Politka, Suominen, & Bianchi Find Gold on Friday at The Festival Weekend Vilnius

The Festival Weekend Vilnius, powered by OlyBet Poker, has delivered thus far as promised with tons of action on the Olympic Casino Lietuva casino floor and plenty of fun both inside and outside the casino.

Three more champions were crowned from three different countries, including Lithuania’s Remigijus Politika winning the €350 PLO5/Big O for €4,114, Finland’s Keimo Suominen shipping the €200 NLH Freezeout for €3,197, and Italy’s Fabio Bianchi finding gold in the €150 PLO5 (Bomb Madness Feature) for €1,931.

Meanwhile, the €555 NLH Main Event PKO witnessed another 67 entries on Day 1b to bring the field up to 131 entries. Lithuania’s Gintaras Naglius bagged the chip lead over the eight survivors and is just behind two-time WSOP ring winner Kęstutis Jungevičius in the chip counts among the 16 players to find a bag thus far, with more players expected to hop into the field on Saturday’s Day 1c before the evening brings Day 2 of this three-day event.

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Remigijus Politika Leads Lithuanian Domination in €350 PLO5/Big O

The €350 PLO5/Big O attracted 44 runners to create €12,958 in prizes for the top six players. It was domination nation for the home crowd of Lithuania with the entire podium full of the yellow, green, and red flags.

Remigijus Politika, typically seen grinding cash games, has lately been doing well in tournaments as well. The old-school legend earned a trophy after he defeated Lithuanian countrymate Albertas Voišnarovič to win the €4,114 top prize.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Remigijus Politika	Lithuania	€4,114
2	Albertas Voišnarovič	Lithuania	€3,364
3	Valentinas Liuzinas	Lithuania	€2,225
4	Frank Stüken	Germany	€1,590
5	Rita Paus	Lithuania	€1,165
6	Carlo Braccini	Italy	€500

Keimo Suominen Wins €200 NLH Freezeout

The €200 NLH Freezeout witnessed 58 unique players battle it out for a share of the €9,367 prize pool. Lithuania’s Marius Vilkončius attempted to make it two for two on Friday for the home crowd but fell one place shy to take home the runner-up prize of €2,040.

Finland’s Keimo Suominen, who has attended plenty of events over the years at Olympic Casinos across the Baltics, instead earned the title and banked the €3,197 top prize.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Keimo Suominen	Finland	€3,197
2	Marius Vilkončius	Lithuania	€2,040
3	Benjamin Bingstroem	Sweden	€1,360
4	Markus Kaerpijoki	Finland	€970
5	Gytis Pažemeckas	Lithuania	€730
6	Mike Holthaus	Netherlands	€590
7	Rolandas Aleksandravičius	Lithuania	€480

Fabio Bianchi Wins €150 PLO5 (Bomb Madness Feature)

The €150 PLO5 Madness (Bomb Pot Feature) attracted 46 entries to create €5,681 in prizes. Italy was guaranteed to win the title with two players remaining, with countrymates Fabio Bianchi and Simone Fumagalli battling for the title. Bianchi got the job done, winning €1,931 to end the tournament portion of Friday evening.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Fabio Bianchi	Italy	€1,931
2	Simone Fumagalli	Italy	€1,250
3	Jens Rössel	Sweden	€910
4	Egidijus Pilibavičius	Lithuania	€680
5	Alexander Klochkov	Russia	€510
6	Grzegorz Iskra	Poland	€400

The Festival Weekend Vilnius Day 3 Schedule (May 31)

Saturday is full of action at Olympic Casino Lietuva with the €555 Main Event PKO roaring onto Day 2 at 3:30 p.m. Before that, players will have one last chance at 11 a.m. in Day 1c to qualify for Day 2 and beyond.

Others will be battling in the next multi-day event with the €350 T.O.R.S.E.S. Mixed Games Main Event kicking off at 1 p.m.

This is not all, as two more trophies will be awarded on Saturday in one-day events with the €200 Big Bounty KO Texas beginning at 7 p.m., followed by the €150 PLO4/PLO5/PLO6 Bomb Pot Madness at 9 p.m.

• Article originally published at poker.pro
• Photos courtesy of The Festival Series