Wednesday brought plenty of excitement at the 2025 Kings of Vilnius as two more players were crowned champions, adding their names to the growing list of festival champions. While side events crowned new winners, the spotlight shifted back to the biggest stage, the Kings of Vilnius €2,000 High Roller, where Lithuanian poker beast Marius Kudzmanas surged ahead to end the day as the chip leader. The atmosphere inside the Olympic Park Casino continues to heat up, with the largest prizes still to be awarded and the €250,000 guaranteed Kings of Vilnius €1,100 Main Event beginning on Thursday.
Kudzmanas is no stranger to the spotlight, having earned two online WSOP gold bracelets in 2023 and 2024. According to the dedicated 2025 Kings of Vilnius at poker.pro, Kudzmanas snagged the chip lead after the final few hands were announced when his big slick won a flip against queens to eliminate Ignas Jasinevicius. The €2,000 High Roller will play down to a winner on Thursday, with the action resuming at 1 p.m. Late registration remains open until the start of Level 14 at approximately 1:40 p.m., and you can follow along with the action, including the biggest hands and bad beats at poker.pro.
In other news, Lithuania’s Aleksandr Sčastnyj made history by winning the largest-ever HORSE event in Lithuania after shipping the €200 HORSE Championship for €1,538. Later in the evening, Ignas Lasauskas made it a clean sweep for Lithuania after earning the title in the €200 NLH for €2,878 after agreeing to a three-way deal with Mindaugas Šatkauskas and Tomas Mackevičius, who earned €2,478 each.
Read more to learn more about Wednesday’s action at the 2025 Kings of Vilnius at Olympic Casino Lietuva.
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Aleksandr Sčastnyj Wins Largest HORSE Event in Lithuania
Mixed games are just beginning to gain popularity in Lithuania. While the numbers aren’t earth-shattering, a new Lithuanian record was set for the largest HORSE event in the country’s history with 19 entries hopping into the €200 HORSE Championship to create a €3,069 prize pool.
Three Lithuanians finished in the money spots with Justinas Adomauskas the first to collect a payout slip with a third place finish of €610 for more than triple the buy-in.
Aleksandr Sčastnyj went on to defeat Jonas Mikelkevičius (second – €920) to earn the coveted trophy in the shape of a crown and the €1,538 top prize.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Aleksandr Sčastnyj | Lithuania | €1,538 |
| 2 | Jonas Mikelkevičius | Lithuania | €920 |
| 3 | Justinas Adomauskas | Lithuania | €610 |
Ignas Lasauskas Wins €200 NLH After Three-Way Deal
The €200 NLH attracted 76 entries, creating a €12,274 prize pool. The entire final table of nine players was in the money, with a min-cash of at least €400.
Finland’s Saara Ylianttila (ninth – €400) was the sole player not from Lithuania still in contention. Still, the trophy was guaranteed to stay home after she was the first casualty at the final table. Algina Juknaitė was the final woman in contention before bowing out in fifth place for €920, and the final three players agreed to a deal after Jaunius Maževičius exited in fourth place for €1,260.
After the deal, Ignas Lasauskas earned the title and the €2,878 top prize with Mindaugas Šatkauskas (second – €2,478) and Tomas Mackevičius (third – €2,478) also banking healthy prizes.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignas Lasauskas | Lithuania | €2,878 |
| 2 | Mindaugas Šatkauskas | Lithuania | €2,478 |
| 3 | Tomas Mackevičius | Lithuania | €2,478 |
| 4 | Jaunius Maževičius | Lithuania | €1,260 |
| 5 | Algina Juknaitė | Lithuania | €920 |
| 6 | Dominykas Buda | Lithuania | €750 |
| 7 | Artūras Daukševič | Lithuania | €620 |
| 8 | Simonas Aleksius | Lithuania | €490 |
| 9 |  Saara Ylianttila | Finland | €400 |
Marius Kudzmanas Leads Final 11 in €2,000 High Roller
The €2,000 High Roller attracted 36 entries on its opening day, adding €64,602 to the prize pool. More entries are expected with late registration remaining open for the first two 40-minute blind levels of Day 2, starting on Thursday at Noon.
Lithuania’s Marius Kudzmanas won a massive flip with big slick against queens to eliminate Ignas Jasinevicius and take the overnight chip lead over the 11 survivors.
South Korea’s Jae Han Kim, who earned his entry in an €80 satellite, was just behind with 319,000, with Lithuania’s Rokas Asipauskas in third place with 233,000.
Head to the live reporting at poker.pro to read more about the €2,000 High Roller and to follow along the action brought to you by reporting veteran Richard Hayes until a winner is crowned.
| Position | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marius Kudzmanas | Lithuania | 367,000 | 91 |
| 2 |  Jae Han Kim | South Korea | 319,000 | 79 |
| 3 | Rokas Asipauskas | Lithuania | 233,000 | 58 |
| 4 |  Vidar Assersen | Norway | 172,000 | 43 |
| 5 | Deividas Daubaris | Lithuania | 160,000 | 40 |
| 6 |  Edgars Hauks | Latvia | 138,000 | 34 |
| 7 | Ricardas Lukauskas | Lithuania | 121,000 | 30 |
| 8 | Evaldas Narmontas | Norway | 106,000 | 26 |
| 9 |  Josh Mitchell | Australia | 86,000 | 21 |
| 10 | Tomas Bulksas | Lithuania | 64,000 | 16 |
| 11 |  Timmy Reinhardt | Sweden | 44,000 | 11 |
2025 Kings of Vilnius Schedule Day 7 (Thursday, November 20)
Thursday will be full of action as players get prepared to hop into the first of three opening flights of the €250,000 guaranteed Kings of Vilnius Main Event at 4 p.m.
Before then, players will battle in a €30 satellite at Noon, where three seats are guaranteed to the Main Event. As mentioned earlier, the €2,000 High Roller will commence its final day at 1 p.m. with the €250 NLH Progressive Knockout awarding the sole trophy on Thursday at 10 p.m.
Cash games will continue to run through the evening as has been the case throughout the 2025 Kings of Vilnius at Olympic Casino Lietuva.
Check out the full Thursday 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 #24: €30 Satellite to The €1,100 Main Event, 3 SEATS GTD! |
| 13:00 | Event #21: €2,000 NLH High Roller, 8-max, Day 2 |
| 16:00 | Event #25: €1,100 NLH Main Event Day 1a, €250,000 GUARANTEED! |
| 22:00 | Event #26: €250 NLH Progressive Knockout, €100 Progressive Bounties |
