It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint; Day 2 of €1,100 Main Event Soon to Commence

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.