Saveikis Chip Lead Going Into €555 NLH Championship Final Table

Day 5 of the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker didn’t disappoint in terms of action. It may have been the fifth day of the festival, but it was the first day of poker.pro being on-site, live reporting from Olympic Casino Lithuania, the undisputed center of poker in Lithuania.

This glorious Wednesday featured four different affairs on the schedule, and as this journalist is writing this short summary, Day 1a of the €1,100 Main Event is still ongoing, as is the case with two other side events. What has been wrapped up for the day, though, is Day 2 of the €555 NLH Championship.

The tournament kicked off at 12:00, and those who had advanced from Day 1a or Day 1b were accompanied by some additional players (late registration was open during the first two levels of Day 2). When Level 15 eventually commenced, and the numbers were finalized, it was confirmed that 179 entries had created a €85,025 prize pool. Twenty players would all be guaranteed a €1,220 min-cash, but everyone had their eyes on the juicy €19,795 first-place payout, as well as the coveted trophy.

With late registration closed, there were still some prominent names left in the field, for example, Vasilij Barna (winner of the €555 Main Event during the 2023 Vilnius Ace Breaker) and Rasmus Sihvonen (winner of the €555 Main Event during the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker). Eventually, Augustas Bareiša became the unfortunate bubble boy, even though being all in pre-flop with pocket nines against the five-four off-suit of Algirdas Saveikis.

It would be a tad ambitious to call it “The Ketchup Effect” once the bubble burst, but some players did, in fact, bust fairly swiftly. Amongst the early victims were Francisco Di Martini, who had started Day 2 as the chip leader. One player who refused to go out, though, was the aforementioned Sihvonen. From being slightly below average during the bigger part of the day, he displayed sublime patience throughout the day, doubling up here and there while his opponents were hitting the rail.

Sihvonen was also involved in the bubble hand; he knocked out Audrius Navickas in ninth place, shortly after Mathies Boesen was out in tenth. Sihvonen has earned him great presumptions for a deep run in the €555 NLH Championship with a top-three stack. That being said, Algirdas Saveikis will begin tomorrow’s final table as the clear chip leader.

€555 NLH Championship – Final Table Chip Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Algirdas Saveikis	Lithuania	1,920,000	96
2	Vilius Zabarauskas	Lithuania	735,000	37
3	Rasmus Valtteri Sihvonen	Finland	710,000	36
4	Matas Kacinskas	Lithuania	590,000	30
5	Ralf Mikk	Estonia	470,000	24
6	Deividas Daubaris	Lithuania	345,000	17
7	Valdemaras Apolianskas	Lithuania	320,000	16
8	Mindaugas Autukevičius	Lithuania	285,000	14

The warriors will resume the fight at noon tomorrow, January 15. Below are the remaining payouts they are fighting for:

Also, below are all the results from the tournament thus far.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
9	Audrius Navickas	Lithuania	€2,270
10	Mathies Boesen	Denmark	€1,880
11	Vasilij Barna	Lithuania	€1,880
12	Juris Liepins	Latvia	€1,650
13	Viktorija Rakejevaité	Lithuania	€1,650
14	Audrius Stakelis	Lithuania	€1,460
15	Stanislavs Russits	Latvia	€1,460
16	Evaldas Narmontas	Norway	€1,330
17	Francesco De Martini	Italia	€1,330
18	Algirdas Šukys	Lithuania	€1,220
19	Deividas Butnoras	Lithuania	€1,220
20	Jurgis Ragauskas	Lithuania	€1,220

The poker.pro editorial office will return tomorrow at noon, following the raffling conclusion. Before then, though, chip counts from Day 1a of the €1,100 Main Event will be published, as well as a recap of everything that went down today at Olympic Casino Lithuania.

That being said, poker lovers, get a good night’s sleep, and we shall see you all tomorrow.