Day 2 of the €1,100 Main Event has come to an end, and it was yet another fantastic day of poker during the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius. The atmosphere at the Olympic Casino Lithuania is unparalleled, and today was no exception.
58 players had advanced from the various Day 1 flights, and with late registration open the first two hours today, the numbers of entires and the prize pool was set to grow. Let’s take a look at what went down today, and what lucky nine players secured a ticket for tomorrow’s final table.
A Star-packed Field
Let’s start the recap from Level 15. By then, late registration was over, and at this point, 54 players remained, all fighting for the biggest €40,060 slice out of the €177,650 prize pool. At this point, the same players who topped the chip counts entering Day 2 were still the biggest stacks.
The €2,200 High Roller champion, Rytis Pranarauskas, was one of the first notable bustouts as his A♠K♥ couldn’t beat the jacks of Sigitas Raila. Raila would continue to win some pots here and there, and at the conclusion of Level 16, he was fourth in the chip counts. Leading the field at this point was Rokas Skridulis, who had won a lot of chips in a crucial hand against Tobias Ten Napel.
Skridulis would also become the person to send the top 23 players in the money, as he eliminated Vladimiras Mečkovskis on the bubble. From there on, the “Post Bubble Bustout Bonanza” became a reality, and players were exiting the tournament left and right. Edgaras Baranauskas, who was the chip leader going into Day 2, was eliminated in position 19.
Still in the mix, though, were the reigning champ Rasmus Sihvonen. He captured the €555 Main Event title during the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker which was played in January this year, and he locked horns many times with Skridulis.
Soon enough, Gintautas Danilevičius eliminated Laurynas Černiauskas on the final table bubble, and the remaining nine players bagged their chips. Tomorrow’s final table should be entertaining, and there is not one, but two chances of a cool chapter being written in the Lithuanian poker history books. Sihvonen could win back-to-back Main Event titles at Olympic Casino Lithuania, or Aleksandras Rusinovas could follow up his €555 NLH Championship title with yet another tournament conquer.
The final table will start at 12:00 tomorrow (Saturday, May 24), and poker.pro will be live from the get-go with live updates. The seat draw and chip counts of the final table is as follows:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Janis Markss | Latvia | 360,000 | 36 |
| 2 |  Edgaras Truskauskas | Lithuania | 728,000 | 73 |
| 3 | Gintautas Danilevičius | Lithuania | 764,000 | 76 |
| 4 | Rokas Skridulis | Lithuania | 908,000 | 91 |
| 5 |  Rasmus Sihvonen | Finland | 751,000 | 75 |
| 6 | Vladas Burneikis | Lithuania | 278,000 | 28 |
| 7 | Justinas Adomauskas | Lithuania | 221,000 | 22 |
| 8 | Sigitas Raila | Lithuania | 824,000 | 82 |
| 9 | Aleksandras Rusinovas | Lithuania | 777,000 | 78 |
Presumably, the players will commence play at Level 20: 5,000/10,000 (10,000). It’s a fairly deep final table, and there’s no doubt we’ll see some thrilling poker action. Tomorrow at noon, things will go down!
