Grigorius and Salmins Find Gold on Tuesday at OlyBet Showdown Vilnius

It was another busy day on Tuesday at Olympic Casino Lietuva, as the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius festival completed a number of side events, along with Day 1b of the €555 NLH Championship.

Latvia’s Artis Salmins emerged with the trophy in the €250 NLH Progressive Knockout after defeating Finland’s Onni Harmaala, while Giedrius Grigorius was the last player standing in the €250 PLO4/PLO5.

Live reporting of the €555 Championship will also begin on Day 2 at poker.pro, offering real-time updates as the tournament plays down toward a winner, with cards in the air at Noon. Finland’s Alex Heinonen bagged the overall chip lead on Tuesday’s Day 1b, over the 47 opening-day survivors. The 138-entry field will grow, with late registration remaining open through the first two blind levels of Day 2, after the action kicks off on Wednesday at Noon.

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Artis Salmins Wins €250 NLH Progressive Knockout

A total of 69 entrants created a €7,521 prize pool, with eight places paid. Artis Salmins of Latvia and Onni Harmaala of Finland advanced to the heads-up action with the top prize of €1,871 locked up from the prize pool. Salmins earned the final bounty and the trophy.

This marked the first trophy for Latvia this festival, with Lithuania on the board with six trophies, including one later in the day on Tuesday, and Finland with two trophies.

Meanwhile, Harmaala has a top-five stack for Day 2 of the €555 NLH Championship and will be hoping to secure another deep run in that event.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Artis Salmins	Latvia	€1,871
2	Onni Harmaala	Finland	€1,871
3	Nidas Kazlauskas	Lithuania	€1,210
4	Gerardas Lukšėnas	Lithuania	€830
5	Giedrius Grigorius	Lithuania	€610
6	Eligijus Asmena	Lithuania	€480
7	Mohammed Asfar	Jordan	€370
8	Miguel Sustacha	Spain	€280

Giedrius Grigorius Wins €250 PLO4/PLO5

A total of nine entrants created a €1,881 prize pool, with Giedrius Grigorius of Lithuania taking the hardware and first-place prize of €1,131.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Giedrius Grigorius	Lithuania	€1,131
2	Dmitrij Apalko	Belarus	€750

Alex Heinonen Takes Overall Chip Lead in Day 1b of €555 NLH Championship

A total of 67 players entered Day 1b of the €555 NLH Championship, and after 12 levels of play, Alex Heinonen of Finland topped the standings, taking the overall chip lead into Day 2 in the process.

The full list of Day 1b qualifiers is set out below:-

Position	Player	Country	Chips	Blinds
1	Alex Heinonen	Finland	348,500	174
2	Torben Beltz	Germany	186,000	93
3	Volodymyr Bezverkhyi	Ukraine	179,500	90
4	Justinas Adomauskas	Lithuania	166,000	83
5	Rasmus Sihvonen	Finland	138,000	69
6	Vladislavs Azans	Latvia	133,500	67
7	Andrej Sidinevskij	Lithuania	131,500	66
8	Algirdas Saveikis	Lithuania	118,000	59
9	Žygimantas Skvarčevskis	Lithuania	108,000	54
10	Einius Jurgevičius	Lithuania	106,500	53
11	Albert Ostrovskij	Lithuania	105,000	53
12	Ramūnas Gedmontas	Lithuania	102,000	51
13	Gatis Reigass	Latvia	102,000	51
14	Egidijus Matonis	Lithuania	98,000	49
15	Povilas Latvėnas	Lithuania	92,500	46
16	Aleksandr Naumov	Lithuania	85,000	43
17	Valerij Dobrinskij	Lithuania	79,500	40
18	Artūras Subbotinas	Lithuania	77,500	39
19	Teemu Salminen	Finland	69,500	35
20	Gintaras Naglius	Lithuania	67,000	34
21	Modestas Kryžanauskas	Lithuania	49,500	25
22	Marijus Vaiginas	Lithuania	45,500	23
23	Morten Bremseth	Norway	37,000	19
24	Svajūnas Šeduikis	Lithuania	32,500	16
25	Marijus Dirgela	Lithuania	27,500	14

2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Schedule (Wednesday, May 13)

There is plenty of action for players to get their teeth into today, with late registration open until the start of Level 15 in Day 2 of the €555 NLH Championship, Day 1a of the €1,100 Main Event kicking off at 4 p.m., along with a PLO progressive bounty and a satellite to the Main Event.

Time	Event
12:00	€555 NLH Championship Day 2
16:00	€1,100 NLH Main Event Day 1a
18:00	€250 PLO4/5 Progressive Bounty
20:00	€80 NLH Mega Satellite to €1,100 Main Event (Four Seats Guaranteed)

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• Article originally published at poker.pro.