The luxurious Onyx Club in Cyprus is currently hosting the Super High Roller Series, featuring tournaments with buy-ins ranging from €10k to €100k, along with lucrative cash games at the highest stakes. Yesterday, we reported on how Ossi 'Monarch' Ketola faced off against Kayhan Mokri, and lost $2 million.
Following that match, Ketola was quick to find a new opponent, ready to play for €5 million. Enter Dan 'Jungleman' Cates. Yesterday afternoon, both sat down, each putting a million euros on the table in a winner-takes-all showdown. This was only the beginning of one of poker's most unbelievable nights!
Record After Record
The series began with two matches with €1 million buy-ins. Jungleman won the first, and Monarch evened the score in the second. Stakes then soared to €3 million, where Monarch dominated, winning with two giant coolers. From that moment, the battle wasn't just about money; it was about egos and mental fortitude.
Buy-ins rose to €5 million, and Jungleman began to dramatically turn the tables. Bold bluffs, strategic psychological moves, and the pressure of TV cameras soon culminated in a record pot worth €2.8 million, which didn't stay the record for long:
One of THE BIGGEST pots in the history of poker! 🤯 @Monarch pic.twitter.com/kgBhUvnFHJ
— Onyx Club Merit (@OnyxClub_) August 19, 2025
The first €5 million match saw Monarch lose, but he immediately jumped back in. Next was a €4.9 million pot, the largest caught on camera yet, but the action peaked with an astronomical €7.7 million pot!
A pre-flop showdown saw A c J c (Monarch) facing off against A h 8 c (Jungleman), culminating in Jungleman's 4-bet to €1.4m, which Monarch called. On the flop Q s 7 s 5 c, both checked. The turn J s saw Jungleman bet €1.2m after Monarch checked. A call followed, and the river A d led Monarch to go all-in for €2.5m, swelling the pot to a record €7.7 million!
Jungleman found himself in a tough spot but folded after five minutes. Had he called, it would have been the first 8-figure pot in history, but that moment waits for another day.
Though Monarch took this record pot and led at €7.7m:€4.3m, it was Jungleman who ultimately celebrated this unforgettable night. He turned things around, winning four out of six matches, with total buy-ins of €21 million, and ending the 12-hour session with a €13 million gain!
| Match | Buy-in | Winner |
| 1 | €1,000,000 | Jungleman |
| 2 | €1,000,000 | Monarch |
| 3 | €3,000,000 | Monarch |
| 4 | €5,000,000 | Jungleman |
| 5 | €5,000,000 | Jungleman |
| 6 | €6,000,000 | Jungleman |
Player and Community Reactions
Ossi Ketola, known as Monarch, didn't seem too bothered by the loss. He summarized his feelings on social media platform X with just: 'lol rip, minus 19 million in one sitting. Worth it for the content.' Known in the gaming community, Monarch made millions as the founder of CSGOEmpire. He's ready to gamble it in the highest poker circles, so expect to see him in similar cash games again soon.
lol rip ~$19m in one sitting
— Monarch (@Monarch) August 20, 2025
worth the content though
Jungleman's comment on X was succinct: "I won". Joey Ingram called it 'a regular day in the life of Jungleman,' while user crusher.eth nailed it with: "Classic. Let him win two 'small' matches, bait him into higher stakes, then crush him. Congrats on the massive win!"
Sources – X, YouTube, PokerNews, Poker.org
