Tomas Bulkšas Leads into Day 2 of OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition €555 NLH Championship

Level 13:	1,000/2,000/2,000
Entries:	22/75
Prizes:	€35,625

poker.pro is delighted to be back in the historic Latvian capital of Riga to provide extensive coverage of the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition.

The festival is in full flow at Olympic Voodoo Casino, with five champions already crowned, and poker.pro will be on the floor covering all the action for the remainder of the festival as attention turns to the showpiece events, the €555 NLH Championship and the €1,100 Main Event.

Two starting flights of the €555 NLH Championship have already been completed, and we pick up the action from the start of Day 2, which kicks off at noon today, September 23. The starting flights attracted a total of 75 entries, creating a €35,625 prize pool, with 22 players managing to negotiate twelve 40-minute levels to progress to Day 2.

Those figures will rise further, with registration remaining open until the start of Level 15, while players who register on Day 2 will sit down to a 30,000 starting stack, with the clock set to 40-minute levels.

The Day 2 qualifiers are led by Tomas Bulkšas of Lithuania (225,000), with Gatis Reigass (212,000) and Ēriks Krūmiņš (141,500), both of Latvia, his closest challengers, and the leaderboard featuring plenty of big names from the Baltic poker scene.

Bulkšas is hunting his third OlyBet trophy, while Reigass is targeting his second win of the festival, after going wire-to-wire in the €250 NLH Opener to secure a €5,638 payday.

Krumins is also no stranger to OlyBet success, with two victories at previous Showdown festivals in Riga among his five recorded tournament wins, which include two WSOP Circuit Tallinn gold rings, namely the 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €250 NLH Opening Event for €31,620 and the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn €350 Online Ring Event for €11,162. 

Normunds Rumba of Latvia claimed the trophy in the equivalent event in the Spring Edition, overcoming a 181-entry field to claim the first-place prize of €19,435, after defeating fellow countryman Vladislavs Petrovs heads-up.

The full counts for the Day 2 qualifiers are listed below.

€555 NLH Championship Day 2 Chip Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count	Blinds
1	Tomas Bulkšas	Lithuania	225,000	112
2	Gatis Reigass	Latvia	212,000	106
3	Eriks Krumins	Latvia	141,500	71
4	Kaspars Mamons	Latvia	139,000	69
5	Dmitrijs Tarbejevs	Latvia	127,500	64
6	Davis Modans	Latvia	123,000	61
7	Egidijus Matonis	Lithuania	119,500	60
8	Matti Lasanen	Finland	112,000	56
9	Girts Niedritis	Latvia	112,000	56
10	Jurgis Beinoras	Lithuania	100,500	50
11	Roberts Krigers	Latvia	92,000	46
12	Simeon Tsonev	Bulgaria	91,500	46
13	Rait Kaimer	Estonia	90,000	45
14	Tomas Dailidonis	Lithuania	85,500	43
15	Liutauras Armanavicius	Lithuania	78,000	39
16	Kristaps Vismanis	Latvia	76,000	38
17	Hendrik Uibo	Estonia	69,000	34
18	Lasse Melby	Norway	65,000	32
19	Yaniv Peretz	Israel	62,500	31
20	Mihails Nikitins	Latvia	53,000	26
21	Baptiste Caim	France	38,000	19
22	Romans Malehotko	Latvia	37,000	18

€555 NLH Championship Day 2 Seating Draw

The Day 2 seating draw is set out below:

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Blinds
10	1	Kaspars Mamons	Latvia	139,000	69
10	2	Lasse Melby	Norway	65,000	32
10	3	Tomas Dailidonis	Lithuania	85,500	43
10	4	Jurgis Beinoras	Lithuania	100,500	50
10	5	Rait Kaimer	Estonia	90,000	45
10	6	Empty
10	7	Empty
10	8	Girts Niedritis	Latvia	112,000	56
11	1	Mihails Nikitins	Latvia	53,000	26
11	2	Liutauras Armanavicius	Lithuania	78,000	39
11	3	Dmitrijs Tarbejevs	Latvia	127,500	64
11	4	Empty
11	5	Eriks Krumins	Latvia	141,500	71
11	6	Kristaps Vismanis	Latvia	76,000	38
11	7	Davis Modans	Latvia	123,000	61
11	8	Empty
14	1	Matti Lasanen	Finland	112,000	56
14	2	Roberts Krigers	Latvia	92,000	46
14	3	Tomas Bulkšas	Lithuania	225,000	112
14	4	Empty
14	5	Empty
14	6	Gatis Reigass	Latvia	212,000	106
14	7	Empty
14	8	Baptiste Caim	France	38,000	19
15	1	Empty
15	2	Yaniv Peretz	Israel	62,500	31
15	3	Romans Malehotko	Latvia	37,000	18
15	4	Simeon Tsonev	Bulgaria	91,500	46
15	5	Hendrik Uibo	Estonia	69,000	34
15	6	Empty
15	7	Egidijus Matonis	Lithuania	119,500	60
15	8	Empty

Prize pool and payout information will be confirmed after late registration is closed and numbers are finalized.

The first flight of the €1,100 Main Event also gets underway at 4 p.m., where players will sit down to a 40,000 starting stack, with the clock set to 40-minute levels. Players will have to negotiate twelve 40-minute levels to progress to Day 2, while late registration remains open until the start of Level 15 in Day 2.

The final starting flights of the €1,100 Main Event are at 4 p.m. on September 24 and 25, with the full schedule available at olybetevents.com.

Stay tuned to poker.pro for all your coverage of the OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition, as we see who can follow in Rumba’s footsteps by capturing the €555 NLH Championship title.