Ville Keranen Eyes Olybet Showdown Vilnius €555 NLH Championship Glory in Final Day

Only nine players will return today at noon to Olympic Casino Lietuva still in contention to lift the Olybet Showdown Vilnius €555 NLH Championship trophy and chunky €18,685 first-place prize, and Ville Keranen of Finland starts the day in pole position.

Keranen returns to a stack of 1,460,000 at the start of play, and holds a reasonable lead over Lithuanian pair Sigitas Raila (1,020,000) and Andrej Sidinevskij (935,000).

Keranen is aiming to push his recorded career earnings over the $300,000 mark, while Raila’s biggest tournament cash is a fourth-place finish in the Kings of Vilnius Main Event in 2024 for $23,900.

The trophy will either end up staying in Lithuania or taking a trip across the Baltic Sea to Finland, with all the combatants hailing from those countries. Keranen is joined by fellow countrymen Onni Harmaala (720,000) and Alex Heinonen (505,000), while Lithuanians Robertas Visockas (415,000) and Algirdas Saveikis (345,000) start at the bottom of the standings.

Paulius Kisielius (655,000) is in good form, fresh off a runner-up finish in the Kings of Vilnius Main Event in November 2025 for $55,078, and will be a dangerman.

The players will return to 35 minutes left in Level 25, with blinds of 15,000/30,000, with a 30,000 big blind ante. The clock will be set to 40-minute levels and the seating draw, including chip counts, is below.

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips	Blinds
2	1	Alex Heinonen	Finland	505,000	17
2	2	Robertas Visockas	Lithuania	415,000	14
2	3	Sigitas Raila	Lithuania	1,020,000	34
2	4	Ville Keranen	Finland	1,465,000	48
2	5	Andrej Sidinevskij	Lithuania	935,000	31
2	6	Onni Harmaala	Finland	720,000	24
2	7	Tomas Kovalenka	Lithuania	700,000	23
2	8	Algirdas Saveikis	Lithuania	345,000	11
2	9	Paulius Kisielius	Lithuania	655,000	21

All players have guaranteed themselves a €2,140 payday, with the remaining payouts up for grabs as follows:-

Remaining Payouts

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