﻿{"id":4293,"date":"2026-04-03T20:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T12:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/?p=4293"},"modified":"2026-04-03T20:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T12:19:33","slug":"roope-tarmi-irish-open-super-high-roller-champion-79945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/roope-tarmi-irish-open-super-high-roller-champion-79945\/","title":{"rendered":"Roope Tarmi Irish Open Double Champion! Wins the \u20ac10,000 Super High Roller, taking home a whopping \u20ac79,945."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4293\" class=\"elementor elementor-4293\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-756844a1 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"756844a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4569f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4569f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4297\" src=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f176e5ed-300x199.webp\" alt=\"Roope Tarmi wins Irish Open \u20ac10,000 Super High Roller champion 2026\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f176e5ed-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f176e5ed-1024x680.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f176e5ed-768x510.webp 768w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f176e5ed-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f176e5ed.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/> <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Roope Tarmi won the 2026 Irish Open \u20ac10,000 Super High Roller event, taking home a whopping \u20ac79,945.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Finnish card player\u00a0<strong>Roope Tarmi<\/strong>\u00a0He achieved a breathtaking double victory at the 2026 Irish Open. He first won the \u20ac5,000 high-stakes event, and then later that evening, he entered the tournament as part of a supplementary entry.\u00a0<strong>\u20ac10,000 Super High Stakes Tournament<\/strong>And by leading the pack with a significant chip lead, they maintained their lead throughout the race, ultimately claiming the title and winning big.\u00a0<strong>\u20ac79,945<\/strong>\u00a0Prize money for the champion.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This competition is organized by\u00a0<strong>PokerStars<\/strong>\u00a0\u53ca\u00a0<strong>Paddy Power Poker<\/strong>\u00a0The joint title sponsorship attracted 13 top poker players, with a total prize pool of [amount missing].\u00a0<strong>\u20ac130,000<\/strong>The top two finishers will share the prize money. Dutch high-stakes poker players.\u00a0<strong>Joris Ruijs<\/strong>\u00a0Winner as runner-up\u00a0<strong>\u20ac43,000<\/strong>\u3002<\/span><\/p><h3>\u20ac10,000 Super High Stakes Full Results<\/h3><div class=\"triton-table-wrap\"><table class=\"triton-table\"><thead><tr><th><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Ranking<\/span><\/th><th><span style=\"color: #333333;\">player<\/span><\/th><th><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Country of Citizenship<\/span><\/th><th><span style=\"color: #333333;\">bonus<\/span><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr class=\"champion\"><td><span class=\"rank-badge gold\" style=\"color: #333333;\">1<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Roope Tarmi<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Finland<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u20ac79,945<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span class=\"rank-badge silver\" style=\"color: #333333;\">2<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Joris Ruijs<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 Netherlands<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u20ac43,000<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><h3>Post-championship thoughts<\/h3><div class=\"quote-card\"><blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&quot;I didn&#039;t lose any of my all-in bets today, which made things a lot easier.&quot;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"quote-author\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u2014 Roope Tarmi<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">In an interview, Tarmi admitted that the process wasn&#039;t all smooth sailing: &quot;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.&quot;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">This victory also propelled Tarmi up the all-time Finnish prize money list, a fact he was quite proud of: &quot;I have a few friends I&#039;ve always wanted to surpass on the list. I overtook them in Paris, but now they&#039;re further behind\u2014that&#039;s good.&quot;<\/span><\/p><h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4301\" src=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f3c5f581-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f3c5f581-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f3c5f581-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f3c5f581-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f3c5f581-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f3c5f581.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/h3><h3>Final Day Highlights<\/h3><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">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.<strong>Marty Smyth<\/strong>\u00a0First to be eliminated, then\u00a0<strong>Andrew Hulme<\/strong>\u3001<strong>Ranno Sootla<\/strong>\u3001<strong>Parker Talbot<\/strong>\u3001<strong>Conor Bergin<\/strong>\u3001<strong>Mathew Frankland<\/strong>\u00a0They left the stage one after another, making the elimination process extremely fast-paced.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">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...\u00a0<strong>Jonathan Proudfoot<\/strong>\u00a0Eliminated, a three-person match immediately began. The three-person match lasted only a few moves.<strong>Kenneth Broad<\/strong>\u00a0Immediately after bidding farewell to the arena, Tarmi and Ruijs entered into a head-to-head one-on-one duel.<\/span><\/p><h3><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4302\" src=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f50a9c46-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f50a9c46-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f50a9c46-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f50a9c46-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f50a9c46-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f50a9c46.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/h3><h3>Head-to-Head Showdown: A Pair of 10s Decides the Outcome, a Hidden Pair of Aces Leads to a Perfect Ending.<\/h3><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">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.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The decisive hand followed. Just about 20 minutes into the heads-up match, Tarmi and Ruijs played a...<strong>Five-times all-in bet on the jackpot<\/strong>This covers almost all the chips on the table. Tarmi holds...<strong>Pockets of 10<\/strong>Ruijs holds\u00a0<strong>AK<\/strong>Ultimately, the cards did not help Ruijs, and his chips plummeted to less than 10 big blinds.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">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\u2014at this moment, Tarmi revealed that he had been hiding something in the big blind.<strong>Pocket pair A<\/strong>Ruijs, who had already flipped his top pair, received no help again, and Tarmi was officially crowned champion.<\/span><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4303\" src=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f7ec649b-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f7ec649b-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f7ec649b-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f7ec649b-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f7ec649b-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8f7ec649b.webp 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"quote-card\"><blockquote><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&quot;I think I&#039;ll have a few beers next, and then play the main event tomorrow.&quot;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"quote-author\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u2014 Roope Tarmi, his next plan after winning the championship<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><h3>Want to change Texas Holdem from \"can understand\" to \"can win\"?<\/h3><p><span style=\"color: #333300;\">If you want to learn more about Texas Hold'em, you can continue reading\uff1a<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/texas-holdem-history\/\">The Origins of Texas Hold'em: Why is it the World's Most Popular Poker Variant?<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/texas-holdem-hand-rankings\/\">Texas Hold'em Hand Rankings and Showdown Rules (Beginner\u2019s Essentials)<\/a><br data-start=\"2628\" data-end=\"2631\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/texas-holdem-betting-actions\/\">Texas Hold'em Betting teaching: Check \/ Bet \/ Call \/Raise and Betting Strategy Analysis<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/texas-holdem-position-strategy\/\">The importance of Texas Hold'em position? 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