The Baltic poker scene is buzzing proper now, and 2026 appears to be like set to get off to a different flying begin with the OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker, operating from January 10 to 18 and that includes a brand-new €1,100 Primary Occasion.
Happening on the Olympic On line casino Lietuva within the picturesque Lithuanian capital, the OlyBet competition guarantees 9 full days of poker motion, with greater than 30 tournaments on the schedule and over 20 trophy occasions up for grabs, together with the flagship debut of the €1,100 Primary Occasion and round the clock money video games.
OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker Full Schedule
Situated a 2-minute stroll from the north financial institution of the Neris River, the Olympic On line casino Lietuva will as soon as once more play host to an early spotlight of the European poker calendar when playing cards go within the air on January 10.
Schedule highlights embrace:
€250 NLH Opening Occasion, 10–11 January€555 NLH Championship, 12–15 January€220 PL Sviten Championship, 16 January€1,100 NLH Primary Occasion, 14–18 January€350 NLH OlyBet Particular, 17–18 January€150 NLH Queens, 17 January
With over 30 tournaments on the slate, together with PLO and Sviten occasions, the ever-popular Queens occasions for feminine gamers, and 24/7 money video games, there are many highlights for gamers of all bankrolls on the schedule.
Furthermore, gamers can qualify for the competition via on-line satellites on OlyBet Poker, incomes seats for only a fraction of the common price.
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Wanting Again: Sihvonen Claims 2025’s Showpiece
Final 12 months’s OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker competition proved to be full of motion, with nicely over 400 gamers from over 20 international locations descending on Vilnius to beat the winter blues with some playing cards.
And it was Finland’s Rasmus Sihvonen who would expertly navigate his well beyond 295 opponents to take the 2025 competition’s largest prize within the type of the €555 OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker Primary Occasion, and seize a career-best €28,760 rating.
Sihvonen bested a remaining desk full of native expertise, as Lithuanian gamers made up seven of the ultimate 9, however it was to be the Finn’s day as he received all-in after all-in (together with getting seven-deuce off in preflop) to search out himself within the winner’s circle at Olympic On line casino Lietuva and accumulating a career-high payday.
Rasmus Sihvonen Claims OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker Primary Occasion Title
The place to Keep in Vilnius
Gamers travelling to Vilnius will discover a vary of official lodging choices, which can be found to view on the OlyBet Occasions web site.
Choices embrace the Radisson Blu Lodge Lietuva (the place the occasion is situated), the Finest Western, and the Neringa Lodge, all based mostly inside simple strolling distance of the Olympic On line casino Lietuva.
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Subsequent Up: Kings of Tallinn 2026
In search of extra world-class poker motion within the Baltics? Following the OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Ace Breaker, gamers must also mark their calendars for Kings of Tallinn 2026, operating from February 6 to fifteen.
With a file 74-event schedule, together with a €1,000,000 GTD Primary Occasion, Northern Europe’s largest poker competition is larger than ever in 2026, promising record-breaking motion from the center of the Estonian capital.
Full particulars of Kings of Tallinn 2026, in addition to data relating to satellites to the competition, will be discovered on the OlyBet web site, or maintain your eyes peeled to PokerNews the place we’ll have a full preview subsequent week.
Eliot Thomas
Editor, Poker & On line casino
