€10,000 Super High Roller
Day 1 Started
2025 Irish Open
€10,000 Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 Irish Open
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€503,831
Entries
53
Level
24
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Entries
53
Players Left
25
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The largest buy-in of the 2025 Irish Open, sponsored by PokerStars and Paddy Power Poker, kicks off at 4 p.m. local time today. The €10,000 Super High Roller has not been on the Irish Open schedule since 2014, making it the first of its kind since the event moved to the halls of the Royal Dublin Society.
Eleven years ago, Mark Buckley only had to defeat one opponent to capture the title and the entire €19,400 prize pool. However, the Irish Open has grown significantly since then, and a much larger field can be expected this time. Buckley is still very active on the European poker circuit, and the Irishman has already been spotted in Dublin this year, having cashed in the €5,000 PLO High Roller. If Buckley decides to enter the Super High Roller, he will have a unique opportunity to defend his title after over a decade.
The €10,000 Super High Roller will start as a super deep-stacked affair, with a starting stack of 100,000 and Level 1 having blinds of 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. All levels will be 40 minutes long, and 13 will be played on Day 1, wrapping up the day around 2 a.m. local time, after which the survivors bag up for the second and final day, starting at 1 p.m. the next day.
The late registration will remain open until the start of Level 11, when the clock strikes midnight, at which point the starting stack is still worth 33 big blinds, and a 40-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 7, 9 p.m. local time.
€10,000 Super High Roller Day 1 Structure
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
There is only one entry on the clock of the €10,000 Super High Roller, but the tournament directors have decided to start the clock instead of delaying the start of the tournament.
The action will get underway when at least three players have taken their seats.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
The first interested players have taken their seats as the €10,000 Super High Roller is underway.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Christopher Nguyen opened his button to 800, with Jamie Dwan calling in the big blind. Nguyen fired a continuation-bet of 500 on the A♠10♦2♠ flop, which Dwan check-called.
Nguyen then tossed in a massive 5,000 on the 9♦ turn, which Dwan check-called without much thought. The 2♦ river went check-check, and Dwan shipped the pot when he tabled 10♠6♥ for a pair of tens.
During the pot, the field grew almost double in size with three new registrants.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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106,500
6,500
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6,500 |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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100,000 | |
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94,000
6,000
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6,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Govert Metaal raised to 600 in middle position before Christopher Nguyen made it 2,000 in the cutoff. Jonathan Proudfoot then four-bet to 9,700 from the big blind, which only Nguyen called.
The pair went to a flop of 3♣6♣5♣. Proudfoot continued for 4,500, but was rasied to 10,000 by Nguyen. Proudfoot called to the 7♥ turn, which he checked.
Nguyen fired a bet of 20,000 and snap-called when Proudfoot moved all in for 75,000 or so. Proudfoot could only laugh as the pair tabled their cards.
Jonathan Proudfoot: A♠K♣ 
Christopher Nguyen: A♣Q♣
Proudfoot was drawing dead against the nut flush of Nguyen, and he quickly left the tournament area as the 4♦ river completed the board, heading to the reentry desk.
Nguyen, meanwhile, shipped the pot of 1,000 big blinds, receiving an early double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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210,000
116,000
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116,000 |
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98,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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Busted |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Level 2
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Jamie Dwan opened to 700 in the cutoff, being three-bet to 5,600 by Michel Molenaar in the small blind. Christopher Nguyen then four-bet to 13,000 from the big blind, after which Dwan jammed all in for 112,000.
Molenaar called off his stack of 100,000, leaving a bewildered Nguyen to toss his cards into the muck.
Michel Molenaar: A♠A♥
Jamie Dwan: K♠K♣
The 10♦6♣2♠2♣2♥ flop brought no surprises, seeing Molenaar double up with his aces. Dwan was left with one-eighth of a starting stack, but still had 40 big blinds to play with thanks to the deep structure.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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212,300
112,300
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112,300 |
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185,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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12,000
94,500
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94,500 |
