Blogger is resigning for the night. The Big Bounty FT rolls on. 12 are left in the last Bomb Pot Feature of the week, and only 6 will be paid. Below are the payouts for the PLO4/5/6.
The Festival is once again represented at the final table, as photographer Mairo Toom has made his first ft of the Weekend. He will need a spin-up to win as he’s towards the bottom end of the chip counts. Torgil Hellman appears to be the biggest stack. Below are the payouts exclusive of bounties.
Play has stopped for Day 1 in the €350 TORSES Main Event. Jens Rössel has the chip lead heading into the final day, and play will resume at 12 p.m. local time.
Marc Gork opened from early position to 60,000 with blinds at 15,000/30,000. Petros Theodosiou moved all in for 200,000 from the button, Jari-Pekka Hurri followed suit in the small blind for 250,000. Gork made the call with A Q , Theodosiou had Q 10 and Hurri had A 10 .
The 5 4 3 kept Gork ahead, as did the K turn. There were calls for a ten, and the deck obliged, with the 10 hitting the river to give Hurri a needed triple up. Theodosiou was left with crumbs.
A few hands later, Theodosiou moved in for 65,000 with 8 5 . Liutauras Armanavičius raised to 450,000 with J J from the button. Both blinds folded. “Jacks never win,” said Theodosiou, and Armanavičius agreed. However, unfortunately for Theodosiou, it was one of the rare occasions where jacks were good, as the 4 6 A A 3 runout gave Armanavičius two pair.
As The Festival Founder, Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk, is an accommodating host, he decided to give a 75-minute dinner break to the players in the €350 TORSES Main Event, mainly so the Italian players in attendance here at Olympic Casino Lietuva can take their time and enjoy a hearty meal.
As the clock ticked down towards the restart of the tournament, players began to return to the felt for the start. However, there was a distinct lack of Italians, some of whom had gone across town to find somewhere to eat. Slowly but surely, they started to return to their seats, and miraculously, the tournament resumed without too many hiccups.
In the Main Event, Petros Theodosiou opened to 50,000 with blinds at 10,000/25,000 from early position. Kęstutis Jungevičius called in the small blind before Raymond de Groot moved all in for 480,000. Theodosiou then moved all in for 65,000. Jungevičius folded and the players showed down. de Groot had K K and Theodosiou had A 10 .
The flop of 5 A 9 saw Theodosiou take the lead, but the K turned the tables in de Groot’s favour. The 5 river changed nothing other than the chip counts.
Granit Haziraj opened pocket fours off a short-stack. Gerardas Lukšėnas put him all in from the blinds. Haziraj went deep into the tank for over 5 minutes before making the call. It was a pure flip, with Lukšėnas having queen-jack off suit. The runout of 6 [J 3 2 6 gave both players two pair, but Lukšėnas had the best of it. The players took a quick break, and play will stop for the day when eight players remain.
Here are the players who will be playing for big bounties in the €200 NLH Big Bounty. Of the €200 buy-in, €150 will go into the bounty prize pool. If you like to get it in and play for stacks and cash, this is the tournament for you.
Kęstutis Jungevičius has built upon his chip lead in the Main Event PKO here at Olympic Casino Lietuva. Marc Gork has moved up the counts into second. Below are the counts of the remaining 14 players.
Join our Hospitality host Christel Natri, online package winners, and members of The Festival team for a spot of darts and billiards at the Bronx Pool Club, located a short walk from Olympic Casino Lietuva, the perfect warm-up before this evening’s tournament action!
The Festival founder, Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk, was the first out in the TORSES Main Event Day 1. He was quickly followed to the rail by Luigi Canclini.
Raimonds Tuls, Jurgis Beinoras and Andrius Mažeika have become the first eliminations of the Main Event. Both have banked €650 plus bounties. In the €350 TORSES, 20 remain of the 20 entrants.
The bubble has burst in 1C of the Main Event with two back-to-back KO’s. Egidijus Matonis was all in with A J to double his short stack. Tomas Kovalenka called with K Q . He hit a king across the 5 K 2 J 8 runout.
Ryhor Karapanau was then all in for a big blind from the cutoff. Kovalenka called, as did big stack Raimonds Tuls in the small blind. Granit Haziraj then isojammed from the big blind. Both Kovalenka and Tuls folded. Karapanau had K 3 and Haziraj had A 6 . Ace high was still good after the 4 5 4 8 10 runout and confirmed the Day 2 field. The chip counts will be confirmed shortly.
Places in Day 2 of the Main Event are at a premium, and of the 16 remaining players, only 4 will make it through to Day 2, which kicks off at 3.30 p.m. local time.
The Mixed Game TORSES Main Event has just gotten underway here at Olympic Casino Lietuva. In the field is last night’s PLO5 Bomb Pot Feature winner, Fabio Bianchi, €350 Sviten Special runner-up Giorgio Savignone, and of course, The Festival Founder, Martin “Franke” von Zweigbergk.
For those who are not playing until later, or on a break, consider going down to the river to check out the fourth Pink Soup Festival. Vilnius will be celebrating its love of illuminous pink soup called šaltibarščiai, which is served cold and made from beets. There are plenty of activities to get involved in, such as a floating parade which starts at Mindaugas Bridge and ends at White Bridge.
Hospitality package winners have already been down to visit to indulge in the local delicacy and get involved in the good vibes.
It’s just outside the front entrance to Olympic Casino, and is worth checking out to soak in the atmosphere of a truly local celebration. Check out more information here.
23 total entrants are in the last chance saloon in hopes of making it to today’s Day 2 of the €555 Main Event PKO. Registration remains open until the end of Level 12, so there is still plenty of time to register if you would like to battle it out for bounties. A proper international affair, 10 different nationalities are represented, from Lithuania to Barbados!
