Tuesday brought tons of thrills and excitement at Olympic Voodoo Casino, located in the heart of the Latvian capital of Riga, for Day 4 of the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition.
The €555 NLH Championship witnessed another 78 entries to bring the total to 159 players and counting. The prize pool currently stands at €75,525 and is expected to grow with the event expected to draw in last-minute entries and re-entries, with late registration remaining open for the first two blind levels of Day 2 when the action resumes at Noon.
A total of 48 players advanced through the opening flights in the two-day Event #9: €555 NLH Championship, including 25 players on Tuesday’s Day 1b. Day 1b chip leader from Lithuania, Eimantas Adomavičius, took a commanding overnight chip lead after parlaying his 30,000 opening stack in 355,000 from Day 1a chip leader from Israel, Alexander Kosman, who bagged 243,500 on Monday.
In other news, it appeared that the red-hot Jenny Westerlund, who is fresh off winning the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Main Event for €200,200, was ready to win another title after she was heads-up with Estonia’s Artur Kulanurk with both players already banking the €2,600 top prize in the one-day Event #13: €250 NLH Progressive Bounty. However, Kulanurk defeated his talented opponent to win the trophy and the big bounty at the end, to win the first trophy for Estonia at this festival.
Thus far, six trophies have been awarded during the first four days of the festival. Finland won three of the first four and remains at the top of the leaderboard, followed by the home country of Latvia, claiming two trophies, and Estonia with one trophy after Kulanurk got them on the board.
Meanwhile, Wednesday marks the start of the three-day 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition €1,100 Main Event. You will be able to follow along with the action at the dedicated Main Event blog at poker.pro as soon as cards are in the air at 5 p.m.
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Artur Kulanurk Defeats Jenny Westerlund Heads-Up to Win €250 PKO
The €250 NLH Progressive Bounty attracted 113 entries to create €23,617 in prizes, with €12,317 to be won from the prize pool and another €11,300 reserved for progressive bounties.
While players were earning bounties from the time the first player was eliminated, the tournament director began awarding prizes from the prize pool after Latvia’s Gints Ozols bubbled in 14th place, leaving the remaining 13 players in the money for at least a €275 min-cash.
Four Latvians, Valdis Skurdra (10th – €320), Emīls Eglītis (11th – €320), Artjoms Sutjagins (12th – €275), and Rolands Nāzars (13th – €275) were the first to hit the rail in the money before the final table, which boasted seven different nationalities, began.
Many eyes were on the 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Main Event champion Jenny Westerlund as she proceeded to make yet another deep run in an International poker event. Westerlund found herself heads-up against Artur Kulanurk after Latvia’s Valērijs Čebakovs exited in third place for €1,677 plus bounties.
While Westerlund will still have plenty of chances to win a trophy in Riga, including in the three-day €1,100 Main Event beginning on Wednesday, it was Kulanurk who was celebrating at the end after earning the final big bounty, the trophy, and bragging rights of defeating one of poker’s proven talents.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Artur Kulanurk | Estonia | €2,600 |
| 2 |  Jenny Westerlund | Sweden | €2,600 |
| 3 |  Valērijs Čebakovs | Latvia | €1,677 |
| 4 |  Baptiste Caim | France | €1,230 |
| 5 |  Konstantin Arber | Germany | €920 |
| 6 | Viktors Čaikins | Latvia | €710 |
| 7 |  Hryhorii Meleshenko | Ukraine | €560 |
| 8 |  Roman Kulikov | Russia | €460 |
| 9 | Noa Briņķis | Latvia | €370 |
| 10 | Valdis Skudra | Latvia | €320 |
| 11 | Emīls Eglītis | Latvia | €320 |
| 12 | Artjoms Sutjagins | Latvia | €275 |
| 13 | Rolands Nāzars | Latvia | €275 |
2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition Schedule (Wednesday, Sept. 24)
Wednesday boasts tons of action, including the start of the much-anticipated €1,100 Main Event at 5 p.m.. The poker.pro live reporter Christoffer Karlen will be bringing the action to your phone or desktop in the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition live reporting blog.
Before that, Olympic Voodoo Casino will host the second and final day of the €555 NLH Championship at Noon and a €80 Main Event satellite guaranteeing two seats to the €1,100 Main Event at 2 p.m.
After that, players will have two shots at earning a trophy in two one-day events on Wednesday, with the €250 PLO4/5 Progressive Bounty starting at 6 p.m.and in the €200 NLH at 9 p.m.
Check out Wednesday’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.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12 p.m. | Event #9: €555 NLH Championship Day 2 (Final Day) |
| 2 p.m. | Event #15: €80 Satellite to €1,100 Main Event (Two Seats Guaranteed) |
| 5 p.m. | Event #16: €1,100 NLH Main Event Day 1a |
| 6 p.m. | Event #17: €250 PLO4/5 Progressive Bounty |
| 9 p.m. | Event #18: €200 NLH |
