Caim Holds Day 2 Lead and Targets Fifth OlyBet Title in €1,100 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition Main Event

After the completion of two starting flights, a total of 23 players have qualified for Day 2 of the €1,100 Main Event at the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition, led by French player Baptiste Caim (211,500), who is closely followed by Ryhor Karapanau of Belarus (178,500) and Nikita Zarovs of Latvia (156,500).

Day 2 gets underway at 2 p.m. on September 26. The clock will be increased to 60-minute levels, and late registration remains open until the start of Level 15, with Day 2 entrants sitting down to a 40,000 starting stack.

Caim has a remarkable record in the Baltics, bagging four trophies in various OlyBet events since October 2025 alongside ten final table appearances, and will be a tough player to stop.

Karapanau boasts recorded cashes of almost $250,000, his biggest score being a 30th-place finish at EPT Barcelona in 2022, and his sole live tournament win came in the OlyBet Christmas Series in Riga in 2025.

Zarovs finished third in the Main Event of the Olybet Showdown Voodoo Spring Edition in March this year, banking his biggest recorded score of €16,810, and will no doubt be desperate to turn bronze into gold this time around.

€1,100 Main Event Start of Day 2 Top Ten Counts

The top ten counts at the start of Day 2 are detailed below, with plenty of other quality players remaining in the mix, including Kaspars Mallons (112,500), Justas Vaiciulionis (106,000) and Tomas Bulksas (95,000), all of whom already have at least one OlyBet trophy at home.

Position	Player	Country	Chips	Blinds
1	Baptiste Caim	France	211,500	141
2	Ryhor Karapanau	Belarus	178,500	119
3	Nikita Zarovs	Latvia	156,000	104
4	Eriks Krumins	Latvia	131,500	88
5	Kaspars Mallons	Latvia	112,500	75
6	Janis Katkevics	Latvia	106,000	71
7	Justas Vaiciulionis	Lithuania	106,000	71
8	Vladislavs Petrovs	Latvia	99,500	66
9	Baris Borsa	Sweden	95,000	63
10	Tomas Bulksas	Lithuania	95,000	63

Day 2 Seating Draw

The seating draw for Day 2 is set out below:

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips	Blinds
2	1	Empty
2	2	Empty
2	3	Eriks Krumins	Latvia	131,500	88
2	4	Empty
2	5	Justas Vaiciulionis	Lithuania	106,000	71
2	6	Nikita Zarovs	Latvia	156,000	104
2	7	Jens Jensen	Denmark	12,500	8
2	8	Paulius Zakas	Lithuania	84,500	56
2	9	Roberts Krigers	Latvia	47,500	32
3	1	Empty
3	2	Janis Katkevics	Latvia	106,000	71
3	3	Tomas Dailidonis	Lithuania	34,000	23
3	4	Empty
3	5	Baptiste Caim	France	211,500	141
3	6	Matti Lasanen	Finland	60,000	40
3	7	Empty
3	8	Mariam Bashir	Pakistan	24,500	16
3	9	Kaspars Mallons	Latvia	112,500	75
4	1	Empty
4	2	Jurgis Beinoras	Lithuania	70,500	47
4	3	Ryhor Karapanau	Belarus	178,500	119
4	4	Mantas Bagocius	Lithuania	54,500	36
4	5	Empty
4	6	Tomas Bulksas	Lithuania	95,000	63
4	7	Empty
4	8	Vladislavs Petrovs	Latvia	99,500	66
4	9	Kim Dinsen	Denmark	41,500	28
5	1	Eduards Rakuss	Latvia	24,000	16
5	2	Empty
5	3	Darius Narmontas	Lithuania	27,000	18
5	4	Baris Borsa	Sweden	95,000	63
5	5	Gints Ozols	Latvia	79,000	53
5	6	Egidijus Matonis	Lithuania	74,000	49
5	7	Empty
5	8	Empty
5	9	Empty

Prize pool and payout details will be confirmed once late registration has closed and number are finalized.

poker.pro will be live on the floor from 2 p.m. bringing you full coverage of Day 2, where it is expected nine levels will be played in advance of the final day, scheduled for noon on September 27.