Tuesday at the 2025 Kings of Vilnius, powered by OlyBet Poker, felt like the calm before the storm at Olympic Casino Lietuva, as the dust settled from a dramatic €555 NLH Kings of Vilnius Championship that concluded on Monday and crowned Linas Bulkšas as the champion before the next huge events begin in the two-day €2,000 High Roller on Wednesday and the €1,100 Kings of Vilnius Main Event on Thursday.
Two worthy champions earned coveted Kings of Vilnius crowns with Lithuania’s Sergej Babincev defeating WSOP bracelet winner Vincas Tamašauskas heads-up in the €555 PLO4/PLO5 Championship for €7,150.
Meanwhile, Sweden’s Fredrik Karvall took runner-up to Marek Žigel in the €200 NLH Bounty on Monday. He finished one spot better on Tuesday in the €250 NLH Turbo Deep Stack, resulting in a victory worth €4,395.
Read more to learn more about the Tuesday’s action at the 2025 Kings of Vilnius at Olympic Casino Lietuva.
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Sergej Babincev Wins PLO4/PLO5 Championship
The €555 PLO4/PLO5 Championship attracted 42 entries to create a €19,950 prize pool. The sweat on the bubble was real with fifth place earning €1,790 for more than triple the buy-in, and sixth place going home empty-handed.
Players began earning payout slips after Latvia’s Raimonds Svans exited in sixth place. The heads-up battle began between Sergej Babincev and Vincas Tamašauskas after Lithuania’s Olegas Tiuninas (third – €3,580), Latvia’s Janis Zablovskis (fourth – €2,450), and Lithuania’s Žydrūnas Karčemarskas (fifth – €1,790) hit the rail. Babincev got the best of the WSOP bracelet winner on Tuesday to earn the title and the €7,150 top prize, while Tamašauskas settled for the healthy €4,980 runner-up prize.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sergej Babincev | Lithuania | €7,150 |
| 2 | Vincas Tamašauskas | Lithuania | €4,980 |
| 3 | Olegas Tiuninas | Lithuania | €3,580 |
| 4 |  Janis Zablovskis | Latvia | €2,450 |
| 5 | Žydrūnas Karčemarskas | Lithuania | €1,790 |
Fredrik Karvall Wins €250 NLH Turbo Deep Stack
Lithuanian poker players managed to keep all the trophies on home soil on Sunday and Monday. The streak was guaranteed to be broken in the €250 NLH Turbo Deep Stack when the final Lithuanian player, Jonas Lapinskas, was eliminated in third place for €1,930.
Sweden’s Fredrik Karvall defeated American Michael Brautigam heads-up to win the €4,395 top prize, with his opponent earning €2,820 for his runner-up efforts.
The final table was full of recognizable players full of poker achievements. Kęstutis Jungevičius (fifth – €1,050) recently won his third trophy in Vilnius this year, Jenny Westerlund (sixth – €840) recently won the WSOP Circuit Tallinn Main Event for €200,200, and Mantas Bagočius (eigth – €520) who has crushed many events over the years including winning a WSOP Circuit gold ring.
The event attracted 65 entries, creating a €13,585 prize pool with the top eight players collecting at least a €520 min-cash.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fredrik Karvall | Sweden | €4,395 |
| 2 |  Michael Brautigam | United States | €2,820 |
| 3 | Jonas Lapinskas | Lithuania | €1,930 |
| 4 |  Thomas Rott | Norway | €1,370 |
| 5 | Kęstutis Jungevičius | Lithuania | €1,050 |
| 6 | Jenny Westerlund | Sweden | €840 |
| 7 | Vladimiras Mečkovskis | Lithuania | €660 |
| 8 | Mantas Bagočius | Lithuania | €520 |
2025 Kings of Vilnius Schedule Day 6 (Wednesday, November 19)
The live reporting at the 2025 Kings of Vilnius begins on Wednesday with the start of the two-day €2,000 NLH High Roller at 4 p.m. There is a last-chance €80 satellite starting at Noon, which will guarantee at least two players earning seats for a fraction of the cost.
Players will have two chances to win trophies on Wednesday in the €200 HORSE Championship at 1 p.m. and the €200 NLH at 6 p.m. The tournament schedule concludes with a €30 satellite to the €1,100 Main Event, guaranteeing four seats, with cash games running 24 hours a day.
Check out the full Wednesday schedule below for the Kings of Vilnius and head to OlyBetEvents.com to see the full festival schedule, a player’s guide, and more.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12:00 | Event #19: €80 Satellite to €2,000 High Roller, 2 seats GTD |
| 13:00 | Event #20: €200 HORSE Championship, 6-handed |
| 16:00 | Event #21: €2,000 NLH High Roller, 8-max, 2-Days Event |
| 18:00 | Event #22: €200 NLH |
| 21:00 | Event #23: €30 Satellite to the €1,100 Main Event 1A, 4 SEATS GTD! |
