The action was buzzing at Olympic Casino Vilnius with a strong start to the OlyBet Vilnius Showdown Jacks of June €555 Main Event with Day 1a attracting a banner crowd of 169 entries to cover more than half of the €150,000 guarantee.
Rytis Sandaras led the way after parlaying his opening 30,000 chip stack into a massive pile of 283,000 in chips. His brother, Aistis Sandaras also had a strong day and finished in sixth place on the leaderboard with 147,000. In between the brothers on the leaderboard were Paulius “Mellow-Peach” Mikaliunas (pictured below), Aurelijius Sipavicius, Klaudijus Bajoras, and Mantas Stikelis.
Mikuliunas had a “peach” of a hand late in the day when he flopped quad treys with pocket threes and got paid off to win a massive pot.
Meanwhile, on the other end of the spectrum was Turkey’s Ant Gokcek, who has called Lithuania his home for many years. He bagged just one chip valued at 5,000, which, although minuscule, is better than many other players who fired one or more bullets only to come up empty-handed on Day 1a.
While the odds are against Gokcek making a run, he did manage to qualify earlier in the day via a €30 satellite, and we wish him the best of luck in making his predicted Cinderella story a reality.
Although the stakes are serious, the atmosphere is nothing but fun, with players enjoying banter throughout the day. Additionally, if a player cracks pocket queens, kings, or aces while holding pocket jacks throughout the Main Event, they will be awarded a special Jacks of June cocktail.
Wednesday boasts the final two opening flights, with Day 1b kicking off at noon with the same 40-minute blind levels as Day 1a, followed by the turbo-charged Day 1c featuring faster 25-minute blind levels. The players can re-enter throughout the opening flights and during the first level of Thursday’s Day 2 when blind levels are increased to one hour each.
| Player | Chips |
| Rytis Sandaras | 283,000 |
| Paulius Mikaliunas | 194,500 |
| Aurelijus Sipavicius | 187,000 |
| Klaudijus Bajoras | 174,500 |
| Mantas Stikelis | 153,500 |
| Aistis Sandaras | 147,000 |
| Jonas Lapinskas | 140,000 |
| Sergej Babincev | 138,500 |
| Doroslav Rasiukevic | 135,500 |
| Elvinas Vitkevicius | 133,000 |
| Kestutis Jungevicius | 132,000 |
| Laurynas Cerniauskas | 131,500 |
| Zygimantas Naglis | 113,500 |
| Irmantas Rulis | 113,500 |
| Martynas Vitkauskas | 112,000 |
| Danielis Klocko | 111,500 |
| Tomas Bassus | 110,000 |
| Andrius Mazeika | 107,500 |
| Karolis Kutkauskas | 101,000 |
| Arminas Skardzius | 95,000 |
| Vitalijus Kuzmicius | 91,000 |
| Vygerdas Jonikas | 87,500 |
| Andrius Bielskis | 85,500 |
| Rytis Pranarauskas | 83,500 |
| Julius Seskevicius | 81,500 |
| Rytis Strigunas | 81,000 |
| Arturas Dauksevic | 78,500 |
| Mindaugas Kriauciunas | 77,500 |
| Lukas Paliulis | 77,000 |
| Andrej Michailov | 74,500 |
| Stephen John Lockett | 73,500 |
| Marius Balachovicius | 72,000 |
| Gerardas Luksenas | 70,000 |
| Ernestas Taunys | 70,000 |
| Deividas Daubaris | 69,500 |
| Martynas Vaskovicius | 66,500 |
| Arsen Kondakcan | 64,000 |
| Karolis Cekauskas | 62,000 |
| Ignas Lasauskas | 58,500 |
| Airidas Stazys | 58,000 |
| Modestas Kryzanauskas | 55,000 |
| Liutauras Armanavicius | 51,500 |
| Rokas Asipauskas | 46,000 |
| Vytautas Laurinaitis | 44,000 |
| Alexander Klochkov | 43,000 |
| Gytis Lazauninkas | 42,500 |
| Ricardas Lukauskas | 41,500 |
| Ugnius Olisauskas | 41,500 |
| Aurimas Stanevicius | 40,000 |
| Mantas Liachauskas | 39,000 |
| Rytis Kriunas | 36,500 |
| Mindaugas Satkauskas | 34,500 |
| Paulius Vaitiekunas | 34,500 |
| Kevin Hellgren | 32,500 |
| Povilas Latvenas | 32,000 |
| Aleksandr Januskevic | 26,500 |
| Edikas Jurgutis | 23,000 |
| Valdemaras Apolianskas | 11,200 |
| Ant Gokcek | 5,000 |
The floor just announced the final five hands for the evening. After they play out their hands, players will bag and tag their chips.
We will update you with the final Day 1a chip counts shortly after the conclusion of the action.
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 67/171
Airidas Stazys opened for 4,000 from early position. Tomas Pinkevicius (pictured below praying to the poker gods) three-bet shoved for 49,000 from one seat over before Jonas Lapinskas came in over the top with a four-bet jam for 100,000. Stazys tanked for close to a minute before he folded.
Tomas Pinkevicius: 
Jonas Lapinskas: 
Pinkevicius was unable to improve on the 
runout and was on the rail near the end of Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Lapinskas |  |
155,000 | 125,000 |
| Tomas Pinkevicius |  |
0 | 0 |
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 70/171
Victor Shablinskiy opened for 5,000 from the cutoff before Lukas Paliulis (pictured below) defended his big blind.
Paliulis checked the 
flop. Shavlinskiy fired out for 6,500. Paliulis tanked before he jammed for 34,500. Shavlinskiy called, and the odds were in his favor after the hands were tabled.
Lukas Paliulis: 
Victor Shablinskiy: 
Shablinskiy was shaking his head in frustration after Paliulis pulled ahead with a flush on the 
turn.
"It's not over yet," said someone at the table, understanding that a redraw to a full house or quads was still possible.
However, the blank 
river completed the board for Paliulis to double his stack with his flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lukas Paliulis | |
82,000 | 52,000 |
| Victor Shablinskiy |  |
20,000 | 35,000 |
The final blind level of Day 1a just kicked off with blinds at 1,000/2,000 along with a 2,000 big blind ante.
The players that survive this level will bag and tag their chips into Thursday's Day 2. Best of luck to everyone during the final blind level of Day 1a in the OlyBet Vilnius Showdown Jacks of June €555 Main Event.
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 (1,500)
Entries: 77/171
Audrius Skucas min-raised from the cutoff before Aurelijus Sipavicius (pictured below) three-bet jammed for more than 100,000 from the big blind. Skucas quickly called off for about 37,000 in total, and the cards were tabled with Skucas far ahead.
Audrius Skucas: 
Aurelijus Sipavicius: 
Sipavicius was asked for a chop, but instead, he wound up flushing his opponent out of Day 1a after four spades came on the 
runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurelijus Sipavicius | |
145,000 | 23,500 |
| Audrius Skucas | |
0 | 0 |
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 (1,500)
Entries: 79/171
Edikas Jurgutis min-raised from under the gun and was called by Arminas Skardzius from one seat over, Aleksej Tichonov from the button, Paulius Mikaliunas (pictured below) from the small blind, and Ignas Lasauskas from the big blind to bring five players to the 
flop.
The players in the blinds checked before Jurgutis continued for 5,500. Two players called in Tichonov and Mikaliunas, who is also known in the Lithuanian poker community as Mellow-Peach.
Mikaliunas checked the 
turn before Jurgutis fired out for 15,000. Tichonov called before Mikaliunas went into the tank. Mikaliunas jammed for about 60,000, and it was Jurgitis's turn to tank. A couple of minutes later he folded before Tichonov snap-called off his stack of 37,500 only to find out he was drawing dead.
Aleksej Tichonov: 
Paulius Mikaliunas: 
Tichonovo was already out of his seat by the time the river completed the board and Mellow-Peach had a big smile on his face after scooping up a huge pot with quads.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulius Mikaliunas | |
120,000 | 90,000 |
| Edikas Jurgutis | |
47,000 | 17,000 |
| Aleksej Tichonov | |
0 | 0 |
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mantas Stikelis | |
159,500 | 28,800 |
| Sergej Babincev | |
150,000 | 120,000 |
| Irmantas Rulis | |
150,000 | 115,000 |
| Rytis Sandaras | |
130,000 | 80,000 |
| Aurelijus Sipavicius | |
121,500 | 57,200 |
| Danielis Klocko | |
112,000 | 62,000 |
| Arminas Skardzius | |
95,000 | 18,500 |
| Vitalijus Kuzmicius | |
90,000 | 73,000 |
Players are on their final break of Day 1a. The blinds will increase to 1,000/1,500 (1,500) before moving onto 1,000/2,000 (2,000). Players that survive these two levels will bag chips into Thursday's Day 2.
We will update some of the bigger stacks from around the room when the action resumes in 15 minutes.
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200)
Entries: 87/165
Mantas Liachauskas tanked for about two minutes with approximately 35,000 in the pot and the 
putting a straight on the board. He eventually checked before he called a 5,000 bet by Klaudijus Bajoras (pictured below).
Despite flopping a set with , Liachauskas was hoping for a chop. However, no chop was in the cards as Bajoras tabled the 
for a better straight to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klaudijus Bajoras | |
110,000 | 80,000 |
| Mantas Liachauskas | |
90,000 | 37,000 |
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200)
Entries: 95/165
Audrius Laimelis (pictured below) was not only sweating his tournament stack but also a special Jacks of June cocktail. In the spirit of the event, the special Jacks of June cocktail is awarded to any player who cracks queens, kings, or aces with pocket jacks.
Laimelis had his last 28,000 in the middle and was up against Valdemaras Apolianskas.
Audrius Laimelis: 
Valdemaras Apolianskas:
Apolianskas's rockets held to deny Laimelis both his chips and the cocktail after the 
ran out on the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valdemaras Apolianskas | |
115,000 | 85,000 |
| Audrius Laimelis | |
0 | 0 |
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 100/165
Vasilijus Piskunovas (pictured below) already had his short stack committed preflop when Ugnius Olisauskas fired out for 10,000 into a pot of 20,000 on the 
flop.
Aurimas Stanevicius tanked for about two minutes before he opted to fold.
Vasilijus Piskunovas:
Ugnius Olisauskas:
Piskunovas had an overpair but needed help with Oliasauskas tabling a better overpair. Neither the 
turn nor the river provided any love for Piskunovas, and he will need to re-enter if he wishes to find a bag during tonight's Day 1a flight of the €150,000 guaranteed Jacks of June Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ugnius Olisauskas | |
55,000 | 25,000 |
| Aurimas Stanevicius | |
40,000 | 15,000 |
| Vasilijus Piskunovas | |
0 | 0 |
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 102/164
The pot was north of 40,000 when Audrius Skucas checked the river with the 
on the board. Victor Shablinskiy (pictured below) bet 5,000 with just one 5k chip behind. Skucas paused for about 20 seconds before he called.
Shablinskiy turned over the for the nuts with a full house to nearly double his stack through Skucas.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Shablinskiy | |
55,000 | 25,000 |
| Audrius Skucas | |
15,000 | 15,000 |
The final event of Tuesday kicked off at the Jacks of June at Olympic Casino Lietuva, with players battling in a €60 Last Chance Satellite to the Main Event. The satellite guarantees three seats, and late registration is open for 10 full blind levels of 15 minutes each.
Mathies Boeson, Aurelijus Genevicius, Robertas Mikuta, and Tomas Steponavicius are among the 10 players to battle from the start of the event.
Best of luck to all of the players in earning a Main Event seat for pennies on the Euro.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitalijus Kuzmicius | |
163,000 | 8,000 |
| Elvinas Vitkevicius | |
135,000 | 105,000 |
| Mantas Liachauskas | |
127,000 | 97,000 |
| Mantas Stikelis | |
100,000 | 33,700 |
| Andrius Bielskis | |
100,000 | 20,000 |
| Mantas Stikelis | |
97,000 | 30,700 |
| Stephen Lockett |  |
90,000 | 10,000 |
| Ernestas Taunys | |
87,000 | 57,000 |
| Arminas Skardzius | |
76,500 | 46,500 |
Players are on their second to last 15-minute break of the day. Blinds will increase to 500/1,000 before moving onto 600/1,200. The final break will occur after these two levels before the final two blind levels of Day 1a are played out.
We will update you with some of the biggest stacks from around the room shortly after the break.
Paulius Vaitiekunas, also known online as D3cor, has had quite a year so far. Not only did he cash in a $100K buy-in event in March at the Triton Poker High Roller Series Jeju in South Korea, but he also won the $25K Silver Main Event at Triton a week earlier for $1.1 million.
As tracked by The Hendon Mob, Vaitiekunas accumulated more than $2.5 million in cashes in live poker tournaments, and he is racking up much more in the online arena.
The Lithuanian poker pro might be significantly stepping down in buy-ins but in a way not a step down in prestige. The Triton put him on the world stage, but he still hasn't achieved a victory at an international event at Olympic Casino Vilnius.
As Vaitiekunas continues his poker journey, we wish him the best of luck in his pursuit of etching his name in the Lithuanian poker history books.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulius Vaitiekunas | |
20,000 | 10,000 |
Level 8: 400/800 (800)
Entries: 112/161
Abraham Uittenbogaard limped from the cutoff. Arturas Dauksevic raised to 2,800 and Uittenbogaard called.
Uittenbogaard donk-bet 2,300 on the flop and Dauksevic called. After this, the hand became a bit unorthodox with some betting in the dark.
A 1,000 bet was fired out in the dark by Uittenbogaard before the turn and Dauksevic called. A repeat of a 1,000 bet was committed in the dark before the river completed the board. Dauksevic looked at his opponent's stack before he jammed.
Uittenbogaard snap-called for his 16,000 stack and turned over the for the top pair. Dauksevic shook his head while tabling the 
before paying off his opponent.
"Your raise didn't make sense," Uittenbogaard said to Dauksevic as he was piling up his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arturas Dauksevic | |
60,000 | 5,000 |
| Abraham Uittenbogaard |  |
48,000 | 25,000 |
Level 8: 400/800 (800)
Entries: 113/161
Vasilijus Piskunovas (pictured below) bet 10,000 of his 10,700 stack into a pot of around twice as much with the on the board.
Danielis Klocko snap-called only to much his hand after Piskunovas turned over the for the nut-straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danielis Klocko | |
50,000 | 20,000 |
| Vasilijus Piskunovas | |
40,000 | 10,000 |
The €120 Tuesday Express Knockout recently kicked off with 21 runners. Ukraine's Oleksandr Tarashevskyi, Ireland's James Grogan, Sweden's Nils Doverklint and many local Lithuanian players are in the mix.
Blinds increase quickly every 15 minutes in this turbo-charged affair, with €50 of every buy-in going towards the prize pool and another €50 towards the knockout pool.
Best of luck to all of the turbo players and to those who decide to enter the €60 satellite to the €555 Main Event starting at 10 p.m.
Level 7: 300/600 (600)
Entries: 115/155
Vitalijus Kuzmicius would have earned a special cocktail if we went back in time to the Vilnius Ace Breaker after cracking Vasilij Barna's pocket rockets. Instead, he tried to console a dejected Barna after the following hand without a cocktail.
Barna (pictured below) got what appeared to be around a starting stack in preflop and was miles ahead after both Barna and Kuzmicius turned over their cards.
Vasilij Barna:
Vitalijus Kuzmicius: 
The flop appeared to be safe and Barna was still far ahead after the turn. However, the 
spiked the river for Kuzmicius to nail his four-outer to a straight to claim Barna's chips and take the overall chip lead.
Barna sat in his seat in disbelief for more than a minute. Shortly after, he headed to the cashier to give it a fourth try on Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitalijus Kuzmicius | |
155,000 | 85,000 |
| Vasilij Barna | |
30,000 | 4,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikodemas Staniukaitis | |
103,000 | 7,000 |
| Tomas Zarankus | |
88,000 | 58,000 |
| Stephen Lockett | |
80,000 | 50,000 |
| Andrius Bielskis | |
80,000 | 50,000 |
| Modestas Kryzanauskas | |
80,000 | 50,000 |
| Serhii Leonov |  |
75,000 | 45,000 |
| Mindaugas Satkauskas | |
72,000 | 0 |
| Mantas Stikelis | |
66,300 | 18,700 |
| Aurelijus Sipavicius | |
64,300 | 34,300 |
| Sedat Kestel |  |
64,000 | 34,000 |
| Ricardas Lukauskas | |
60,000 | 30,000 |
| Tadas Balachovicius | |
60,000 | 5,000 |
| Vygerdas Jonikas | |
55,000 | 25,000 |
| Kaspars Mamons |  |
55,000 | 5,000 |
| Marius Balachovicius | |
54,000 | 24,000 |
| Aistis Sandaras | |
51,000 | 21,000 |
| Algirdas Saveikis | |
50,000 | 20,000 |
| Rytis Sandaras | |
50,000 | 20,000 |
Players are on their second 15-minute break. Shortly after the break, we will update the chip counts with the biggest stacks from around the room.
Blinds will increase to 300/600 (600) before moving onto 400/800 (800) before the third break of the day takes place.
Players are battling for big money and prestige during the Jacks of June but will have a chance for even bigger glory in about 1 1/2 months with the the World Series of Poker Circuit returning to Olympic Park Casino in Tallinn for a second straight year from July 19-28, 2024.
The festival boasts a whopping 53 numbered events, including 12 WSOP Circuit gold ring events, providing players with plenty of options.
The highlight of the festival is the €1 million guaranteed €1,500 Main Event with qualifiers already running at OlyBet Poker. Players will also have a chance to punch their tickets during he Jacks of June as well.
Visit OlyBetEvents.com to learn more about what promises to be a memorable festival in the Estonian capital, Tallinn.
Level 6: 200/500 (500)
Entries: 115/151
Tomas Vaskunas (pictured below) jammed for 10,000 into a pot of slightly more on the 
flop. Danny Mast tanked for about a minute before he jammed for more than twice this. Abraham Uittenbogaard quickly got out of the way and Vaskunas needed a miracle to survive.
Tomas Vaskunas:
Danny Mast:
Vaskunas was unable to channel the poker gods as he was on the rail after the blank turn, and the equally blank river completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Mast | |
50,000 | 27,000 |
| Abraham Uittenbogaard | |
23,000 | 7,000 |
| Tomas Vaskunas | |
0 | 0 |
Level 6: 200/500 (500)
Entries: 119/149
Rolandas Aglinskas and Nikodemas Staniukaitis (pictured below) checked the turn with the on the board before Mindaugas Satkauskas bet 7,300 into a spread pot of around 15,000.
Vasilij Barna, who is on his third bullet on Day 1a folded, before Aglinskas did the same. However, Staniukaitis tanked for about 20 seconds before he found a call.
Staniukaitis jammed the river. Satkauskas appeared to be in a world of hurt before he asked for a count. A little later, he found a call and seemed less than pleased with the outcome.
Staniukaitis turned over the for a rivered straight. Stakauskas slammed his on the table out of frustration before paying off his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikodemas Staniukaitis | |
110,000 | 80,000 |
| Mindaugas Satkauskas | |
80,000 | 60,000 |
| Rolandas Aglinskas | |
55,000 | 5,000 |
| Vasilij Barna | |
26,000 | 4,000 |
Level 5: 200/400 (400)
Entries: 118/142
GemStaking Academy co-founder Gytis Lazauninkas (pictured below) is in the house. He tried to steal a pot from Tadas Stasiulis, but even for the best players, not everything works out as planned.
Lazauninkas opened for 1,000 from middle position before Stasiulis defended his big blind. Stasiulis check-called a minuscule bet of 500 on the 
flop before both players checked the turn.
The river completed the board. Stasiulis bet 3,300 with 10,000 still behind. Lazauninkas tanked for about 30 seconds before he effectively jammed. Stasiulis called about 15 seconds later, and Lazauninkas tabled the 
.
Meanwhile, Stasiulis turned over the to double his stack with a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tadas Stasiulis | |
40,000 | 10,000 |
| Gytis Lazauninkas | |
15,000 | 15,000 |
Level 5: 200/400 (400)
Entries: 120/135
We caught up to Table 3 when Laurynas Vaitkevicius (pictured below) had his stack of 15,600 in the middle and was up against Rokas Skridulis.
Laurynas Vaitkevicius:
Rokas Skridulis:
Skridulis, already on his second bullet, appeared primed to send another player packing. However, instead, Skridulis's stack was cut in half.
Meanwhile, Vaitkevicius doubled up instead of heading to the rail after his ace connected with the runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurynas Vaitkevicius | |
33,000 | 3,000 |
| Rokas Skridulis | |
15,000 | 15,000 |
Level 5: 200/400 (400)
Entries: 120/135
Kestutis Jungevicius (pictured below) four-bet jammed for his short stack of 7,800. Mindaugas Satkauskas, who already three-bet to near that amount quickly called and the Jungevicius was flipping for his tournament life.
Kestutis Jungevicius:
Mindaugas Satkauskas:
Jungevicius was already out of his chair after his opponent improved to a better pair on the flop. No love came for the local poker veteran after the turn and 
river and he will need to re-enter if he wishes to come out of the Day 1a field with a stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindaugas Satkauskas | |
140,000 | 80,000 |
| Kestutis Jungevicius | |
0 | 0 |
Level 4: 100/300 (300)
Entries: 122/132
Paulius Z four-bet jammed from late position for 14,300. Doroslav Rasiukevic, who had a few chips in front of him, folded. Meanwhile, Tadas Stasiulis, who three-bet to 6,100 from the blinds, quickly found a call.
Paulius Z:
Tadas Stasiulis:
Z had a couple of friends on the rail and was smiling along with them until his opponent connected with his ace on the flop to pull ahead in the hand. Z needed a miracle lady on the river to survive with his first bullet after the turn.
Miracles do indeed happen as Zilnskas clapped in excitement after the river completed the board to improve him to a set of ladies.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulius Z | |
33,000 | 3,000 |
Level 4: 100/300 (300)
Entries: 119/129
Irmantas Rulis (pictured below) was entirely into the Jacks of June theme as he just won a hand with pocket jacks as follows against Tomas Plegevicius.
Rulis checked the turn with the on the board before Plegevicius bet 4,000 into a pot of around 10,000. Rulis tanked for about a minute before he called.
About 30 seconds went by after the river completed the board before Rulis checked. Plegevicius quickly checked it back. Rulis turned over the for the flopped full house and was awarded the pot after Plegevicius opted to muck his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Plegevicius | |
70,000 | 5,000 |
| Irmantas Rulis | |
35,000 | 5,000 |
Level 4: 100/300 (300)
Entries: 117/123
Danny Mast opened for 800 from middle position and was called by Mantas Stikelis from one seat over. Jacks of June Warm-Up champion Arturas Dauksevic (pictured below) three-bet to 3,300 from the small blind, and both Mast and Stikelis called to see the flop.
Dauksevic led out for 2,200, which was enough for Stikelis to fold, but not before Mast called. Mast called a bet of 5,500 on the turn before Dauksevic jammed for a little bit more than the 23,000 Mast had behind on the river.
Mast tanked for about a minute before he folded. We will never know if it was a good fold as both players mucked their hands before Dauksevic began to pile up his newly earned chips.
Meanwhile, Edas Cimbolas hit the rail at around the same time at another table and has already re-entered for a fresh stack of 30,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mantas Stikelis | |
85,000 | 3,000 |
| Arturas Dauksevic | |
55,000 | 25,000 |
| Edas Cimbolas | |
30,000 | 0 |
| Danny Mast | |
23,000 | 7,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mantas Stikelis | |
88,000 | 58,000 |
| Valerij Dobrinskij | |
75,000 | 45,000 |
| Tomas Plegevicius | |
75,000 | 25,000 |
| Vitalijus Kuzmicius | |
70,000 | 5,000 |
| Mindaugas Satkauskas | |
60,000 | 30,000 |
| Kaspars Mamons | |
60,000 | 30,000 |
| Tadas Balachovicius | |
55,000 | 5,000 |
| Aurimas Stanevicius | |
55,000 | 10,000 |
| Jokubas Jancevicius | |
50,000 | 20,000 |
Players are on their first break of Day 1a. When the action resumes in 15 minutes, the blinds will increase to 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante.
The battle will continue for three more blind levels before the next short break.
A €30 satellite guaranteeing at least three Main Event seats kicked off at Noon and just concluded with five players earning tickets with 38 entries, creating a €3,062 prize pool.
Gytis Sukys cashed for €287 for this event after Zilvanas Ruzgas bubbled. Meanwhile, Dmitrij Cernysev, Darius Abraitis, Mantas Cibulskis, Ant Gokcek, and Oleksandr Tarashevskyi did even better as they all earned Main Event tickets that they can use for any of the opening flights or to late enter on Day 2 worth €555.
Gokcek and Abraitis opted to get into the Day 1a action instantly after the satellite ended while the other three players have yet to enter.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Abraitis | |
30,000 | 0 |
| Ant Gokcek | |
30,000 | 0 |
Level 3: 100/200 (200)
Entries: 108/112
Aurimas Stanevicius opened the button for 600 before Rokas Skridulis three-bet to 2,500 from the small blind. Ugnius Olisauskas tanked for close to a minute from the big blind before he folded, while Stanevicius called soon after.
Skridulis bet 3,000 on the flop and was called by Stanevicius before checking the turn. Staneivicius tanked for about a minute before he bet 7,700. Skridulis paused for a few moments before he called.
The action picked up even more after the river completed the board. Skridulis checked before Stanevicius jammed for about 23,000. Skridulis tanked for about 30 seconds before he called off his stack for slightly less.
Stanevicius turned over the for the top two pair. Skridulis tabled the for the top pair and will need to re-enter if he wishes for a chance to advance from the Day 1a field.
Meanwhile, Tomas Bassus also lost his short stack before the first break.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurimas Stanevicius | |
65,000 | 35,000 |
| Tomas Bassus | |
0 | 0 |
| Rokas Skridulis | |
0 | 0 |
Level 2: 100/100 (100)
Entries: 102/105
Vitalijus Kuzmicius checked the turn before Danielis Klocko fired out for 1,800 into a pot of a bit more. Sedat Kestel called before Kuzmicius raised to 7,000.
Klocko tanked for over a minute before folding while Kestel found a call to see the river.
Kuzmicius jammed for more than the approximate starting stack his opponent had behind. Kestel tanked for close to a minute before he found a fold.
Kuzmicius opted to show the table that he meant business with the good as he turned over the nuts with a wheel holding 
.
Meanwhile, Linas Radionovas and Justina Andriukeviciute both hit the rail but since have re-entered.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitalijus Kuzmicius | |
65,000 | 35,000 |
| Justina Andriukeviciute | |
30,000 | 0 |
| Sedat Kestel | |
30,000 | 0 |
| Danielis Klocko | |
30,000 | 0 |
| Linas Radionovas | |
30,000 | 5,000 |
Level 2: 100/100 (100)
Entries: 99/100
Day 1a has already attracted 100 players to reach its first milestone. The €150,000 guarantee is also on pace to being smashed with 313 entries needed before more money is added to the prize pool.
Level 2: 100/100 (100)
Entries: 95/96
The Main Event witnessed the first player to hit the rail Gintaras Jucevicius. His opponent, Tadas Balachovicius (pictured below), provided a breakdown of how it all went down.
It was a built-up three-bet pot preflop when Jucevicius check-raised the turn with the 
on the board from 3,000 to 6,000. Balachovicius (pictured below) called before the 
river completed the board.
Jucevicius jammed his remaining stack, and Balachovicius called. Balachovicius tabled the 
, and his ladies were good after Jucevicius tabled the 
to become the first player to hit the rail in the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tadas Balachovicius | |
60,000 | 30,000 |
| Gintaras Jucevicius | |
0 | 0 |
Level 1: 100/100
Entries: 92/92
Rolandas Aglinskas (pictured below) fired out for 5,000 into a pot of nearly 15,000 with the on the board. Tomas Bassus tanked for more than a minute before he raised to 13,900.
Aglinskas paused for a moment before he called. Bassus showed his bricked open-ended straight draw with 
before the pot was awarded to Aglinskas, who tabled the for the top two pair to win the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolandas Aglinskas | |
50,000 | 20,000 |
| Tomas Bassus | |
10,000 | 20,000 |
Level 1: 100/100
Entries: 88/88
Tomas Plegevicius (pictured below) fired out 7,000 into a pot of a bit more with the on the board. Linas Radionovas tossed out a single chip to call.
Plegevicius tabled the for an overpair to the board and won a sizeable early pot after his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Plegevicius | |
50,000 | 20,000 |
| Linas Radionovas | |
35,000 | 5,000 |
Level 1: 100/100
Entries: 85/85
Arturas Dauksevic (pictured below) won the largest event thus far at the Jacks of June after shipping the two-day €350 NLH Progressive Bounty. He is in the early action in the Jacks of June, sitting side by side with Abraham Uittenbogaard.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arturas Dauksevic | |
30,000 | 0 |
| Abraham Uittenbogaard | |
30,000 | 0 |
To add to the fun, the floor just announced that any player who cracks queens, kings, or aces with pocket jacks at showdown during the Main Event will be awarded a special Jacks of June cocktail. This is continuing the tradition of the Vilnius Ace Breaker, which had a similar theme, with players winning a special cocktail when they cracked aces.
As many have said, there are many ways to play jacks and all of them are incorrect.
Level 1: 100/100
Entries: 73/73
Grigorijus Vasilavicius, Marek Zigel, Elvinas Vitkevicius, Rytis Pranarauskas, Kevin Hellgren, Kaspars Mamons, and Stephen Lockett are among the early players in action on Day 1a of the Main Event.
Meanwhile, recently crowned Triton champion Paulius Vaitiekunas is on the registration list but has yet to take his ticket to his seat.
| Player | Chips | Progress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaspars Mamons | |
30,000 | 0 |
| Kevin Hellgren | |
30,000 | 0 |
| Rytis Pranarauskas | |
30,000 | 0 |
| Elvinas Vitkevicius | |
30,000 | 0 |
| Marek Zigel | |
30,000 | 0 |
| Grigorijus Vasilavicius | |
30,000 | 0 |
Level 1: 100/100
Entries: 71/71
Cards are in the air to start Day 1a of the Jacks of June €555 Main Event. There are already 71 players registered on the field, with many more to come, with unlimited re-entries allowed until the end of the first blind level of Day 2.
Best of luck to all of the players in the field.
Welcome to the coverage of the inaugural OlyBet Vilnius Showdown Jacks of June at Olympic Casino Vilnius.
For the next four days, our focus will be on the festival's marque event, the €150,000 guaranteed €555 NLH Main Event.
The Main Event boasts three opening flights with the action kicking off on Tuesday at 4 p.m. with Day 1a. The other two opening flights take place on Wednesday at 12 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Players will begin with 30,000 in chips and can re-enter not only throughout all 12 levels of the opening flights but also during the first blind level of Thursday's Day 2 before late registration officially closes. Blinds will increase every 40 minutes during the first two opening flights, with tomorrow's Day 1c playing along a little faster with 25-minute blind levels.
Our coverage will begin when cards are in the air at 4 p.m. Best of luck to all of the players.
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