The 2026 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition continues to deliver tons of action and excitement at Olympic Voodoo Casino. Tuesday witnessed Anna Kaminarova claim the sole title in the €250 NLH Progressive Bounty for €2,142 plus bounties, while players continued to pile into the two-day €555 NLH Championship.
Kaminarova earned her first cash at The Hendon Mob during the Kings of Tallinn, where she took 51st place in the €200 Mini Main Event for €520. She learned about the OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition during the Kings of Tallinn and made the journey with her husband from Saint Petersburg, and will proudly go home on Wednesday with a poker trophy in hand.
Meanwhile, the €555 NLH Championship attracted 154 runners across the two opening flights, adding €73,150 to the prize pool. Denmark’s Jorgen Andersen leads the way after bagging up 285,000 in chips on Tuesday’s Day 1b from a 30,000 starting stack. The field will continue to grow with late registration remaining open for the first two 40-minute blind levels of Day 2.
The poker.pro live reporting, headlined by Richard Hayes, will begin at Noon when cards are in the air for the final day of the €555 NLH Championship.
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Anna Kaminarova Heads Home With a Trophy
It will be a bittersweet goodbye for Anna Kaminarova as she heads back home to Saint Petersburg on Wednesday with a trophy in hand after defeating Latvia’s Juris Liepiņš in heads-up play in the €250 NLH Progressive Bounty, with both players earning the €2,142 top prize before Kaminarova earned the final big bounty at the end.
Time will tell whether Kaminarova will try to add to her trophy collection at the next big OlyBet Event in the OlyBet Showdown Tallinn at Olympic Park Casino on April 10-19.
The €250 NLH Progressive Bounty attracted 86 entries, creating €17,974 in prizes, including €8,600 earmarked for bounties.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Anna Kaminarova | Russia | €2,142 |
| 2 |  Juris Liepiņš | Latvia | €2,142 |
| 3 |  Audrius Šiaulys | Lithuania | €1,420 |
| 4 |  Mikko Tallgren | Finland | €1,000 |
| 5 | Ingus Anšēvics | Latvia | €770 |
| 6 | Niko Luhtalampi | Finland | €630 |
| 7 | Gatis Reigass | Latvia | €520 |
| 8 | Pāvels Spirins | Latvia | €420 |
| 9 |  Baptiste Caim | France | €330 |
Jorgen Andersen Leads €555 NLH Championship
The OlyBet Showdown Spring Edition is already well underway at the Olympic Voodoo Casino, set in the heart of the historic Latvian capital, Riga, with players from all over the world flocking to the venue in search of poker action and glory.
The poker.pro reporting team will be on the floor covering all the action for the remainder of the festival as attention turns to the showpiece events, the €555 NLH Championship and the €1,100 Main Event.
Two starting flights of the €555 NLH Championship have already been completed, with late registration remaining open for the first two blind levels of Day 2. The starting flights attracted a total of 154 entries, creating a substantial €73,150 prize pool, and 43 players managed to negotiate 12 40-minute levels to progress to Day 2.
Registration remains open until the start of Level 15. Players taking advantage of late registration will sit down with a starting stack of 30,000, with the clock set to 40-minute levels.
The event may surpass last year’s figures, when Jānis Meņģelis of Latvia overcame a 185-entry field to bag the trophy and first-place prize of €19,845.
Danish player Jorgen Anderson (285,000) takes the chip lead into Day 2 after storming to the top of the standings in Day 1b, and he is closely followed by two Latvian players, Daniels Viskina (260,000) and Edgars Hauks (207,000). Max Jafaripour of Sweden (200,000) topped the standings in Day 1a.
Opening Event champion Eric Wasylenko of Canada (148,500) is in a strong position to capture a duo of titles, while Linas Bulkšas of Lithuania (100,000) is chasing another OlyBet NLH Championship title after triumphing in the equivalent event at the Kings of Vilnius festival. Poker coach and streamer Matīss Celmiņš of Latvia (179,000) will be another dangerman.
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jorgen Dyhrberg Andersen | Denmark | 285,000 | 142 |
| 2 | Daniels Viksna | Latvia | 260,000 | 130 |
| 3 | Edgars Hauks | Latvia | 207,000 | 103 |
| 4 |  Max Jafaripour | Sweden | 200,000 | 100 |
| 5 | Sergejs Piratovs | Latvia | 193,000 | 97 |
| 6 | Marijus Dirgela | Lithuania | 187,500 | 93 |
| 7 | Matīss Celmiņš | Latvia | 179,000 | 90 |
| 8 | Normunds Rumba | Latvia | 154,500 | 77 |
| 9 | Tero Hokkanen | Finland | 152,000 | 76 |
| 10 |  Eric Wasylenko | Canada | 148,500 | 74 |
| 11 |  Mateusz Oscilowski | Poland | 145,000 | 73 |
| 12 |  Ralf Mikk | Estonia | 139,500 | 69 |
| 13 | Nauris Jansons | Latvia | 138,000 | 69 |
| 14 | Eriks Krumins | Latvia | 133,500 | 66 |
| 15 | Cyril Peralez | France | 130,000 | 65 |
| 16 |  Michael Ibba | Italy | 123,500 | 62 |
| 17 | Pāvels Spirins | Latvia | 113,500 | 57 |
| 18 | Gediminas Guzelis | Lithuania | 112,000 | 56 |
| 19 | Askolds Uldriķis | Latvia | 108,000 | 54 |
| 20 |  Yehven Pavlenko | Ukraine | 103,500 | 51 |
| 21 | Vladislavs Petrovs | Latvia | 103,500 | 51 |
| 22 | Linas Bulkšas | Lithuania | 100,000 | 50 |
| 23 | Jan Risberg | Sweden | 96,500 | 48 |
| 24 | Kristaps Zarāns | Latvia | 88,500 | 44 |
| 25 | Roberts Krīgers | Latvia | 84,000 | 42 |
| 26 | Rami Amuri | Latvia | 81,000 | 40 |
| 27 | Iļja Sluckers | Latvia | 78,000 | 39 |
| 28 | Algirdas Saveikis | Lithuania | 77,500 | 38 |
| 29 | Audrius Navickas | Lithuania | 76,500 | 38 |
| 30 | Hryhorii Meleshenko | Ukraine | 69,500 | 35 |
| 31 | Baptiste Caim | France | 63,500 | 32 |
| 32 | Rūdolfs Vosvenieks | Latvia | 57,000 | 29 |
| 33 | Kristoffer Winterstein | Sweden | 54,000 | 27 |
| 34 | Garijs Rozkalns | Latvia | 53,500 | 26 |
| 35 | Andreas Backlund | Finland | 51,500 | 25 |
| 36 | Michal Goral | Poland | 49,000 | 25 |
| 37 | Viesturs Ošis | Latvia | 45,500 | 23 |
| 38 | Yaniv Peretz | Latvia | 42,000 | 21 |
| 39 | Patriks Švinka | Latvia | 34,000 | 17 |
| 40 | Artjoms Urušadze | Latvia | 33,500 | 17 |
| 41 | Kristaps Deksnis | Latvia | 33,000 | 17 |
| 42 | Roberts Rumba | Latvia | 30,000 | 15 |
| 43 | Jevgenijs Kritinins | Latvia | 26,500 | 13 |
OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Schedule (March 17)
The excitement kicks in straight out of the gate on Wednesday, March 17 at Olympic Casino Voodoo with the second and final day of the €555 NLH Championship kicking off at Noon. Players can still get into the action as mentioned during the first two blind levels of Day 2.
Later in the day, the moment many have been waiting for will begin with the first of three opening flights of the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition €1,100 Main Event at 5 p.m. Many players will be battling at 2 p.m. in an €80 satellite guaranteeing at least two seats to the Main Event.
The evening will bring two more trophy winners in a pair of one-day events, including the €250 PLO4/PLO5 Progressive Bounty Deepstack at 6 p.m., followed by the €200 NLH at 9 p.m.
Check out today’s schedule below and head to OlyBetEvents.com to learn more about the full schedule, a player’s guide, and more.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12:00 | Event #9: €555 NLH Championship Day 2 (Final Day) |
| 14:00 | Event #15: €80 Satellite to €1,100 Main Event (Two Seats Guaranteed) |
| 17:00 | Event #16: €1,100 Main Event Day 1a |
| 18:00 | Event #17: €250 PLO4/5 Progressive Bounty Deepstack |
| 21:00 | Event #18: €200 NLH |
- Article originally produced at poker.pro.
