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, 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.

PlayerHandChips
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
JJ
CO
3,100,000(39 BB)
PW
99
SB
busted
Board:75AT3
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.

PlayerChips
IZ
3,700,000(46 BB)
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United 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
PlayerChipsTableSeat
BL
2,500,000(42 BB)31
HL
1,600,000(27 BB)32
CS
Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
2,130,000(36 BB)33
HW
2,300,000(38 BB)34
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
1,670,000(28 BB)35
3,000,000(50 BB)36
IZ
1,700,000(28 BB)37
PW
1,500,000(25 BB)38
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, 1:02:29 PM

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

Level 19: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
BL
2,830,000(71 BB)31
HL
1,600,000(40 BB)32
CS
Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
2,340,000(59 BB)33
555,000(14 BB)34
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
2,500,000(63 BB)35
2,250,000(56 BB)36
PW
580,000(15 BB)38
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, 9:49:30 AM

New Feature Table With Big Players But Small Stacks

Level 16: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
HM
580,000(29 BB)32
CS
Calvin Sungwon LeeUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
840,000(42 BB)33
NC
835,000(42 BB)34
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
1,095,000(55 BB)35
WC
535,000(27 BB)36
515,000(26 BB)37
PW
1,180,000(59 BB)38
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.

PlayerHandChips
HM
KQ
CO
575,000(38 BB)
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
88
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.

PlayerHandChips
KJ
UTG+1
busted
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
A9
D
busted
YY
AQ
SB
1,300,000(108 BB)
Board:2A384
SMPSMP
5/17/2025, 5:42:38 AM

Another Table With Three Bracelet Winners

Level 12: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
YY
1,182,000(118 BB)71
520,000(52 BB)72
LY
Lei YuChina [CHN]China
1,100,000(110 BB)73
319,000(32 BB)74
715,000(72 BB)76
YC
230,000(23 BB)77
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
239,000(24 BB)78
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.

PlayerChips
354,000(35 BB)
SS
Stephen SongUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
230,000(23 BB)