During the fifth day of the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius, Day 2 of the €555 NLH Championship was headlining the tournament schedule, together with Day 1a of the €1,100 Main Event. €555 is a buy-in that has proven very desirable in the past, and it was more or less a certainty that there would be some intriguing poker at the Olympic Casino Lithuania.

Lithuania’s Aleksandras Rusinovas made the most of the €555 Championship after agreeing to a deal with countrymate Paulius Gaidulevicius before cruising to victory to earn the €20,642 top prize.

Read more to learn more about the Rusinovas’s road to victory on the fifth day at the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius.

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Cards in the Air in €555 Championship (By Live Reporter Christoffer Karlen)

Day 2 commenced at 12:00, and 46 players returned from Day 1. The field would get bigger, though, as late registration was possible during the first two levels of Day 2. Still, players such as Aivaras Kerušauskas and Stanislovas Viničenka had earned themselves great presumptions, considering they both bagged more than 240,000 at the end of Day 1.

When registration had closed, it could be determined that 196 entries had been made in the tournament, which resulted in a €93,100 prize pool. Soon, the floor also announced that 23 players would be in the money, with the min-cash being €1,180, and a hefty €20,960 up-top.

Play went on, and after yet another handful of levels, it was time for another 15-minute break. At this point, Kerušauskas was still the chip leader, playing a 755,000 stack (which was more than 3x average stack). When play resumed, it didn’t take long before Martin Piik busted in position 25. The floor then prepared to do a three-table re-draw, but before that, Nerius Rutkauskas fell to the nut straight of Vidas Encius. This meant that there was not a single hand played on the bubble, which surely was a pleasant surprise to some of the shorter stacks.

Kerušauskas didn’t slow down, and as he eliminated two players in utterly dramatic fashion, he crossed the 1,000,000 mark as only 13 players remained. Eventually, Ridas Bitauskas busted in tenth place, and as the final table was now set, play was scheduled to end for the day. However, considering the night was still young, some players suggested continuing to play and finishing the tournament tonight. After a couple of minutes’ discussion, they all reached an agreement and decided to keep playing until a winner was crowned.

Grande Finale

When the final table commenced, three players had more than 1,000,000 in their stack: Paulius Gaidulevicius topped the standings with 1,295,000, followed by the aforementioned Kerušauskas (1,205,000), and Aleksandras Rusinovas in third place with 1,070,000.

The first all-in encounter took place between Audrius Navickas and Aleksandras Rusinovas. Even though Navickas had his opponent dominated with a better Ace, Rusinovas hit a ten on the river to eliminate Navickas in ninth place for €2,560; presumably, short-stacks Encius and Modestas Kryžanauskas were very pleased making a pay-jump.

They couldn’t hold on much longer, though; Encius went out in eighth for €3,050, and Kryžanauskas cashed €3,630 for his seventh-place finish. Just as was the case with Navickas, they both were victims of Rusinovas. Rusinovas would claim his fourth victim on the final table, when he cracked the aces of Jurgin Beinoras. €4,530 richer, Beinoras bid farewell, and Rusinovas played over 2,500,000.

While Rusinovas ran like a god, Kerušauskas, who may have been considered the biggest contender for the title by many going into the final table, had been losing some chips here, some there. Eventually, he got it all in against – you guessed it Rusinovas, and once again, the latter came out on the good end. Kerušauskas was eliminated in fifth place for €5,820.

When Paulius Jucys was eliminated by Paulius Gaidulevicius a few hands later, someone other than Rusinovas had claimed a victim on the final table. Jucys earned €7,640 for his fourth-place finish, and soon after his adieu, Stanislovas Viničenka went out in third place for €9,700, after Rusinovas flopped two-pair despite being dominated.

Thus, the stage was set for a Heads-up battle between Stanislovas and Gaidulevicius. After a few hands, they requested the floor to present the numbers for a potential ICM deal. Eventually, both accepted the deal, but they would still continue playing for €3,454 and the trophy.

The Heads-up confrontation more or less consisted of perhaps 30 very rapid hands, where both players took turns showing aggression, often before the flop was even dealt. About halfway into Level 27, they got it in on the turn. Gaidulevicius was a huge favorite, but Stanislovas had been running hot all day – why stop now? The 7♠ on the turn settled it; Aleksandras Rusinovas was crowned the €555 NLH Championship winner, and was awarded €20,642 alongside the trophy.

€555 NLH Championship Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Aleksandras Rusinovas	Lithuania	€20,642*
2	Paulius Gaidulevicius	Lithuania	€13,580*
3	Stanislovas Viničenka	Lithuania	€9,700
4	Paulius Jucys	Lithuania	€7,540
5	Aivaras Kerušauskas	Lithuania	€5,820
6	Jurgis Beinoras	Lithuania	€4,530
7	Modestas Kryžanauskas	Lithuania	€3,630
8	Vidas Encius	Lithuania	€3,050
9	Audrius Navickas	Lithuania	€2,560
10	Ridas Bitauskas	Lithuania	€2,170
11	Jonas Lapinskas	Lithuania	€2,170
12	Arnestas Armonas	USA	€2,170
13	Edgaras Petkevičius	Lithuania	€ 1,880
14	Vitalijus Briazkala	Lithuania	€ 1,650
15	Raimundas Sapiega	Lithuania	€ 1,650
16	Mantas Ungulaitis	Lithuania	€ 1,460
17	Andrius Mažeika	Lithuania	€1,460
18	Jurgis Garšva	Lithuania	€1,290
19	Mindaugas Biriukovas	Lithuania	€1,290
20	Marijus Dirgela	Lithuania	€1,290
21	Edgaras Kausinis	Lithuania	€1,180
22	Jarmo Salonen	Finland	€1,180
23	Osku Karttunen	Finland	€1,180

*Reflects heads-up deal

Arsen Kondakčan Wins €250 PLO4/5 PKO

The €250 PLO4/5 Progressive Knockout kicked off in the evening with 51 entries creating €10,659 in prizes including €5,100 in bounties.

Lithuania’s Arsen Kondakčan made it two for two for the local country after defeating Anders Beckman to win the trophy. Both players earned the top €1,472 top prize, however, Kondakčan won the big bounty at the end to go home with the lion’s share of the prize pool.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Arsen Kondakčan	Lithuania	€1,472
2	Anders Beckman	Sweden	€1,472
3	Vesa Heikkinen	Finland	€990
4	Ramūnas Danys	Lithuania	€700
5	Ričardas Vymeris	Lithuania	€530
6	Artūras Antonianas	Lithuania	€395

Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas Leads Main Event After Day 1a

Day 1a of the 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius €1,100 Main Event attracted 61 entries with 24 players surviving the day. Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas bagged a cool 200,000 from his starting stack of 30,000 to take the overnight chip lead with Sigitas Raila (154,000), Rokas Skridulis (152,500), 2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius €2,200 High Roller champion Rytis Pranarauskas (116,500), Latvia’s Arturs Daugis (116,500), and Italy’s Edoardo Mancinelli (100,000) also advanced to Friday’s Day 2 with a six-figure stack via the Day 1a field.

Check out the chip counts of the 24 survivors below and best of luck to everyone on Thursday hopping into Day 1b and Day 1c.

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas	Lithuania	200,000	80
2	Sigitas Raila	Lithuania	154,000	62
3	Rokas Skridulis	Lithuania	152,500	61
4	Rytis Pranarauskas	Lithuania	120,000	48
5	Arturs Daugis	Latvia	116,500	47
6	Edoardo Mancinelli	Italy	100,000	40
7	Mantas Ungulaitis	Lithuania	97,000	39
8	Lukas Poškus	Lithuania	92,500	37
9	Edvinas Orlovas	Lithuania	81,000	32
10	Vytautas Baltrušaitis	Lithuania	74,500	30
11	Jaunius Maževičius	Lithuania	71,000	28
12	Modestas Kryžanauskas	Lithuania	62,500	25
13	Justinas Adomauskas	Lithuania	61,000	24
14	Arnestas  Armonas	United States	54,500	22
15	Gintautas Danilevičius	Lithuania	53,000	21
16	Egidijus Matonis	Lithuania	50,000	20
17	Kristers Muhins	Latvia	48,000	19
18	Darius Šimkus	Lithuania	47,500	19
19	Edgaras Kausinis	Lithuania	43,000	17
20	Aurelijus Sipavičius	Lithuania	40,500	16
21	Janis Markss	Latvia	40,000	16
22	Vytautas Laurinaitis	Lithuania	28,000	11
23	Vladimiras Mečkovskis	Lithuania	23,000	9
24	Eivydas Baravykas	Lithuania	19,000	8

2025 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Day 6 Schedule (Thursday, May 22)

Thursday kicks off with the second of three opening flights of the €1,100 Main Event at 12 p.m. with the third and final opening flight taking place at 7 p.m.

Trophy hunters will have two chances to go home happy on Thursday in the €200 NLH OlyBet x Euroleague Premium Sponsorship Celebration at 6 p.m. and the €250 NLH Progressive Bounty at 9 p.m.

Check out today’s schedule below or head to the OlyBet Events website for the full schedule.