6 |
MG Marius Gierse | 503,000 | 8 | 7 |
WC Weijue Cai | 522,000 | 9 | 1 |
DS Dian Shan | 249,000 | 9 | 2 |
SP Supeng Pang | 226,000 | 9 | 3 |
167,000 | 9 | 4 | |
BI Birizdó István | 897,000 | 9 | 5 |
GT Gary Thompson | 414,000 | 9 | 6 |
YZ Yu Zhao (3) | 204,000 | 9 | 8 |
Chip Count
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HM Haohui Ma | 1,363,000 |
NQ Nguyen Quang Minh | 1,276,000 |
YS Yunkyu Song | 1,115,000 |
PW Pan Wang | 1,114,000 |
AB Amichai Barer | 1,054,000 |
ZJ Zhi Jian Sean Ooi | 1,041,000 |
QZ Quan Zhou | 964,000 |
RM Renji Mao | 927,000 |
BI Birizdó István | 897,000 |
JM James Mendoza | 884,000 |
BS Benson Su | 852,000 |
LC Liang Chen | 837,000 |
817,000 | |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 777,000 |
HK Hyunyeong Kang | 719,000 |
YY Yilu Yuan | 683,000 |
KL Kaihua Liu | 677,000 |
XT Xin Tong (2) | 646,000 |
JD Jincheng Du | 644,000 |
LY Lei Yu | 611,000 |
BL Bin Leng | 570,000 |
JZ Jiaming Zhao | 564,000 |
MS Mauricio Sanches | 542,000 |
WC Weijue Cai | 522,000 |
MG Marius Gierse | 503,000 |
TC Toan Chan Truong | 486,000 |
JS Jumiao She | 473,000 |
YW Yuzhu Wang | 462,000 |
PD Patrik Demus | 461,000 |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 435,000 |
JH Jiawei Huang | 435,000 |
JL Jun Liu | 419,000 |
WJ William Jia | 416,000 |
GT Gary Thompson | 414,000 |
AL Anton Lu | 410,000 |
JW Jinlong Wu | 400,000 |
JZ Jingjie Zhang | 393,000 |
YP Yuefeng Pan | 385,000 |
MM Martin Michael Sedlak | 372,000 |
DC Dong Chen | 343,000 |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 322,000 |
YJ Yunpeng Jiang | 300,000 |
GC Guancheng Chen | 297,000 |
270,000 | |
DS Dian Shan | 249,000 |
SP Supeng Pang | 226,000 |
HW Haobin Wang | 212,000 |
JX Jieming Xu | 211,000 |
YZ Yu Zhao (3) | 204,000 |
NC Nevan Chang | 183,000 |
YC Yisha Chen | 176,000 |
167,000 | |
JA Julian Andrew Warhurst | 142,000 |
YZ Yinan Zhou | 142,000 |
DW Dapeng Wang | 140,000 |
CS Calvin Sungwon Lee | 129,000 |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 126,000 |
ZL Zhengpeng Liu | 118,000 |