Baptiste Caim Leads OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition Main Event

It was another packed day of poker action on September 25 at Olympic Voodoo Casino in Riga, as the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition continued in full swing, with the final starting flights of the €1,100 Main Event and €200 Mini Main Event taking place, along with Day 1 of the €350 Mystery Bounty.

Baptiste Caim took the overall chip lead in the Main Event after topping the Day 1c standings, while Aleksandrs Feldhuns led three qualifiers from Day 1c of the Mini Main Event.

Meanwhile, four players qualified from 25 entrants for Day 2 of the Mystery Bounty, led by Arturas Tiscenka, with the full details of the day’s play below.

Caim Takes Overall Chip Lead in Day 1c of €1,100 Main Event

€1,100 buy-in | 48 entries | €45,600 prize pool

Baptiste Caim of France (211,500) and Ryhor Karapanau of Belarus (178,500) led 19 players who qualified from Day 1c of the Main Event from 38 entrants. Caim is hunting his fifth OlyBet title, while Karapanau is targeting his second.

Caim takes the overall chip lead from Nikita Zarovs (156,500), who topped the four qualifiers in Day 1b, while Mantas Bagocius (54,500) is in the running for a historic double, having won the €555 NLH Championship earlier in the week.

Plenty of other quality players progressed, including Kaspars Mallons (112,500), Justas Vaiciulionis (106,000) and Tomas Bulksas (95,000), all of whom already have at least one OlyBet trophy at home.

Position	Player	Country	Chips	Blinds
1	Baptiste Caim	France	211,500	176
2	Ryhor Karapanau	Belarus	178,500	149
3	Kaspars Mallons	Latvia	112,500	94
4	Janis Katkevics	Latvia	106,000	88
5	Justas Vaiciulionis	Lithuania	106,000	88
6	Vladislavs Petrovs	Latvia	99,500	83
7	Baris Borsa	Sweden	95,000	79
8	Tomas Bulksas	Lithuania	95,000	79
9	Paulius Zakas	Lithuania	84,500	70
10	Gints Ozols	Latvia	79,000	66
11	Egidijus Matonis	Lithuania	74,000	62
12	Matti Lasanen	Finland	60,000	50
13	Mantas Bagocius	Lithuania	54,500	45
14	Roberts Krigers	Latvia	47,500	40
15	Tomas Dailidonis	Lithuania	34,000	28
16	Darius Narmontas	Lithuania	27,000	23
17	Mariam Bashir	Pakistan	24,500	20
18	Eduards Rakuss	Latvia	24,000	20
19	Jens Jensen	Denmark	12,500	10

Day 2 kicks off at 2 p.m. on September 26, and late registration remains open until the start of Level 15, while the final day is scheduled for noon on September 27.

Feldhuns Leads Three €200 Mini Main Event Day 1c Qualifiers as Beizaks Maintains Overall Lead

€200 buy-in | 125 entries | €20,188 prize pool

The final flight of the €200 Mini Main Event drew 59 entrants, and Aleksandrs Feldhuns of Latvia (625,000) led three qualifiers from Day 1c, while nine places were paid.

The details of the Day 2 qualifiers from Day 1c are listed below:

Position	Player	Country	Chips
1	Aleksandrs Feldhuns	Latvia	625,000
2	Nazarii Soltys	Ukraine	575,000
3	Vadims Ivanovs	Latvia	275,000

The players who made the money in Day 1c but did not advance to Day 2 are listed below:

Place	Player	Country	Prize
4	Josselin Daoulas	France	€810
5	Evija Beizaka	Latvia	€635
6	Klavs Garselis	Latvia	€635
7	Ilvars Gudrimovics	Latvia	€490
8	Arturas Dauksevic	Lithuania	€490
9	Vitalijus Briazkala	Lithuania	€380

The final day kicks off at noon on September 26, and the full list of qualifiers is below.

Position	Player	Country	Chips
1	Edgars Beizaks	Latvia	740,000
2	Aleksandrs Feldhuns	Latvia	625,000
3	Nazarii Soltys	Ukraine	575,000
4	Janis Gramsts	Latvia	535,000
5	Kim Kjaer	Denmark	370,000
6	Vadims Ivanovs	Latvia	275,000

Tiscenka Leads Four Qualifiers from €350 Mystery Bounty Day 1

€350 buy-in | 25 entries | €7,226 prize pool

A total of 25 entries were recorded in the sole starting flight for the €350 Mystery Bounty, and Arturas Tiscenka led four qualifiers who will return at noon on September 26 for the final day.

Tiscenka won the same event at the OlyBet Showdown Voodoo Autumn Edition in 2025, and will be hoping to achieve a historic double, with three Latvian players, including Raivo Grislis, standing in his way.

The players have guaranteed a €510 payday, with €1,443 reserved for the winner. Four mystery bounty envelopes are available in the amounts of €1,500, €1,000, €750, and €500.

The details of the final day qualifiers are below:

Position	Player	Country	Chips
1	Arturas Tiscenka	Lithuania	294,000
2	Romans Malehotko	Latvia	218,000
3	Edgars Pudans	Latvia	136,000
4	Raivo Grislis	Latvia	102,000

Saturday Schedule (September 26)

The highlight of the penultimate day of the festival is Day 2 of the €1,100 NLH Main Event, kicking off at 2 p.m.

Late registration remains open for the first two hour-long levels of Day 2, and Richard Hayes will be live at the tables for poker.pro.

The €200 Mini Main Event and €350 NLH Mystery Bounty will play to their conclusion on their respective final days, with registration closed and action kicking off at noon.

Meanwhile, plenty of side event action is available for players to enjoy. The ladies-only €150 NLH Queens Progressive Bounty kicks off at 4 p.m., while a satellite offering three seats to the event kicks off at 1 p.m.

The €200 PLO4/PLO5 gets underway at 8 p.m., while a €150 Progressive Bounty online at Olybet.com is scheduled for 9 p.m., featuring a €5,000 guarantee.

The full schedule for today’s tournaments is set out below. Follow the action at the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Autumn Edition live reporting page.

Time	Event	Buy-in
12:00	€350 Mystery Bounty Final Day	Closed
12:00	€200 NLH Mini Main Event Final Day	Closed
13:00	€10 Satellite to Queens Progressive Bounty (3 seats GTD)	€10
14:00	€1,100 NLH Main Event Day 2 ★	€1,100
16:00	€150 NLH Queens Progressive Bounty	€150
20:00	€200 PLO4/PLO5	€200
21:00	€150 Online Progressive Bounty (€5k GTD)	€150

★ poker.pro live reporting on-site for the €1,100 Main Event Day 1c. Full schedule at olybetevents.com.

• Photos and information courtesy of Olympic Casino Voodoo / OlyBet Poker.
• Article originally produced at poker.pro.