Andrej Michailov Wins Second OlyBet Vilnius Ace Breaker Trophy

The snow-dusted streets of Vilnius frame a sizzling poker scene at the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker, now underway at Olympic Casino Lietuva from Jan. 10-18.

Fresh arrivals like 2020 Kings of Tallinn champ Johan Karlsson and 2025 WSOP Circuit Tallinn Main Event champion Jenny Westerlund joined last night, priming the action for the €555 NLH Championship (Jan. 12–15) and €1,100 Main Event (Jan. 14–18).

The first of the two opening flights of the three-day €555 NLH Championship attracted 76 entries to add €36,100 to the prize pool. Italy’s Francesco De Martini parlayed his 30,000 opening stack nearly 10-fold before bagging 294,500 to lead the 21 survivors. Lithuanian poker beast Deividas Butnoras (288,500) and Latvia’s Juris Liepins (206,500) also bagged more than 200,000 to end Day 1a.

The poker.pro Team, headlined by Christoffer Karlen, will be reporting this event at poker.pro starting on Wednesday on Day 2 until a winner is crowned on Thursday, before hopping into the Main Event reporting.

Meanwhile, two players won trophies on Monday. One is a familiar name as Lithuania’s Andrej Michailov earned his second trophy this festival after defeating Valerij Kudriavcev heads-up in the €250 PLO5 for €2,090. Michailov won the first trophy of the festival in the €200 PLO5 Bounty, taking down the field for €894 plus bounties. The PLO trifecta now becomes a live sweat for Michailov with two more stand-alone PLO events on the schedule, along with the €200 Sviten on Friday and the €200 NLH/PLO4 Button Round of Each on Saturday.

France’s Baptiste Caim won the final trophy on Monday after defeating Lithuania’s Dominykas Rimkevičius heads-up in the €200 NLH for €1,485.

Stay tuned as poker.pro continues bringing you all the key moments and stories from the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker, including live reporting of the €555 NLH Championship and the €1,100 Main Event.

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Can Anyone Stop Andrej Michailov in PLO?

Andrej Michailov is making a name for himself at the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker by winning his second PLO trophy on Monday in the €250 PLO5 for €2,090.

The event attracted 25 entries, creating a €5,225 prize pool, with the top four players earning at least a €730 min-cash for nearly triple the buy-in after WSOP bracelet winner Vincas Tamašauskas bubbled in fifth place.

The trophy was guaranteed to stay home in Lithuania after Norway’s Vidar Assersen exited in fourth place for €730. Professional musician Ričardas “svaras” Vymeris collected his third-place prize of €940 shortly after leaving Michailov and Valerij Kudriavcev heads-up for the title. Michailov got the job done to win the trophy, leaving Kudriavcev with the healthy €1,465 runner-up prize.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Andrej Michailov	Lithuania	€2,090
2	Valerij Kudriavcev	Lithuania	€1,465
3	Ričardas Vymeris	Lithuania	€940
4	Vidar Assersen	Norway	€730

Baptiste Caim Completes Two-Thirds of Baltic Trifecta

Recently, France’s Baptiste Caim has been seen competing in OlyBet Poker events across the three Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. While he has managed plenty of cashes, he earned his first international live-tournament victory in October in Riga, winning the €350 OlyBet Value Series Riga Main Event for €3,125.

Caim is now only missing a trophy in Tallinn after winning the €200 NLH last night for €1,485. He will have his chance soon enough with the 2026 Kings of Tallinn from Feb. 5-15 at Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park.

In addition to Caim, three other players earned payout slips in the €200 NLH, which attracted 23 entries for a €3,715 prize pool, after Lithuania’s Dainius Pociukonis busted in fifth place on the bubble, including Dominykas Rimkevičius (second – €1,040), Gintaras Naglius (third – €670), and Toni Jaervisalo (fourth – €520).

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Baptiste Caim	France	€1,485
2	Dominykas Rimkevičius	Lithuania	€1,040
3	Gintaras Naglius	Lithuania	€670
4	Toni Jaervisalo	Finland	€520

Chip Counts From Day 1a of the €555 NLH Championship

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Francesco De Martini	Italy	294,500	147
2	Deividas Butnoras	Lithuania	288,500	144
3	Juris Liepins	Latvia	206,500	103
4	Deividas Daubaris	Lithuania	128,500	64
5	Viktorija Rakejevaitė	Lithuania	127,500	64
6	Ralf Mikk	Estonia	123,000	62
7	Ignas Navickas	Lithuania	114,500	57
8	Vilius Zabarauskas	Lithuania	99,500	50
9	Paulius Kostickis	Lithuania	98,500	49
10	Mati Pirn	Estonia	82,000	41
11	Matas Žvirėnas	Lithuania	78,500	39
12	Tomas Bassus	Lithuania	77,000	39
13	Tomas Kovalenka	Lithuania	77,000	39
14	Tomas Možeiko	Lithuania	75,500	38
15	Valdemaras Apolianskas	Lithuania	72,000	36
16	Marius Bareišis	Lithuania	71,500	36
17	Jurgis Ragauskas	Lithuania	70,500	35
18	Andrius Kaziukonis	Lithuania	64,000	32
19	Rasmus Sihvonen	Finland	48,000	24
20	Paulius Jucys	Lithuania	42,500	21
21	Tomas Muraška	Lithuania	41,000	21

2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker Schedule (Tuesday, January 13)

The 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker will award two more trophies on Tuesday in the €200 PLO4/PLO5 at 3 p.m. and the €250 NLH at 6 p.m.

The €555 NLH Championship hosts its second and final opening flight at Noon with players still able to get into the action on Wednesday’s Day 2 during the first two levels of action.

Meanwhile, players will have a shot at punching their seat in the €1,100 Main Event for just €30, with three seats guaranteed in an 8 p.m. satellite.

Check out today’s schedule below or head to the OlyBet Events website for the full schedule.

• Images courtesy of OlyBetEvents / Viktorija Makovskaja
• Article originally produced at poker.pro