Jorgen Andersen Leads Day 2 Field in OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition €555 NLH Championship

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.