2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius – Ace Breaker: €555 NLH Main Event

Kęstutis Jungevičius attempted to limp from the button, but Marko Hynynen put in a raise to 6,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and when it was back to Jungevičius, he decided to call.

Both players checked the 2♣4♣5♦ flop. When the 8♥ fell on the turn, Hynynen bet 8,000 and was called by Jungevičius.

On the river 6♦, Hynynen checked prior to Jungevičius betting 15,500. Hynynen made the call.

Kęstutis Jungevičius: J♥6♥
Marko Hynynen: Q♠Q♦

The queens awarded Hynynen the pot who’s building a stack to bag for Day 2.

Marko Hynynen: 80,000
Kęstutis Jungevičius: 64,000

It’s the last 20 minutes of Day 1b and players are busting out left and right.

Serhii Leonov opened to 5,000 from under the gun and was called by Andris Rasins in the cut-off. Action folded to Ernestas Taunys who went all in for 15,000 from the big blind. Leonov re-raised all in for another 40,000, enough to make Rasins get out of the way.

Ernestas Taunys: A♠7♥
Serhii Leonov: 10♥10♣

No fortune for Taunys on the Q♦6♥4♥6♠Q♣ runout and his second bullet in the Main Event came to an end.

Serhii Leonov: 70,000
Ernestat Taunys: 0

Cut-off player Edgaras Truskauskas found himself all in for 40,000 against Arūnas Kontautas who was seated on the button.

Edgaras Truskauskas: 10♦10♣
Arūnas Kontautas: A♦J♦

Truskauskas clapped his hand in disappointment when he saw the 2♥7♠5♣A♥J♠ runout. The dealer pushed the chips the way of Kontautas whos stack is starting to look really impressive.

Arūnas Kontautas: 154,000
Edgaras Truskauskas: 0

The blinds are getting high and the pressure is on in Day 1b. Most recently, Linas Jautakis, Tomas Muraška, Mattias Andersson, Martynas Račinskas, Jakub Kutyš, Valdemaras Apolianskas, Ramūnas Pocevičius, Kasparas Drazdauskas, Ernestas Stalemekas, and Martins Priede were eliminated from the tournament (but once again, they have the chance to re-enter if they desire).

Level 10 has finished and the players can enjoy a 10-minute break before the last 2 levels of the day will commence. These are 5 of the biggest stacks in the room right now:

Action was folded to Marko Hynynen in the small blind who raised to 3,600. Valdemaras Apolianskas saw his opportunity from the big blind and went all in for 21,000. To his surprise, Hynynen called him off in a heartbeat.

Marko Hynynen: K♠K♣
Valdemaras Apolianskas: 9♥9♦

No help for Apolianskas on the 4♥7♠3♦8♣Q♦ runout and his bullet came to an end, seeing as Hynynen had him covered.

Marko Hynynen: 81,000
Valdemaras Apolianskas: 0

From the cut-off, Tomas Muraška made it 2,500. Vitalijus Briazkala called from the small blind before Jonikas Vygerdas decided to make it 15,000 from the big blind.

After some consideration, Muraška went all in for 49,000. Briazkala folded and Vygerdas called as fast as physically possible.

Tomas Muraška: J♥J♠
Jonikas Vygerdas: A♣K♥

A classic encounter which this time went the way of Vygerdas, seeing as the board spelled out A♠10♥5♥Q♥7♠. Muraška bid farewell to the table, seeing as Vygerdas had him covered with roughly 20,000.

Jonikas Vygerdas: 130,000
Tomas Muraška: 0

Linas Jautakis is one of the 55 players currently in Day 1b of the Main Event. Given his success here throughout the years, Jautakis is presumably comfortable at Olympic Casino Vilnius.

At the OlyBet Showdown Vilnius in the summer of 2023, Jautakis won the €1,100 High Roller for €18,880. This is the second-best cash for Jautakis; in 2021, he won the €250 Betsafe Fisherman Challenge Main Event for €41,160.

To top it off, Jautakis seems to be in great form, considering his latest three Hendon Mob scores are all first-place finishes.

Jautakis is one of many great players left in the field. The quality of poker is high at Olympic Casino Vilnius, and the atmosphere is electrifying!

Rolandas Aglinskas raised to 2,000 under the gun. He got called by Egidijus Liutkevičius from the cut-off, and big blind-player Paulius Kostickis also joined the party.

On the K♠2♠9♥ flop, Kostickis checked prior to Aglinskas betting 2,500. Liutkevičius called, but Kostickis threw his cards into the muck.

Turn was the 8♠ and Aglinskas continued the 2,500 betting trend. Liutkevičius called once again and the players were introduced to the Q♦ on the river.

Aglinskas now checked and Liutkevičius was the one betting – you guessed it – 2,500. Aglinskas called and Liutkevičius turned over K♦K♥. Top set was enough and Liutkevičius won a decent pot.

Rolandas Aglinskas: 64,500
Egidijus Liutkevičius: 44,000

The players went on a break and the PokerPro team identified a few bigger-than-average stacks. The players will return on blinds 500/1,000 (1,000):

Grigorij Rudnik opened to 1,700 from the hi-jack. To the left of him, Aki Pyysing raised to 5,100. The other players on the table folded before Rudnik made the call.

The flop came A♣7♥4♦ and Rudnik check-called a 2,100 continuation bet from Pyysing. On the turn 9♦ Pyysing bet 4,000. Rudnik went all in for roughly 25,000 and Pyysing called as quickly as humanly possible.

Grigorij Rudnik: A♥3♥
Aki Pyysing: A♠K♥

The river was a brick; Rudnik’s tournament life came to an end, while Pyysing’s already impressive stack became even bigger.

Aki Pyysing: 120,000
Grigorij Rudnik: 0

At table 2, th flop was J♥3♣4♠ and there was roughly 90,000 in the middle. The tournament director told us that after some raising back and forth pre-flop, Ernestas Stalemekas had moved all in for 27,100 and got called by both Rolandas Aglinskas and Lukas Sivaskovas.

Sivaskovas and Aglinskas checked the flop, and the action repeated itself on the J♠ turn. On the river 6♠ however, Sivakovas bet 25,000 and Aglinskas called.

Ernestas Stalemekas: A♦A♥
Lukas Sivaskovas: K♠K♥
Rolandas Aglinskas: Q♠Q♥

Truly a scenario you do not see that often. Stalemekas won the main pot while Sivakovas won the side pot against Aglinskas.

Ernestas Stalemekas: 81,000
Lukas Sivaskovas: 58,000
Rolandas Aglinskas: 32,000

The prize pool for the €555 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker Main Event has officially surpassed €100,000 – and it will grow even bigger! Recent casualties are Aklilu Laitinen, Tomas Muraška, Matas Budginas, Justinas Adomauskas, Andrius Mazurkevicius, Tal Shani, Arūnas Kontautas, Donatas Pilinkus, and Augustas Bareiša.

Keep in mind though, the tournament has the unlimited re-entry option!

From the lo-jack, Ramūnas Pocevičius opened to 1,100. Alenas Pelegrimas, Charles Goodall, Ignas Lasauskas and Linas Jautakis all decided to call.

On the flop Q♦6♠2♠, it was checked to Pelegrimas who bet 3,500. Goodall and Jautakis called.

The turn brought the 8♥. Jautakis checked prior to Pelegrimas betting 7,300. Goodall threw is right hand up in the air as a “what is going on”-gesture, before announcing all in for 35,500. Jautakis got out of the way but Pelegrimas, after a minute’s consideration, made the call.

Charles Goodall: K♦Q♠
Alenas Pelegrimas: A♦Q♣

No magical king as the river fell 2♥. Goodall survived but the majority of his stack went the way of Pelegrimas.

Alenas Pelegrimas: 56,000
Charles Goodall: 13,500

At Table 6, Arūnas Kontautas and Ramūnas Pocevičius engaged in some pre-flop shenanigans before clashing all in. Pocevičius was the player at risk with 15,200 – 800 less than Kontautas.

Arūnas Kontautas: A♥K♣
Ramūnas Pocevičius: J♠J♣

The board ran out A♦J♥A♣9♦4♥ which brought quite the laughter to the table. Kontautas was left with crumbles.

Ramūnas Pocevičius: 35,000
Arūnas Kontautas: 800

On a 6♣6♥6♠K♣ board, there were 24,000 in the middle. In a blind-VS-blind battle, Matas Budginas continued being the aggressor and put in another 6,000. Edgaras Truskauskas wasn’t going anywhere, though, and he made the call.

The river was the 7♥, and Budginas now went all-in for 14,000. This move sent Truskauskas into the tank; he only had 18,000 left himself, and this could’ve been the biggest pot of the tournament so far.

After maybe 3 minutes, Truskauskas made the call.

Matas Budginas: A♥Q♣
Edgaras Truskauskas: 2♥2♦

Truskauskas was visibly pleased with his call. As he collected the chips, Budginas left the tournament area. Prior to him, Povilas Astašauskas had become the first person to bust out from the tournament.

Edgaras Truskauskas: 70,000
Matas Budginas: 0

There’s been nu bust-out so far, but the all in-triangle has been put on the felt a couple of times.

With 14,000 in the middle, the board read Q♣8♣10♣9♦10♠. Valdemaras Apolianskas went all in for 12,000. Povilas Astašauskas folded before Rolandas Aglinskas decided to make the call.

Valdemaras Apolianskas: K♠J♠
Rolandas Aglinskas: A♣10♦

One can understand the thought process of Aglinskas, blocking the nut flush. This time however, the pot went the way of Apolinskas leaving Aglinskas fairly short-stacked.

Valdemaras Apolianskas: 39,000
Rolandas Aglinskas: 10,500

The board read J♣8♣10♠4♠J♦ and there were 7,500 in the middle. Mantas Urbonas bet 6,500 and Donatas Pilinkus was visibly uncomfortable with Urbonas’ move. After a minute’s consideration, Pilinkus called.

Urbonas turned over A♦J♠ for three-of-a-kind with top kicker. Pilinkus looked at his hand for a good 15 seconds; he revealed the J♥ before mucking his hand.

Mantas Urbonas: 62,000
Donatas Pilinkus: 24,000

Ridas Bitauskas raised to 800 from the hi-jack. Grigorij Rudnik (cut-off)and Justinas Adomauskas (big blind) both called.

Adomauskas checked the 8♠4♠J♦ flop prior to Bitauskas betting 1,100. Rudnik quickly raised to 2,700. This caused Adomauskas to fold, while Bitauskas decided to call.

Both players checked the J♣ turn, and Bitauskas continued the passive line as he also checked on the 7♥ river. Rudnik bet 2,000 and Bitauskas called.

Rudnik turned over Q♠Q♦; a pair of queens was obviously enough to win the hand seeing as Bitauskas mucked his hand.

Grigorij Rudnik: 50,000
Ridas Bitauskas: 29,000

As of the first break, none of the 44 players are yet out from the tournament. While the players enjoyed their break away from the tables, this PokerPro reporter did his best identifying the top 5 stacks in the room.

The players will return to Level 4; 100/300 (300).

The full board reveals 3♥6♣5♦6♦4♦ when there’s 14,000 in the middle. Edgaras Truskauskas fired a 6,600 bet which seemed to have Ernestas Stalemekas somewhat confused. After some consideration, Stalemekas did make the call.

Truskauskas turned over K♦2♦ for a flush and Stalemekas mucked his hand.

Edgaras Truskauskas: 44,500
Ernestas Stalemekas: 25,500

The full board read 6♥Q♥J♦8♣J♠ when Justinas Adomauskas bet 6,000 into the 4,000 pot. Mantas Meskevicius leaned back in his chair and scratched his chin for a minute or two before making the call.

Justinas Adomauskas: K♦3♠
Mantas Meskevicius: Q♦9♥

Adomauskas’ bluff didn’t go through this time; the dealer pushed all the chips the way of Meskevicius.

Mantas Meskevicius: 41,000
Justinas Adomauskas: 18,000

From UTG+1, Simonas Juocys raised to 400. He was called by Dominykas Rimkevičius from the button, before Augustas Bareiša raised to 1,500. Tal Shani called from the big blind and so did Juocys and Rimkevičius.

The flop came 9♣3♠A♠ and Bareiša led out for 2,000. Shani called and the rest of the players decided it was time to get out of the way.

The turn brought the 4♦. Bareiša didn’t slow down and fired a 6,000 bet. This was enough to make Shani fold.

Tal Shani: 28,000
Augustas Bareiša: 24,000

As Day 1b of the €555 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker Main Event progresses, one must not forget that’s much more fun going on at the Olympic Casino Lithuania. The full schedule for today looks as follows:

Naturally, the majority of the tournament fields during OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker are from Lithuania, but there are several other nations being represented. At Table 4, for instance, Sweden’s Mattias Andersson and the Norwegian Paal Vermundsdammen are seated next to eachother.

Andersson just raised to 300 from the hi-jack and got called by Egidijus Liutkevičius from the button, and by Mantas Urbonas who was the big blind.

Urbonas checked over to Andersson on the J♦8♥7♣ flop, and the Swede bet 600. Liutkevičius called and Urbonas folded.

The turn was the 4♦ and Andersson now bet 1,500. Liutkevičius made the call almost instantly. The river brought the 3♠ and Andersson fired a 3,000 bet. Again, Liutkevičius called as quickly as possible.

Mattias Andersson: 7♥7♠
Egidijus Liutkevičius: 6♦5♦

Andersson’s set was no good as Liutkevičius scooped the pot with his straight.

Egidijus Liutkevičius: 42,500
Mattias Andersson: 22,500

Typically, there aren’t too many vital hands during the earlier stages of a tournament. The action will of course pick up the deeper into Day 1B the players get.

Mantas Urbonas opened to 300 from the cut-off and Mantas Meskevicius defended his big blind. Both players checked the 2♠J♠3♣ flop. On the 6♠ turn, Meskevicius led out for 600 and was quickly called by Urbonas.

The river came 2♥ and Meskevicius now bet 700. Urbonas shuffled a chip in his hand for a couple of seconds before he made the call.

Mantas Meskevicius: K♦10♠
Mantas Urbonas: Q♦J♦

A pair of jacks was enough for Urbonas to take home the pot.

Mantas Urbonas: 46,000
Mantas Meskevicius: 31,500

As more and more players keep entering Day 1B, there are some names that may be familiar.

Mantas Urbonas is seated at Table 4. The Lithuanian scored his biggest cash in 2018 when he came 4th in the €550 Battle of Malta Main Event, and he’s currently 28th on the Lithuania all time money list on Hendon Mob.

Ernestas Stalemekas finished 2nd in the €200 Olympic Spring Cup Main Event 2016, and he’s still looking for his first title on home soil.

Rolandas Aglinskas is also here seeking revenge from last year, when he finished 4th in the OlyBet Showdown Ace Breaker 2024 for €12,865.

The number of players keep going up by the minute and of course, there’ll be many more familiar names in the mix today.

It’s “shuffle up and deal” in the €555 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker Main Event! There are 9 participants from the get-go, but people can register all day.

Again, PokerPro is with you all day throughout Day 1B. Tune in frequently to the live blog to get chip counts, hand history, important information, and more!

After a thrilling conclusion to yesterday’s €1,100 High Roller here at Olympic Casino Vilnius, it’s now time to shift focus to the €555 Main Event!

Day 1A of the Main Event concluded yesterday, resulting in 49 players bagging their chips. These 49 are now eagerly waiting for tomorrow, Februrary 1, when they will return to Day 2.

That was yesterday though; today, Day 1B kicks off at 12:00 and 1C is scheduled to 20:00. The structure for Day 1B looks as follows:

Day 1C is a turbo flight; the same structure applies, the only difference being that the levels are 25 minutes in length.

PokerPro will be with you all throughout Day 1B, delivering updates from what is expected to be a thrilling day of live poker.

Good luck, all Main Event participants!