| Level 13: | 2,000/4,000 (4,000) |
| Entries: | 34/84 |
| Prizes: | €80,694 |
Welcome to the coverage of the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker, taking place at the luxurious Olympic Casino Lietuva, located steps from the iconic Vilnius Old Town. Our coverage at poker.pro will focus on the two largest events of this festival starting with Day 2 of the €1,100 High Roller on Thursday before coverage begins for the €555 Main Event from January 31 to February 2 with the start of Day 1b.
The High Roller already attracted a banner field of 84 entries to create a €80,694 prize pool and counting with late registration open for the first blind level of Day 2, which begins at 1 p.m.
Just 34 players survived the opening day of 12 blind levels of 40-minutes each led by Aivaras Kerušauskas after parlaying his stack of 50,000 in chips to 325,000 for 81 big blinds to start `day 2 with blinds starting at 2,000/4,000 (4,000) and increasing every 40 minutes.
The local player has been recording live cashes at The Hendon Mob dating back nearly a decade with his largest cash recorded at The Hendon Mob coming in 2016 when he won a €1,000 event in France for €16,280. More recently, he found glory at the inaugural Kings of Vilnius where he shipped the €555 OlyBet Special in November 2024 to earn the €13,895 top prize. Kęstutis Jungevičius, who already won a trophy this festival is just behind with 262,000 in chips followed by Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas with 209,000.
The Finnish poker legend Aki Pyysing is also in the mix with 127,000. Pyysing is coming in hot after shipping the €1,120 Helsinki Freezeout Main Event for €37,290 just 2 weeks ago and is no stranger to winning big titles.
The tournament is a 2-day event meaning play will continue today until a winner is crowned. The structure for today looks as follows:
| Level | Time | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 40 min | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| Break | 15 min | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 14 | 40 min | 2,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 15 | 40 min | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| 16 | 40 min | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| Break | 15 min | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 17 | 40 min | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 18 | 40 min | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 19 | 40 min | 10,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Break | 15 min | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 20 | 40 min | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 21 | 40 min | 10,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| 22 | 40 min | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Break | 15 min | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 23 | 40 min | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| 24 | 40 min | 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| 25 | 40 min | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Today is also the day that the €555 Main Event kicks off. Day 1a is scheduled to commence at 4 p.m.. The main priority for today will be focusing on the High Roller before we switch gears into the Main Event on Friday for Day 1b.
Cards are in the air starting at 1 p.m. Stay tuned at poker.pro as we provide you a blow-by-blow recap of the action as it goes down until a winner is crowed in the High Roller. Best of luck to all of the players in their question in becoming the latest OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker champion.
Final Day 1 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Aivaras Kerušauskas | Lithuania | 325,000 | 81 |
| 2 | Kęstutis Jungevičius | Lithuania | 262,000 | 66 |
| 3 | Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas | Lithuania | 209,000 | 52 |
| 4 | Paulius Kostickis | Lithuania | 197,000 | 49 |
| 5 | Mantas Jarasiunas | Lithuania | 169,000 | 42 |
| 6 | Martynas Račinskas | Lithuania | 168,000 | 42 |
| 7 | Kazimieras Ramaška | Lithuania | 166,000 | 42 |
| 8 |  Jari Mahonen | Finland | 161,000 | 40 |
| 9 |  Raivo Grislis | Latvia | 156,000 | 39 |
| 10 | Paulius Vaitiekūnas | Lithuania | 149,000 | 37 |
| 11 | Mantas Kudarauskas | Lithuania | 144,000 | 36 |
| 12 | Žydrūnas Karčemarskas | Lithuania | 143,000 | 36 |
| 13 | Mantas Liachauskas | Lithuania | 138,000 | 35 |
| 14 | Sigitas Raila | Lithuania | 138,000 | 35 |
| 15 | Mantas Ungulaitis | Lithuania | 135,000 | 34 |
| 16 | Aki Pyysing | Finland | 127,000 | 32 |
| 17 | Marius Kudzmanas | Lithuania | 112,000 | 28 |
| 18 |  Stig Andersson | Sweden | 110,000 | 28 |
| 19 | Linas Bitinas | Lithuania | 96,000 | 24 |
| 20 | Simas Karaliunas | Lithuania | 94,000 | 24 |
| 21 | Robertas Šakinis | Lithuania | 90,000 | 23 |
| 22 | Jokubas Pauliukenas | Lithuania | 83,000 | 21 |
| 23 | Vladimiras Mečkovskis | Lithuania | 78,000 | 20 |
| 24 | Michailas Miserkejevas | Lithuania | 78,000 | 20 |
| 25 | Roman Kulijev | Lithuania | 74,000 | 19 |
| 26 | Kasparas Drazdauskas | Lithuania | 69,000 | 17 |
| 27 | Mindaugas Grigaitis | Lithuania | 64,000 | 16 |
| 28 | Egidijus Matonis | Lithuania | 61,000 | 15 |
| 29 | Aurimas Stanevičius | Lithuania | 55,000 | 14 |
| 30 | Modestas Kryžanauskas | Lithuania | 53,000 | 13 |
| 31 | Egidijus Oleinik | Lithuania | 51,000 | 13 |
| 32 | Karolis Sereika | Lithuania | 44,000 | 11 |
| 33 | Vasilijus Piskunovas | Lithuania | 43,000 | 11 |
| 34 | Jaakko Hotti | Finland | 16,000 | 4 |
