Kings of Vilnius Main Event Smashes €250K GTD

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The final weekend of the 2025 Kings of Vilnius, powered by OlyBet, arrived in style at Olympic Casino Lietuva, with Friday of the 2025 Kings of Vilnius festival was one to remember, as the €1,100 Main Event comfortably eclipsed its ambitious €250,000 guarantee and three Lithuanian players added home‑country trophies to an already stellar local showing.

With players pouring into Olympic Casino Lietuva from across Europe, the three-day Main Event already smashed its €250,000 guarantee with the three opening flights attracting 293 entries for a €278,350 prize pool and counting. The prize pool will continue to climb with late registration remaining open during the first two hour-long blind levels on Saturday’s Day 2.

Lithuania’s Jurgis Beinoras leads the field of 99 survivors after parlaying his 30,000 opening stack into 252,000 on Day 1a. Liutauras Armanavičius (245,500), Jae Han Kim (244,000), Edgars Hauks (228,000), and Armandas Zrelskis (215,500) round out the top five on the leaderboard when cards are in the air on Saturday at Noon.

While many were busy attempting to build a stack in the Main Event, three other players earned trophies. Lithuania’s Paulius Gaidulevičius won the €250 PL Sviten Championship for €2,253, Jaunius Maževičius shipped the €250 NLH for €5,643, and Martynas Račinskas made it a clean sweep for Lithuania on Friday with a victory in the €250 NLH Turbo for €2,594.

Read more to learn more about Friday’s action at the 2025 Kings of Vilnius at Olympic Casino Lietuva.

€250 PL Sviten Championship Breaks Lithuanian Records

The €250 PL Sviten Championship broke local records in Lithuania for this game format with 27 entries creating a €5,643 prize pool. Many players were eager to try this format for the first time including the likes of 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Main Event champion Jenny Westerlund and poker.pro host Glenn Brown.

While Brown didn’t have much of a sweat, but admitted he had fun, Westerlund used her general poker knowledge to earn a min-cash with a fourth-place finish worth €790.

Jenny Westerlund

United Kingdom’s Mark Adams notched another cash in the Baltics with a third-place performance worth €1,020, leaving Paulius Gaidulevičius and Vidmantas Vysniauskas heads-up for the title. Gaidulevičius won the final hand to earn the trophy and the €2,253 top prize, while Vysniauskas earned €1,580 for his runner-up performance.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1 Paulius GaidulevičiusLithuania€2,253
2 Vidmantas VysniauskasLithuania€1,580
3 Mark AdamsUnited Kingdom€1,020
4 Jenny WesterlundSweden€790

Jaunius Maževičius Defeats Vincas Tamašauskas in the €250 NLH

Vincas Tamašauskas

The €250 NLH attracted 92 players, creating a €19,228 prize pool, with the top 11 players guaranteed at least a €505 payout. The payout list was an all-Lithuanian affair, with the two players on the bubble also from Lithuania.

WSOP Online bracelet winner Vincas Tamašauskas and Jaunius Maževičius were facing off for the title after Marius Verikas (third – €2,535), Jonas Lapinskas (fourth – €1,845), Tautvydas Letukas (fifth – €1,365), and Tomas Kovalenka (sixth – €1,030) collected their four-figure prizes from the payout desk.

Tamašauskas, who has earned many accolades over the years, was denied the coveted crown-inspired trophy and settled for the healthy runner-up prize of €3,670, while Maževičius was crowned the champion and earned the €5,643 top prize.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1 Jaunius MaževičiusLithuania€5,643
2 Vincas TamašauskasLithuania€3,670
3 Marius VerikasLithuania€2,535
4 Jonas LapinskasLithuania€1,845
5 Tautvydas LetukasLithuania€1,365
6 Tomas KovalenkaLithuania€1,030
7 Marijus DirgelaLithuania€845
8 Donatas PilinkusLithuania€700
9 Linas BulkšasLithuania€585
10 Benas KikutisLithuania€505
11 Šarūnas KazlauskasLithuania€505

Martynas Račinskas Wins €250 NLH Turbo

Martynas Račinskas

The final event on Saturday, the €250 NLH Turbo, witnessed a field of 31 entries creating a €6,479 prize pool. The top four players earned at least a €905 min-cash.

Lithuania’s Martynas Račinskas, who has won many events over the years, including a victory in the final Fisherman’s Challenge, and Latvia’s Aleksandrs Krumins faced off for the title. Račinskas added a coveted Kings of Vilnius crown to his trophy collection after defeating his opponent to earn the €2,594 top prize, with Krumins earning €1,815 for his efforts.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1 Martynas RačinskasLithuania€2,594
2 Aleksandrs KruminsLatvia€1,815
3 Vytautas MėlinauskasLithuania€1,165
4 Jorgen DhyrbergDenmark€905

2025 Kings of Vilnius €1,100 Main Event Day 2 Seat Draw

Liutauras Armanavicius Heads into Day 2 in Second Place
TableSeatPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
11Arturs DaugisLatvia61,00041
13Michael Kim FalconDenmark211,000141
14Rokas SkridulisLithuania59,50040
15Bartlomiej GrabowskiPoland37,00025
16Krisjanis StankevicsLatvia49,50033
18Josh MitchellAustralia22,50015
19Anne BezdekFinland118,50079
21Thomas RottNorway45,00030
22Saara YlianttilaFinland32,50022
23Valerijus RaginisLithuania58,50039
25Mantas BurbaLithuania46,50031
26Valerij DobrinskijLithuania98,00065
28Sergej BabincevLithuania65,00043
29Thomas JakobsenNorway116,00077
31Audrius LaimelisLithuania150,500100
32Arūnas GarunkštisLithuania15,50010
33Jae Han KimNorway244,000163
34Vytautas KačerauskasLithuania72,00048
35Tadas TrumpulisLithuania83,00055
36Artūras AntonianasLithuania36,00024
37Marek ŽigelLithuania117,00078
39Henri SchalinFinland38,00025
41Zeljko PetrovicCroatia89,00059
42Tomas KirchovasLithuania125,00083
43Paulius JucysLithuania139,00093
44Fredrik KarvallSweden48,50032
46Edgaras KausinisLithuania167,500112
48Tomas MožeikoLithuania55,00037
49Aleksandrs KruminsLithuania58,50039
51Martynas KukucionisLithuania85,50057
53Edgaras GendvilisLithuania194,000129
54Viktors CaikinsLatvia63,00042
56Paulius KostickisLithuania9,0006
57Dmitri DudakovEstonia144,50096
58Tomas BassusLithuania39,50026
59Rasmus SihvonenFinland35,00023
61Michael SchmitzGermany33,50022
63Goran SalinovicCroatia172,500115
64Žymantas SakalauskasLithuania96,00064
65Laurynas ČerniauskasLithuania34,00023
66Ernestas StalemekasLithuania19,50013
68Vitoldas RogožaLithuania56,00037
69Marijus DirgelaLithuania40,00027
71Šarūnas ReklaitisLithuania168,500112
72Jari PorkkaSweden33,50022
73Justas SemaškaLithuania103,50069
74Ignas JasineviciusLithuania128,00085
76Justinas AdomauskasLithuania44,00029
77Lukas PeteškaLithuania73,50049
79Deividas ButnorasLithuania108,50072
81Kęstutis JungevičiusLithuania54,00036
82Martynas MockeviciusLithuania49,50033
84Deividas DaubarisLithuania74,00049
85Vidar AssersenNorway36,00024
87Vasilij BarnaLithuania150,000100
88Inese PetrovaLatvia92,00061
89Klavs GarselisLatvia32,50022
91Marius KudzmanasLithuania86,50058
92Evaldas NarmontasNorway135,00090
93Rytis SkrebutėnasLithuania22,00015
94Matiss CelminsLatvia118,50079
95Mantas LiachauskasLithuania100,00067
96Rokas BarzdžiusLithuania116,00077
99Gatis PopovsLatvia80,00053
101Gediminas UselisLithuania177,000118
103Kaspars MallonsLatvia95,50064
104Aurimas StanevičiusLithuania81,50054
105Egidijus DigrysLithuania150,000100
106Vidas EnciusLithuania51,50034
108Jurgis BeinorasLithuania252,000168
109Joni LiimattaFinland43,50029
111Roman KulijevLithuania101,00067
112Adomas LiutkevičiusLithuania67,50045
113Sigitas RailaLithuania81,00054
114Liutauras ArmanavičiusLithuania245,500164
117Baptiste CaimFrance97,50065
118Linda LahdenpääFinland22,00015
119Edgars HauksLatvia228,000152
121Linas BulkšasLithuania125,00083
123Ricardas LukauskasLithuania108,50072
124Krisjanis BalodisLatvia61,50041
125Vilius ZabarauskasLithuania122,00081
127Nidas JarusevičiusLithuania104,50070
128Paulius KisieliusLithuania77,50052
129Jari KarkkainenFinland30,00020
131Kornelijus SmilingisLithuania58,00039
133Aurelijus SipavičiusLithuania71,50048
134Modestas KryžanauskasLithuania167,500112
135Artūras DaukševičLithuania98,00065
137Benjamin LindqvistFinland47,00031
138Martynas RačinskasLithuania65,50044
139Jesper HansenDenmark33,00022
141Saara BenlamineFinland143,00095
142Armandas ZrelskisLithuania215,500144
144Ridas BitauskasLithuania90,50060
145Algirdas ŠukysLithuania80,00053
146Tony WestbyNorway80,00053
147Mantas BagočiusLithuania39,00026
149Egidijus OleinikLithuania81,00054

2025 Kings of Vilnius Schedule Day 9 (Saturday, November 22)

The penultimate day of the 2025 Kings of Tallinn will boast a packed house. More than 100 players compete in a field all but guaranteed to reach more than 300 entries on Day 2 of the €1,100 Main Event, starting at Noon, followed by the €150 NLH Queens, reserved for women only, at 3 p.m.

The final multi-day event in the two-day €555 NLH OlyBet Special begins at 5 p.m., followed by the €250 PLO4/PLO5 Progressive Knockout at 8 p.m. Players will then move online to OlyBet Poke,r where they can also win a Kings of Vilnius crown in the €150 Kings of Vilnius OlyBet Online Progressive Bounty at 9 p.m. The online event is open to anyone in Europe who plays at OlyBet Poker.

Check out the full Saturday schedule below for the Kings of Vilnius and head to OlyBetEvents.com to see the full festival schedule, a player’s guide, and more.

TimeEvent
12:00Event #25: €1,100 NLH Main Event Day 2, €250,000 GUARANTEED!
15:00Event #30: €150 NLH Queens, Ladies Only
17:00Event #31: €555 NLH OlyBet Special, 2-Days Event
20:00Event #32: €250 PLO4/PLO5 Progressive Knockout, €100 Progressive Bounties
21:00Event #33: €150 Kings of Vilnius OlyBet Online Progressive Bounty
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