€10,000 Super High Roller | 2025 Irish Open

04-17-2025 13:39 UTC

Artiga-Pacheco Gets One Through

Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Mengshi Tian raised his small blind to 35,000, seeing Jorge Artiga-Pacheco call in the big blind. Tian fired bets of 40,000 and 45,000 on the A♥A♦Q♦ flop and Q♥ turn, respectively, before he checked the 9♠ river to his opponent.

Artiga-Pacheco then put in 75,000, leaving only 15,000 back. Tian eventually made the fold with a pained look on his face, seeing the pot shipped to Artiga-Pacheco.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mengshi Tian	500,000 90,000	90,000

Jorge Artiga-Pacheco	340,000 103,000	103,000

Tags: Jorge Artiga-Pacheco Mengshi Tian

Level: 16

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

04-17-2025 13:30 UTC

Charette Flips to Demise

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Duff Charette had gotten his stack of 135,000 in from the small blind and was at risk against Christopher Nguyen in the big blind.

Duff Charette: A♥Q♠ All in
Christopher Nguyen: J♠J♦

Nguyen's jacks held when the 9♠6♠3♥3♦7♦ board ran out low, spelling the end for Duff's tournament life.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Nguyen	500,000 146,000	146,000
Duff Charette	Busted

Tags: Christopher Nguyen Duff Charette

04-17-2025 13:23 UTC

Wilson Overtakes Tian

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Simon Wilson raised to 16,000 in the hijack, seeing Marcel Kessler and Mengshi Tian call in the blind. They checked to Wilson on the 4♣J♣A♦ flop, who continued for 16,000.

Kessler folded before Tian called to the 2♥ turn, which was checked by both. The 9♥ river then appeared, seeing Tian check once more.

Wilson fired a large bet of 63,000. Tian spent one time bank before calling, quickly mucking his cards when Wilson tabled A♣8♣ for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Wilson	615,000 295,000	295,000
Mengshi Tian	590,000 60,000	60,000

Klemens Roiter	440,000 145,000	145,000

Marcel Kessler	265,000 88,000	88,000
Anton Bergstrom	160,000 100,000	100,000

Michel Molenaar	84,000 111,000	111,000

Tags: Marcel Kessler Mengshi Tian Simon Wilson

04-17-2025 13:11 UTC

Simon Shuts Down Shusteritsch; Smiljkovic Sent Home

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Gilles Simon open-jammed his small blind, putting big blind Josef Schusteritsch at risk for 75,000. Schusteritsch looked at his cards, claiming the first one was good.

However, the second card put him in the tank, leaving Simon to take a guess at his opponent's hand.

"King-four?" Simon guessed. "Queen-seven?"

Eventually, Schusteritsch called off, answering Simon's questions.

Josef Schusteritsch: K♥5♦ All in
Gilles Simon: J♣10♥

Schusteritsch was ahead, but Simon flopped extra outs on 6♥9♠Q♦. The 8♠ turn made him his straight, locking up the pot for the Dutchman.

Schusteritsch wished his former table good luck as the 3♦ river completed the board, as Simon chipped up to over 50 big blinds.

At another table, Daniel Smiljkovic also lost his final chips of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gilles Simon	445,000 97,000	97,000

Josef Schusteritsch	Busted
Daniel Smiljkovic	Busted

Tags: Gilles Simon Josef Schusteritsch

04-17-2025 13:01 UTC

Simon Doubles in Flip

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Gilles Simon raised to 16,000 in the cutoff, being put all-in by Duff Charette shortly after. Simon quickly called off his stack of 166,000, tabling the cards.

Gilles Simon: A♦Q♣ All in
Duff Charette: J♠J♣

Simon paired up on the A♠9♣5♠ flop, and Chatette could not catch up on the 8♦4♥ runout. Simon doubled up and left Charette with just over 20 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gilles Simon	348,000 164,000	164,000

Duff Charette	180,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Duff Charette Gilles Simon

04-17-2025 12:55 UTC

Simon Shoves It In

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Gilles Simon was first to act and raised to 16,000. The table folded to Jamie Dwan in the big blind, who defended.

Simon continued for 10,000 on the A♠9♥5♣ flop and 25,000 on the K♦ turn, both times being check-called by Dwan. The Q♦ river then saw Simon push all in for 70,000, to which Dwan check-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Dwan	255,000 110,000	110,000
Gilles Simon	184,000 93,000	93,000

Tags: Gilles Simon Jamie Dwan

Level: 15

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

04-17-2025 12:42 UTC

Toan on Huge Stack After Eliminating Zizka

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

In middle position, Zdenek Zizka had pushed his remaining 125,000 in on a flop of J♠7♠6♦ and was up against Robbie Toan in the cutoff.

Zdenek Zizka: K♥Q♥ All in
Robbie Toan: A♥A♣

Toan's aces faced no issue on the 5♥J♥ runout, securing the pot on the turn and soaring to a stack of over 100 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robbie Toan	665,000 414,000	414,000
Zdenek Zizka	Busted

Tags: Robbie Toan Zdenek Zizka

04-17-2025 12:37 UTC

Charette Takes Another Soul by Sending Song to Rail

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Stephen Song was all-in from the cutoff and at risk against Duff Charette on the button.

Stephen Song: J♠J♦ All in
Duff Charette: 8♥8♦

Song was in a good spot to double up, but Charette hit his eight on the 10♣K♦8♠10♦A♥ runout, giving him a full house to eliminate Song early on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Duff Charette	355,000 111,000	111,000
Stephen Song	Busted

Tags: Duff Charette Stephen Song