Ralf Mikk and Mārcis Mednis Win OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Titles

Thursday witnessed two more trophies awarded at the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition at Olympic Voodoo Casino, while the €1,100 Main Event played out its final two opening flights.

Estonia’s Ralf Mikk won the €250 NLH for €2,921 after defeating Latvia’s Andrejs Nozdrins heads-up. Latvia’s Mārcis Mednis defeated his country-mate Kaspars Mamons heads-up in the €250 NLH Progressive Bounty to earn the trophy, the €1,895 top prize, and a huge haul of bounties.

Meanwhile, the €1,100 Main Event roared on, with the three opening flights attracting 139 entries, adding €132,050 to the prize pool. More players plan to enter and re-enter during the first two blind levels of Friday’s Day 2, while late registration remains open.

Three Lithuanians sit on top of the leaderboard entering Day 2, including Justas Vaičiulionis (248,000), Artūras Kesleris (213,000), and Darius Narmontas (167,500).

The poker.pro live reporting, headlined by Richard Hayes, will begin at Noon when cards are in the air for the final day of Day 1b of the €1,100 Main Event.

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Ralf Mikk Wins €250 NLH

The €250 NLH attracted 39 entries, creating a €8,151 prize pool. Finland’s Vaino Ketvell was aiming to complete the Baltic trophy trifecta after previously shipping titles in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius and the Estonian capital of Tallinn. Although he made the podium with a third-place performance worth €1,460, he will have to try again if he wishes to bring home a trophy this festival.

Ralf Mikk then went on to defeat Latvai’s Andrejs Nozdrins (second – €2,040) after Ketvell’s demise to win the €2,921 top prize and will bring a coveted OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo trophy back home to his country to the north.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Ralf Mikk	Estonia	€2,921
2	Andrejs Nozdrins	Latvia	€2,040
3	Vaino Ketvell	Finland	€1,460
4	Edgars Beizaks	Latvia	€1,000
5	Rūdolfs Vosvenieks	Latvia	€730

Mārcis Mednis Wins €250 NLH Progressive Bounty

The €250 NLH Progressive Bounty was the final event on Thursday, with 70 entries creating €14,630, including €7,000 reserved for bounties.

The trophy was guaranteed to stay home after Sweden’s Kristoffer Winterstein (fifth – €620 + bounties) lost his stack. Latvia’s Ivars Gross (third – €1,230 + bounties) and Dāvis Modāns (fourth – €850) plus bounties followed Winterstein to the rail, leaving Mārcis Mednis and Kaspars Mamons heads-up for the title and national pride with the top prize of €1,895 already locked up for both players.

Mednis earned the trophy and the big bounty, the bragging rights, and the big trophy at the end after defeating his countrymate Mamons to end the tournament action on Thursday evening.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Mārcis Mednis	Latvia	€1,895
2	Kaspars Mamons	Latvia	€1,895
3	Ivars Gross	Latvia	€1,230
4	Dāvis Modāns	Latvia	€850
5	Kristoffer Winterstein	Sweden	€620
6	Einārs Zarāns	Latvia	€490
7	Valdis Skudra	Latvia	€370
8	Mantas Bagočius	Lithuania	€280

Justas Vaičiulionis Leads Main Event Heading Into Day 2

A total of 48 players have booked their spots for Day 2 from 139 entrants, creating a €132,050 prize pool. Day 2 is scheduled to kick off on Friday at Noon, but with late registration open until the start of Level 15, those figures will increase further.

Lithaunia’s Justas Vaičiulionis leads the way entered Day 2 after catapulting his 30,000 opening stack into 248,000 on Wednesday’s Day 1a. Check out the full chip counts, and follow along at poker.pro with live reports until a winner is crowned.

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Justas Vaičiulionis	Lithuania	248,000	165
2	Artūras Kesleris	Lithuania	213,000	142
3	Darius Narmontas	Lithuania	167,500	112
4	Pāvels Spirins	Latvia	165,000	110
5	Ville Keranen	Finland	163,000	109
6	Audrius Šiaulys	Lithuania	156,500	104
7	Mateusz Oscilowski	Poland	146,000	97
8	Uldis Lejnieks	Latvia	142,500	95
9	Albert Ostrovskij	Lithuania	142,500	95
10	Hryhorii Meleshenko	Ukraine	139,500	93
11	Mantas Bagočius	Lithuania	125,500	84
12	Jani Makinen	Finland	123,000	82
13	Kristaps Sīpols	Latvia	121,500	81
14	Eric Wasylenko	Canada	113,500	76
15	Linas Bulkšas	Lithuania	101,000	67
16	Nico Marraffa	Italy	99,000	66
17	Kristaps Kalva	Latvia	98,000	65
18	Roman Petelytski	Ukraine	87,000	58
19	Tomas Bulkšas	Lithuania	83,500	56
20	Viesturs Ošis	Latvia	82,500	55
21	Paulius Kisielius	Lithuania	82,000	55
22	Kristaps Vismanis	Latvia	81,500	54
23	Aleksandrs  Horjonoks	Latvia	79,000	53
24	Petteri Laiho	Finland	79,000	53
25	Andreas Hoglund	Sweden	67,500	45
26	Roberts Krīgers	Latvia	66,000	44
27	Kristaps Deksnis	Latvia	65,500	44
28	Vismands Menjoks	Latvia	65,500	44
29	Vangelis Kaimakamis	Greece	63,500	42
30	Justas Semaška	Lithuania	63,000	42
31	Vladas Burneikis	Lithuania	62,500	42
32	Georgios Orestidis	Greece	60,000	40
33	Kristoffer Winterstein	Sweden	60,000	40
34	Yaniv Peretz	Latvia	57,500	38
35	Juris Bonders	Latvia	53,500	36
36	Priit Vanem	Estonia	53,500	36
37	Pawel Luczynski	Poland	47,000	31
38	Ryhor Karapanau	Belarus	44,500	30
39	Baptiste Caim	France	41,500	28
40	Daniele Solidoro	Italy	40,500	27
41	Kaspars Butāns	Latvia	36,500	24
42	Jason Glatzer	Lithuania	33,000	22
43	Jan Risberg	Sweden	32,000	21
44	Ņikita  Žarovs	Latvia	31,000	21
45	Viktors Čaikins	Latvia	23,500	16
46	Andrei Zahortas	Belarus	22,500	15
47	Michael Ibba	Italy	20,500	14
48	Liutauras Armanavičius	Lithuania	17,000	11

OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Schedule (March 20)

Friday begins with Day 2 of the €1,100 Main Event at Noon, with late registration remaining open for the first two hour-long blind levels. Three hours later, the first of two days in the €350 NLH Deepstack Progressive Bounty begins.

Players will have two chances to earn trophies on Friday in the €200 PLO4/PLO5 at 6 p.m., followed by the €200 NLH Turbo 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 #16: €1,100 Main Event Day 2
15:00	Event #21: €350 NLH Deepstack Progressive Bounty Day 1
18:00	Event #22: €200 PLO4/PLO5
21:00	Event #23: €200 NLH Turbo

• Article originally produced at poker.pro.