2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius – €2,200 High Roller

The fourth day of the 2025 OlyBet Vilnius Showdown featured many delicacies on the menu. Perhaps, the €2,200 High Roller was the event that tickled the most feathers. This was the tournament poker.pro had set out to cover, and considering the rare, entertaining, and astonishing conclusion the tournament had, we’re glad we had the opportunity to stay ’til the end.

Let’s Get Ready to Rumble

The €2,200 High Roller was scheduled to begin at 14:00, and from a spectator’s perspective, the tournament looked very appealing with its deep structure and juicy buy-in. It was hard not to think about the success of the last High Roller event at the Olympic Casino Lithuania, which was played during the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Ace Breaker. The €1,100 tournament attracted 96 entries, and it was hard to estimate how many players would take their shot in a tournament with a twice as large buy-in.

The poker.pro live reporting team started following the tournament around 19:00, about one hour before the dinner break was scheduled. At this point, 11 players remained out of a total of 18 entries. While this number may have been lower than last year, the tournament had attracted some really, really big names. Number two on the Lithuania all-time money list Matas Cimbolas, 2024 Kings of Tallinn winner Edgaras Kausinis, and 2025 Ace Breaker Vilnius winner Rasmus Sihvonen were just a handful of the very competent players still in the mix.

One of the first happenings we were able to cover was the elimination of Artiom Gončarenko. All his chips went the way of Rytis Pranarauskas, and the terminator kept adding to his stack, as it wasn’t long before he eliminated Sihvonen, right before the 45-minute dinner break.

No One’s Hungry

Considering only nine players remained at this point, they collectively suggested to the floor that the dinner break would be shortened. Eventually, it was deemed that the time for supper would be reduced from 45 to 30 minutes, and if no one else registered during this time, the nine-handed final table would be set.

This would be the case as registration closed at 18 entries, creating a €34,560 prize pool and four pay-outs. The nine players took their seats and prepared to fight it out for eternal poker glory and the €13,820 first-place prize.

The first one to go was Cimbolas as his kings were cracked. Presumably, this news was very welcomed by the rest of the tables, considering the successful career of Cimbolas. Rumors has it we will see him return to the €1,100 Main Event later this week.

The next one to fall was the only lady in the tournament. Always with a smile on her lips and bringing nothing but good vibes to the poker table, Iryna Tsikhanskaya displayed some great poker in the tournament throughout, but, eventually, she fell to Rokas Asipauskas.

Worth mentioning is that while all of this went down, Pranarauskas was still the chipleader, and had been such since the second the poker.pro team set foot in the Olympic Casino Lithuania. He was miles ahead of everyone else. Eventually, Kausinis found himself all in against Asipauskas, and with the latter one pulling the longest straw, he closed in on 200,000 which at least in theory could make a dent in the Pranarauskas stack. The charismatic Kausinis was eliminated in seventh place three hands later.

End Game

Eventually, Mantas Bagočius was eliminated in sixth place, and the remaining five players decided to take €500 from every payout position and add a fifth bubble prize. Said and done, Aleksandras Rusinovas got his stack in against the aces of – you guessed it – Pranarauskas, and as he received no help, he was eliminated in fifth place for €2,000.

Then, when four players remained, the most insane thing of the day went down, as Pranarauskas managed to eliminate Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas and Jungevičius in the same hand. This meant that he eventually would commence Heads-up against Asipauskas with 700,000 against 200,000.

Heads-up play didn’t last much longer than perhaps 15 minutes before Asipauskas suggested an all in “in the dark” encounter. Pranarauskas accepted the offer, and as his King High was good on the runout, he eliminated Asipauskas, claimed the title, and the newly-adjusted €13,320 first-place payout.

Position	Player	Country	Payout
1.	Rytis Pranarauskas	Lithuania	€13,320
2.	Rokas Asipauskas	Lithuania	€9,180
3.	Kęstutis Jungevičius	Lithuania	€5,720
4.	Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas	Lithuania	€4,340
5.	Aleksandras Rusinovas	Lithuania	€2,000

To sum it all up; Pranarauskas held the chip lead from the moment we set foot in the room until he stood there with the trophy. He displayed great poker throughout the day, and it’ll be a thrill to follow him during the remainder of the week.

Tomorrow, May 21, poker.pro will follow Day 2 of the €555 Championship. The tournament will resume at 12:00, but late registration will be open until the end of Level 14. Thanks to everyone who’ve been following along with the live updates today, and we’ll see you tomorrow.

With his elimination of Rokas Asipauskas, Rytis Pranarauskas has emerged victorious in the €2,200 High Roller. Except for the stellar trophy, Pranarauskas will walk away with €13,320.

Stay tuned as we’ll soon be back with a recap of today’s action. Thanks to all of you who’ve been following the live blog today!

After perhaps 10 minutes of heads-up play, Rokas Asipauskas suggested to Rytis Pranarauskas that they both should go all in, in the dark. Pranarauskas agreed to the proposition.

This resulted in them both being dealt a jack-ten off-suit, and they told the dealer not even to bother running the board out. Next hand, they decided to do it again. They didn’t look at their cards until the full board had spelled out 9♥2♣8♣7♣7♦.

Rokas Asipauskas: K♠10♠
Rytis Pranarauskas: Q♠J♠

King High was good on the board, and such, Pranarauskas was eliminated in second place, cashing €9,180.

Rytis Pranarauskas: 900,000
Rokas Asipauskas: 0

Astonishing scenes at the Olympic Casino Lithuania this Tuesday night.

From the Button, Kęstutis Jungevičius opened to 12,000. Rytis Pranarauskas raised to 42,000 from the Small Blind, and then, Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas went all in from the Big Blind for 46,000. Jungevičius and Pranarauskas both made the call.

The flop came 3♣J♦Q♣. Pranarauskas bet 30,000, and Jungevičius made the call. The action repeated itself on the J♥ turn, with the same sizing and everything.

The river was the 6♦. Pranarauskas now forced his opponent all in for an additional 90,000, and Jungevičius made the call.

Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas: A♣K♦
Rytis Pranarauskas: Q♠Q♥
Kęstutis Jungevičius: 6♥6♣

Quite the insane hand, which ultimately resulted in Kriaučiūnas and Jungevičius both being eliminated, and Pranarauskas will now have a 3,5-to-1 chiplead on Rytis Pranarauskas going into heads up.

Rytis Pranarauskas: 700,000
Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas: 0
Kęstutis Jungevičius: 0

Rytis Pranarauskas: 200,000

Rytis Pranarauskas opened to 10,000 from the Button. When it was Aleksandras Rusinovas’ turn to act in the Big Blind, he went all in for perhaps 150,000. Pranarauskas wasted little time making the call.

Aleksandras Rusinovas: 9♦9♠
Rytis Pranarauskas: A♥A♦

Aces were not cracked as the board ran out Q♦3♠6♠J♣3♦. Rusinovas received the €2,000 bubble prize, and Pranarauskas extended his lead on the rest of the field even further.

Rytis Pranarauskas: 550,000
Aleksandras Rusinovas: 0

As soon as the players returned from the 15-minute break, they started discussing making a deal and a “bubble prize”. It didn’t take long before they reached an agreement, and €500 were taken off every prize and added to a fifth prize. Hence, we’re in the money and the new payouts are as follows:

These are the current chip counts as the remaining five players are on a 15-minute break. They will return to Level 14: 2,000/5,000 (5,000).

We’re a little vague on the details vis-à-vis the stack sizes and action, but we know that Mantas Bagočius held Q♥8♥ on the K♥2♦10♠6♥9♠ board, when he was eliminated by Kęstutis Jungevičius, who held K♠2♥.

Such, five players are remaining and they are now leaving for a 15-minute break.

Kęstutis Jungevičius: 227,000
Mantas Bagočius: 0

Pre-flop, Edgaras Kausinis got it all in against Rokas Asipauskas. Asipauskas was the player at risk, but barely; Kausinis had his opponent covered by 20,000.

Edgaras Kausinis: Q♠Q♦
Rokas Asipauskas: A♥K♠

A classic confrontation that would secure great presumptions for the winner. This time, ace-king pulled the longest straw as the board ran out 4♦J♠K♥7♣J♣. The big pot went the way of Asipauskas as Kausinis was left with roughly six Big Blinds.

A few hands later, Kausinis committed his last 12,000, calling an open from Kęstutis Jungevičius.

Edgaras Kausinis: Q♦9♦
Kęstutis Jungevičius: A♣K♠

Once again, Kausinis was up against ace-king, and he couldn’t find Lady Luck this time either. The A♠6♠4♣Q♣10♠ meant he was eliminated, and now, only six players remain.

Rokas Asipauskas: 195,000
Kęstutis Jungevičius: 160,000
Edgaras Kausinis: 0

Rytis Pranarauskas made it 8,000 from the Cut-off, and Rokas Asipauskas defended his Big Blind.

The flop came 4♣10♠5♣, and after Asipauskas checked, Pranarauskas bet 7,000. Asipauskas made the call.

The turn was the 6♣, and the action went check-check. On the river 4♦, Asipauskas led out for 15,000. After roughly 30 seconds, Pranarauskas made the call.

Rokas Asipauskas: A♦8♥
Rytis Pranarauskas: A♣5♦

A good call from Pranarauskas, which resulted in his stack growing even bigger.

Rytis Pranarauskas: 317,000
Rokas Asipauskas: 76,000

Iryna Tsikhanskaya clashed all in pre-flop against Rokas Asipauskas. Tsikhanskaya was the player at risk, having 29,000.

Iryna Tsikhanskaya: 7♥7♠
Rokas Asipauskas: 8♠8♦

No help for Tsikhanskaya as the board ran out 6♠10♠8♣A♦4♥. She was eliminated in 8th place.

Rokas Asipauskas: 194,000
Iryna Tsikhanskaya: 0

Edgaras Kausinis opened to 7,500 from UTG+1. Iryna Tsikhanskaya called from the Lo-jack, and Rytis Pranarauskas completed from the Big Blind.

The flop came 10♥3♥10♠, and action was checked to Tsikhanskaya. She bet 10,500, Pranarauskas folded, and then, Kausinis raised to 25,000. Tsikhanskaya gave a look of confusion before making the call.

On the J♣ turn, Kausinis moved all in for an additional 40,000. After receiving the count, Tsikhanskaya folded, urging Kausinis to reveal at least one of his hole cards. With the smirk of a little rascal, Kausinis turned over A♠ as he scooped the pot.

Edgaras Kausinis: 142,000
Iryna Tsikhanskaya: 132,000

The feeling is that Kęstutis Jungevičius has been one of the most aggressive players on the final table so far. Recently, he made it 6,500 from the Button. After Rytis Pranarauskas folded in the Small Blind, Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas decided to make the call from the Big Blind.

Both players checked the 7♠6♠Q♦ flop, and action repeated itself on the 6♥ turn. On the river K♦, Kriaučiūnas bet 8,000. Jungevičius called fairly quickly.

Kriaučiūnas turned over K♠3♦. Jungevičius’ hand hit the muck, and the dealer pushed the chips towards Kriaučiūnas.

Kęstutis Jungevičius: 89,000
Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas: 66,000

Number two on the Lithuanian all-time money list, Matas Cimbolas, was the most fearful player amongst the players in the High Roller. The remaining players can breathe out, though, as Cimbolas just busted in 9th place. He got it in good with Kings against the pocket fives of Edgaras Kausinis, but Kausinis flopped a set. As Kausinis had Cimbolas covered, a strong contender for the title was eliminated.

Edgaras Kausinis: 126,000
Matas Cimbolas: 0

Kęstutis Jungevičius opened to 5,000 from the Cut-off, and Edgaras Kausinis was the sole caller as he decided to defend his Big Blind.

Kausinis check-called a 2,500 bet from Jungevičius on the J♠8♦K♦ flop. Both players checked on the A♥ turn. The river was the 6♥, and after spending two minutes in the tank, Kausinis fired a 25,000, which was roughly 50 % of his remaining stack.

Jungevičius folded in a heartbeat, and Kausinis won an important pot for his remaining tournament life.

Kęstutis Jungevičius: 109,000
Edgaras Kausinis: 65,000

The tournament payouts have now been revealed.

The players have returned from the dinner break. As no one else registered for the tournament, the final table is now set!

The floor is currently confirming the payouts, and we’ll return with these as soon as we have them.

As the nine players are enjoying their 30-minute dinner break, these are the current chip counts:

The players will return to Level 11: 1,000/2,500 (2,500).

The winner of the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker Main Event, Rasmus Sihvonen, is back on Lithuanian soil in an attempt to write yet another chapter of poker history.

It won’t be in the High Roller, though, as he was eliminated minutes ago. While we didn’t get the hand, we can confirm all the chips went the way of Rytis Pranarauskas. Pranarauskas is now playing 304,000 and is the tournament chip leader.

The nine remaining players negotiated down the dinner break from 45 minutes to 30 minutes. If no one else will register during this period, we’ll return in half an hour with a final table.

We’ll soon be back with the current chip counts.

Under the Gun, Rytis Pranarauskas opened to 5,000. Artiom Gončarenko re-raised to 10,500 from the Cut-off. Action folded back to Pranarauskas, who forced his opponent all in for perhaps an additional 40,000. Gončarenko made the call without hesitation.

Rytis Pranarauskas: A♠K♦
Artiom Gončarenko: A♥Q♣

The best hand held up as the board ran out 3♥2♦J♣7♠J♥. Gončarenko was eliminated, and time will tell whether he decides to re-enter or not.

Rytis Pranarauskas: 168,000
Artiom Gončarenko: 0

Edgaras Kausinis opened to 4,500 from the Cut-off. Action folded to Iryna Tsikhanskaya, who called from the Big Blind.

On the 2♣10♦2♥ flop, Tsikhanskaya check-called a 3,000 bet from Kausinis. Action went check-check on the 4♠ turn, and the dealer then revealed the J♠ on the river.

Tsikhanskaya bet 12,000, and Kausinis wasted little time before making the call.

Tsikhanskaya turned over K♦K♣. Kausinis applauded his opponent’s hand before his cards hit the muck.

Iryna Tsikhanskaya: 119,000
Edgaras Kausinis: 81,000

Table 8 shared a laugh over something that this Swedish-speaking reporter didn’t pick up on, but as Matas Cimbolas raised to 6,500 after Edgaras Kausinis attempted to limp from the Small Blind, the two entered serious mode as Kausinis made the call.

All clubs on the 5♣8♣A♣ flop, and Kausinis checked prior to Cimbolas continuing for 3,500. Kausinis made the call, and the 7♣ fell on the turn. Action went check-check, and the river was the Q♠. Kausinis now led out for 30,000. Cimbolas looked uncomfortable, but eventually, he let his hand go.

Edgaras Kausinis: 103,000
Matas Cimbolas: 72,000

We’ve been busy updating the image gallery. Be sure to check out the gallery to see all the pictures from today’s High Roller action.

As the players are heading on a 15-minute break, we’re ready to begin our live coverage of the €2,200 High Roller.

11 players currently remain out of the total of 18 entries so far. After the break, the players will enter Level 8 (600/1,200, with a 1,200 Ante). The chip distribution looks as follows:

The 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius has kicked off in utterly amazing fashion. The festival started May 17, but tomorrow, May 20, our live coverage here at poker.pro will kick off with the €2,200 NLH High Roller Event.

The tournament will commence at 14:00, and late registration is open until the conclusion of the 45-minute dinner break after Level 10 (approximately 19:45). The live coverage will kick off with chip counts at the dinner break, and we’ll then follow the tournament ‘til conclusion.

Players are allowed unlimited multi-entries during the late registration period.

€2,200 NLH High Roller – Tournament Structure

During the last big poker festival in Vilnius, the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker, which was played in January, the High Roller tournament held a €1,100 buy-in. 96 entries created a €91,200 prize pool, and Roman Kulijev captured the title and the €24,180 first-place payout. A fun fact is that Kulijev qualified to the tournament through a €80 satellite.

Once again, the tournament starts at 14:00, and the live coverage at poker.pro commences around 19:30. We’ll see you there!

The fourth day of the 2025 OlyBet Vilnius Showdown featured many delicacies on the menu. Perhaps, the €2,200 High Roller was the event that tickled the most feathers. This was the tournament poker.pro had set out to cover, and considering the rare, entertaining, and astonishing conclusion the tournament had, we’re glad we had the opportunity to stay ’til the end.

Let’s Get Ready to Rumble

The €2,200 High Roller was scheduled to begin at 14:00, and from a spectator’s perspective, the tournament looked very appealing with its deep structure and juicy buy-in. It was hard not to think about the success of the last High Roller event at the Olympic Casino Lithuania, which was played during the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Ace Breaker. The €1,100 tournament attracted 96 entries, and it was hard to estimate how many players would take their shot in a tournament with a twice as large buy-in.

The poker.pro live reporting team started following the tournament around 19:00, about one hour before the dinner break was scheduled. At this point, 11 players remained out of a total of 18 entries. While this number may have been lower than last year, the tournament had attracted some really, really big names. Number two on the Lithuania all-time money list Matas Cimbolas, 2024 Kings of Tallinn winner Edgaras Kausinis, and 2025 Ace Breaker Vilnius winner Rasmus Sihvonen were just a handful of the very competent players still in the mix.

One of the first happenings we were able to cover was the elimination of Artiom Gončarenko. All his chips went the way of Rytis Pranarauskas, and the terminator kept adding to his stack, as it wasn’t long before he eliminated Sihvonen, right before the 45-minute dinner break.

No One’s Hungry

Considering only nine players remained at this point, they collectively suggested to the floor that the dinner break would be shortened. Eventually, it was deemed that the time for supper would be reduced from 45 to 30 minutes, and if no one else registered during this time, the nine-handed final table would be set.

This would be the case as registration closed at 18 entries, creating a €34,560 prize pool and four pay-outs. The nine players took their seats and prepared to fight it out for eternal poker glory and the €13,820 first-place prize.

The first one to go was Cimbolas as his kings were cracked. Presumably, this news was very welcomed by the rest of the tables, considering the successful career of Cimbolas. Rumors has it we will see him return to the €1,100 Main Event later this week.

The next one to fall was the only lady in the tournament. Always with a smile on her lips and bringing nothing but good vibes to the poker table, Iryna Tsikhanskaya displayed some great poker in the tournament throughout, but, eventually, she fell to Rokas Asipauskas.

Worth mentioning is that while all of this went down, Pranarauskas was still the chipleader, and had been such since the second the poker.pro team set foot in the Olympic Casino Lithuania. He was miles ahead of everyone else. Eventually, Kausinis found himself all in against Asipauskas, and with the latter one pulling the longest straw, he closed in on 200,000 which at least in theory could make a dent in the Pranarauskas stack. The charismatic Kausinis was eliminated in seventh place three hands later.

End Game

Eventually, Mantas Bagočius was eliminated in sixth place, and the remaining five players decided to take €500 from every payout position and add a fifth bubble prize. Said and done, Aleksandras Rusinovas got his stack in against the aces of – you guessed it – Pranarauskas, and as he received no help, he was eliminated in fifth place for €2,000.

Then, when four players remained, the most insane thing of the day went down, as Pranarauskas managed to eliminate Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas and Jungevičius in the same hand. This meant that he eventually would commence Heads-up against Asipauskas with 700,000 against 200,000.

Heads-up play didn’t last much longer than perhaps 15 minutes before Asipauskas suggested an all in “in the dark” encounter. Pranarauskas accepted the offer, and as his King High was good on the runout, he eliminated Asipauskas, claimed the title, and the newly-adjusted €13,320 first-place payout.

Position	Player	Country	Payout
1.	Rytis Pranarauskas	Lithuania	€13,320
2.	Rokas Asipauskas	Lithuania	€9,180
3.	Kęstutis Jungevičius	Lithuania	€5,720
4.	Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas	Lithuania	€4,340
5.	Aleksandras Rusinovas	Lithuania	€2,000

To sum it all up; Pranarauskas held the chip lead from the moment we set foot in the room until he stood there with the trophy. He displayed great poker throughout the day, and it’ll be a thrill to follow him during the remainder of the week.

Tomorrow, May 21, poker.pro will follow Day 2 of the €555 Championship. The tournament will resume at 12:00, but late registration will be open until the end of Level 14. Thanks to everyone who’ve been following along with the live updates today, and we’ll see you tomorrow.

With his elimination of Rokas Asipauskas, Rytis Pranarauskas has emerged victorious in the €2,200 High Roller. Except for the stellar trophy, Pranarauskas will walk away with €13,320.

Stay tuned as we’ll soon be back with a recap of today’s action. Thanks to all of you who’ve been following the live blog today!

After perhaps 10 minutes of heads-up play, Rokas Asipauskas suggested to Rytis Pranarauskas that they both should go all in, in the dark. Pranarauskas agreed to the proposition.

This resulted in them both being dealt a jack-ten off-suit, and they told the dealer not even to bother running the board out. Next hand, they decided to do it again. They didn’t look at their cards until the full board had spelled out 9♥2♣8♣7♣7♦.

Rokas Asipauskas: K♠10♠
Rytis Pranarauskas: Q♠J♠

King High was good on the board, and such, Pranarauskas was eliminated in second place, cashing €9,180.

Rytis Pranarauskas: 900,000
Rokas Asipauskas: 0

Astonishing scenes at the Olympic Casino Lithuania this Tuesday night.

From the Button, Kęstutis Jungevičius opened to 12,000. Rytis Pranarauskas raised to 42,000 from the Small Blind, and then, Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas went all in from the Big Blind for 46,000. Jungevičius and Pranarauskas both made the call.

The flop came 3♣J♦Q♣. Pranarauskas bet 30,000, and Jungevičius made the call. The action repeated itself on the J♥ turn, with the same sizing and everything.

The river was the 6♦. Pranarauskas now forced his opponent all in for an additional 90,000, and Jungevičius made the call.

Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas: A♣K♦
Rytis Pranarauskas: Q♠Q♥
Kęstutis Jungevičius: 6♥6♣

Quite the insane hand, which ultimately resulted in Kriaučiūnas and Jungevičius both being eliminated, and Pranarauskas will now have a 3,5-to-1 chiplead on Rytis Pranarauskas going into heads up.

Rytis Pranarauskas: 700,000
Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas: 0
Kęstutis Jungevičius: 0

Rytis Pranarauskas: 200,000

Rytis Pranarauskas opened to 10,000 from the Button. When it was Aleksandras Rusinovas’ turn to act in the Big Blind, he went all in for perhaps 150,000. Pranarauskas wasted little time making the call.

Aleksandras Rusinovas: 9♦9♠
Rytis Pranarauskas: A♥A♦

Aces were not cracked as the board ran out Q♦3♠6♠J♣3♦. Rusinovas received the €2,000 bubble prize, and Pranarauskas extended his lead on the rest of the field even further.

Rytis Pranarauskas: 550,000
Aleksandras Rusinovas: 0

As soon as the players returned from the 15-minute break, they started discussing making a deal and a “bubble prize”. It didn’t take long before they reached an agreement, and €500 were taken off every prize and added to a fifth prize. Hence, we’re in the money and the new payouts are as follows:

These are the current chip counts as the remaining five players are on a 15-minute break. They will return to Level 14: 2,000/5,000 (5,000).

We’re a little vague on the details vis-à-vis the stack sizes and action, but we know that Mantas Bagočius held Q♥8♥ on the K♥2♦10♠6♥9♠ board, when he was eliminated by Kęstutis Jungevičius, who held K♠2♥.

Such, five players are remaining and they are now leaving for a 15-minute break.

Kęstutis Jungevičius: 227,000
Mantas Bagočius: 0

Pre-flop, Edgaras Kausinis got it all in against Rokas Asipauskas. Asipauskas was the player at risk, but barely; Kausinis had his opponent covered by 20,000.

Edgaras Kausinis: Q♠Q♦
Rokas Asipauskas: A♥K♠

A classic confrontation that would secure great presumptions for the winner. This time, ace-king pulled the longest straw as the board ran out 4♦J♠K♥7♣J♣. The big pot went the way of Asipauskas as Kausinis was left with roughly six Big Blinds.

A few hands later, Kausinis committed his last 12,000, calling an open from Kęstutis Jungevičius.

Edgaras Kausinis: Q♦9♦
Kęstutis Jungevičius: A♣K♠

Once again, Kausinis was up against ace-king, and he couldn’t find Lady Luck this time either. The A♠6♠4♣Q♣10♠ meant he was eliminated, and now, only six players remain.

Rokas Asipauskas: 195,000
Kęstutis Jungevičius: 160,000
Edgaras Kausinis: 0

Rytis Pranarauskas made it 8,000 from the Cut-off, and Rokas Asipauskas defended his Big Blind.

The flop came 4♣10♠5♣, and after Asipauskas checked, Pranarauskas bet 7,000. Asipauskas made the call.

The turn was the 6♣, and the action went check-check. On the river 4♦, Asipauskas led out for 15,000. After roughly 30 seconds, Pranarauskas made the call.

Rokas Asipauskas: A♦8♥
Rytis Pranarauskas: A♣5♦

A good call from Pranarauskas, which resulted in his stack growing even bigger.

Rytis Pranarauskas: 317,000
Rokas Asipauskas: 76,000

Iryna Tsikhanskaya clashed all in pre-flop against Rokas Asipauskas. Tsikhanskaya was the player at risk, having 29,000.

Iryna Tsikhanskaya: 7♥7♠
Rokas Asipauskas: 8♠8♦

No help for Tsikhanskaya as the board ran out 6♠10♠8♣A♦4♥. She was eliminated in 8th place.

Rokas Asipauskas: 194,000
Iryna Tsikhanskaya: 0

Edgaras Kausinis opened to 7,500 from UTG+1. Iryna Tsikhanskaya called from the Lo-jack, and Rytis Pranarauskas completed from the Big Blind.

The flop came 10♥3♥10♠, and action was checked to Tsikhanskaya. She bet 10,500, Pranarauskas folded, and then, Kausinis raised to 25,000. Tsikhanskaya gave a look of confusion before making the call.

On the J♣ turn, Kausinis moved all in for an additional 40,000. After receiving the count, Tsikhanskaya folded, urging Kausinis to reveal at least one of his hole cards. With the smirk of a little rascal, Kausinis turned over A♠ as he scooped the pot.

Edgaras Kausinis: 142,000
Iryna Tsikhanskaya: 132,000

The feeling is that Kęstutis Jungevičius has been one of the most aggressive players on the final table so far. Recently, he made it 6,500 from the Button. After Rytis Pranarauskas folded in the Small Blind, Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas decided to make the call from the Big Blind.

Both players checked the 7♠6♠Q♦ flop, and action repeated itself on the 6♥ turn. On the river K♦, Kriaučiūnas bet 8,000. Jungevičius called fairly quickly.

Kriaučiūnas turned over K♠3♦. Jungevičius’ hand hit the muck, and the dealer pushed the chips towards Kriaučiūnas.

Kęstutis Jungevičius: 89,000
Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas: 66,000

Number two on the Lithuanian all-time money list, Matas Cimbolas, was the most fearful player amongst the players in the High Roller. The remaining players can breathe out, though, as Cimbolas just busted in 9th place. He got it in good with Kings against the pocket fives of Edgaras Kausinis, but Kausinis flopped a set. As Kausinis had Cimbolas covered, a strong contender for the title was eliminated.

Edgaras Kausinis: 126,000
Matas Cimbolas: 0

Kęstutis Jungevičius opened to 5,000 from the Cut-off, and Edgaras Kausinis was the sole caller as he decided to defend his Big Blind.

Kausinis check-called a 2,500 bet from Jungevičius on the J♠8♦K♦ flop. Both players checked on the A♥ turn. The river was the 6♥, and after spending two minutes in the tank, Kausinis fired a 25,000, which was roughly 50 % of his remaining stack.

Jungevičius folded in a heartbeat, and Kausinis won an important pot for his remaining tournament life.

Kęstutis Jungevičius: 109,000
Edgaras Kausinis: 65,000

The tournament payouts have now been revealed.

The players have returned from the dinner break. As no one else registered for the tournament, the final table is now set!

The floor is currently confirming the payouts, and we’ll return with these as soon as we have them.

As the nine players are enjoying their 30-minute dinner break, these are the current chip counts:

The players will return to Level 11: 1,000/2,500 (2,500).

The winner of the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker Main Event, Rasmus Sihvonen, is back on Lithuanian soil in an attempt to write yet another chapter of poker history.

It won’t be in the High Roller, though, as he was eliminated minutes ago. While we didn’t get the hand, we can confirm all the chips went the way of Rytis Pranarauskas. Pranarauskas is now playing 304,000 and is the tournament chip leader.

The nine remaining players negotiated down the dinner break from 45 minutes to 30 minutes. If no one else will register during this period, we’ll return in half an hour with a final table.

We’ll soon be back with the current chip counts.

Under the Gun, Rytis Pranarauskas opened to 5,000. Artiom Gončarenko re-raised to 10,500 from the Cut-off. Action folded back to Pranarauskas, who forced his opponent all in for perhaps an additional 40,000. Gončarenko made the call without hesitation.

Rytis Pranarauskas: A♠K♦
Artiom Gončarenko: A♥Q♣

The best hand held up as the board ran out 3♥2♦J♣7♠J♥. Gončarenko was eliminated, and time will tell whether he decides to re-enter or not.

Rytis Pranarauskas: 168,000
Artiom Gončarenko: 0

Edgaras Kausinis opened to 4,500 from the Cut-off. Action folded to Iryna Tsikhanskaya, who called from the Big Blind.

On the 2♣10♦2♥ flop, Tsikhanskaya check-called a 3,000 bet from Kausinis. Action went check-check on the 4♠ turn, and the dealer then revealed the J♠ on the river.

Tsikhanskaya bet 12,000, and Kausinis wasted little time before making the call.

Tsikhanskaya turned over K♦K♣. Kausinis applauded his opponent’s hand before his cards hit the muck.

Iryna Tsikhanskaya: 119,000
Edgaras Kausinis: 81,000

Table 8 shared a laugh over something that this Swedish-speaking reporter didn’t pick up on, but as Matas Cimbolas raised to 6,500 after Edgaras Kausinis attempted to limp from the Small Blind, the two entered serious mode as Kausinis made the call.

All clubs on the 5♣8♣A♣ flop, and Kausinis checked prior to Cimbolas continuing for 3,500. Kausinis made the call, and the 7♣ fell on the turn. Action went check-check, and the river was the Q♠. Kausinis now led out for 30,000. Cimbolas looked uncomfortable, but eventually, he let his hand go.

Edgaras Kausinis: 103,000
Matas Cimbolas: 72,000

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As the players are heading on a 15-minute break, we’re ready to begin our live coverage of the €2,200 High Roller.

11 players currently remain out of the total of 18 entries so far. After the break, the players will enter Level 8 (600/1,200, with a 1,200 Ante). The chip distribution looks as follows:

The 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius has kicked off in utterly amazing fashion. The festival started May 17, but tomorrow, May 20, our live coverage here at poker.pro will kick off with the €2,200 NLH High Roller Event.

The tournament will commence at 14:00, and late registration is open until the conclusion of the 45-minute dinner break after Level 10 (approximately 19:45). The live coverage will kick off with chip counts at the dinner break, and we’ll then follow the tournament ‘til conclusion.

Players are allowed unlimited multi-entries during the late registration period.

€2,200 NLH High Roller – Tournament Structure

During the last big poker festival in Vilnius, the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker, which was played in January, the High Roller tournament held a €1,100 buy-in. 96 entries created a €91,200 prize pool, and Roman Kulijev captured the title and the €24,180 first-place payout. A fun fact is that Kulijev qualified to the tournament through a €80 satellite.

Once again, the tournament starts at 14:00, and the live coverage at poker.pro commences around 19:30. We’ll see you there!