It was another busy day on Tuesday at Olympic Casino Lietuva, as the 2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius festival completed a number of side events, along with Day 1b of the €555 NLH Championship.
Latvia’s Artis Salmins emerged with the trophy in the €250 NLH Progressive Knockout after defeating Finland’s Onni Harmaala, while Giedrius Grigorius was the last player standing in the €250 PLO4/PLO5.
Live reporting of the €555 Championship will also begin on Day 2 at poker.pro, offering real-time updates as the tournament plays down toward a winner, with cards in the air at Noon. Finland’s Alex Heinonen bagged the overall chip lead on Tuesday’s Day 1b, over the 47 opening-day survivors. The 138-entry field will grow, with late registration remaining open through the first two blind levels of Day 2, after the action kicks off on Wednesday at Noon.
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Artis Salmins Wins €250 NLH Progressive Knockout
A total of 69 entrants created a €7,521 prize pool, with eight places paid. Artis Salmins of Latvia and Onni Harmaala of Finland advanced to the heads-up action with the top prize of €1,871 locked up from the prize pool. Salmins earned the final bounty and the trophy.
This marked the first trophy for Latvia this festival, with Lithuania on the board with six trophies, including one later in the day on Tuesday, and Finland with two trophies.
Meanwhile, Harmaala has a top-five stack for Day 2 of the €555 NLH Championship and will be hoping to secure another deep run in that event.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 |  Artis Salmins | Latvia | €1,871 |
| 2 |  Onni Harmaala | Finland | €1,871 |
| 3 |  Nidas Kazlauskas | Lithuania | €1,210 |
| 4 | Gerardas Lukšėnas | Lithuania | €830 |
| 5 | Giedrius Grigorius | Lithuania | €610 |
| 6 | Eligijus Asmena | Lithuania | €480 |
| 7 |  Mohammed Asfar | Jordan | €370 |
| 8 |  Miguel Sustacha | Spain | €280 |
Giedrius Grigorius Wins €250 PLO4/PLO5
A total of nine entrants created a €1,881 prize pool, with Giedrius Grigorius of Lithuania taking the hardware and first-place prize of €1,131.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 | Giedrius Grigorius | Lithuania | €1,131 |
| 2 |  Dmitrij Apalko | Belarus | €750 |
Alex Heinonen Takes Overall Chip Lead in Day 1b of €555 NLH Championship
A total of 67 players entered Day 1b of the €555 NLH Championship, and after 12 levels of play, Alex Heinonen of Finland topped the standings, taking the overall chip lead into Day 2 in the process.
The full list of Day 1b qualifiers is set out below:-
| Position | Player | Country | Chips | Blinds |
| 1 | Alex Heinonen | Finland | 348,500 | 174 |
| 2 |  Torben Beltz | Germany | 186,000 | 93 |
| 3 |  Volodymyr Bezverkhyi | Ukraine | 179,500 | 90 |
| 4 | Justinas Adomauskas | Lithuania | 166,000 | 83 |
| 5 | Rasmus Sihvonen | Finland | 138,000 | 69 |
| 6 | Vladislavs Azans | Latvia | 133,500 | 67 |
| 7 | Andrej Sidinevskij | Lithuania | 131,500 | 66 |
| 8 | Algirdas Saveikis | Lithuania | 118,000 | 59 |
| 9 | Žygimantas Skvarčevskis | Lithuania | 108,000 | 54 |
| 10 | Einius Jurgevičius | Lithuania | 106,500 | 53 |
| 11 | Albert Ostrovskij | Lithuania | 105,000 | 53 |
| 12 | Ramūnas Gedmontas | Lithuania | 102,000 | 51 |
| 13 | Gatis Reigass | Latvia | 102,000 | 51 |
| 14 | Egidijus Matonis | Lithuania | 98,000 | 49 |
| 15 | Povilas Latvėnas | Lithuania | 92,500 | 46 |
| 16 | Aleksandr Naumov | Lithuania | 85,000 | 43 |
| 17 | Valerij Dobrinskij | Lithuania | 79,500 | 40 |
| 18 | Artūras Subbotinas | Lithuania | 77,500 | 39 |
| 19 | Teemu Salminen | Finland | 69,500 | 35 |
| 20 | Gintaras Naglius | Lithuania | 67,000 | 34 |
| 21 | Modestas Kryžanauskas | Lithuania | 49,500 | 25 |
| 22 | Marijus Vaiginas | Lithuania | 45,500 | 23 |
| 23 |  Morten Bremseth | Norway | 37,000 | 19 |
| 24 | Svajūnas Šeduikis | Lithuania | 32,500 | 16 |
| 25 | Marijus Dirgela | Lithuania | 27,500 | 14 |
2026 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Schedule (Wednesday, May 13)
There is plenty of action for players to get their teeth into today, with late registration open until the start of Level 15 in Day 2 of the €555 NLH Championship, Day 1a of the €1,100 Main Event kicking off at 4 p.m., along with a PLO progressive bounty and a satellite to the Main Event.
| Time | Event |
| 12:00 | €555 NLH Championship Day 2 |
| 16:00 | €1,100 NLH Main Event Day 1a |
| 18:00 | €250 PLO4/5 Progressive Bounty |
| 20:00 | €80 NLH Mega Satellite to €1,100 Main Event (Four Seats Guaranteed) |
- Images c/o Viktorija Makovskaja / OlyBet Poker.
- Article originally published at poker.pro.
