| Level 24: | 10,000/20,000/20,000 |
| Entries: | 1/63 |
| Prizes: | €59,850 |
Tomas Bulksas of Lithuania has been crowned as the OlyBet Showdown €1,100 Main Event champion at the Olympic Voodoo Casino in Riga, after he converted his final day chip lead into the title in dominating fashion, sealing a €18,217 payday.
Only three hours of play were required to leave Bulksas as the last player standing from nine combatants, the key hand undoubtedly being a brutal kings versus queens cooler against his closest challenger, Baptiste Caim, which sent the Frenchman tumbling out in sixth.
The hand gave the champion 1.4 million of the 2.5 million chips in play, and he completely dominated proceedings from there. Although Bulksas still had a significant lead with three left, he was content to agree to an ICM deal with Eduards Rakuss of Latvia and Ryhor Karapanau of Belarus that reduced the variance, and left the destination of the final €4,032 of the prize pool and the trophy to be decided.
Despite hitting a couple of bumps in the road, Bulksas maintained his composure and sealed the deal by eliminating both of his final opponents, securing his third OlyBet trophy in the process, after his victories in the Kings of Vilnius High Roller and OlyBet Chipstorm Progressive Bounty, both in November 2025.
Bulksas exploded onto the Baltic poker scene at the start of 2025, and has racked up 33 results for recorded cashes of $252,833 in that timeframe, becoming a feared foe at the tables.
€1,100 Main Event Full Results
The event attracted a total of 63 entries to create a €59,850 prize pool, and eight places were paid as detailed below:
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 |  Tomas Bulksas | Lithuania | €18,217* |
| 2 |  Eduards Rakuss | Latvia | €11,141* |
| 3 |  Ryhor Karapanau | Belarus | €10,962* |
| 4 | Jurgis Beinoras | Lithuania | €6,030 |
| 5 | Eriks Krumins | Latvia | €4,610 |
| 6 |  Baptiste Caim | France | €3,690 |
| 7 |  Baris Borsa | Sweden | €2,910 |
| 8 | Roberts Rumba | Latvia | €2,290 |
*Denotes ICM deal
Winner’s Reaction
Bulksas was delighted to be standing with another OlyBet trophy, and said “It was a tough final table, there were some very good players, but I was fighting for every chip, so I won! The kings versus queens was crucial of course.”
On his stellar results in the last 24 months, Bulksas said “Yes I’ve been studying more, but I love this game, so I always try my best, it’s my life, so thankfully it’s been like this.”
Bulksas confirmed the Kings of Tallinn festival was next on his agenda, and it would be no surprise to see him lift further silverware there.
Final Day Recap
Nine players returned for the final table, with the bubble in play, and Bulksas held a commanding lead over Caim and Karapanau.
Despite that, victory for Bulksas was far from certain, with his opponents including OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Main Event champion Jurgis Beinoras, two-time WSOPC ring winner Eriks Krumins and Rakuss, who sits fifth in the Latvian all-time money list.
Fireworks erupted in the very first hand, as Roberts Rumba woke up with jacks, Erik Krumins with rockets, and short-stack Raivo Grislis with ace-queen. All the chips hit the middle preflop, and Krumins held, sending Grislis to the rail on the bubble, and leaving Rumba with crumbs.
Rumba was forced all-in from the big blind in the next hand, and exited in eighth to Karapanau. Krumins disposed of short-stack Baris Borsa shortly after, before Rakuss secured a huge double through Karapanau, rivering a flush against his opponent’s bottom set.
Karapanau quickly bounced back, doubling immediately via Caim, and then Krumins, while just before the first break, Bulksas showed a big river bluff against Beinoras.
Caim was second in the standings, and on the return, he three-bet jammed 28 big blinds over Bulksas’ under the gun open. Caim was shocked when Bulksas snap-called given the ICM implications, and was devastated to see his queens had two outs versus Bulksas’ kings, sending the Frenchman crashing out in sixth.
Bulksas commandeered his chip lead expertly, applying constant pressure to his opponents and taking pot after pot uncontested, with his adversaries in ICM jail.
Krumins’ tilt at the title came to an end in fifth when he ran into Karapanau’s aces in a button versus small blind spot, and he was quickly followed out the door by short-stack Beinoras, who fell to Bulksas.
The deal was quickly agreed, and Karapanau and Rakuss battled hard to overcome the deficit, with Karapanau taking the lead for a brief period, but Bulksas quickly retook control.
Karapanau busted in third after his top pair ran into Bulksas’ overpair, giving the champion a 10:1 lead over Rakuss at the start of heads-up play.
Rakuss doubled in the first hand, and dodged the world to do so again, but Bulksas maintained his composure, and the contest ended when Rakuss’ queen-high could not overcome Bulksas’ ace-high.
That concludes our coverage of this event, but be sure to check out our other reporting from tournaments across the world.
