Wasylenko, Daugaviņš, and Super Bike Star Rožkalns Win OlyBet Showdown Riga Titles on Sunday

A Latvian, a superbike racer, and a Canadian world traveler walk into a bar. It sounds like the setup to a joke. Instead, it perfectly sums up the diversity of champions crowned on Sunday at the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition at Olympic Voodoo Casino.

Canada’s Eric Wasylenko has been bouncing around Europe for the past few months and arrived in Riga fresh off a WSOP Circuit gold ring victory in Liechtenstein. The Canadian entered the final day of the €250 NLH Opening Event as chip leader and went the distance, winning the title for €7,060, the largest prize so far this festival.

The €350 NLH Progressive Bounty turned into an all-Latvian battle when four players remained. Dāvis Daugaviņš and poker coach Matīss Celmiņš chopped the €3,724 top prize before Daugaviņš defeated Celmiņš heads-up to grab the trophy and the final big bounty.

Meanwhile, Latvia’s Garijs Rožkalns captured the final title of the day in the €200 NLH for €2,135. Superbike fans may recognize Rožkalns as the first Latvian to finish the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans motorcycle race and a competitor in the FIM World Endurance Championship, but he’s also a serious poker player. We first met him last month as the last celebrity standing in the Kings of Tallinn €200 Celebrity Special. Keep an eye on OlyBet Poker and PokerPro World social media for his upcoming interview with poker.pro host Glenn Brown, filmed while the pair went head-to-head on the F1 simulator inside the casino.

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Eric Wasylenko Wins €250 NLH Opening Event

The two-day €250 NLH Opening Event attracted 136 entries, creating a €28,424 prize pool. The second and final day began with a final table of nine hopefuls, with Eric Wasylenko kicking off the action as the table captain.

The event was an international affair, witnessed by the final four players, each from a different country, with all three Baltic countries represented. However, the trophy will need to travel much further than a neighboring Baltic country after Wasylenko defeated Latvia’s Jevgēnijs Kritiņins (second – €4,614) to earn the trophy and the €7,060 top prize.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Eric Wasylenko	Canada	€7,060
2	Jevgēnijs Kritiņins	Latvia	€4,614
3	Marl-Martin Marrandi	Estonia	€3,290
4	Sergej Šivcov	Lithuania	€2,460
5	Vasilijs Aleksejenko	Latvia	€1,860
6	Kristaps Zarāns	Latvia	€1,490
7	Georgios Orestidis	Greece	€1,230
8	Kristaps Vītiņš	Latvia	€1,010
9	Dmitrijs Skibjuks	Latvia	€810
10	Tomas Jagela	Lithuania	€680
11	Maksims Želdajevs	Latvia	€680
12	Agnese Barča	Latvia	€600
13	Patrick Hudson	United Kingdom	€600
14	Jan Risberg	Sweden	€540
15	Ritvars Sreibers	Latvia	€540
16	Aleksandrs  Horjonoks	Latvia	€480
17	Matthew Smith	United Kingdom	€480

The €350 NLH Progressive Bounty drew 84 runners, with €24,738 in prizes, including €8,400 in bounties. The one-day event witnessed Latvian domination with six of the nine players at the final table from the home country in the money.

The trophy was guaranteed to stay home with four players remaining after Lithuania’s Ernestas Stalemekas (fifth – €1,340 + bounties) and Sweden’s Jan Risberg (sixth – €1,090 + bounties) collected their payout slips.

The final table was unwinding as the final event of the day in the €200 NLH was beginning, with players from that event also railing the final table until Dāvis Daugaviņš and Matīss Celmiņš were heads-up with the top prize of €3,724 locked up with the big bounty at the end to still be played for. Celmiņš, a popular poker coach and streamer, was itching for the trophy with the encouragement of the rail. However, Daugaviņš had plans of his own and won the event to earn the bragging rights, the trophy, and the final bounty.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Dāvis Daugaviņš	Latvia	€3,724
2	Matīss Celmiņš	Latvia	€3,724
3	Raivo Grīslis	Latvia	€2,480
4	Juris Bonders	Latvia	€1,750
5	Ernestas Stalemekas	Lithuania	€1,340
6	Jan Risberg	Sweden	€1,090
7	Artjoms Urušadze	Latvia	€920
8	Georgios Orestidis	Greece	€730
9	Viesturs Ošis	Latvia	€580

The third and final OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition trophy on Sunday was awarded in the €200 NLH, with 37 entries creating a €5,976 prize pool.

The final five players in the money witnessed three players from Latvia and two from Finland. However, for a second straight event, the trophy was guaranteed to stay home during heads-up play after Finland’s Atso Lindell was eliminated in third place for €1,070. Latvia’s Andis Rešķis faced off against Latvian super bike super star Garijs Rožkalns for the title. Rožkalns proved that his run during the Kings of Tallinn celebrity event wasn’t a fluke as he defeated his country-mate heads-up to win the €2,135 top prize.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Garijs Rožkalns	Latvia	€2,135
2	Andis Rešķis	Latvia	€1,500
3	Atso Lindell	Finland	€1,070
4	Ervīns Praņevskis	Latvia	€730
5	Tony Kokko	Finland	€540

The big games begin on Monday with the first flight of the €555 NLH Championship kicking off at 4 p.m., and a €30 satellite guaranteeing at least three seats beginning at Noon.

A trophy will be awarded in the €200 PLO4/5, which begins at 6 p.m., followed by the €80 Mega Satellite to the €1,100 Main Event with four seats guaranteed at 8:30 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.

*Article originally produced at poker.pro.