Monday was the calm before the storm at the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius at Olympic Casino Lietuva with Turkey’s Bahadir Hatipoglu earning the sole trophy of the day after defeating a field of 50 entries to win the €250 PLO5 for €2,720.
Hatipoglu, who is edging on nearly $100,000 in live tournament earnings as tracked at The Hendon Mob, notoriously burst onto the Baltic poker scene in 2018 with his first international poker tournament cash coming in a big way with a fourth place finish in the 2018 Tallinn Summer Showdown €1,100 Main Event for €13,200. Hatipoglu was back at another big final table a few months later when he finished in sixth place for €15,200 in the 2019 Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event. After Monday, Hatipoglu now earned his first trophy with many more on the line this week for a chance at another.
Meanwhile, the €555 NLH Championship kicked off with its first of its two opening flights with the poker.pro live reporting of this event beginning on Wednesday’s Day 2. Day 1a attracted 88 runners with local player Stanislovas Viničenka leading the way among the 24 survivors after parlaying his 30,000 opening stack into 249,000 in chips. Fellow Lithuanians Paulius Gaidulevicius (228,000) and Aurelijus Sipavičius (201,000) also cracked the 200,000 chip mark on Day 1a.
The poker.pro live reporting starts on Tuesday with the one-day €2,200 High Roller with the event beginning at 2 p.m. and coverage beginning at the dinner break as late registration is about to close and continue until a winner is crowned.
There is still plenty of time to battle in what promises to be a memorable OlyBet Showdown Vilnius from May 17-25 with 30 action-packed events. While this might be short notice for a last-minute plan, OlyBet is thrilled to announce the return of the third WSOP Circuit Tallinn on July 25 to August 3 at Olympic Park Casino.
Read more to learn more about the opening day at the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius.
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- Read more: €2,200 High Roller live reporting coverage at poker.pro
Bahadir Hatipoglu Wins First Trophy After a Five-Way Deal
The one-day Event #10: €250 PLO5 attracted a cool 50 entries to generate a €10,450 prize pool. Lithuania’s Žilvinas Matulaitis was the first player out in the money in sixth place for €730 before the final five players agreed to a deal.
Bahadir Hatipoglu earned the trophy and the €2,720 top prize after defeating Arnas Lydeka heads-up. Thanks to the deal, Lydeka earned €1,800, the same prize as Jurij Risnovskij and Norway’s Vidar Assersen earned. Meanwhile, Arsen Kondakčan banked €200 less for a haul of €1,600 after hitting the rail in fifth place.
Event #10: €250 PLO5 Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bahadir Hatipoglu | Turkey | €2,720 |
| 2 |  Arnas Lydeka | Lithuania | €1,800 |
| 3 | Jurij Risnovskij | Lithuania | €1,800 |
| 4 |  Vidar Assersen | Norway | €1,800 |
| 5 | Arsen Kondakčan | Lithuania | €1,600 |
| 6 | Žilvinas Matulaitis | Lithuania | €730 |
Event #9: €555 NLH Championship Day 1a Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanislovas Viničenka | Lithuania | 249,000 | 125 |
| 2 | Paulius Gaidulevicius | Lithuania | 228,000 | 114 |
| 3 | Aurelijus Sipavičius | Lithuania | 201,000 | 101 |
| 4 | Mindaugas Biriukovas | Lithuania | 185,500 | 93 |
| 5 | Ridas Bitauskas | Lithuania | 175,000 | 88 |
| 6 |  Bruno Rejs Corns | Latvia | 151,500 | 76 |
| 7 | Nerius Rutkauskas | Lithuania | 149,500 | 75 |
| 8 | Jurgis Garšva | Lithuania | 133,500 | 67 |
| 9 | Liutauras Armanavičius | Lithuania | 118,500 | 59 |
| 10 | Audrius Navickas | Lithuania | 113,500 | 57 |
| 11 | Erikas Goriacevskis | Lithuania | 108,500 | 54 |
| 12 | Vitalijus Briazkala | Lithuania | 105,000 | 53 |
| 13 | Edvinas Tarasevičius | Lithuania | 101,000 | 51 |
| 14 | Edgaras Petkevičius | Lithuania | 91,000 | 46 |
| 15 | Marek Žigel | Lithuania | 78,000 | 39 |
| 16 | Povilas Latvėnas | Lithuania | 77,000 | 39 |
| 17 | Vygerdas Jonikas | Lithuania | 70,000 | 35 |
| 18 | Andrius Mažeika | Lithuania | 69,500 | 35 |
| 19 | Alenas Pelegrimas | Lithuania | 68,000 | 34 |
| 20 | Lukas Poškus | Lithuania | 51,500 | 26 |
| 21 | Marijus Dirgela | Lithuania | 36,500 | 18 |
| 22 |  Jarmo Salonen | Finland | 36,000 | 18 |
| 23 | Darius Šimkus | Lithuania | 29,000 | 15 |
| 24 | Kęstutis Jungevičius | Lithuania | 10,500 | 5 |
2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Day 4 Schedule (Tuesday, May 20)
Tuesday should be full of excitement with the one-day €2,200 High Roller expected to attract many big names. The poker.pro live reporting team will be on site reporting the action until a winner is crowned.
Another trophy will be awarded in the €150 NLH at 8 p.m., while players will battle on with the second of two opening flights in the €555 NLH Championship with Day 1b kicking off the day at 12 p.m.
Meanwhile, the €1,100 Main Event kicks off on Wednesday. Players will have a shot to get in for just €30 at 5 p.m. in a satellite guaranteeing at least three seats.
Check out today’s schedule below or head to the OlyBet Events website for the full schedule.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12:00 | Event #9: €555 NLH Championship Flight 1b |
| 14:00 | Event #12: €2,200 NLH High Roller |
| 17:00 | Event #13: €30 Satellite to The €1,100 Main Event 1a (3 Seats GTD) |
| 20:00 | Event #14: €150 NLH |
