2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo AE Day 2: Vili Turunen Wins Opening Event

Three trophies were awarded on the second day of the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition at the Olympic Voodoo Casino located in the heart of the Latvian capital of Riga at the Radisson Blu Hotel.

Finland’s Vili Turunen began the day hot, defeating Estonia’s Henri Vosokovski heads-up to win the two-day Event #2: €250 NLH Opening Event for €6,780 in just two hours of play at the final table. Turunen made it two for two for trophies in Riga after his compatriot Semi Rantanen won Event #4: €150 NLH for €1,720 on Saturday.

Latvia’s Jānis Ērglis broke the Finnish streak after defeating countymate Dmitrijs Prohorovs to win the one-day Event #5: €350 NLH DeepStack Progressive Bounty. Both players earned €4,070 from the prize pool, with Ērglis earning the big bounty at the end, while becoming the first player this festival to keep the trophy on home soil.

Finland’s domination continued later in the evening during the €200 PLO4/5. Pasi Kuosmanen made it three for four for Finland in trophy events to earn the €2,310 top prize.

Read on to learn more about the second day of the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition at Olympic Voodoo Casino.

• Read more: 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition Establishes New Gold Standard in Latvia
• Read more: The 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Autumn Edition Brings the Heat to Riga
• Read more: Nine Days in Poker Heaven at the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Autumn Edition
• Read more: 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo AE Day 1: Semi Rantanen Earns First Trophy

Vili Turunen Earns Quick Trophy on Day 2 of €250 NLH Opening Event

The two-day €250 NLH Opening Event attracted a banner field of 130 entries on Saturday’s opening day to create a €27,170 prize pool to establish a new Latvian record for this event after eclipsing the previous record of 126 entries at the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition, when Latvia’s Raivis Pučurs won the title and the €6,740 top prize.

The first day concluded after Finland’s Saara Benlamine, who shipped the 2024 Queens of Tallinn Main Event, exited in ninth place for €780. The final day witenssed two more Finns nearly immediately exit from the eight players remaining with Alex Heinonen (seventh – €1,170) and Anu Lilja (eighth – €960) the first to hit the rail.

Four Latvians remained out of the six players in the field, but that quickly changed after Dmitrijs Mihejevs (fourth – €2,350), Dmitrijs Popovs (fifth – €1,780), and Mārcis Mednis (sixth – €1,430) all hit the rail, leaving just the start-of-the-day chip leader Ēriks Krūmiņš.

Krūmiņš was unable to parlay his chip lead into a victory, and the 2024 WSOP Circuit Tallinn ring winner lost his stack in third place for €3,140. Shortly after, Vili Turunen hoisted the trophy and earned the €6,780 top prize after defeating Estonia’s Henri Vosokovski (second – €4,400) heads-up to win the title.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Vili Turunen	Finland	€6,780
2	Henri Vosokovski	Estonia	€4,400
3	Ēriks Krūmiņš	Latvia	€3,140
4	Dmitrijs Mihejevs	Latvia	€2,350
5	Dmitrijs Popovs	Latvia	€1,780
6	Mārcis Mednis	Latvia	€1,430
7	Alex Heinonen	Finland	€1,170
8	Anu Lilja	Finland	€960
9	Saara Benlamine	Finland	€780
10	Patriks Švinka	Latvia	€650
11	Einārs Zarāns	Latvia	€650
12	Paulius Gustaitis	Lithuania	€570
13	Gints Gansons	Latvia	€570
14	Juris Hlibovs	Latvia	€510
15	Mārtiņš Priede	Latvia	€510
16	Edgars Beizaks	Latvia	€460
17	Volodymyr Polishchuk	Ukraine	€460

Jānis Ērglis Earns First Trophy for Latvia in €350 NLH Progressive Bounty

The one-day Event #5: €350 NLH Progressive Bounty attracted 95 entries, creating €27,978 in prizes, including €9,500 in progressive bounties.

Bounties were collected throughout the start, with the top 11 players collecting at least €500 from the prize pool after Latvia’s Gints Ozols was eliminated on the bubble.

The Finnish streak was guaranteed to be broken after the final player from Finland, Matias Sillanmäki, was ousted in sixth place for €1,400 plus bounties. Meanwhile, the trophy was guaranteed to stay home after Germany’s Torben Beltz exited in third place for €2,760.

The two Latvians Jānis Ērglis and Dmitrijs Prohorovs were guaranteed at least the €4,070 plus whatever bounties they already collected. However, the final bounty in a progressive bounty is always massive. Ērglis got the job done to win the big booty at the end, along with the coveted 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition trophy.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Jānis Ērglis	Latvia	€4,070
2	Dmitrijs Prohorovs	Latvia	€4,070
3	Torben Beltz	Germany	€2,760
4	Juris Hlibovs	Latvia	€1,950
5	Matias Sillanmäki	Finland	€1,400
6	Andrius Mažeika	Lithuania	€1,090
7	Tomi Heiskanen	Finland	€868
8	Igors Sevastjanovs	Latvia	€700
9	Oleg Semionov	Lithuania	€570
10	Semi Rantanen	Finland	€500
11	Tomas Bulkšas	Lithuania	€500

Pasi Kuosmanen Wins €200 PLO 4/5 to Resume Finnish Dominance

The early part of the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition has witnessed a Finnish invasion of sorts. Three out of the first four trophies are heading north after Finland’s Pasi Kuosmanen shipped the one-day Event #7: €200 PLO 4/5 for €2,310.

The event attracted 40 entries for a €6,460 prize pool. The top five players earned at least a €580 minimum cash after the United Kingdom’s Mark Adams bubbled on a cash in sixth place.

Three of the five players in the money were from Finland, and the odds increased even further for a Finnish winner after the last Latvian, Valdis Skudra, exited in fifth place for €580.

A Finnish victor was guaranteed after Italy’s Michele Lafronza (third – €1,160) and Finland’s Pekka Ikonen (fourth – €790) exited, with two Finns, Pasi Kuosmanen and Roope Keminen, battling for the title.

Kuosmanen earned the €2,310 top prize and the trophy, while Roope Keminen earned a healthy € 1,620 runner-up prize after falling one player shy of earning the trophy.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Pasi Kuosmanen	Finland	€2,310
2	Roope Keminen	Finland	€1,620
3	Michele Lafronza	Italy	€1,160
4	Pekka Ikonen	Finland	€790
5	Valdis Skudra	Latvia	€580

2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition Schedule (Sunday, Sept. 21)

The action is heating up as Monday will boast the first of two opening flights in the €555 NLH Championship at 4 p.m., with a €30 satellite guaranteeing at least two seats starting at 12 p.m.

Omaha players will be back in action at 6 p.m., competing for the only trophy on the line on Monday in the €250 PLO5. Meanwhile, hold’em players will have a chance to get into the €1,100 Main Event for a fraction of the cost in a €80 Mega Satellite, guaranteeing at least four seats, commencing at 8:30 p.m.

Check out Monday’s schedule below or head to the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition landing page at OlyBetEvents to check out the full schedule and more.