2026 The Festival Weekend Vilnius Day 2

Remigijus Politika has completed a miraculous comeback to win the BigO. He was short-stacked for a decent amount of final table play before mounting a comeback to finish at the top of the Lithuanian podium. Below are the payouts.

The Freezeout and PLO Bomb Pot Feature will run into the small hours, and the results will be posted in the recap of today’s action, which will be up in the morning.

That’s all for now, folks. Until next time.

Here are the counts from 1B of the €555 Main Event PKO. Gintaras Naglius was in the top 10 for most of the day, and the home team representative bagged the biggest. Current Main Event champion Petros Theodosiou also bagged. Below are the chip counts of the 8 progressors.

Valentinas Liuzinas has gone from a dominant lead to a short stack in the €350 BigO. His compatriot Albertas Voišnarovič has taken the lead, and long-time short stack Remigijus Politika has moved up to second.

Now registration has closed, the payouts have been finalised. Here is what the remaining players are battling for in the €150 PLO5 Bomb Pot Feature.

Festival Founder Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk has been frozen out of the €200 Freezeout. Not aware that there was an open raise behind him, “Franke” decided to jam on the button to bully the small and big blind. Much to “Franke’s” dismay, he was snapped off by the open-raiser with ace-three offsuit. “Franke’s” five-deuce offsuit was dead on the flop. Cries of “I hate poker!” rang out across the tournament floor.

Frank Stüken has been stacked in the BigO, leaving a Lithuanian 1-2-3 battling it out for the title. Valentinas Liuzinas remains out in front with a strong advantage, and his compatriot Albertas Voišnarovič sits in second place. Remigijus Politika has a few chips and a chair and will need a drastic scoop-filled spin-up if he is to take down the title.

Tomas Kovalenka fell victim to the bubble in the €555 Main Event. The bounties are starting to build up, and the two biggest bounties accumulated from today’s session are worth €1,400 and €1,000. Both belong to the top two in the counts, Gintaras Naglius and Marc Gork. If you would like to try and win these bounties, there is a Hyper Turbo Flight at 11 a.m. local time tomorrow morning.

Nine remain in the field in 1B of the Main Event. Only 8 can progress to Day 2. The final table has been drawn, and it is Peter Bergman on short-stack duties. At a glance, it appears Marc Gork has taken the chip lead from Gintaras Naglius.

With registration now closed, here is what the remaining 32 players will be playing for in the €200 Freezeout. The Festival is represented by Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk and Melvin Schroen, who are somehow side by side at the table. Last nights Crazy Pineapple champion Lars Ridell is also in the field.

Carlo Braccini and Rita Paus have been the first in the money bust-outs in the BigO final table. Valentinas Liuzinas has a stranglehold on the table and has a huge chip advantage over the field. Below are the payouts and the up-to-date chip counts.

Gintaras Naglius has continued to build upon his chiplead stack in the penultimate Main Event flight. Friend of The Festival, Marc Gork, has been trending up and sits in second place. Below is the top 10, which also features The Festival Bratislava 2026 Main Event champion, Petros Theodosiou.

After some deliberation at the table, sixth place will now be paid. This also means that last night’s Sviten Special champion, Simone Fumagalli, has become the bubble boy. Below are the updated payouts.

A field of 21 players has come together to play the PLO5 Bomb Pot Feature here at Olympic Casino Lietuva. Last night’s PLO4 Bomb Pot Feature champion, Andreas “Wiseguy” Hogland, has taken to the felt to become a back-to-back Bomb Pot champion. Also in the field is Main Event chip leader, Kęstutis Jungevičius, as well as last night’s Sviten Special runner-up, Giorgio Savignone.

A total of 48 entrants have been made to the €200 NLH Freezeout. Each player can have one bullet and one bullet only! So far, 42 are left, with current Main Event chipleader Kęstutis Jungevičius being amongst the early exits. Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk and Berhan Ahmadi agreed to a last longer wager in this tournament, so “Franke” has taken the sensible decision to sit out to maximize his EV, as this is the one tournament he can’t fire a handful of bullets in.

Here is the final table lineup for the €350 BigO tournament. It is a Lithuanian 1-2 atop the counts, and the home nation is represented by 5th and 6th in the counts. Italy claims 3rd, 4th and 7th spots, with the sole German, Frank Stüken, coming in at the bottom of the counts.

Olybet package winners were treated to a dinner at the Tashkent Nr. 1 Uzbek House as part of their package. Enough food was served to feed a small country, and the players and members of The Festival team tucked into a hearty dinner of Beef tongue, eggplant salad, succulent beef, and pork served on giant metal skewers, washed down with local beers and European wines.

For the players who didn’t attend, it is well worth checking out for lunch or in between tournaments. The food is filling, fast, and served and presented to a high quality. The waiting staff are attentive but not intrusive, and very friendly and accommodating. Check it out!

Here are the payouts for the €350 BigO tournament. Only 5 of the 44 total entrants will be paid.

Here are the latest counts from the Main Event. Now leading the way is Gintaras Naglius, who is representing the home nation of Lithuania. Dutchman Raymond de Groot is his nearest competitor.

This is the last chance for Hospitality package winners to join their fellow players and members of The Festival team at the Tashkent Nr. 1 Uzbek House restaurant, just a short walk from the casino. Come and join us for a hearty meal before the evening’s tournaments start.

Here is the state of play in 1B of the €555 Main Event. Robertas Žebrauskis has climbed the chip counts, overtaking Artjoms Hromovs, who was leading at the first break. Robert Montell’s second bullet has been more successful, and he sits in eighth. Reigning Main Event champion Petros Theodosiou is towards the bottom of the counts and will need a spin-up or a rebuy to qualify to Day 2 from this flight. Below are the top 10 stacks in the field.

There are two more tournaments to come today, the first of which is the only Freezeout of the week. The €200 NLH Freezeout means it’s one bullet and one bullet only per player. The tournament kicks off at 7 p.m. local time, and levels run for 20 minutes.

Bomb pot action returns in the form of the €150 PLO5 Bomb Pot Feature. The same rules apply as yesterday, but each player receives one more card. Every nine hands, a bomb pot will be played. Every player contributes one big blind to the pot preflop, and then two boards are dealt with additional betting rounds. Levels run for 15 minutes each for the first 8 levels; registration will then close. After that, the levels are reduced to 10 minutes. Last night, The Festival’s very own Wiseguy, Andreas Hoglund, won the four-card edition. We will see later on whether he decides to take to the five-card streets to win a second title for the weekend.

Those who have won a package through the Olybet qualification campaign have access to the amazing Hospitality Events that are taking place throughout the weekend. Today’s activity is a group dinner at the Tashkent Nr.1 Uzbek House restaurant, a short walk from the casino. Meet by the bar at 5:20 p.m. local time to meet up with The Festival Team and fellow package winners. Below is a list of the remaining events.

Leading the way in 1B of the Main Event is Artjoms Hromovs. The field is tightly packed, and it is still early days in this tournament. 43 remain of the 45 entrants, and it was Robert Mantell and Torgil Helman who became the first eliminations of the day.

The BigO has proven popular with the Italian crowd attending this Festival Weekend in Vilnius. Of the 24 remaining in the field, 12 are from Italy. This echoes the Italian domination of yesterday’s Sviten Special, which saw 13 players from the beautiful nation take to the felt over yesterday evening. It ended with an Italian 1-2, with Simone Fumagalli taking down the title.

To read the recap of yesterday’s action, click here.

Here is the highlight reel from Day 1 of The Festival Weekend Vilnius. Don’t forget to like, comment, share and subscribe to keep up to date with all things The Festival.

A total of 43 entrants have taken to the felt in the penultimate flight of the Main Event. This has taken the total entrants to this tournament to 107. This is the last flight with 30-minute levels, and tomorrow morning’s flight is a Hyper Turbo with 10-minute levels.

The BigO is about to get underway. In the field are Sviten Special runner-up Giorgio Savignone, third-place finisher Jari Virta, and Blackjack bubble boy and Festival Founder Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk.

Reigning Festival Series Main Event champion Petros Theodosiou has taken to the felt to defend his Main Event title in 1B of the €555 Main Event PKO. Dmitri Dudakov won a ticket yesterday online to the marquee Hold’em tournament of the week and flew in today bright and early.

Markus Kaerpijoki, fresh off a runner-up finish in yesterday’s €200 Crazy Pineapple, has taken to the field in pursuit of bounties and Main Event glory. He went on a spin to come back from half a big blind to fade being the bubble boy. Attila Erdei FT’d the €350 Sviten Special, and he’s taken to the Hold’em streets this afternoon.