2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker

The heads-up battle between Jarmo Luokkala and Deividas Butnoras is still going on; they’re playing much better than the internet is working for this poker.pro live reporter.

The players recently clashed all-in pre-flop, with Butnoras being the player at risk with 1,785,000.

Jarmo Luokkala: K♠K♥
Deividas Butnoras: A♣A♦

The ultimate setup, and the aces held up at the 4♣10♠5♠2♣2♥ board. Butnoras takes the chip lead.

Deividas Butnoras: 3,640,000
Jarmo Luokkala: 1,850,000

Deividas Butnoras attempted to limp the 50,000 Big Blind from the Button. Jarmo Luokkala wouldn’t allow it; he made it 150,000, and Butnoras decided to pay the prize.

Luokkala continued for 125,000 on the 3♣J♥8♥ flop, and Butnoras committed to the call. Luokkala slowed down and checked the 9♠ turn, followed by Butnoras taking over the aggression with a 325,000 bet. Luokkala decided to make the call.

Luokkala checked again on the 9♦ river, and Butnoras then announced all-in for 875,000. Luokkala snap-called.

Deividas Butnoras: J♣9♣
Jarmo Luokkala: J♦4♦

Holding a full house, Butnoras had the best hand, and he overtook the chip lead from Luokkala.

Deividas Butnoras: 2,950,000
Jarmo Luokkala: 2,540,000

Seated on the Button, Martynas Mockevicius opened to 100,000. Deividas Butnoras folded his Small Blind before Jarmo Luokkala put in a big chunk of white 100,000 chips from the Big Blind. Mockevicius announced he was all in, and Luokkala made the call, seeing as it wasn’t much more than the 1,000,000 he had already committed.

Martynas Mockevicius: A♠Q♥
Jarmo Luokkala: A♥J♣

Mockevicius was looking really good for a double-up, but Luokkala took a firm lead on the A♣J♠5♥ flop. Mockevicius never caught up as the board completed with K♠6♠, and he was eliminated in third place for €18,110.

That means that the stage is now set for a heads-up between Luokkala and Butnoras.

Jarmo Luokkala: 3,940,000
Deividas Butnoras: 1,550,000
Martynas Mockevicius: 0

This poker.pro reporter is famous for keeping his cool. That being said, when the internet won’t work, my blood is boiling. After roughly 45 minutes of troubleshooting, I seem to have proven why I belong at Penthagon. Sadly, this has resulted in some hands missed, but what can be said is that Jarmo Luokkala has lost some chips and is now pretty even with Deividas Butnoras. Martynas Mockevicius is the shortest stack left, and the players are soon returning after the break.

Position	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Jarmo Luokkala	Finland	2,250,000	45
2	Deividas Butnoras	Lithuania	2,200,000	44
3	Martynas Mockevicius	Lithuania	1,085,000	22

Evaldas Narmontas moved all in for a mere 80,000 from the Cut-off. Deividas Butnoras made the call from the Button, before Martynas Mockevicius moved all in for 590,000 from the Big Blind. Back to Butnoras, who decided to make the call; as such, it was a three-way showdown to the flop.

Evaldas Narmontas: A♦Q♠
Martynas Mockevicius: 8♠8♣
Deividas Butnoras: A♣K♦

Mockevicius was in the lead with his pair of eights, but there were several cards to dodge. Somehow he managed, and as the final product read 9♣6♥4♣3♠J♣, he had the best hand. This resulted in Narmontas going out in fourth place for €14,090, while Mockevicius won a significant side pot against Butnoras.

Martinas Mockevicius: 1,280,000
Deividas Butnoras: 380,000
Evaldas Narmontas: 0

Martynas Mockevicius (Button) and Evaldas Narmontas (Small Blind) clashed all in pre-flop. Mockevicius was the player at risk by the slightest of margins.

Martynas Mockevicius: Q♦10♣
Evaldas Narmontas: A♦Q♣

Narmontas was way ahead as both players hit a pair on the A♣10♠K♥ flop. The 4♣ turn didn’t change anything, but as Mockevicius improved to trips on the 10♦ river, he sealed the win, and Narmontas was left with less than three Big Blinds.

Martynas Mockevicius: 630,000
Evaldas Narmontas: 80,000

Action folded to Evaldas Narmontas on the Button, who forced Deividas Butnoras (Small Blind) all in for 535,000. He made the call, and after Jarmo Luokkala folded his Big Blind, the two contestants went to showdown.

Evaldas Narmontas: K♠Q♠
Deividas Butnoras: A♠A♦

Butnoras’ aces held on the K♦6♣3♦10♥A♣ board, and Narmontas lost a significant chunk of his stack.

Deividas Butnoras: 1,180,000
Evaldas Narmontas: 340,000

The short-stacked Deividas Butnoras open-shoved for 395,000 from the Button. After receiving the count, Martynas Mockevicius decided to make the call.

Deividas Butnoras: A♥7♥
Martynas Mockevicius: A♣9♦

Butnoras was in rough shape, and Mockevicius maintained his lead on the 5♥8♣6♥ flop. Butnoras gave a nod of approval as he improved to a straight on the 9♠ turn, and as the river was the 10♦, he doubled up through Mockevicius, who now is the shortest stack.

Deividas Butnoras: 835,000
Martynas Mockevicius: 300,000

Evaldas Narmontas committed 200,000 of his 340,000 stack to a pre-flop raise from the Cut-off. Action folded to chip leader Jarmo Luokkala in the Small Blind, who put in a large chunk of white 100,000 chips to announce a raise. When it came back to Narmontas, he made the call for his tournament life.

Jarmo Luokkala: Q♣9♣
Evaldas Narmontas: K♥J♥

Both players improved to a pair on the Q♦K♣5♥ flop, and as the board completed with A♥6♦, Narmontas survived and received a full double-up at the expense of Luokkala.

Jarmo Luokkala: 3,000,000
Evaldas Narmontas: 740,000

Just two hands after Gediminas Uselis’ exit in sixth place, Justinas Adomauskas (UTG) clashed all in with chip leader Jarmo Luokkala (Big Blind) after some pre-flop shenanigans. Adomauskas was, naturally, the player at risk with just shy of a 500,000 stack.

Justinas Adomauskas: A♦K♣
Jarmo Luokkala: K♦J♦

Adomauskas had Luokkala dominated, but the 8♦10♦9♠ flop brought all kinds of scares. Luokkala’s sun run would prove to continue; he improved to a straight on the 7♠ turn, meaning Adomauskas was drawing dead. The 2♠ river was dealt as a pure formality, before Adomauskas headed to the payout desk, collecting €10,870 for his fifth-place finish.

Jarmo Luokkala: 3,650,000
Justinas Adomauskas: 0

The first hand after the break, Gediminas Uselis committed 300,000 of his 435,000 stack to a pre-flop raise from the Hi-jack. Seated right next to him in the Cut-off, Martynas Mockevicius re-shoved for 565,000. When action came back to Uselis, he made the call for his tournament life.

Martynas Mockevicius: A♥K♠
Gediminas Uselis: K♥J♥

Uselis was in rough shape, and as the board spelled out K♣9♠5♥6♠5♣, all his chips went the way of Mockevisius. Uselis went out in sixth place for €8,450.

Martynas Mockevicius: 945,000
Gediminas Uselis: 0

It’s the second break of the day, and the players are soon resuming play on Level 26. Finland’s Jarmo Luokkala is the overwhelming chip leader.

Position	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Jarmo Luokkala	Finland	2,875,000	96
2	Evaldas Narmontas	Norway	635,000	21
3	Martynas Mockevicius	Lithuania	565,000	19
4	Deividas Butnoras	Lithuania	520,000	17
5	Justinas Adomauskas	Lithuania	445,000	15
6	Gediminas Uselis	Lithuania	435,000	15

Action folded to Justinas Adomauskas in the Small Blind, who forced Gediminas Uselis (Big Blind) all in for 180,000. Uselis inspected the other smaller stacks on the table before making the call.

Justinas Adomauskas: Q♣J♥
Gediminas Uselis: A♣2♥

Uselis wasn’t ahead by much, but ace high would turn out to be good on the 5♥K♠9♠8♣7♣ board.

Justinas Adomauskas: 695,000
Gediminas Uselis: 385,000

Gediminas Uselis min-raised to 50,000 UTG. Seated in the Big Blind, Justinas Adomauskas was the sole caller.

Adomauskas check-called a 25,000 bet on the K♦A♦8♦ flop. Action went check-check on the K♠ turn, and on the 2♥ river, Adomauskas put out a 65,000 bet. Uselis contemplated his decision for roughly one minute before making the call.

Adomauskas turned over K♣9♥; Uselis acknowledged the winning hand, and he is now the shortest stack on the table.

Justinas Adomauskas: 770,000
Gediminas Uselis: 175,000

After an initial opening to 50,000 from Evaldas Narmontas UTG, Jurgis Ragauskas moved all in for 300,000. When action came back to Narmontas, he made the call without hesitation.

Jurgis Ragauskas: Q♥Q♣
Evaldas Narmontas: A♠K♦

“Let’s go,” an excited Ragauskas said; if this poker.pro live reporter remembers correctly, he doubled up with Queens against Big Slick during yesterday’s Day 2. History wasn’t going to repeat itself, though, as the 9♥K♠A♦2♣5♥ board favored Narmontas. Ragauskas had to settle for a seventh-place finish for €6,720.

Evaldas Narmontas: 750,000
Jurgis Ragauskas: 0

UTG+1, Justinas Adomauskas opened to 50,000. Kornelijus Smilingis made it 100,000 from the Hi-jack, leaving himself with just 20,000 behind. When action came back to Adomauskas, he forced his opponent all in; naturally, Smilingis made the call.

Justinas Adomauskas: 6♥6♦
Kornelijus Smilingis: A♠K♣

Smilingis was praying to connect any of his premium cards, but as the board spelled out 4♦3♦8♥9♣4♠, Adomauskas’ pair of sixes was the best hand. Smilingis was eliminated in eighth place for €5,630.

Justinas Adomauskas: 1,310,000
Kroenlijus Smilingis: 0

Seated UTG, Kornelijus Smilingis min-raised to 40,000. Seated on the Button, Jarmo Luokkala was the sole caller.

Smilingis check-called a 50,000 bet from Luokkala on the 8♣7♣K♦ flop. Action repeated itself on the 6♦ turn, the only difference being that Luokkala’s bet size this time was 125,000. Smilingis completed the check trifecta on the 7♦ river; perhaps a little bit nervous; Luokkala had some issues grabbing his chips. Instead, he announced he was all in, which would put his opponent at risk for 220,000. After perhaps one minute’s worth of consideration, Smilingis decided to fold.

Jarmo Luokkala: 1,410,000
Kronelijus SMilingis: 220,000

It’s the first official break of the day (there was a five-minute hiatus before the final table kicked off). The players are soon returning to Level 24, and below are the current standings.

Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
Jarmo Luokkala	Finland	1,065,000	53
Deividas Butnoras	Lithuania	1,015,000	51
Justinas Adomauskas	Lithuania	885,000	44
Martynas Mockevicius	Lithuania	860,000	43
Jurgis Ragauskas	Lithuania	540,000	27
Gedimiras Uselis	Lithuania	520,000	26
Kornelijus Smilingis	Lithuania	380,000	19
Evaldas Narmontas	Norway	210,000	11

Action folded to Audrius Stakelis, who moved all in for 260,000 from the Lo-jack. Seated in the Cut-off, Jurgis Ragauskas re-shoved, and soon enough, the two contestants were heads-up to showdown.

Audrius Stakelis: J♣J♥
Jurgis Ragauskas: A♥Q♣

It was yet another coinflip situation, and this time, Ragauskas quickly took the lead on the Q♥6♦3♦ flop. The board completed with 9♣K♠; Stakelis wasn’t able to catch up, and as such, he became the first victim of the final table, going out in ninth place for €4,830.

Jurgis Ragauskas: 850,000
Audrius Stakelis: 0

Below is the seat draw and chip counts going into the final table.

Table-Seat	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
2-1	Justinas Adomauskas	Lithuania	950,000	63
2-2	Gediminas Uselis	Lithuania	600,000	40
2-3	Kornelijus Smilingis	Lithuania	300,000	20
2-4	Martynas Mockevicius	Lithuania	770,000	51
2-5	Audrius Stakelis	Lithuania	260,000	17
2-6	Evaldas Narmontas	Norway	350,000	23
2-7	Deividas Butnoras	Lithuania	710,000	47
2-8	Jurgis Ragauskas	Lithuania	550,000	37
2-9	Jarmo Luokkala	Finland	1,000,000	67

Action folded to Jarmo Luokkala in the Small Blind, who decided to limp. Short-stacked, prominent player Deividas Daubaris then moved all in for perhaps 200,000 from the Big Blind, and Luokkala made the call.

Deividas Daubaris: A♠2♦
Jarmo Luokkala: A♣J♣

Daubaris was far behind, and he wasn’t able to produce a miracle as the board spelled out 3♣J♠Q♥K♥9♥. As such, Daubaris went out in tenth place for €4,040, and the nine-handed final table is now set. The players will go on a short break before commencing play.

Jarmo Luokkala: 1,040,000
Deividas Daubaris: 0

Vytautas Semaska began Day 3 with 292,000, but did not have a fortunate first quarter. Soon enough, he was down to his last 20,000 and moved all in from the Lo-jack. Seated on the Cut-off, Martynas Mockevicius called him off.

Vytatuas Semaska: Q♦6♠
Martynas Mockevicius: A♥8♥

Mockevicius had a slight lead, and he felt like an overwhelming favorite on the 4♥10♥10♣ flop. He paired his eight on the 8♠ turn, and no help for Semaska on the 3♦ river. He went out in eleventh place for €4,040, and the remaining players are now on the final table bubble.

Martynas Mockevicius: 630,000
Vytautas Semaska: 0

Action folded to Evaldas Narmontas, who moved all in for 136,000 from the Small Blind. Povilas Jakutis peeked at his holdings in the Big Blind before making the call.

Evaldas Narmontas: A♠Q♣
Povilas Jakutis: 8♠8♦

It was a classic coinflip confrontation, and Jakutis was ahead all the way up until the river; as the full board read 3♥J♥7♠J♣A♥, the bigger chunk of his stack went the way of Narmontas.

On the very next hand, Deividas Butnoras opened to 24,000 from the Cut-off, and Jakutis moved all in for his remaining 100,000 from the Small Blind. Butnoras made the call.

Povilas Jakutis: A♦9♦
Deividas Butnoras: A♥Q♣

No dice for Jakutis on the 7♠2♠2♦8♠3♣ board, and he became the first victim on Day 3, earning €3,500 for his twelfth-place finish.

During the very first hand of the day, Evaldas Narmontas opened to 24,000 UTG. Chip leader Jarmo Luokkala made the call from the Cut-off, before Deividas Daubaris three-bet to 85,000 from the Button. It wouldn’t stop there, though, as Deividas Butnoras moved all in for 226,000. Narmontas and Luokkala swiftly folded, but Daubaris snap-called.

Deividas Butnoras: A♠A♣
Deividas Daubaris: J♠J♥

A cooler for Daubaris to kick things off on Day 3, and as the board spelled out 6♥K♠7♠2♠9♣, Butnoras received a crucial double-up and cripled one of the most experienced players in the field.

Deividas Butnoras: 476,000
Deividas Daubaris: 221,000

The first hand of the final day of the €1,100 Main Event is being played at this very moment.

Welcome, fellow poker enthusiasts, to the penultimate day of the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker. What a day this is destined to be, where the conclusion of the €1,100 Main Event is the undisputed cherry on top.

The 12 players remaining in the flagship tournament are scheduled to commence play in 20 minutes. This poker.pro live reporter is going to stick out his chin and call this one of the strongest €1,100 tournaments ever. Names such as Gediminas Uselis and Deividas Daubaris are still in the mix, and this is going to be a raffling conclusion.

Below are the chip counts going into the final day, as well as the remaining payouts.

Position	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Jarmo Luokkala	Finland	900,000	45
2	Gediminas Uselis	Lithuania	833,000	42
3	Jurgis Ragauskas	Lithuania	643,000	32
4	Justinas Adomauskas	Lithuania	520,000	26
5	Martynas Mockevicius	Lithuania	518,000	26
6	Deividas Daubaris	Lithuania	447,000	22
7	Kornelijus Smilingis	Lithuania	393,000	20
8	Vytautas Semaska	Lithuania	292,000	15
9	Audrius Stakelis	Lithuania	268,000	13
10	Deividas Butnoras	Lithuania	238,000	12
11	Povilas Jakutis	Lithuania	236,000	12
12	Evaldas Narmontas	Norway	184,000	9

The poker.pro live coverage will kick off in roughly 15 minutes, and it will not stop until a Main Event champion is crowned. Although the Main Event will wrap up today, it’s quite the busy day overall at Olympic Casino Lithuania with five other tournaments.

2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker – January 17 Schedule

The 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker is approaching its peak. There are two days left of the festival, and tomorrow, January 17, will be the big one, seeing as the €1,100 Main Event will wrap up.

Day 2 of the tournament commenced at noon today, and the 52 players who’ve advanced through the various starting-day flights were accompanied by a bunch of other contestants, as late registration was open during the first two 60-minute levels of Day 2. When late registration closed at the end of Level 14, the floor could confirm the numbers. A total of 183 entries had created a €173,850 prize pool. The top 23 players would all secure a €2,210 min-cash, and the winner will take home €39,260.

Perhaps, this has been the strongest-ever OlyBet Showdown Main Event field, with players such as Jenny Westerlund, Johan Karlsson, Fabian Bartuschk, Kęstutis Jungevičius, and Edgaras Kausinis. The list of prominent names can be made much longer. After a marathon Day 2, though, only 12 players have secured their ticket to the final day, set to commence at 12:00 tomorrow.

Finland’s Jarmo Luokkala is the chip leader going into Day 3, playing 900,000 (i.e., 45 Big Blinds). Breathing down his neck is Gediminas Uselis, a very skillful player who surely will be able to do some damage with his 833,000 stack. To be honest, all remaining players have displayed great poker skills throughout the tournament, and they have all earned their seats at the finale.

It will be an exciting conclusion to the Main Event tomorrow, and poker.pro will be covering the tournament live, all the way from the first hand until a winner is crowned. We hope to see you all at 12:00.

Below are the chip counts for those 12 players remaining in the €1,100 Main Event.

Position	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Jarmo Luokkala	Finland	900,000	45
2	Gediminas Uselis	Lithuania	833,000	42
3	Jurgis Ragauskas	Lithuania	643,000	32
4	Justinas Adomauskas	Lithuania	520,000	26
5	Martynas Mockevicius	Lithuania	518,000	26
6	Deividas Daubaris	Lithuania	447,000	22
7	Kornelijus Smilingis	Lithuania	393,000	20
8	Vytautas Semaska	Lithuania	292,000	15
9	Audrius Stakelis	Lithuania	268,000	13
10	Deividas Butnoras	Lithuania	238,000	12
11	Povilas Jakutis	Lithuania	236,000	12
12	Evaldas Narmontas	Norway	184,000	9

Level 21 has just finished, and that means that the remaining 12 are now all bagging their chips. They will return tomorrow at 12:00 for this third and final day of the €1,100 Main Event during the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker.

That wraps up today’s live coverage here on poker.pro; it’s been a marathon day. The live blog will resume tomorrow at noon, and we’ll follow the tournament until a winner is crowned. Before that, though, a full-length article recapping today’s action will be posted on poker.pro. Tune back in roughly one hour to see the chip counts going into tomorrow.

See you all on Sacred Saturday for the raffling conclusion. Last but not least, here are all the results from the tournament so far.

Position	Player	Country	Prize
13	Sergejs Piratovs	Latvia	€3,500
14	Vytautas Laurusevicius	Lithuania	€3,080
15	Mitchell Hynam	England	€3,080
16	Johan Karlsson	Sweden	€2,720
17	Aurelijus Sipavičius	Lithuania	€2,720
18	Edgaras Gendvilis	Lithuania	€2,410
19	Audrius Navickas	Lithuania	€2,410
20	Ignas Navickas	Lithuania	€2,410
21	Lukas Peteška	Lithuania	€2,210
22	Kestutis Gecevicius	Lithuania	€2,210
23	Justas Semaška	Lithuania	€2,210

Tournament chip leader Gediminas Uselis min-raised to 20,000 from the Cut-off, before Jurgis Ragauskas made it 70,000 from the Small Blind. When action came back to Uselis, he forced his opponent all in for 327,000 in total, and Ragauskas snap-called.

Gediminas Uselis: A♥K♠
Jurgis Ragauskas: Q♥Q♠

It was a classic coinflip situation, and Ragauskas managed to avoid disaster as the board spelled out J♠9♦6♦10♥J♥. He doubled up, but Uselis still sits at quite a healthy stack.

Gediminas Uselis: 950,000
Jurgis Ragauskas: 674,000

The second hand after the break, Sweden’s Johan Karlsson committed 30,000 of his 33,000 stack to a pre-flop opening from the Cut-off. Seated in the Big Blind, Justinas Adomauskas put in 35,000 in an attempt to re-raise his Viking opponent all in. The dealer denied the action, though, as it wasn’t a valid raise, so it was deemed just a call.

It didn’t matter, though, as Adomauskas bet one Big Blind on the 6♥4♠10♠ flop. Naturally, Karlsson made the call.

Justinas Adomauskas: 8♠6♦
Johan Karlsson: K♣3♣

The board completed with 4♦2♦, and that sealed Karlsson’s faith. He was eliminated in sixteenth place for €2,720, and that means that he won’t need to reschedule his flight back home to Sweden tomorrow.

Justinas Adomauskas: 103,000
Johan Karlsson: 0

As the players are minutes away from returning from the break, the chip counts are as follows.

During the last hand before the scheduled break, Deividas Butnoras opened to 16,000 from the Hi-jack. Mitchell Hynam then moved all in for a shy 34,000 from the Button. Action would prove to get even more intense, as Jarmo Luokkala made it 100,000 from the Big Blind. Back to Butnoras then, who forced his opponent all in for 397,000 in total. Without hesitation, Luokkala made the call, and a three-way showdown awaited.

Mitchell Hynam: A♦5♦
Deividas Butnoras: Q♠Q♣
Jarmo Luokkala: K♠K♦

Not ideal at all for Hynam, but at least his ace was alive. He was a big fan of the A♣9♦7♦ flop, and as the board completed with 8♦7♥, he held the best hand with the nut flush. He tripped up, while Luokkala won a significant side pot at the expense of Butnoras.

Jarmo Luokkala: 790,000
Deividas Butnoras: 225,000
Mitchell Hynam: 110,000

Jurgis Ragauskas min-raised to 16,000 UTG. Aurelius Sipavičius then moved all in for roughly 120,000, and Ragauskas made the call without any hesitation.

Aurelis Sipavičius: Q♠J♠
Jurgis Ragauskas: A♦K♣

It would turn out to be a rollercoaster of a runout; Ragauskas was still ahead with ace-high on the 9♣4♦4♣ flop, but Sipavičius overtook the lead on the J♣ turn. Said turn card gave Ragauskas a flush draw, though, and he managed to convert as the river was the 10♣.

With Sipavičius out in seventeenth place for €2,720, the floor is now conducting a redraw for the final two tables.

Jurgis Ragauskas: 480,000
Aurelis Sipavičius: 0

Below is an updated list of all results so far.

Position	Player	Country	Prize
18	Edgaras Gendvilis	Lithuania	€2,410
19	Audrius Navickas	Lithuania	€2,410
20	Ignas Navickas	Lithuania	€2,410
21	Lukas Peteška	Lithuania	€2,210
22	Kestutis Gecevicius	Lithuania	€2,210
23	Justas Semaška	Lithuania	€2,210

Seated UTG, Povilas Jakutis min-raised to 16,000. Jurgis Ragauskas made the call from the Button, before Edgaras Gendvilis moved all in for 185,000 from the Big Blind. Jakutis mucked fairly swiftly before Ragauskas snap-called.

Edgaras Gendvilis: A♣Q♣
Jurgis Ragauskas: Q♠Q♥

Ragauskas’ trap had worked to perfection, and as the board spelled out 5♣2♦5♦10♥3♥, he sent Gendvilis to the rail in eighteenth place for €2,410.

Jurgis Ragauskas: 410,000
Edgaras Gendvilis: 0

This poker.pro live reporter arrived at Table 5, and saw just shy of 300,000 in the middle with the board reading 4♣3♥3♠10♦7♦. Gediminas Uselis then moved all in for roughly 350,000. Vytautas Semaska leaned back in his chair and let out a heavy sigh, visibly troubled by the situation. Still, he made the call fairly quickly.

Uselis turned over K♥K♦, and Semaska wasted little time before throwing his hand into the muck. Chances are very good that the well-experienced Uselis is now the tournament chip leader, playing more than 1,000,000.

Gediminas Uselis: 1,100,000
Vytautas Semaska: 130,000

Edgaras Gendvilis opened to 12,000 from the Hi-jack, and Povilas Jakutis made the call from the Cut-off before Kornelijus Smilingis moved all in for 81,000. After receiving the count, Gendvilis mucked, but Jakutis decided to make the call.

Kornelijus Smilingis: A♠A♣
Povilias Jakutis: 9♠9♦

This is the second time this poker.pro live reporter has seen Smilingis waking up with aces (he found the goods on the bubble as well). For good measure, he improved to a set on the 7♠A♥6♦ flop, and Jakutis never caught up as the board completed with 7♥6♥.

Povilias Jakutis: 205,000
Kornelijus Smilingis: 186,000

Three players have hit the rail since being ITM, meaning the remaining 20 contestants are now all guaranteed €2,410-

Place	Player	Country	Prize
21	Lukas Peteška	Lithuania	€2,210
22	Kestutis Gecevicius	Lithuania	€2,210
23	Justas Semaška	Lithuania	€2,210

Ignas Navickas moved all in for 41,000 from the Hi-jack. After receiving the count, Deividas Daubaris made the call from the Small Blind, and soon enough, the two contestants were heads-up to the flop with the cards on their backs.

Ignas Navickas: K♥K♣
Deividas Daubaris: 8♥8♠

Navickas was ahead with the Cowboys, but Daubaris hit a set on the 6♣5♠8♦ flop. Perhaps there is some justice in this world, though, as Navickas re-took the lead on the K♦ turn. No quads for Daubaris on the Q♣ river, and Navickas’ tournament life goes on.

Deividas Daubaris 430,000
Ignas Navickas: 94,000

Action folded all the way to Evaldas Narmontas in the Small Blind, who forced Justas Semaška (Big Blind) all in for roughly 50,000. Semaška peeked at his holdings and then called without hesitation.

Evaldas Narmontas: 10♣9♦
Justas Semaška: A♦2♥

Semaška was ahead, but it was with the smallest of margins. He maintained the lead on the J♦6♣Q♣ flop, but Narmontas improved to a pair on the 10♥ turn. The J♠ river didn’t benefit Semaška, and he became the first victim since the players got ITM. For his twenty-third-place finish, he received €2,210.

Evaldas Narmontas: 395,000
Juistas Semaška: 0

The remaining 23 players are now on a 15-minute break. They will soon return with the mission to survive two more levels before play concludes for the day. Below are the current chip counts.

Roughly one hour into bubble play, Marius Bareišis moved all in for 23,000 UTG. Deividas Daubaris (Hi-jack) was the sole caller.

Marius Bareišis: K♠10♠
Deividas Daubaris: K♦Q♣

Bareišis was dominated, and no case ten appeared on the 4♥8♦7♥ flop. The 6♦ earned him an additional straight draw, but the 3♦ river didn’t help him.

As such, Bareišis became the unfortunate bubble boy, and the remaining 23 players are now all in the money, guaranteed a €2,210 min-cash.

Deividas Daubaris: 395,000
Marius Bareišis: 0

Johan Karlsson opened to 10,000 UTG. Right next to him, big stack Audrius Stakelis put in a three-bet to 26,000. When action came back to Karlsson, he made the call.

Karlsson check-called a 15,000 bet from Stakelis on the 6♥6♣5♠ flop, and the dealer revealed the 8♥. Karlsson checked again, and Stakelis now bet 35,000. Karlsson counted his stack and then min-raised to 70,000, leaving himself with roughly 80,000 behind. Stakelis looked visibly confused, and after a minute or two of pondering, he mucked his hand.

“Just for you,” Karlsson told this poker.pro live reporter, as he turned over his Q♠10♠. I gave him the nod of approval, and it’s hard not to think about the big bluff he made when he was heads-up for the €1,100 Main Event title during the 2020 Kings of Tallinn.

With Edgaras Kausinis going out in twenty-fifth place, the €1,100 Main Event is now on the bubble.

As the bubble is approaching, every pot is getting so much more crucial at this stage.

From what this poker.pro live reporter has been witnessing over at Table 4, there seems to be an ongoing battle between Audrius Stakelis and Deovodas Butnoras. Just recently, Stakelis min-raised to 10,000 from the Cut-off, just to be met with a 35,000 three-bet from Butnoras. Stakelis made the call, and the two warriors were heads-up to the flop.

Stakelis check-called another 35,000 bet from Butnoras on the 8♣Q♥2♠ flop, and both players then checked the K♣ turn. Stakelis completed the check trifecta on the K♥ river, and Butnoras then fired 40,000. Stakelis was visibly troubled, and he spent perhaps two minutes in the tank before making the call.

Deividas Butnoras: A♥4♠
Audrius Stakelis: 10♠10♦

A sublime call from Stakelis under pressure, who most likely is the current chip leader.

Audrius Stakelis: 735,000
Deividas Butnoras: 465,000

Action folded to Ignas Navickas, who attempted to limp from the Small Blind. “Denied,” Rokas Barzdžius said through a 15,000 raise. Navickas wanted to see a flop, though, and made the call.

Only premium cards on the A♦10♥J♦ flop, and Navickas check-called a 11,000 bet from Barzdžius. Action repeated itself on the J♠ turn, the only difference being that Barzdžius’ size now was 28,000. Both players swiftly checked the 8♣ turn.

Ignas Navickas: A♥9♠
Rokas Barzdžius: A♣K♥

Navickas was visibly agonized seeing that he was out-kicked, and he lost a significant chunk of his stack to Barzdžius.

Rokas Barzdžius: 220,000
Ignas Navickas: 60,000

Two former Kings of Tallinn Main Event champions are seated next to each other on Table 4. Action folded to Johan Karlsson, who limped from the Small Blind. Edgaras Kausinis checked in the Big Blind, and the two contestants were treated to a flop.

Karlsson check-called a 4,000 bet from Kausinis on the J♥6♠2♣ flop. Action repeated itself on the 3♦ turn, the only difference being that Kausinis now sized up to 8,000. Action then went check-check on the 4♠ river.

Johan Karlsson: 8♥6♣
Edgaras Kausinis: K♥J♠

The pot went the way of 2024 Kings of Tallinn champion Kausinis, but 2020 Kings of Tallinn champion Karlsson still has the bigger stack between the two.

Johan Karlsson: 225,000
Edgaras Kausinis: 80,000

Mantas Urbonas moved all in for 44,000 from the Hi-jack. Seated right next to him, Ignas Navickas put in a big pile of blue 5,000 chips, announcing a raise. The remaining players all got out of the way, and the two contestants were soon heads-up to the flop.

Mantas Urbonas: 9♠8♠
Ignas Navickas: A♥K♠

To say that Urbonas smashed the 5♥6♦7♦ flop would be an understatement. Navickas was rooting for a chop once he saw the 8♦ turn, but the Q♣ river secured Urbonas the best hand.

Mantas Urbonas: 98,000
Ignas Navickas: 58,000

The remaining 33 players are now on the second break of the day; only 10 more will have to go before the top 23 players are guaranteed €2,210. Below are the current chip counts.

Seated UTG+1, Gediminas Uselis (who won the $3,500 Main Event during the 2020 WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Hollywood for $778,490) opened to 6,000. Paulius Jucys moved all in for 39,000 from the Small Blind, and Uselis made the call.

Paulius Jucys: 4♠4♥
Gediminas Uselis: A♣J♠

Jucys maintained his lead on the 2♦Q♦5♣ flop, but the J♣ saw him losing momentum. For good measure, Uselis improved to two-pair on the A♠ river, and Jucys was sent to the rail.

Gediminas Uselis: 325,000
Paulius Jucys: 0

Deividas Daubaris, who finished third in the €555 NLH Championship for €9,520 yesterday, opened to 6,000 from the Lo-jack. Small stacked Martynas Račinskas decided to defend from the Big Blind.

Račinskas then moved all in for a mere 4,000 on the 3♥9♦A♦ flop. Without a shred of hesitation, Daubaris made the call.

Martynas Račinskas: 10♦2♦
Deividas Daubaris: A♣K♦

Račinskas was looking to hit a flush, but the A♠9♠ runout didn’t extend his tournament life. He was eliminated, and players are busting quite rapidly at the moment.

Deividas Daubaris: 221,000
Martynas Račinskas: 0

UTG+1, Marius Bareišis min-raised to 5,000. Finland’s Jukka Juvonen then moved all in for 29,000. Action eventually folded back to Bareišis, who contemplated his decision for perhaps two minutes before making the call.

Jukka Juvonen: K♣Q♥
Marius Bareišis: A♣K♦

Bareišis was trailing, but he did take the lead on the Q♣4♣6♦ flop. “Justice,” Juvonen must’ve been thinking, as the dealer turned over the A♦ on the turn. Poker can be a brutal game at times, though, and the Q♠ saw Bareišis improving to the best hand. He eliminated Juvonen, and the tournament is now playing 8-handed tables.

Marius Bareišis: 158,000
Jukka Juvonen: 0

The payouts for the €1,100 Main Event have now been announced. Twenty-three players will be in the money, all guaranteed a €2,210. Up top is a juicy €39,260 first-place payout.

Play has resumed, and late registration is now closed. The final prize pool reads €173,850, and the payouts should be official very soon.

In other news, the much-anticipated €200 PL Sviten Championship has begun, with seven players currently in the mix.

It’s time for the first 15-minute break of the day, and this is the last opportunity for players to late-register for the tournament. Play will resume in a couple of minutes. Here are the current chip counts.

Seated on the Button, big stack Povilas Jakutis min-raised to 4,000. Ignas Vaitulionis (Small Blind) and Audrius Stakelis (Big Blind) both made the call.

Action was checked to Jakutis on the A♣K♠A♠ flop, and the pre-flop aggressor continued for another 4,000. Vaitulionis mucked before Stakelis put in a raise to 12,000. Fairly swiftly, Jakutis made the call.

Stakelis didn’t slow down on the 9♣ turn; he sized up to 16,000, and, again, Jakutis decided to stick around. A third barrel from Stakelis on the 3♣ river, this time to the amount of 21,000. Jakutis grabbed the calling chips and shuffled them in his right hand, visibly contemplating his decision, before making the call.

Stakelis turned over A♥9♦ for a full house, something Jakutis couldn’t beat as he mucked his hand.

Povilas Jakutis: 280,000
Audrius Stakelis: 165,000

UTG, Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas open-shoved 28,000. Mantas Urbonas re-shoved roughly 100,000 from the Button, and soon enough, the two players went heads-up to showdown.

Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas: Q♠10♠
Mantas Urbonas: A♥K♣

The A♠A♦5♥ flop more or less shattered Kriaučiūnas’ dreams. To put salt in the wounds, Urbonas improved to quads on the 10♥A♣ runout, and Kriaučiūnas hit the rail.

Mantas Urbonas: 133,000
Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas: 0

Even though there are three more days of poker to be played at the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker, it’s safe to say that Rasmus Sihvonen will be the unofficial player of the series. After capturing yesterday’s €555 NLH Championship title for €18,055, he claimed his second trophy of the festival (he also scored a runner-up finish in a €250 NLH side event).

Sihvonen also won the €555 Main Event during the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker. After coming up short in yesterday’s Day 1c turbo flight, though, the Finn has decided not to enter during Day 2 and go for the back-to-back. Instead, he’s registered for €200 PL Sviten Championship, scheduled to commence in 30 minutes.

He’ll get a run for his money, as prominent Sviten players Jason Glatzer, Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk, Andreas “Wiseguy” Höglund, and more are rumored to participate as well.

Seated UTG, Martynas Mockevicius min-raised to 4,000. Right next to him, Audrius Navickas three-bet to 13,000 from the Lo-jack. When action came back to Mockevicius, he forced his opponent all in for roughly 50,000 in total. Navickas sighed heavily before making the call.

Martynas Mockevicius: A♦K♦
Audrius Navickas: A♠Q♣

Navickas was in rough shape, and no help for him as the board spelled out 8♥5♠J♣5♣K♥. All of his chips went the way of Mockevicius, who looks to be one of the biggest stacks in the tournament as of right now.

Martynas Mockevicius: 225,000
Audrius Navickas: 0

Action folded to Fabian Bartuschk, who moved all in for 11,500 from the Cut-off. Seated on the Button, Justas Semaška made the call before the remaining players folded.

Fabian Bartuschk: A♠6♣
Justas Semaška: A♣J♦

Bartuschk didn’t have a good feeling at all, and he rose from his chair, collecting his stuff even before the dealer revealed the 5♣2♠Q♥ flop. His gut would prove to be right as the board completed with 7♦4♠, and all his chips went the way of Semaška. Time will tell whether he decides to rebuy or not.

Justas Semaška: 103,000
Fabian Bartuschk: 0

The one who claims the €1,100 Main Event title tomorrow will be the first-ever OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Main Event winner, with the tournament holding a €1,100 buy-in. During the previous three editions, the buy-in for the flagship tournament has been €555. Below are the earlier three champions.

Festival	Event	Winner	Country	First-Place Payout	Entries	Prize Pool
2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker	€555 Main Event	Rasmus Sihvonen	Finland	€28,760	296	€140,600
2024 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker	€555 Main Event	Paulius Zilinskas	Lithuania	€34,805	371	€178,080
2023 Vilnius Ace Breaker	€555 Main Event	Vasilij Barna	Lithuania	€45,575	664	€227,950

This poker.pro live reporter took a glance across the tournament area, and was able to identify some prominent names (there are probably many more that I don’t recognize at first sight).

Player	Country
Jenny Westerlund	Sweden	Winner of the €1,500 Main Event during the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn (€200,200)
Johan Karlsson	Sweden	Winner of the €1,100 Main Event during the 2020 Kings of Tallinn (€126,900)
Kęstutis Jungevičius	Lithuania	$1,241,498 in live earnings
Fabian Bartuschk	Germany	$922,016 in live earnings, one of the world’s best Open-Face Chinese players
Edgaras Kausinis	Lithuania	Winner of the €1,100 Main Event during the 2024 Kings of Tallinn (€120,910)

This poker.pro live reporter sadly missed breakfast this morning, but chose to swing by Subway before the casino. Not knowing a single word in Lithuanian, I pointed to the “Sub of the Day”-sign, expecting to get my Italian Melt for €3,99. As soon as I saw the woman spread tuna on my bun, I knew I wasn’t going to get what I ordered.

Life is too short to be complaining, though, and I annihilated said sandwich in three to four bites. Now, with some energy, we’re ready to dive into Day 2 of the €1,100 Main Event, where players started roughly 10 minutes ago.

Welcome, fellow poker enthusiasts, to Day 7 of the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker. With the €555 NLH Championship wrapping up yesterday (and Rasmus Sihvonen defying the odds, claiming yet another title), the poker.pro editorial office will now switch focus to the €1,100 Main Event.

Believe it or not, but this is actually the first time ever that the OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker Main Event holds the €1,100 buy-in. Last year, it was €555, but shortly after that, the Main Event buy-in was increased for all OlyBet Showdown live poker events.

The tournament offered three starting-day flights, and 52 players have secured their Day 2 seats through Day 1a, 1b, or 1c. Leading the field is 2020 Kings of Tallinn Main Event champion Johan Karlsson; he is one of six players entering the penultimate day with more than 200,000 in the stack.

So far, the tournament prize pool reads €143,450, a number that is destined to increase, seeing as late registration will be open during the first two 60-minute levels of Day 2.

€1,100 Main Event – Day 2 Chip Counts

1	Johan Karlsson	Sweden	228,000	152
2	Jurgis Ragauskas	Lithuania	225,000	150
3	Evaldas Narmontas	Norway	211,000	141
4	Stepas Tindžiulis	Lithuania	207,500	138
5	Gediminas Uselis	Lithuania	204,000	136
6	Vasilij Barna	Lithuania	202,500	135
7	Edgaras Gendvilis	Lithuania	161,000	107
8	Mitchell Hynam	England	137,500	92
9	Mantas Urbonas	Lithuania	137,000	91
10	Ignas Vaitulionis	Lithuania	134,500	90
11	Justinas Adomauskas	Lithuania	133,500	89
12	Povilas Jakutis	Lithuania	133,000	89
13	Lukas Peteška	Lithuania	132,500	88
14	Deividas Butnoras	Lithuania	130,500	87
15	Jarmo Luokkala	Finland	127,500	85
16	Tomas Bassus	Lithuania	121,000	81
17	Rokas Barzdžius	Lithuania	115,000	77
18	Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas	Lithuania	114,500	76
19	Toni Jaervisalo	Finland	100,000	67
20	Širak Oganisian	Lithuania	91,500	61
21	Audrius Navickas	Lithuania	81,500	54
22	Sergejs Piratovs	Latvia	81,500	54
23	Paulius Jucys	Lithuania	76,500	51
24	Justas Semaška	Lithuania	72,000	48
25	Deividas Daubaris	Lithuania	70,000	47
26	Valerij Dobrinskij	Lithuania	69,000	46
27	Kęstutis Jungevičius	Lithuania	69,000	46
28	Paulius Katinas	Lithuania	60,500	40
29	Martynas Račinskas	Lithuania	59,000	39
30	Rišardas Paškevičius	Lithuania	55,500	37
31	Vidar Assersen	Norway	55,000	37
32	Jenny Westerlund	Sweden	54,500	36
33	Gediminas Zimaitis	Lithuania	52,500	35
34	Karolis Sereika	Lithuania	50,500	34
35	Kjell Sterner	Sweden	46,500	31
36	Artūras Daukševič	Lithuania	45,500	30
37	Marius Bareišis	Lithuania	43,500	29
38	Aurelijus Sipavičius	Lithuania	43,000	29
39	Jukka Juvonen	Finland	42,000	28
40	Rokas Skridulis	Lithuania	42,000	28
41	Johan Ekdahl	Sweden	40,000	27
42	Martin Piik	Estonia	37,500	25
43	Vaidas Lengvinas	Lithuania	36,500	24
44	Martynas Mockevicius	Lithuania	34,000	23
45	Vytautas Laurusevicius	Lithuania	27,500	18
46	Vladimiras Mečkovskis	Lithuania	26,500	18
47	Edgaras Truskauskas	Lithuania	25,000	17
48	Audrius Laimelis	Lithuania	20,000	13
49	Matas Kacinskas	Lithuania	19,500	13
50	Edgaras Kausinis	Lithuania	17,000	11
51	Kornelijus Smilingis	Lithuania	16,500	11
52	Tomas Možeiko	Lithuania	15,000	10

The poker.pro editorial office will follow Day 2 of the Main Event from start to finish; the tournament is scheduled to play nine levels today, or when the final table is reached, whichever comes first. Today’s schedule features some intriguing side events for those not interested in the Main Event. At 14:00, it’s time for the much-anticipated €200 PL Sviten Championship. Sviten is one of the most action-packed forms of poker, and the turnout in this PLO/Five-card Draw hybrid is expected to be large.

The €350 Deepstack Progressive Bounty kicks off at 15:00, and with €100 in progressive bounties, it’s an educated guess that heads will roll in this event. There’s a €200 NLH starting at 19:00, and last but not least, the €80 Satellite to the 2026 Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event has two seats guaranteed.

2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker – January 16 Schedule

The poker.pro live reporter Christoffer Karlén will see you all at 12:00 when Day 2 of the Main Event kicks off.