€10,000 Super High Roller Day 1 | 2025 Irish Open

04-16-2025 21:25 UTC

Tian Tears Up Ju; Van Luijk Falls to Glazer

Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Samuel Ju and Mengshi Tian had built a 100,000-chip pot when a turn of 6♠A♠9♥8♣ was dealt. Ju checked from the small blind before being put all-in by Tian in the big blind.

Ju gave it some thought before calling off his last 50,000.

Samuel Ju: K♠9♠ All in
Mengshi Tian: 6♥6♦

Ju had hoped to be up against a lower flush draw, but ran into Tian's set instead. The 2♣ river did not bring Ju his desired spade, sending him to the rail.

One table over, Derk van Luijk was seen losing his last chips to Jordan Glazer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mengshi Tian	535,000 320,000	320,000

Jordan Glazer	240,000 55,000	55,000
Samuel Ju	Busted
Derk van Luijk	Busted

Tags: Derk van Luijk Jordan Glazer Mengshi Tian Samuel Ju

04-16-2025 21:16 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Timo Kamphues	100,000
Dylan Linde	Busted

Jonathan Proudfoot	Busted

Nguyen Builds Further

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

In a blind-on-blind pot to the 3♠4♠8♦ flop, Christopher Nguyen checked before he raised Derk van Luijk's bet to 11,000. Van Luijk called, and did so too when Nguyen sized up to 15,000 on the 10♠ turn.

The 8♣ river saw Nguyen bet a hefty 50,000. Van Luijk mulled it over a bit before deciding to call it off. Nguyen tabled J♠8♠ for a flush, besting the 8♥7♥ of Van Luijk and eclipsing three starting stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Nguyen	300,000 90,000	90,000
Derk van Luijk	32,000 83,000	83,000

Tags: Christopher Nguyen Derk van Luijk

04-16-2025 21:08 UTC

Trevidy Taken Down

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Ewen Trevidy was down to just a few chips and was all-in in the big blind, with Christian Pedersen and Bernard Larabi involved in a small side pot.

The board read 5♦A♦7♣A♣, where Pedersen made a bet of 3,000, and Larabi called. The A♠ river saw Pedersen check before he was put all-in for 14,000 by Larabi.

Pedersen made a quick fold, Larabi tabled 8♠7♠ for a full house, and Trevidy took his exit when he showed 3♠2♣, playing the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Larabi	175,000 40,500	40,500
Christian Pedersen	14,000 16,800	16,800
Ewen Trevidy	Busted

Tags: Bernard Larabi Christian Pedersen Ewen Trevidy

04-16-2025 21:00 UTC

Charette Folds Flush in Massive Pot Against Nguyen

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Duff Charette and Christopher Nguyen had amassed 80,000 in the middle when they went to a Q♦2♦9♦A♠8♦ river. Charette checked to Nguyen, who made a sizable bet of 60,000.

Charette almost instantly tossed his J♦7♦ into the muck, forfeiting the pot and seeing it being dragged to Nguyen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Nguyen	210,000 25,000	25,000
Duff Charette	80,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Christopher Nguyen Duff Charette

04-16-2025 20:51 UTC

Updated Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Govert Metaal	243,000 123,000	123,000
Adrian Cazacu	220,000 85,000	85,000
Mengshi Tian	215,000 42,000	42,000

Simon Wilson	208,000 48,000	48,000
John Duthie	204,000 4,000	4,000
Christopher Nguyen	185,000 25,000	25,000
Jordan Glazer	185,000 105,000	105,000
Michel Molenaar	180,000 5,000	5,000
[Removed:553]	163,500 31,500	31,500
Juha Helppi	140,000 20,000	20,000

Anton Bergstrom	135,000 35,000	35,000

Bernard Larabi	134,500 30,500	30,500
Jonathan Proudfoot	126,000 71,000	71,000
Ewen Trevidy	119,900 5,100	5,100
Robbie Toan	119,300 34,300	34,300
Derk van Luijk	115,000 15,000	15,000

Severi Palmu	112,000 12,000	12,000
Roope Tarmi	111,000 9,000	9,000
Marcel Kessler	100,000 25,000	25,000
Steve O'Dwyer	100,000 100,000	100,000

[Removed:548]	100,000 50,000	50,000
Duff Charette	98,000 2,000	2,000
Samuel Ju	95,000 5,000	5,000
Stephen Song	68,000 32,000	32,000

Dylan Linde	63,400 6,600	6,600

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Level: 8

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

04-16-2025 20:06 UTC

Flashback: Tero Laurila Crowned Champion in Record-Breaking Irish Open Main Event

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Last year, a massive field of 3,233 entries assembled at the Royal Dublin Society for the 2024 Irish Open €1,150 Main Event. The tournament set a new record for the Irish Open and absolutely smashing the guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000 by creating a prize pool of €3,152,175.

However, as with any other tournament, there could only be one person left standing at the end. Over four long days of poker action, it was Day 3 chipleader Tero Laurila who won the iconic Irish Open trophy and took home €292,685 after a three-way deal.

Laurila defeated Ireland’s Hiep Ninh after a relatively short heads up battle, as the blinds had been reduced from 60 to 20 minutes after the deal. Ninh, who plays almost exclusively in Dublin, took home the larger sum of €335,636 for his efforts due to having a massive chip lead when the deal was made. The final person involved in the deal was the 21-year-old Mark Johnston, who is just dipping his toes in the waters of professional poker and walked away with €232,685 for third place.

€1,150 Irish Open Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Tero Laurila	Finland	€292,685*
2	Hiep Ninh	Ireland	€335,636*
3	Mark Johnston	United Kingdom	€232,685*
4	Georgios Tsouloftas	Cyprus	€142,760
5	Oliver Boyce	Ireland	€109,820
6	Stephen Groom	United Kingdom	€84,480
7	Vidmantas Beliauskas	Lithuania	€64,960
8	Adrian Thorne	Ireland	€49,960
9	David Tous	Spain	€38,420

* denotes three-way deal

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04-16-2025 20:06 UTC

Dinner Time

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The players have been sent on a 40-minute dinner break.

Expect the action to resume around 9:45 p.m. local time.

04-16-2025 19:56 UTC

Kessler Bets Glazer Out, Dwan Dusted

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Picking up the action on a flop of Q♥4♣6♠, Jordan Glazer checked from the cutoff to Marcel Kessler on the button, who fired 6,000 into the sizable pot of 32,000.

Glazer called to the K♦ turn, where he made a quick fold when Kessler sized up to 18,000.

On another table, Jamie Dwan lost his last chips and busted his second bullet of the tournament while Duff Charette took their seat.