South Korea, Jeju Shinhwa WorldEVENT #9

2025.05.16 - 2025.05.18Add to Calendar

The Lord Poker Tour

Stephen Song

United States of America

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

Player	Chips
MG Marius GierseGermany	7,545,000(94 BB)
MM Martin Michael SedlakGermany	4,755,000(59 BB)
JZ Jiaming ZhaoChina	4,685,000(59 BB)
HW Hua Wei LinTaiwan	4,265,000(53 BB)
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	4,085,000(51 BB)
IZ Ivan ZhangChina	3,550,000(44 BB)
MN Martin NielsenDenmark	3,505,000(44 BB)
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	3,330,000(42 BB)
PD Patrik DemusHungary	2,250,000(28 BB)
QZ Quan ZhouChina	2,140,000(27 BB)
MS Mauricio SanchesColombia	1,920,000(24 BB)
BL Bin LengChina	1,915,000(24 BB)
GT Gary ThompsonIreland	1,460,000(18 BB)
JQ Junbo QuChina	1,370,000(17 BB)
HL Haitao LeiChina	985,000(12 BB)

SMPSMP

5/17/2025, 4:11:26 PM

Pan Wang Dominated And Out

Level 22: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Pan Wang

Stephen Song min-raises from the cutoff and snaps after Pan Wang announced all-in for 1,120,000.

Player	Hand	Chips
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	J♠J♣ CO	3,100,000(39 BB)
PW Pan WangChina	9♦9♣ SB	busted

Board:7♦5♦A♠T♥3♦

SMPSMP

5/17/2025, 3:56:26 PM

Ivan Zhang Wins Second Pot In A Row

Level 22: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Ivan Zhang

Bracelet holder and yesterday's Circuit Main Event finalist Stephen Song min opens from the button, but surrenders after Ivan Zhang jammed his massive stack from the small blind. Zhang shows A♣ Q♣ before scooping the pot.

Player	Chips
IZ Ivan ZhangChina	3,700,000(46 BB)
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,650,000(21 BB)

SMPSMP

5/17/2025, 3:30:31 PM

Table 3 With No Short Stacks And Istvan Birizdo In The Lead

Level 21: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
BL Bin LengChina	2,500,000(42 BB)	3	1
HL Haitao LeiChina	1,600,000(27 BB)	3	2
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	2,130,000(36 BB)	3	3
HW Hua Wei LinTaiwan	2,300,000(38 BB)	3	4
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,670,000(28 BB)	3	5
BI Birizdó IstvánHungary	3,000,000(50 BB)	3	6
IZ Ivan ZhangChina	1,700,000(28 BB)	3	7
PW Pan WangChina	1,500,000(25 BB)	3	8

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.

Player	Chips
MG Marius GierseGermany	5,255,000(105 BB)
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	3,645,000(73 BB)
QZ Quan ZhouChina	3,350,000(67 BB)
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	2,800,000(56 BB)
PD Patrik DemusHungary	2,710,000(54 BB)
BL Bin LengChina	2,700,000(54 BB)
JZ Jiaming ZhaoChina	2,600,000(52 BB)
BI Birizdó IstvánHungary	2,500,000(50 BB)
MM Martin Michael SedlakGermany	2,460,000(49 BB)
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	2,455,000(49 BB)
RS Raffaele SorrentinoItaly	1,755,000(35 BB)
MN Martin NielsenDenmark	1,645,000(33 BB)
BJ Boxin JinChina	1,500,000(30 BB)
SL Shuang LiChina	1,145,000(23 BB)
GT Gary ThompsonIreland	1,100,000(22 BB)
XM Xiangnan MengChina	940,000(19 BB)

SMPSMP

5/17/2025, 1:02:29 PM

Table 3 Update With Some Big Stacks Trying To Find An Edge

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

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
BL Bin LengChina	2,830,000(71 BB)	3	1
HL Haitao LeiChina	1,600,000(40 BB)	3	2
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	2,340,000(59 BB)	3	3
HH Haojie HuangChina	555,000(14 BB)	3	4
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	2,500,000(63 BB)	3	5
BI Birizdó IstvánHungary	2,250,000(56 BB)	3	6
PW Pan WangChina	580,000(15 BB)	3	8

SMPSMP

5/17/2025, 12:21:10 PM

Leaderboard Going Into Level 19

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

Player	Chips
JM James MendozaUnited States of America	3,900,000(130 BB)
BL Bin LengChina	3,200,000(107 BB)
PD Patrik DemusHungary	2,700,000(90 BB)
BJ Boxin JinChina	2,280,000(76 BB)
MG Marius GierseGermany	2,260,000(75 BB)
JZ Jiaming ZhaoChina	2,200,000(73 BB)
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	2,200,000(73 BB)
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	2,140,000(71 BB)
HL Haitao LeiChina	2,050,000(68 BB)
JQ Junbo QuChina	1,820,000(61 BB)
BI Birizdó IstvánHungary	1,770,000(59 BB)
NQ Nguyen Quang MinhViet Nam	1,700,000(57 BB)
IZ Ivan ZhangChina	1,700,000(57 BB)
QZ Quan ZhouChina	1,430,000(48 BB)
YS Yunkyu SongUnited States of America	1,405,000(47 BB)
MN Martin NielsenDenmark	1,400,000(47 BB)
MS Mauricio SanchesColombia	1,300,000(43 BB)
CC Charles Chao	1,130,000(38 BB)
MM Martin Michael SedlakGermany	895,000(30 BB)
LC Liang Chen	830,000(28 BB)
YZ Yinan ZhouChina	445,000(15 BB)

SMPSMP

5/17/2025, 9:49:30 AM

New Feature Table With Big Players But Small Stacks

Level 16: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
HM Haohui MaChina	580,000(29 BB)	3	2
CS Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America	840,000(42 BB)	3	3
NC Nevan ChangTaiwan	835,000(42 BB)	3	4
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	1,095,000(55 BB)	3	5
WC Weijue CaiChina	535,000(27 BB)	3	6
JD Jincheng DuChina	515,000(26 BB)	3	7
PW Pan WangChina	1,180,000(59 BB)	3	8

SMPSMP

5/17/2025, 8:27:39 AM

Yesterday's Circuit Main Event Finalist Stephen Song Propels Up The Leaderboard

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

Stephen Song

Cutoff Haohui Ma takes big blind Stephen Song to the flop 8♠ K♦ Q♦ for 30,000 and a raising war ensues with Song being all-in for 775,000 at the end and Ma covers.

Player	Hand	Chips
HM Haohui MaChina	K♠Q♣ CO	575,000(38 BB)
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	8♦8♥ BB	1,635,000(109 BB)

This massive setup completes with the turn J♥ and river 5♦ , giving Song a huge stack to work with once more.

SMPSMP

5/17/2025, 6:41:54 AM

Double Knock Out For Yilu Yuan

Level 13: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Thanh Tung Nguyen open-jams 93,000 from +1, button Stephen Song tries to isolate with a 155,000 shove, but small blind Yilu Yuan fills up to put both of them at risk.

Player	Hand	Chips
NT Nguyen Thanh TungViet Nam	K♦J♦ UTG+1	busted
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	A♣9♥ D	busted
YY Yilu YuanChina	A♥Q♥ SB	1,300,000(108 BB)

Board:2♥A♦3♣8♣4♦

SMPSMP

5/17/2025, 5:42:38 AM

Another Table With Three Bracelet Winners

Level 12: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
YY Yilu YuanChina	1,182,000(118 BB)	7	1
ZJ Zhi Jian Sean OoiMalaysia	520,000(52 BB)	7	2
LY Lei YuChina	1,100,000(110 BB)	7	3
NT Nguyen Thanh TungViet Nam	319,000(32 BB)	7	4
DN Dominik NitscheGermany	715,000(72 BB)	7	6
YC Yisha ChenChina	230,000(23 BB)	7	7
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	239,000(24 BB)	7	8

SMPSMP

5/17/2025, 5:00:48 AM

Four-Time Bracelet Holder Dominik Nitsche Bounces Back A Little

Level 11: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Dominik Nitsche

Under the gun Stephen Song opens 20,000 and takes two customers to the turn Q♥ 5♣ A♠ 3♠ with no action on the flop. Small blind Nitsche leads 50,000 and only Song pays up for the river 6♠ where the American folds to another 45,000 from the German.

Player	Chips
DN Dominik NitscheGermany	354,000(35 BB)
SS Stephen SongUnited States of America	230,000(23 BB)