Saturday brought tons of new energy into the final weekend of the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Bounty Spring Edition, with four trophies awarded. Latvia’s Roberts Krīgers was easily the star of the day and the festival after etching his name into the Latvian poker history books with an epic victory in the inaugural OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition €1,100 Main Event for €33,300.
While Krīgers was getting down to business with a fun rail, including the likes of Matīss Celmiņš, Sandra Krastiņa was busy winning a trophy of her own by winning the €80 Queens for €455. Jussi Julkunen won the €150 NLH/PLO4 for a cool €2,200, while Lithuania’s Dominykas Ruškys won the online event for €1,946, including €1,015 in bounties.
Read on to learn more about the eighth day of the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition at Olympic Voodoo Casino.
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Roberts Krīgers Keeps Main Event Trophy in Latvia
The €1,100 Main Event was one of the largest events in Latvian poker history with 141 entries creating a €133,950 prize pool. Friday witnessed the action play down to the final table with Estonia’s Ott Jaakson holding a sizeable lead over the field with eventual champion Roberts Krīgers in the middle of the pack.
Six countries were represented at the final table with the final five players each waving a different country flag after Finland’s Joona Koivisto (sixth – €7,030), Lithuania’s Jurgis Beinoras (seventh – €5,790), €555 NLH Championship winner from France Michel Leibgorin (eighth – €4,750), and Latvia’s Jevgēnijs Zotovs (ninth – €3,820) all hit the rail.
Finland’s Petteri Laiho, the runner-up in the 2023 Kings of Tallinn Main Event, exited in fifth place for €8,790, guaranteeing the final four players a five-figure payday.
United Kingdom’s Glen Gaines was the last player in 2022 to win a Tallinn Summer Showdown Main Event before it was rebranded as part of the Kings of Tallinn. He shared before the event that he was hoping to match this with a Main Event trophy in Riga, but he instead fell one player shy of the podium, finishing fourth place for €11,580.
Meanwhile, Jaakson’s massive chip lead to start the final table only took him so far. He was the first out at the podium in third place for €15,500, leaving Krīgers and Martynas Mockevičius heads-up for the title. Krīgers was all smiles with his rail after he got the job done, while Mockevičius settled for the healthy runner-up prize of €21,710.
Congrats to Roberts Krīgers for an epic victory to remember in the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition €1,100 Main Event.
Event #14: €1,100 Main Event Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Roberts Krīgers | Latvia | €33,300 |
| 2 |  Martynas Mockevičius | Lithuania | €21,710 |
| 3 |  Ott Jaakson | Estonia | €15,500 |
| 4 |  Glen Gaines | United Kingdom | €11,580 |
| 5 |  Petteri Laiho | Finland | €8,790 |
| 6 | Joona Koivisto | Finland | €7,030 |
| 7 | Jurgis Beinoras | Lithuania | €5,790 |
| 8 |  Michel Leibgorin | France | €4,750 |
| 9 | Jevgēnijs Zotovs | Latvia | €3,820 |
| 10 |  Min Sung Lee | South Korea | €3,220 |
| 11 | Aleksieemil Heikkinen | Finland | €3,220 |
| 12 | Tommy Piiroinen | Finland | €2,830 |
| 13 |  Arasch Mirzai | Sweden | €2,830 |
| 14 |  Jesper Hansen | Denmark | €2,520 |
| 15 |  Yevhen Pavlenko | Ukraine | €2,520 |
| 16 | Raivis Pučurs | Latvia | €2,270 |
| 17 | Kaspars Butāns | Latvia | €2,270 |
Sandra Krastiņa Crowned the Queen of the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition
Women were busy competing in an event of their own with 17 entries getting into the mix in the one-day Event #23: €80 NLH Queens to create a €1,130 prize pool.
It was “domination nation” for the local country as all four players who cashed hailed from Latvia. Agnese Novicka (third – €200) and Ilze Volāne (fourth – €160).
Meanwhile, Kristiāna Štauere, who played college hoops for the Indiana Hoosiers, has made several strong performances at OlyBet-branded events over the past couple of years and nearly earned a trophy in the €80 Queens. However, Sandra Krastiņa, who, as far as we can tell, recorded her first international poker cash in a big way after defeating the experienced Štauere heads-up to win the trophy and the €455 top prize, while Štauere settled for the runner-up prize of €315.
Event #23: €80 Queens Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Krastiņa | Latvia | €455 |
| 2 | Kristiāna Štauere | Latvia | €315 |
| 3 | Agnese Novicka | Latvia | €200 |
| 4 | Ilze Volāne | Latvia | €160 |
Jussi Julkunen Wins €150 NLH/PLO4
The final live trophy event of the evening witnessed 52 entries battle it out in the €150 NLH/PLO4 to create a €6,422 prize pool. The trophy was guaranteed to leave Latvia after the final Latvian Valērijs Čebakovs min-cashed the event for €330. Finland’s Kasperi Kannisto (fourth – €660), Norway’s Marius Sorensen (fifth – €500), and Sweden’s side event winner Arasch Mirzai (sixth – €400) hit the rail.
The €555 NLH Champion Michel Leibgorin entered this event after he was eliminated at the final table in the Main Event in hopes of winning a second trophy. He settled for third place for €932, which locked up the trophy going to Finland.
Finland’s Jussi Julkunen defeated countrymate Michel Leibgorin (second – €1,400) heads-up to win the trophy and the €2,200 top prize.
Event #24: €150 NLH/PLO4 Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jussi Julkunen | Finland | €2,200 |
| 2 | Vesa Heikkinen | Finland | €1,400 |
| 3 | Michel Leibgorin | France | €932 |
| 4 | Kasperi Kannisto | Finland | €660 |
| 5 | Marius Sorensen | Norway | €500 |
| 6 | Arasch Mirzai | Sweden | €400 |
| 7 | Valērijs Čebakovs | Latvia | €330 |
2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition Schedule (Sunday, March 30)
The final day will include plenty of heartfelt goodbyes along with two final chances to win a trophy. The second and final day of the €350 NLH Olyboost Mystery Bounty kicks off at 1 p.m. with just 11 players remaining from the 88 entries to get into the action on the opening day with Lithuania’s Mindaugas Grigaitis holding down the chip lead. The returning players each locked up at least a €330 payout with a €3,730 top prize on the line. This isn’t where the excitement is as the exciting mystery bounty prizes will begin on Day 2 with each player eliminated.
Meanwhile, the final event of the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition begins at 3 p.m. in the €250 NLH DeepStack with a €20 satellite guaranteeing at least three seats beginning three hours earlier at 12 p.m.
Check out Sunday’s final day schedule below, or head to the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Riga Voodoo Spring Edition landing page at OlyBetEvents to check out the full schedule and more.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12:00 | Event #25: €20 NLH Satellite to €250 NLH DeepStack (3 Seats GTD) |
| 13:00 | Event #22: €350 NLH Olyboost Mystery Bounty Final Day |
| 15:00 | Event #26: €250 NLH DeepStack |
