Big blind [Removed:553] had pushed his remaining 300,000 or so in on the 4♣10♦6♣ flop, and was looked up by Adrian Cazacu in middle position.
[Removed:553]: A♦10♣
Adrian Cazacu: Q♥10♥
It looked like a good spot to double up for Simon, but the deck had other plans. The Q♠ turn made Cazacu two pair, and Simon could not rebink on the 8♥ river.
The 2023 EPT Cyprus champion said his goodbyes as the bubble boy, while the other seven players celebrated being in the money.
Adrian Cazacu raised to 80,000 in the hijack, seeing Christopher Nguyen defend his big blind. The flop fell 7♣3♦A♦, on which Cazacu continued for the minimum of 40,000. Nguyen check-raised to 110,000, and Cazacu called.
The 4♥ hit the turn, where Nguyen sized down to 100,000. Cazacu tossed in another call, after which the 7♠ river was dealt.
Nguyen decided to check, prompting Cazacu to put his opponent all-in for 360,000. Nguyen made a relatively quick call, and it would be the last one he made in the Super High Roller as Cazacu tabled 3♠3♣ for a full house.
Nguyen's A♣9♦ for top pair was no good, and he exited the tournament area to pick up his min-cash.
Robbie Toan opened to 100,000 in the cutoff. Button Michel Molenaar three-bet his stack of 675,000 in the middle, swiftly being called by Toan once the action had folded back to him.
Michel Molenaar: Q♥J♥
Robbie Toan: 4♥4♦
Toan raised his arms in celebration when he noticed he had flopped a set on K♠4♣9♠. He still had a gutshot to fade, but when did so on the J♦7♣ runout, he ended Molenaar's run in sixth place.
"Boom, the fish is back," Toan exclaimed as Molenaar went to pick up his payout.
Simon Wilson put in his last 145,000 under the gun. It folded to Severi Palmu in the big blind, who made the call.
Simon Wilson: 9♠3♠
Severi Palmu: A♥6♥
Palmu removed some of Wilson's outs by pairing on the Q♦5♠6♣ flop. The 8♥ turn gave Wilson no respite, and the A♣ river made Palmu two pair to set Wilson's elimination in stone.
Severi Palmu got his stack of 700,000 or so in from the small blind against Adrian Cazacu in the big blind, and was at risk.
Severi Palmu: J♥J♣
Adrian Cazacu: K♣Q♦
Cazacu paired his queen on A♦9♦Q♣ flop, taking an enormous lead. Palmu needed a jack after the 2♠ turn, but the 3♠ river did not bring one and he was eliminated in fourth place.
Robbie Toan on the button and Adrian Cazacu got all their chips in the middle preflop, with Toan's stack of 1,860,000 being at risk.
Robbie Toan: A♠J♠
Adrian Cazacu: A♦K♥
Toan cheered as the K♣10♠Q♦ flop made him the nut straight. Cazacu turned a glimmer of hope with the 10♦ pairing the board, but the 6♥ river changed nothing, seeing Toan take the lead for the first time in the heads-up.
All the chips went in preflop once more; this time, Adrian Cazacu was at risk with his stack of 1,210,000 against Robbie Toan.
Robbie Toan: 10♠10♦
Adrian Cazacu: K♣6♣
Toan stood up with his hands on his head, looking on as the 8♦J♦2♠Q♠Q♥ flop missed his opponent entirely. Cazacu quickly stood up and headed straight to the exit, while Toan cheered and celebrated.
Poker attracts people for different reasons. Some play it for the money, others for the glory and prestige. Robbie Toan definitely falls in the latter category, as the relatively unknown Irish amateur was one of the 53 entries in the 2025 Irish Open €10,000 Super High Roller, opting to battle with some of the best players who traveled to the Royal Dublin Society this year for a prize pool of €503,831.
At the end of it all, an ecstatic Toan was the one hoisting the trophy after beating Adrian Cazacu heads-up and capturing his first-ever live title, doing so on home soil. Toan was awarded €163,800 for his victory, quadrupling his total live earnings. Meanwhile, Cazacu had the best return on his investment of the entire field, turning his €1,100 satellite buy-in into €108,300 with his runner-up performance. [Removed:548] came in third for €73,100 after already having two runner-up finishes to his name at the 2025 Irish Open, while the other satellite winner Simon Wilson finished in fifth for €42,800.
Adrian Cazacu
€10,000 Super High Roller Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Robbie Toan
Ireland
€163,800
2
Adrian Cazacu
Romania
€108,300
3
[Removed:548]
Austria
€73,100
4
Severi Palmu
Finland
€55,400
5
Simon Wilson
Ireland
€42,800
6
Michel Molenaar
Netherlands
€34,000
7
Christopher Nguyen
Germany
€26,500
Winner's Reaction
"It's a dream come true," Toan shared after the adrenaline had settled. "I've been playing poker for 20 years, and this is my first-ever trophy. To do it at the Irish Open, absolutely amazing." Due to other commitments, Toan only makes a poker trip about once a year. "I usually go to an EPT or to the Irish Open, and I always take a shot at a high roller. This is my first cash in one, so it is amazing to get the first win as well."
Toan could be overheard calling himself a "fish" multiple times throughout the tournament. "It's an inside joke because my online nickname is Ultimate Fish," he explained. "All the pros see me as a fish; I am a bit of a calling station, after all."
However, Toan proved that he could hang with the pros. He gave some insight into perhaps the most important hand of his tournament, when he gained an enormous chip lead by hero-calling Cazacu when there were 12 players left.
"I patted him on the back for a big call earlier, saying I couldn't make that call, so it was in his head that I could be bluffed. When I said 'bingo' and bet small on the turn, I provoked him to bluff; his big raise did not make much sense. So with the history against him and the added information from the conversation, I deducted that I had to make the call."
Final Day Action
Toan started the day as one of 25 returning players, coming back with an above-average stack. Toan came out of the gates swinging, winning a few small pots before eliminating backgammon grandmaster Zdenek Zizka. Zizka joined the likes of Stephen Song and Juha Helppi as one of the first bust-outs of the day.
Stephen Song
Shortly after, Cazacu eliminated Day 1 chipleader Mengshi Tian to take the top spot on the leaderboard before he transferred it over to Toan with the fateful hero-call. Toan then knocked out Timo Kamphues on the final table bubble, leaving the players two spots away from the money.
Palmu's double-up was the first of many during the 90 minutes the players played seven-handed. Eventually, Cazacu broke the curse and eliminated Christopher Nguyen, which gave Cazacu the lead back. Toan reclaimed it briefly by busting Molenaar, but the Irishman could only look on as Cazacu depleted Wilson's, Palmu's, and [Removed:549]'s stacks in less than 15 minutes, setting up the heads-up battle.
Cazacu started with a two-to-one chip advantage due to the absolute tear he had gone on, and had Toan on the ropes after a few hands. Toan was down to 15 big blinds, a quarter of Cazacu's stack, when he doubled up preflop. Not much later, Toan's chips were in the middle again, this time beating Cazacu's ace-king by making Broadway with his ace-jack. That was enough to propel Toan into the lead, and he made short work of Cazacu when his pocket tens held against the Romanian's king-six in the last hand of the tournament.
Robbie Toan
That concludes the live coverage of the €10,000 Super High Roller, but the €1,150 Irish Open Main Event is still ongoing. Tomorrow, April 18, will be the last two opening flights, so tune back in to PokerNews then to not miss any poker action from Dublin.
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