| Level 21: | 5,000/10,000/10,000 |
| Entries: | 13/158 |
| Prizes: | €150,100 |
Day 2 of the OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition €1,100 Main Event is in the books, and Justas Vaiciulionis of Lithuania has preserved his start of day chip lead to top the standings, as 13 qualifiers progress to the final day.
Vaiciulionis bagged up 727,000 after producing a composed performance throughout the day. He holds a reasonable lead over his closest challenger, fellow countryman Albert Ostrovskij (667,000), while Ryhor Karapanau of Belarus (491,000) completes the podium places.
Kaspars Butans of Latvia (172,000) and Mateusz Oscilowski of Poland (195,000) bring up the rear of the field, but they are not in the danger zone, with plenty of play remaining before a champion is crowned.
€1,100 Main Event End of Day 2 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Justas Vaiciulionis | Lithuania | 727,000 | 60 |
| 2 | Albert Ostrovskij | Lithuania | 667,000 | 55 |
| 3 |  Ryhor Karapanau | Belarus | 491,000 | 40 |
| 4 | Arturas Kesleris | Lithuania | 416,000 | 34 |
| 5 |  Nikita Zarovs | Latvia | 377,000 | 31 |
| 6 | Pavels Spirins | Latvia | 320,000 | 26 |
| 7 |  Georgios Orestidis | Greece | 290,000 | 24 |
| 8 | Roberts Krigers | Latvia | 285,000 | 23 |
| 9 |  Nico Marraffa | Italy | 268,000 | 22 |
| 10 | Viktors Caikins | Latvia | 258,000 | 21 |
| 11 |  Ville Keranen | Finland | 221,000 | 18 |
| 12 |  Mateusz Oscilowski | Poland | 195,000 | 16 |
| 13 | Kaspars Butans | Latvia | 172,000 | 14 |
All players have secured a minimum payday of €2,910, but will surely have their sights firmly set on the chunky first-place prize of €34,950.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | €34,950 |
| 2 | €23,260 |
| 3 | €16,810 |
| 4 | €13,090 |
| 5 | €10,160 |
| 6 | €7,910 |
| 7 | €6,160 |
| 8 | €4,980 |
| 9 | €4,010 |
| 10-11 | €3,320 |
| 12-13 | €2,910 |
Day 2 Action
A total of 48 players had qualified from starting flights from 139 entrants, but with late registration open for two levels in Day 2, a further 19 buy-ins brought the total figures to 158 entries, creating a €150,100 prize pool.
poker.pro’s Jason Glatzer caught heat early, storming from near the bottom of the standings into the top ten by the first break, where Vaiciulionis was sitting in third, behind Ville Keranen and Arturas Kesleris.
Kesleris came to the fore for a period of time, applying constant pressure to opponents, to the extent that Jani Makinen was forced to fold the turned nut flush on a river paired board.
Vaiciulionis returned to the top of the standings when he caught Kristaps Sipols on a bluff, and Pavel Spirins joined him after cracking Audrius Siaulys rockets with a straight, the chips hitting the middle on the river when Siaulys was drawing dead.
The bubble loomed after the second break, and big stacks Vaiciulionis and Kesleris made hay while the sun shone during this period, dominating their respective tables.
Yaniv Peretz was the unfortunate player to leave empty handed, when he ran his snowmen into Ostrovskij’s pocket tens, guaranteeing all players a €2,150 payday.
Priit Vanem and Martin “Franke” Von Zweigbergk were the first players to depart in the money, while Kings of Vilnius Main Event winner Mantas Bagocius was next to go, after missing an up and down draw against Vaiciulionis.
Ostrovskij subsequently held in a flip against Viesturs Osis to send the Latvian to the rail, and then found a huge river call against Kesleris to vault up the standings.
Spirins got lucky to dispose of Darius Narmontas with a dominated ace when he flopped two pair, and Uldis Lejnieks followed him out the door when he lost a flip to Nikita Zarovs.
Glatzer had got short, and busted to Karapanau in 14th in a blind on blind confrontation, but despite there being over 90 minutes of play left, that was the last bust out of the day as play got extremely cagey in the latter stages.
Viktors Caikins found some heat to double twice in quick succession, while Georgios Orestidis doubled in the last hand of the day against Karapanau, to set the stage for the players to return for the final showdown.
Day 3 will kick off at noon on March 21 at Olympic Voodoo Casino, Riga, and will again feature 60-minute levels, with play set to continue until a champion is crowned.
poker.pro will be on the floor from cards in the air until a champion is crowned, so stay tuned as we see who can lift the trophy and €34,950 first-place prize.
