Raimonds Ozolins & Mark Adams Win Kings of Vilnius Trophies

2025 Kings of Vilnius

Day 2 of the 2025 Kings of Vilnius, powered by OlyBet Poker, at Olympic Casino Lietuva delivered exactly what the Lithuanian poker community craved in a hotbed of high-level action, friendly table talk, and an electric vibe. Energy pulsed through the heart of Vilnius as the festival’s signature €555 Kings of Vilnius Championship completed its final two opening flights, while two players earned trophies.

Latvia’s Raimonds Ozolins earned the second trophy on Saturday and the third overall trophy this festival after denying Lithuania its second trophy this festival after defeating Žilvinas Radzevičius heads-up in the €250 NLH Knockout for €4,337 plus bounties.

United Kingdom’s Mark Adams earned his first poker trophy outside of the United Kingdom, according to The Hendon Mob, after defeating Lithuania’s Mindaugas Rauduvė heads-up in the €200 PLO for €1,940.

Meanwhile, Day 1a chip leader of the €555 NLH Kings of Vilnius Championship, Vilius Zabarauskas, still leads the way after all three opening flights have been completed. The field is up to 237 entries for a six-figure €112,575 prize pool and growing with late registration open during the first two 40-minute levels on Sunday’s Day 2, with the action resuming at Noon.

Read more to learn more about the opening day at the 2025 Kings of Vilnius at Olympic Casino Lietuva.

Raimonds Ozolins Wins Largest Prize Thus Far

2025 Kings of Vilnius

The €250 NLH Knockout attracted 93 entries, creating €19,437 in prizes, including €4,650 in traditional bounties. While Lithuania dominated the payouts with eight of the 11 payout slips awarded to players from the home country, Latvia’s Raimonds Ozolins came out on top to win the €4,337 top prize, along with any bounties he earned along the way.

Ozolins has another reason to celebrate, as this was his first trophy in an international poker event, according to The Hendon Mob.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1 Raimonds OzolinsLatvia€4,337
2 Žilvinas RadzevičiusLithuania€2,820
3 Robertas JasnauskasLithuania€1,950
4 Toni JaervisaloFinland€1,420
5 Gediminas DaunorasLithuania€1,050
6 Baptiste CaimFrance€790
7 Alexandr CunicevMoldova€650
8 Einius JurgevičiusLithuania€540
9 Rokas LidžiusLithuania€450
10 Aurelijus BalsysLithuania€390
11 Gintaras NagliusLithuania€390

Mark Adams Wins €200 PLO

The United Kingdom’s Mark Adams has been active on the Baltic poker scene this year. In February, he visited the 10th anniversary of the 2025 Kings of Tallinn where he notched four cashes. In September, he heads to the Latvian capital of Riga to play in the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition.

Adams is now in Vilnius to complete the Baltic trifecta of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and earned his first trophy in the region after winning the €200 PLO for €1,940. The event attracted 30 entries to create a €4,845 prize pool.

The top four players, who finished in the money for at least a €680 min-cash, were from four different countries, with many international players coming into town for a chance to become royalty at the 2025 Kings of Vilnius.

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1 Mark AdamsUnited Kingdom€1,940
2 Mindaugas RauduvėLithuania€1,355
3 Vaeinoe KetvellFinland€870
4 Vitaliy KryzaUkraine€680

Vilius Zabarauskas Leads €555 NLH Championship

The three opening flights of the three-day €555 NLH Kings of Vilnius Championship attracted 237 entries for a six-figure €112,575 prize pool. The final figures will be known after late registration closes on Day 2 at approximately 1:40 p.m.

Vilius Zabarauskas made the most of Friday’s Day 1a and parlayed his 30,000 opening stack eight-fold into 247,000 in chips for the overall chip lead.

WSOP bracelet winner Kasparas Klezys came close on Day 1b, but is just behind Zabarauskas with 233,500, with Adomas Juozapavičius (205,000), Jonas Lapinskas (190,500), and Paulius Gaidulevičius (190,000) rounding out the top five to top the 86 survivors advancing to Day 2.

The top 10 on the leaderboard was dominated by Lithuania, with one lone exception in Denmark’s Michael Ravn with 159,000. Check out the top 10 chip counts below and tune back in tomorrow to see who advanced to Monday’s final day.

RankPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
1 Vilius ZabarauskasLithuania247,000124
2 Kasparas KlezysLithuania233,500117
3 Adomas JuozapavičiusLithuania205,000103
4 Jonas LapinskasLithuania190,50095
5 Paulius GaidulevičiusLithuania190,00095
6 Mykolas SavickasLithuania159,50080
7 Michael RavnDenmark159,00080
8 Sigitas RailaLithuania145,00073
9 Marijus VaiginasLithuania143,50072
10 Vasilij BarnaLithuania141,00071

2025 Kings of Vilnius Schedule Day 3 (Sunday, November 16)

2025 Kings of Vilnius

The first weekend will come to a close with one trophy awarded in the €200 NLH/PLO4 Button Round of Each at 6 p.m.

Before that, players will battle on Day 2 to advance to Monday’s final day in the €555 NLH Kings of Vilnius Championship at 12 p.m. Others will join the first day of the two-day €350 NLH Progressive Bounty at 3 p.m.

Last, but not least, players looking to get into the €2,000 High Roller will have a chance to do so for just €80 at 9 p.m. to end the tournament festivities. Cash games have been running through the night providing a nonstop experience for players at the 2025 Kings of Vilnius at Olympic Casino Lietuva.

Check out the full Sunday 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 #2: €555 NLH Kings of Vilnius Championship Day 2
15:00Event #8: €350 NLH Progressive Bounty, Two-Days Event
18:00Event #9: €200 NLH/PLO4, Button Round of Each
21:00Event #10: €80 Satellite to €2,000 High Roller, 1 seat GTD
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