2026 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition

Vladislavs Petrovs opened to 20,000 from the cutoff, before Matiss Celmins three-bet jammed from the button for around 135,000.

Gediminas Guzelis was in the small blind, and he cold four-bet jammed for 350,000, forcing Petrovs to get out of the way.

Matiss Celmins: A♠8♣
Gediminas Guzelis: J♦J♥

Celmins was in trouble with a single overcard, and he whiffed the K♠Q♣6♠Q♥9♥ runout.

Gediminas Guzelis – 540,000
Vladislavs Petrovs – 400,000
Matiss Celmins – 0

Action folded to Eriks Krumins in the small blind, who moved all-in with the covering stack.

Kristaps Deksnis was in the big blind, and after some thought he called off for his final 80,000.

Kristaps Deksnis: K♣J♥
Eriks Krumins: Q♦3♣

Deksnis was in front, but Krumins found top pair on the Q♥10♥5♠ flop, and could not reverse the position on the 7♦ turn and 5♥ river.

Eriks Krumins – 840,000
Kristaps Deksnis – 0

Daniels Viksna was all-in for around 90,000 and at risk against Marijus Dirgela.

Daniels Viksna: A♣9♥
Marijus Dirgela: 7♣7♠

It was a flip, but Viksna bricked the Q♣4♣2♣K♦Q♠ runout.

Marijus Dirgela – 840,000
Daniels Viksna – 0

Vladislavs Petrovs was all in for 175,000 and at risk against Marijus Dirgela.

Vladislavs Petrovs: A♥10♦
Marijus Dirgela: 4♦4♣

It was off to the races, but Petrov flopped two pair on the A♦10♠7♦J♣3♥ runout.

Vladislavs Petrovs – 380,000
Marijus Dirgela – 715,000

The following players top the counts at dinner break:-

Marijus Dirgela – 925,000
Normunds Rumba – 810,000
Hryhorii Meleshenko – 793,000
Nauris Jansons – 461,000
Mateusz Oscilowski – 461,000

Tero Hokkanen and Algirdas Saviekis were both eliminated shortly before the dinner break, with the players now being sent on a 30-minute interlude.

Marijus Dirgela opened to 20,000, and called a three-bet jam from Sergejs Piratovs of 187,000 from the small blind.

Sergejs Piratovs: A♦Q♠
Marijus Dirgela: J♥J♣

It was off to the races, but Dirgela turned a set on the 9♣8♠4♦J♠2♥ runout.

Marijus Dirgela – 925,000
Sergejs Piratovs – 0

Mateusz Oscilowski opened to 20,000 under the gun, and was faced with a three-bet jam to around 225,000 from Edgars Hauks from the small blind.

Action folded back to Oscilowski, who made the call with the covering stack.

Edgars Hauks: A♣K♦
Mateusz Oscilowski: Q♠Q♣

It was the classic race, but Hauks bricked the 10♠6♣5♠8♦J♥ runout.

Mateusz Oscilowski – 520,000
Edgars Hauks – 0

Juris Bonders opened to 20,000 from the cutoff and Mateusz Oscilowski defended the big blind.

Oscilowski check-called bets of 13,000 and 35,000 on the A♣8♦3♣ flop and 5♥ turn from his opponent, before the 6♥ river was checked through.

Bonders tabled A♠2♣ for a pair of aces, and that was good versus Oscilowski’s 8♣4♣ for second pair.

Juris Bonders – 428,000
Mateusz Oscilowski – 190,000

Janis Velkeris, Jorgen Andersen, Eric Wasylenko and Axel Saarniala have been eliminated, with the field now reduced to 17 players.

A double elimination has occurred on the bubble.

At Table 2, Kristaps Zarans was all-in for around 45,000 and at risk against Hryhorii Meleshenko.

Kristaps Zarans: A♣Q♠
Hryhorii Meleshenko: 9♥9♠

It was a fair fight, but Zarans missed the 10♠4♠4♣5♠2♦ runout.

At Table 3, Marijus Dirgela opened to 17,000 and called a three-bet jam to 90,000 from Garijs Rozkalns.

Garijs Rozkalns: K♦Q♥
Marijus Dirgela: A♠J♥

Rozkalns needed some help, but the ace was in the window on the A♣8♦2♠5♥4♣ runout.

The eliminated players will split the €1,090 minimum cash.

Marijus Dirgela – 745,000
Hryhorii Meleshenko – 175,000
Kristaps Zarans – 0
Garijs Rozkalns – 0

Following the elimination of Rolandas Teniukas, we are now on the bubble.

Yehven Pavlenko opened to 16,000 from under the gun, and called an all-in from Kristaps Deksnis of 35,000.

Action moved back to Pavlenko, who called.

Kristaps Deksnis: K♠Q♥
Yehven Pavlenko: J♠8♠

Deksnis was ahead, and he hit top pair on the K♦9♥6♦7♠3♠ runout.

Kristaps Deksnis – 90,000
Yehven Pavlenko – 255,000

Daniels Viksna opened to 16,000 from early position, and received a call from Sergejs Piratovs in the hijack.

The K♣10♠8♦ flop was checked to the 3♥ turn, where Viksna led out with a bet of 20,000, which failed to shake off his opponent.

The 7♠ river was checked through. Viksna confidently tabled A♠10♦ for second pair tens, but Piratovs took the pot with J♣J♥.

Sergejs Piratovs – 275,000
Daniels Viksna – 230,000

Yehven Pavlenko opened to 12,000 from early position, and Tero Hokkanen defended the big blind.

Hokkanen checked the J♠8♣4♣ flop to Pavlenko, who continued with a bet of 15,000. Hokkanen responded with a jam for around 100,000, and Pavlenko quickly folded.

Tero Hokkanen – 155,000
Yehven Pavlenko – 270,000

Audrius Navickas, Askolds Uldrikis and Jan Risberg have all hit the buffers after the second break as we approach the bubble, with 23 places to be paid.

A pot of around 90,000 had brewed by the river in a hand between Marijus Dirgela and Matiss Celmins, with the board reading J♥9♥3♠5♣10♠.

Dirgela took some time to think before sliding out a bet of 45,000, and Celmins was forced to fold, sending Dirgela above the 400,000 mark.

Marijus Dirgela – 460,000
Matiss Celmins – 155,000

Around 30,000 was in the middle on a board of K♣Q♥8♦10♥, in a hand between Normunds Rumba and Tero Hokkanen.

Rumba fired out a bet of 27,000, but was forced to fold in the face of jam from Hokkanen of 70,000.

Rumba takes some damage, but still leads the field at the moment.

Normunds Rumba – 450,000
Tero Hokkanen – 157,000

Mantas Bagocius was all-in for 85,000 and at risk against Edgars Hauks.

Mantas Bagocius: A♥K♥
Edgars Hauks: A♣10♠

Bagocius looked in great shape for a double-up, but the ten was in the window on the 10♣8♠7♥ flop.

The 7♣ turn was a brick, and it was followed by the 10♥ river, confirming the pot was heading to Hauks with a full house.

Edgars Hauks – 255,000
Mantas Bagocius – 0

The following players lead the way at the second break:-

Normunds Rumba – 353,000
Yehven Pavelenko – 348,000
Marijus Dirgela – 340,000
Daniels Viksna – 290,000
Edgars Hauks – 215,000

Ralf Mikk, Cyril Peralez, Jevgenijs Kritinins, Roberts Rumba and Kristaps Sipols have all recently hit the rail.

The remaining players have just been sent on their second break of the day.

A pot of around 65,000 had developed on a board of 10♦9♦7♦A♥, in a hand between Marijus Dirgela in the hijack and Eriks Krumins on the button.

Dirgela slid out a bet of 26,500, and Krumins called.

The 3♣ hit on the river, and after a brief period of thought, Dirgela fired out a bet of 40,000, earning a relatively quick fold from Krumins.

Dirgela flashed the A♣, and joked “Next time you’ll respect me”. Krumins laughed and responded “I did respect you, I folded!”

Marijus Dirgela – 205,000
Eriks Krumins – 235,000

A pot of around 44,000 had brewed by the river on a board of 10♣9♦4♥4♣7♠, in a hand between Eric Wasylenko and Vladislavs Petrovs.

Wasylenko fired out a chunky bet of 32,000, and after some time in the tank, Petrovs made the call.

Wasylenko tabled A♠A♣, and Petrovs tapped the table and mucked.

Eric Wasylenko – 162,000
Vladislavs Petrovs – 95,000

Normunds Rumba opened, before Pavels Spirins moved all in for around 90,000.

Juris Liepins was in the next seat, and he cold four-bet jammed for around 80,000, forcing a fold from Rumba.

Juris Liepins: Q♥J♥
Pavels Spirins: A♣4♠

Liepins was behind, and he could not connect with the 7♠4♣3♠8♦5♣ runout, Spirins taking the pot with a pair of fours.

Pavels Spirins – 180,000
Juris Liepins – 0

Eriks Krumins opened to 8,000 under the gun, and received a call from Askolds Uldrikis in the next seat, before Darius Narmontas three-bet jammed from the button for 32,000.

Action folded back to Krumins, who rejammed, forcing out Uldrikis.

Darius Narmontas: Q♠Q♦
Eriks Krumins: K♠Q♣

Narmontas was in a dominating position, but the king was in the window on the K♣8♣3♦ flop, and Narmontas could not find a one-outer on the 5♣ turn or 7♥ river.

Eriks Krumins – 285,000
Darius Narmontas – 0

Michael Ibba moved all in from early position for 42,000, and Kristaps Deksnis took a peek at his cards on the button before promptly moving his 27,000 stack into the middle.

Kristaps Deksnis: A♦A♣
Michael Ibba: A♠Q♣

Deksnis had woken up with the goods, and there was no unlikely escape for Ibba on the 7♠5♥2♠5♦K♦ runout.

Kristaps Deksnis – 64,000
Michael Ibba – 15,000

Audrius Navickas jammed from the button for 21,000, and received a customer in Mantas Bagocius from the small blind, who slightly covered his opponent.

Audrius Navickas: 8♥7♣
Mantas Bagocius: Q♣J♦

Navickas needed some help, and looked to be heading for the exits after the J♣9♥5♦ flop and Q♥ turn gave Bagocius top two pair, but a miracle 10♥ appeared on the river to give Navickas the straight and a double-up.

Audrius Navickas – 52,000
Mantas Bagocius – 9,000

Eriks Krumins opened from early position, and was met with a three-bet jam to 26,000 from Darius Narmontas.

Action folded back to Krumins, who made the call with the covering stack.

Darius Narmontas: A♠9♦
Eriks Krumins: Q♦8♦

Narmontas was ahead, but Krumins hit the front after finding second pair on the 10♣8♣5♦ flop.

The 7♣ turn was a brick, but Narmontas spiked the 9♠ river to usurp Krumins and survive.

Darius Narmontas – 62,000
Eriks Krumins – 235,000

Late registration has now closed, with the tournament receiving a total of 181 entries, creating a €85,975 prize pool.

A total of 23 places will be paid, with a minimum cash worth €1,090, while the chunky sum of €19,435 awaits the champion.

Yaniv Peretz was all-in for 30,000 and at risk against Jami Juutila.

Yaniv Peretz: K♣10♦
Jami Juutila: A♦K♥

Peretz was crushed, and he missed an up and down draw on the Q♠J♦4♠5♠3♣ runout.

Jami Juutila – 65,000
Yaniv Peretz – 0

Raivo Grislis opened to 7,000 from early position, and received a call from Normunds Rumba on the button.

The A♠K♠3♠ flop and 9♦ turn were checked to the Q♠ river, where Grislis checked once more.

Rumba fired out a bet of 15,000, and after a period in the tank, Grislis made the call.

Rumba tabled 6♦5♦ for air, and Grilis took the pot with A♣5♣ for a pair of aces.

Raivo Grislis – 80,000
Normunds Rumba – 190,000

The following players top the chip counts at the first break, all representing Latvia:-

Daniels Viksna – 342,000
Nauris Jansons – 245,000
Normunds Rumba – 235,000
Edgars Hauks – 215,000
Sergejs Piratovs – 204,500

The players have been sent on a 20-minute break, with late registration closing before the start of the next level.

Ralf Mikk opened to 5,000 from early position, and was faced with a three-bet to 13,500 from Jorgen Andersen from the small blind. Action folded back to Mikk, who called.

On the J♣6♥2♠ flop, Andersen fired out a further bet of 13,500, leading to a swift fold from Mikk.

Jorgen Andersen – 225,000
Ralf Mikk – 150,000

Artjoms Urušadze opened to 5,000 from the hijack, and was met with a three-bet to 13,500 from Jan Risberg on the button.

Action folded back to Urušadze, who made the call.

Urušadze checked to Risberg on the 8♥5♠4♦ flop, who fired out a substantial bet of 21,000. Urušadze looked troubled by the sizing, and took a good 90 seconds for thought, before flicking his cards into the muck.

Jan Risberg – 105,000
Artjoms Urušadze – 70,000

Garijs Rožkalns opened to 5,000 from middle position, and received a call from Gediminas Guzelis in the cutoff.

Rožkalns continued with a bet of 4,000 on the 8♠8♥2♥ flop, which failed to shake off Guzelis.

The K♣ turn and 10♣ river were checked through, and Guzelis took the pot with 6♦6♠ for two pair.

Gediminas Guzelis – 112,000
Garijs Rožkalns – 115,000

Around 18,000 had made its way into the middle by the river, on a board of A♠A♥3♠4♣9♠, in a hand between Yaniv Peretz in the hijack and Axel Saarniala in the big blind.

Saarniala checked, and Peretz fired out a bet of 11,000. Saarniala responded with a check-raise to 30,000, covering Peretz’s remaining stack.

Peretz took a good 90 seconds to consider his options, and made the call.

He was shown the bad news when Saarniala tabled A♦4♠ for the full house, and Peretz tapped the table and showed 6♥6♠, before heading to the cash desk to reenter.

Axel Saarniala – 105,000
Yaniv Peretz – 30,000

Eric Wasylenko opened to 4,500 from the cutoff, and Yehven Pavlenko defended the big blind.

On the 8♥3♦2♣ flop, Pavlenko check-raised to 12,000 in the face of a continuation bet of 3,000 from Wasylenko.

Wasylenko called to see the 2♠ turn, which was quickly checked through to the 8♣ river.

Pavlenko took a reasonable period of time for thought, before he moved all in for around 90,000, leading to a snap-fold from Wasylenko.

Yehven Pavlenko – 125,000
Eric Wasylenko – 122,000

Jesse Kokkonen entered in Day 2, and he wasted little time in shipping his 30,000 starting stack into the middle from early position.

Action folded to start of day chip leader Jorgen Andersen in the big blind, who made the call.

Jesse Kokkonen: A♠J♣
Jorgen Andersen: A♦10♥

Kokkonen had Andersen pipped, and had his opponent drawing dead by the turn on the J♠9♥3♣5♠2♠ runout.

Jesse Kokkonen – 63,000
Jorgen Andersen – 230,000

Cards were on their backs and stacks were in the middle, with Garijs Rozkalns all-in for 53,500 and at risk against Ralf Mikk.

Garijs Rozkalns: K♦Q♥
Ralf Mikk: A♥K♣

Rozkalns was crushed, and remained behind after the K♥8♦5♥ flop gave both players top pair.

The 5♠ turn changed nothing, but Rozkalns binked the Q♣ river to make two pair and secure an early double-up.

Garijs Rozkalns – 107,000
Ralf Mikk – 18,000

Play is underway here in Day 2 of the €555 NLH Championship, with five additional entries at the start of the day – Juris Bonders, Davis Daugavins, Jan-Mikael Kesanen, Jesse Kokkonen and Axel Saarniala, all of whom sit down with a starting stack of 30,000.

The Day 2 seating draw is as follows, with late registration open until the start of Level 15:-

The OlyBet Showdown Spring Edition is already well underway at the Olympic Voodoo Casino, set in the heart of the historic Latvian capital, Riga, with players from all over the world flocking to the venue in search of poker action and glory.

Six champions have already been crowned, and the poker.pro reporting team will be on the floor covering all the action for the remainder of the festival as attention turns to the showpiece events, the €555 NLH Championship and the €1,100 Main Event.

Two starting flights of the €555 NLH Championship have already been completed, and we will pick up the action from the start of Day 2, which kicks off at noon today, 18 March. The starting flights attracted a total of 154 entries, creating a substantial €73,150 prize pool, with 43 players managing to negotiate twelve 40-minute levels to progress to Day 2.

Registration remains open until the start of Level 15. Players taking advantage of late registration will sit down with a starting stack of 30,000, with the clock set to 40-minute levels.

The event may surpass last year’s figures, when Jānis Meņģelis of Latvia overcame a 185-entry field to bag the trophy and first-place prize of €19,845,

Danish player Jorgen Anderson (285,000) takes the chip lead into Day 2 after storming to the top of the standings in Day 1b, and he is closely followed by two Latvian players, Daniels Viskina (260,000) and Edgars Hauks (207,000). Max Jafaripour of Sweden (200,000) topped the standings in Day 1a.

Opening Event champion Eric Wasylenko of Canada (148,500) is in a strong position to capture a duo of titles, while Linas Bulksas of Lithuania (100,000) is chasing another OlyBet NLH Championship title after triumphing in the equivalent event at the Kings of Vilnius festival. Matīss Celmiņš of Latvia (179,000) will be another dangerman.

€555 NLH Championship Day 2 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Jorgen Andersen	Denmark	285,000	142
2	Daniels Viksna	Latvia	260,000	130
3	Edgars Hauks	Latvia	207,000	103
4	Max Jafaripour	Sweden	200,000	100
5	Sergejs Piratovs	Latvia	193,000	97
6	Marijus Dirgela	Lithuania	187,500	93
7	Matīss Celmiņš	Latvia	179,000	90
8	Normunds Rumba	Latvia	154,500	77
9	Tero Hokkanen	Finland	152,000	76
10	Eric Wasylenko	Canada	148,500	74
11	Mateusz Oscilowski	Poland	145,000	73
12	Ralf Mikk	Estonia	139,500	69
13	Nauris Jansons	Latvia	138,000	69
14	Eriks Krumins	Latvia	133,500	66
15	Cyril Peralez	France	130,000	65
16	Michael Ibba	Italy	123,500	62
17	Pāvels Spirins	Latvia	113,500	57
18	Gediminas Guzelis	Lithuania	112,000	56
19	Askolds Uldriķis	Latvia	108,000	54
20	Yehven Pavlenko	Ukraine	103,500	51
21	Vladislavs Petrovs	Latvia	103,500	51
22	Linas Bulkšas	Lithuania	100,000	50
23	Jan Risberg	Sweden	96,500	48
24	Kristaps Zarāns	Latvia	88,500	44
25	Roberts Krīgers	Latvia	84,000	42
26	Rami Amuri	Latvia	81,000	40
27	Iļja Sluckers	Latvia	78,000	39
28	Algirdas Saveikis	Lithuania	77,500	38
29	Audrius Navickas	Lithuania	76,500	38
30	Hryhorii Meleshenko	Ukraine	69,500	35
31	Baptiste Caim	France	63,500	32
32	Rūdolfs Vosvenieks	Latvia	57,000	29
33	Kristoffer Winterstein	Sweden	54,000	27
34	Garijs Rozkalns	Latvia	53,500	26
35	Andreas Backlund	Finland	51,500	25
36	Michal Goral	Poland	49,000	25
37	Viesturs Ošis	Latvia	45,500	23
38	Yaniv Peretz	Latvia	42,000	21
39	Patriks Švinka	Latvia	34,000	17
40	Artjoms Urušadze	Latvia	33,500	17
41	Kristaps Deksnis	Latvia	33,000	17
42	Roberts Rumba	Latvia	30,000	15
43	Jevgenijs Kritinins	Latvia	26,500	13

Prize pool and payout information will be confirmed after late registration is closed and numbers are finalized.

Stay tuned to poker.pro for all your coverage of the OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition, as we see who can capture the €555 NLH Championship title.