Sergej Babincev Hunts Alex Heinonen into Day 2 of 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius €555 NLH Championship

Sergej Babincev
Level 13:1,000/2,000/2,000
Entries:48/138
Prizes:€65,550

poker.pro are delighted to be back in the historic Lithuanian capital of Vilnius for the OlyBet Showdown Vilnius 2026 festival, live from the Olympic Casino Lietuva.

With over 30 tournaments scheduled over nine days, the action is already well underway, and our live coverage kicks off with Day 2 of the €555 NLH Championship, due to get kick off at noon local time today, May 13.

A total of 138 hopefuls played across the two starting flights, with 48 players navigating twelve 40-minute levels to bag and tag for Day 2. Alex Heinonen of Finland (348,500) stormed to the top of the standings after securing the Day 1b chip lead, while Day 1a chip leader Sergej Babincev (272,000) is his closest challenger, with Dominykas Morkukas (256,000), both of Lithuania, completing the podium places.

Late registration remains open in Day 2 until the start of Level 15, with players receiving a 40,000 starting stack and returning to blinds of 1,000/2,000, with a 2,000 big blind ante, and the clock set to 40-minute levels.

The current prize pool of €65,550 is guaranteed to swell further, while payouts will be confirmed after late registration is closed.

Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

The top ten counts at the outset of Day 2 are as follows:-

PositionPlayerCountryChipsBlinds
1 Alex HeinonenFinland348,500174
2 Sergej BabincevLithuania272,000136
3 Dominykas MorkunasLithuania256,000128
4 Sigitas RailaLithuania217,000109
5 Onni HarmaalaFinland198,00099
6 Torben BeltzGermany186,00093
7 Iryna TsikhanskayaBelarus181,00091
8 Volodymyr BezverkhyiUkraine179,50090
9 Tomas KovalenkaLithuania170,00085
10 Justinas AdomauskasLithuania166,00083

The full list of the 48 qualifiers from Day 1a and Day 1b is set out below, with notable names such as Kęstutis Jungevičius (138,000), Matiss Celmins (118,500), and Albert Ostrovskij (105,000) in the mix :-

Start of Day 2 Full Chip Counts

PositionPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
1 Alex HeinonenFinland348,500174
2 Sergej BabincevLithuania272,000136
3 Dominykas MorkunasLithuania256,000128
4 Sigitas RailaLithuania217,000109
5 Onni Alexander HarmaalaFinland198,00099
6 Torben Christian BeltzGermany186,00093
7 Iryna TsikhanskayaBelarus181,00091
8 Volodymyr BezverkhyiUkraine179,50090
9 Tomas KovalenkaLithuania170,00085
10 Justinas AdomauskasLithuania166,00083
11 Arturas SelivoncikasLithuania154,50077
12 Jonas LapinskasLithuania153,50077
13 Mindaugas ŠatkauskasLithuania151,50076
14 Rolandas AglinskasLithuania139,50070
15 Kęstutis JungevičiusLithuania138,00069
16 Rasmus SihvonenFinland138,00069
17 Vladislavs AzansLatvia133,50067
18 Andrej SidinevskijLithuania131,50066
19 Algirdas SaveikisLithuania118,00059
20 Vladimiras MečkovskisLithuania108,50054
21 Žygimantas SkvarčevskisLithuania108,00054
22 Einius JurgevičiusLithuania106,50053
23 Albert OstrovskijLithuania105,00053
24 Ramūnas GedmontasLithuania102,00051
25 Gatis ReigassLatvia102,00051
26 Egidijus MatonisLithuania98,00049
27 Gerardas LukšėnasLithuania97,50049
28 Šarūnas ReklaitisLithuania94,00047
29 Povilas LatvėnasLithuania92,50046
30 Aleksandr NaumovLithuania85,00043
31 Jurgis BeinorasLithuania83,00042
32 Valerij DobrinskijLithuania79,50040
33 Viktorija RakejevaitėLithuania78,00039
34 Artūras SubbotinasLithuania77,50039
35 Tomas PinkevičiusLithuania70,00035
36 Teemu SalminenFinland69,50035
37 Rokas LazdauskasLithuania67,00034
38 Gintaras NagliusLithuania67,00034
39 Modestas KryžanauskasLithuania49,50025
40 Vilius ZabarauskasLithuania49,00025
41 Paulius KisieliusLithuania48,00024
42 Saulius VisockasLithuania46,00023
43 Marijus VaiginasLithuania45,50023
44 Dmytrii ZahrebelnyiUkraine40,50020
45 Morten BremsethNorway37,00019
46 Aleksandr OlickijLithuania32,50016
47 Svajūnas ŠeduikisLithuania32,50016
48 Marijus DirgelaLithuania27,50014

Day 2 Seating Draw

The full seating draw for the start of play in Day 2 is detailed below:-

TableSeatPlayerCountryChipsBlinds
11 Torben BeltzGermany186,00093
12 Iryna TsikhanskayaBelarus181,00091
13 Aleksandr NaumovLithuania85,00043
14 Dominykas MorkunasLithuania256,000128
15 Alex Sakari HeinonenFinland348,500174
16 Arturas SelivoncikasLithuania154,50077
17 Kęstutis JungevičiusLithuania138,00069
18 Ramūnas GedmontasLithuania102,00051
21 Aleksandr OlickijLithuania32,50016
22 Marijus DirgelaLithuania27,50014
23 Tomas KovalenkaLithuania170,00085
24Empty
25 Povilas LatvėnasLithuania92,50046
26 Modestas KryžanauskasLithuania49,50025
27 Jonas LapinskasLithuania153,50077
28 Šarūnas ReklaitisLithuania94,00047
29 Onni HarmaalaFinland198,00099
31 Justinas AdomauskasLithuania166,00083
32 Jurgis BeinorasLithuania83,00042
33 Albert OstrovskijLithuania105,00053
34 Rasmus SihvonenFinland138,00069
35 Svajūnas ŠeduikisLithuania32,50016
36 Dmytrii ZahrebelnyiUkraine40,50020
37 Teemu SalminenFinland69,50035
38Empty
39 Viktorija RakejevaitėLithuania78,00039
41Empty
42 Žygimantas SkvarčevskisLithuania108,00054
43 Algirdas SaveikisLithuania118,00059
44 Marijus VaiginasLithuania45,50023
45 Sigitas RailaLithuania217,000109
46 Paulius KisieliusLithuania48,00024
47 Vilius ZabarauskasLithuania49,00025
48 Gatis ReigassLatvia102,00051
49 Tomas PinkevičiusLithuania70,00035
51 Morten BremsethNorway37,00019
52 Andrej SidinevskijLithuania131,50066
53 Valerij DobrinskijLithuania79,50040
54Empty
55 Egidijus MatonisLithuania98,00049
56 Vladimiras MečkovskisLithuania108,50054
57 Mindaugas ŠatkauskasLithuania151,50076
58 Volodymyr BezverkhyiUkraine179,50090
59 Gintaras NagliusLithuania67,00034
61 Saulius VisockasLithuania46,00023
62 Vladislavs AzansLatvia133,50067
63 Einius JurgevičiusLithuania106,50053
64 Rolandas AglinskasLithuania139,50070
65 Artūras SubbotinasLithuania77,50039
66 Gerardas LukšėnasLithuania97,50049
67Empty
68 Rokas LazdauskasLithuania67,00034
69 Sergej BabincevLithuania272,000136

Play will continue in Day 2 until the field is reduced to the final table of nine players, who will return at noon on Thursday, May 14, for the final day, where poker.pro will be on the floor until the trophy is lifted.

Our coverage will then switch to the flagship event of the festival, the €1,100 Main Event, where we will join the action in Day 2, so stay tuned for your coverage of all the action from the OlyBet Showdown Vilnius 2026 festival.

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