Blind level
Level 22: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000
Entries
15/191
Total Chips
47,750,000
Average
3,183,333

Day 2

SMPSMP
5/17/2025, 5:04:20 PM

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

Level 22: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000
Marius Gierse - Day 2 Chip Leader

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

PlayerChips
MG
7,545,000(94 BB)
4,755,000(59 BB)
4,685,000(59 BB)
HW
4,265,000(53 BB)
JM
James MendozaUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
4,085,000(51 BB)
IZ
3,550,000(44 BB)
3,505,000(44 BB)
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
3,330,000(42 BB)
PD
2,250,000(28 BB)
QZ
2,140,000(27 BB)
1,920,000(24 BB)
BL
1,915,000(24 BB)
GT
1,460,000(18 BB)
JQ
1,370,000(17 BB)
HL
985,000(12 BB)
SMPSMP
5/17/2025, 2:39:04 PM

Top Stacks Going Into Level 21

Level 20: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

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.

PlayerChips
MG
5,255,000(105 BB)
JM
James MendozaUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
3,645,000(73 BB)
QZ
3,350,000(67 BB)
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
2,800,000(56 BB)
PD
2,710,000(54 BB)
BL
2,700,000(54 BB)
2,600,000(52 BB)
2,500,000(50 BB)
2,460,000(49 BB)
CS
Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
2,455,000(49 BB)
1,755,000(35 BB)
1,645,000(33 BB)
BJ
1,500,000(30 BB)
SL
1,145,000(23 BB)
GT
1,100,000(22 BB)
940,000(19 BB)
SMPSMP
5/17/2025, 1:14:27 PM

Raffaele Sorrentino Scoops Pre

Level 19: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000
Raffaele Sorrentino

Raffaele Sorrentino leads 80,000 from the cutoff, button Martin Nielsen three-bets 180,000, but throws it in the muck after Sorrentino requested the all-in triangle.

PlayerChips
1,220,000(31 BB)
1,120,000(28 BB)
SMPSMP
5/17/2025, 1:12:18 PM

Table 1 Has James Mendoza Still Dwarfing His Competition

Level 19: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
1,500,000(38 BB)11
PD
2,600,000(65 BB)12
GT
800,000(20 BB)13
SL
1,100,000(28 BB)14
940,000(24 BB)15
1,300,000(33 BB)16
KL
875,000(22 BB)17
JM
James MendozaUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
3,865,000(97 BB)18
SMPSMP
5/17/2025, 12:21:10 PM

Leaderboard Going Into Level 19

Level 18: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000
PlayerChips
JM
James MendozaUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
3,900,000(130 BB)
BL
3,200,000(107 BB)
PD
2,700,000(90 BB)
BJ
2,280,000(76 BB)
MG
2,260,000(75 BB)
2,200,000(73 BB)
CS
Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
2,200,000(73 BB)
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
2,140,000(71 BB)
HL
2,050,000(68 BB)
JQ
1,820,000(61 BB)
1,770,000(59 BB)
1,700,000(57 BB)
IZ
1,700,000(57 BB)
QZ
1,430,000(48 BB)
YS
Yunkyu SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
1,405,000(47 BB)
1,400,000(47 BB)
1,300,000(43 BB)
1,130,000(38 BB)
895,000(30 BB)
830,000(28 BB)
YZ
445,000(15 BB)
SMPSMP
5/17/2025, 12:08:58 PM

Martin Nielsen Triples And Patrik Demus Wins Side Pot

Level 18: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Martin Nielsen opens 60,000 from +1, Patrik Demus flats from the button and small blind Gary Thompson squeezes to 270,000. Nielsen jams 420,000, Demus shoves 1,755,000 over the top and Thompson snaps.

PlayerHandChips
TT
UTG+1
1,320,000(44 BB)
PD
AA
D
2,670,000(89 BB)
GT
KK
SB
970,000(32 BB)

The dealer flips over Q 3 5 8 before giving the short stack a miracle T on the river to crack aces and kings for a triple up.

SMPSMP
5/17/2025, 11:18:27 AM

Table 1 With Gary Thompson Still In Command

Level 17: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
490,000(20 BB)11
PD
1,060,000(42 BB)12
GT
2,830,000(113 BB)13
SL
1,200,000(48 BB)14
490,000(20 BB)16
KL
1,550,000(62 BB)17
775,000(31 BB)18
SMPSMP
5/17/2025, 11:02:59 AM

April's KPC $50K Short Deck Third Place Martin Nielsen Adds Some

Level 17: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000
Martin Nielsen

Martin Nielsen wants 50,000 from +2 and big blind Gary Thompson defends to see the flop J A J where he calls a 25,000 c-bet. The turn 3 gets checked to the river K with Nielsen forking out another 115,000 holding A K and Thompson snaps before throwing it in the muck.

PlayerChips
GT
2,770,000(111 BB)
1,000,000(40 BB)