Roope Tarmi Irish Open Double Champion! Wins the €10,000 Super High Roller, taking home a whopping €79,945.

Roope Tarmi won the 2026 Irish Open €10,000 Super High Roller event, taking home a whopping €79,945.

Finnish card player Roope Tarmi He achieved a breathtaking double victory at the 2026 Irish Open. He first won the €5,000 high-stakes event, and then later that evening, he entered the tournament as part of a supplementary entry. €10,000 Super High Stakes TournamentAnd by leading the pack with a significant chip lead, they maintained their lead throughout the race, ultimately claiming the title and winning big. €79,945 Prize money for the champion.

This competition is organized by PokerStars 及 Paddy Power Poker The joint title sponsorship attracted 13 top poker players, with a total prize pool of [amount missing]. €130,000The top two finishers will share the prize money. Dutch high-stakes poker players. Joris Ruijs Winner as runner-up €43,000。

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Post-championship thoughts

In an interview, Tarmi admitted that the process wasn't all smooth sailing: "There was a time when things looked pretty bad. I lost some chips to Joris, who was sitting to my left with a lot of chips. But I managed to win a few hands, and he lost a few, so when the bubble started, I was the chip leader."

This victory also propelled Tarmi up the all-time Finnish prize money list, a fact he was quite proud of: "I have a few friends I've always wanted to surpass on the list. I overtook them in Paris, but now they're further behind—that's good."

Final Day Highlights

On Day 2, the eight players who had advanced returned to the competition, and three additional players joined, bringing the total number of players competing to 11. The competition was fierce from the very beginning.Marty Smyth First to be eliminated, then Andrew Hulme、Ranno Sootla、Parker Talbot、Conor Bergin、Mathew Frankland They left the stage one after another, making the elimination process extremely fast-paced.

During the four-player tournament, the chip stacks shifted back and forth, with each player briefly taking the lead, resulting in a close game. Ultimately... Jonathan Proudfoot Eliminated, a three-person match immediately began. The three-person match lasted only a few moves.Kenneth Broad Immediately after bidding farewell to the arena, Tarmi and Ruijs entered into a head-to-head one-on-one duel.

Head-to-Head Showdown: A Pair of 10s Decides the Outcome, a Hidden Pair of Aces Leads to a Perfect Ending.

At the start of the head-to-head hand, both players had roughly equal chip stacks. Initially, Ruijs had a slight lead, but Tarmi then launched a three-street all-in bluff, successfully forcing his opponent to fold, and the two players returned to evenness.

The decisive hand followed. Just about 20 minutes into the heads-up match, Tarmi and Ruijs played a...Five-times all-in bet on the jackpotThis covers almost all the chips on the table. Tarmi holds...Pockets of 10Ruijs holds AKUltimately, the cards did not help Ruijs, and his chips plummeted to less than 10 big blinds.

In the next hand, Tarmi finished the game. Ruijs limped in the dealer position, and Tarmi checked in the big blind. Both players saw the flop. The flop revealed a 10, the highest possible hand, and both quickly pushed all their chips into the pot—at this moment, Tarmi revealed that he had been hiding something in the big blind.Pocket pair ARuijs, who had already flipped his top pair, received no help again, and Tarmi was officially crowned champion.