The opening bell rang loudly at Olympic Casino Lietuva for the much-anticipated 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius. Players began to file in for a chance to win one of the many trophies, with the schedule boasting 32 action-packed events from May 9-17 in the heart of the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.
Finland’s Ville Keranen earned the only trophy of the opening day after defeating Latvia’s Edijs Sidko heads-up in the €150 PLO5 Bounty for €761 plus bounties.
Meanwhile, the two-day €250 NLH Opening Event attracted 131 entries, including seven players from the €20 satellite earlier in the day, for a total prize pool of €27,379. The action is down to just nine hopefuls led by Lithuania’s Sigitas Raila, already in the money, with their eyes on the €6,979 top prize when the action resumes on Sunday at Noon.
Ville Keranen Wins First Trophy
The €150 PLO5 Bounty awarded the only trophy on Saturday’s opening day, with 26 entries creating €3,211 in prizes, including €1,300 in bounties, with players collecting €50 every time they eliminated an opponent.
Two Lithuanians collected official payouts, with Ernest Stepanov taking third place for €345 plus bounties and Jurij Kurpis earning the fourth-place prize of €270 plus bounties.
Finland’s Ville Keranen then defeated Latvia’s Edijs Sidko to earn the first trophy of the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius and the €761 top prize plus bounties, while Sidko fell one player shy of glory while collecting his runner-up prize of €535 plus bounties.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ville Keranen | Finland | €761 |
| 2 |  Edijs Sidko | Latvia | €535 |
| 3 |  Ernest Stepanov | Lithuania | €345 |
| 4 | Jurij Kurpis | Lithuania | €270 |
Final Table Seat Draw of the €250 NLH Opening Event
The final table is set for the second and final day of the €250 NLH Opening Event. The locals had a strong showing with eight of the nine players remaining from the home country of Lithuania, led by chip millionaire Sigitas Raila.
Players have already locked up €830 with the €6,979 top prize on the line. Six other players already collected payouts on the opening day, including Israel’s Anna Kaminarova, who took 11th place for €710 after qualifying via the €20 qualifer to start Saturday’s action.
| 1 | Manfredas Brazauskas | Lithuania | 364,000 | 36 |
| 2 | Dominykas Būda | Lithuania | 891,000 | 89 |
| 3 | Gintaras Naglius | Lithuania | 118,000 | 12 |
| 4 | Tomas Možeiko | Lithuania | 196,000 | 20 |
| 5 |  Iurii Volkhonov | Russia | 375,000 | 38 |
| 6 | Tomas Pinkevičius | Lithuania | 70,110 | 7 |
| 7 | Audrius Lukasevicius | Lithuania | 63,000 | 6 |
| 8 | Egidijus Matonis | Lithuania | 146,000 | 15 |
| 9 | Sigitas Raila | Lithuania | 1,009,000 | 101 |
2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Schedule (Sunday, May 10)
Four trophies will be on the line during Sunday’s second day of the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius at Olympic Casino Lietuva.
The action begins at Noon with the conclusion of the €250 NLH Opening Event, along with the start of the one-day €350 NLH Deepstack Progressive Bounty.
The €80 NLH Mega Satellite, guaranteeing at least five seats to the €555 NLH Olybet Showdown Championship, begins at 4 p.m., with the evening bringing two new trophy opportunities in the €200 PLO4/PLO5 at 7 p.m., followed by the €150 NLH at 9 p.m.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 12:00 | Event #2: €250 NLH Opening Event Day 2 (Final Day) |
| 12:00 | Event #5: €350 NLH Deepstack Progressive Bounty |
| 16:00 | Event #6: €80 NLH Mega Satellite to €555 NLH OlyBet Showdown Championship Day 1a (Five Seats Guaranteed) |
| 19:00 | Event #7: €200 PLO4/5 |
| 21:00 | Event #8: €150 NLH |
- Images c/o Viktorija Makovskaja / OlyBet Poker.
- Article originally published at poker.pro.
