
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) |
Pan Wang Dominated And Out

Stephen Song min-raises from the cutoff and snaps after Pan Wang announced all-in for 1,120,000.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
SS Stephen Song | J♠J♣ CO | 3,100,000(39 BB) |
PW Pan Wang | 9♦9♣ SB | busted |
Ivan Zhang Wins Second Pot In A Row

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 Zhang | 3,700,000(46 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 1,650,000(21 BB) |
Table 3 With No Short Stacks And Istvan Birizdo In The Lead
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
BL Bin Leng | 2,500,000(42 BB) | 3 | 1 |
HL Haitao Lei | 1,600,000(27 BB) | 3 | 2 |
CS Calvin Sungwon Lee | 2,130,000(36 BB) | 3 | 3 |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 2,300,000(38 BB) | 3 | 4 |
SS Stephen Song | 1,670,000(28 BB) | 3 | 5 |
BI Birizdó István | 3,000,000(50 BB) | 3 | 6 |
IZ Ivan Zhang | 1,700,000(28 BB) | 3 | 7 |
PW Pan Wang | 1,500,000(25 BB) | 3 | 8 |
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 3 Update With Some Big Stacks Trying To Find An Edge
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
BL Bin Leng | 2,830,000(71 BB) | 3 | 1 |
HL Haitao Lei | 1,600,000(40 BB) | 3 | 2 |
CS Calvin Sungwon Lee | 2,340,000(59 BB) | 3 | 3 |
HH Haojie Huang | 555,000(14 BB) | 3 | 4 |
SS Stephen Song | 2,500,000(63 BB) | 3 | 5 |
BI Birizdó István | 2,250,000(56 BB) | 3 | 6 |
PW Pan Wang | 580,000(15 BB) | 3 | 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) |
New Feature Table With Big Players But Small Stacks
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
HM Haohui Ma | 580,000(29 BB) | 3 | 2 |
CS Calvin Sungwon Lee | 840,000(42 BB) | 3 | 3 |
NC Nevan Chang | 835,000(42 BB) | 3 | 4 |
SS Stephen Song | 1,095,000(55 BB) | 3 | 5 |
WC Weijue Cai | 535,000(27 BB) | 3 | 6 |
JD Jincheng Du | 515,000(26 BB) | 3 | 7 |
PW Pan Wang | 1,180,000(59 BB) | 3 | 8 |
Yesterday's Circuit Main Event Finalist Stephen Song Propels Up The Leaderboard

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 Ma | K♠Q♣ CO | 575,000(38 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 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.
Double Knock Out For Yilu Yuan
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 Tung | K♦J♦ UTG+1 | busted |
SS Stephen Song | A♣9♥ D | busted |
YY Yilu Yuan | A♥Q♥ SB | 1,300,000(108 BB) |
Another Table With Three Bracelet Winners
Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
---|---|---|---|
YY Yilu Yuan | 1,182,000(118 BB) | 7 | 1 |
ZJ Zhi Jian Sean Ooi | 520,000(52 BB) | 7 | 2 |
LY Lei Yu | 1,100,000(110 BB) | 7 | 3 |
NT Nguyen Thanh Tung | 319,000(32 BB) | 7 | 4 |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 715,000(72 BB) | 7 | 6 |
YC Yisha Chen | 230,000(23 BB) | 7 | 7 |
SS Stephen Song | 239,000(24 BB) | 7 | 8 |
Four-Time Bracelet Holder Dominik Nitsche Bounces Back A Little

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 Nitsche | 354,000(35 BB) |
SS Stephen Song | 230,000(23 BB) |