A massive congrats is in order for Lithuania's Robertas Sakinis after he defeated on Thursday evening Netherlands's Tobias Napel to win the 2024 Kings of Vilnius €2,000 NLH High Roller for €36,190.

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Level 25: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 2/59

The €2,000 High Roller just came to its conclusion as follows:

Tobias Napel jammed for about ten big blinds from the button and was snap-called by Robertas Sakinis from the big blind.

Tobias Napel:
Robertas Sakinis:

There was some hope for Napel with a five appearing out of the window, but the rest of the flop wasn't what he wanted to see, as Sakinis was holding the better pair.

Neither the turn nor the river saved Napel, who was eliminated in second place for €23,110.

Meanwhile, a massive congratulations are in order for the first-ever Kings of Vilnius €2,000 High Roller champion. His top prize for defeating a field of 59 entries was a healthy €36,190, which, of course, comes along with a trophy to remember this special day.

Stay tuned for the recap on the front page of OlyBet.tv in the morning.

Level 25: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 2/59

It was another limped pot when Robertas Sakinis check-called a bet of 60,000 on the flop. Sakinis bet out 180,000 on the turn. Napel jammed and Sakinis called off his stack of 905,000.

Robertas Sakinis:
Tobias Napel:

Napel was drawing dead and doubled Sakinis after the river completed the board.

Level 25: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 2/59

Tobias Napel jammed from the button. Robertas Sakinis tanked from the big blind before he called off his stack of around 1 million.

Robertas Sakinis:
Tobias Napel:

It was looking like yet another heads-up lead change but instead it was a chopped pot on the runout.

"Slow roll justice," said Napel with a smile after the hand.

Level 25: 30,000/60,000 (60,000)
Entries: 2/59

The money went in on the river with the on the board. Tobias Napel turned over the for the full house.

Robertas Sakinis held a strong hand with but this wasn't enough and Napel was back with the chip lead in what is proving to be a back-and-forth heads-up affair.

Level 24: 25,000/50,000 (50,000)
Entries: 2/59

Tobias Napel won a few medium sized pots to take the chip lead but the lead went back over the Sakinis after the following hand.

It was a limped pot when Sakinis check-called a min-bet by Napel on the flop. Sakinis led out for 200,000 after the paired the board on the turn. Napel jammed and Sakinis snap-called for 805,000.

Robertas Sakinis:
Tobias Napel:

Sakinis was miles ahead on the turn and doubled through Napel after the blank river completed the board.

Level 24: 25,000/50,000 (50,000)
Entries: 2/59

Tobias Napel limped the button before Robertas Sakinis checked back his option from the big blind.

Both players checked the flop. Sakinis check-called a bet of 60,000 on the turn before the river double-paired the board. Sakinis checked again before Napel jammed for 415,000.

Sakinis went into the tank before finding a hero call. Napel turned over the for a full house. Sakinis attempted to muck his hand, but as it was an all-in and a call, the dealer tabled his to double Napel.

Level 23: 20,000/40,000 (40,000)
Entries: 2/59

Tobias Napel limped the button before Robertas Sakinis checked back his option from the big blind.

Both players checked the flop before Sakinis led out for 75,000 on the turn. Napel called and the river completed the board. Sakinis bet 300,000 and turned over the for the full house after Napel called to win a sizeable pot and have Napel on the ropes.

Level 23: 20,000/40,000 (40,000)
Entries: 2/59

The early heads-up moment was all with Tobias Napel until the following hand took place.

Robertas Sakinis min-raised the button. Napel three-bet shoved from the big blind, and Sakinis snap-called his stack of 895,000.

Robertas Sakinis:
Tobias Napel:

Sakinis doubled back into the chip lead after he won the flip on the runout.

Level 23: 20,000/40,000 (40,000)
Entries: 2/59

Robertas Sakinis min-raised the button. Tobias Napel three-bet to 250,000 from the big blind. Sakinis tanked for a minute before he called.

Napel fired out for 165,000 on the flop. Sakinis tanked for about 30 seconds before he laid down his hand.

This was enough for Napel to take the chip lead away from Sakinis.

Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000)
Entries: 2/59

The action is now heads-up after Glen Gaines got short and lost the rest of his stack. Gaines fired out for 75,000 into a pot of around triple that with the on the board. Tobias Napel jammed for more than the around 200,000 or so Gaines had in his stack and Gaines called.

Glen Gaines:
Tobias Napel:

Sevens held after the turn and river completed the board to send Gaines to the cashier in third place for €15,400.

Meanwhile, Robertas Sakinis held a small chip advantage to start heads-up play and quickly turn down any potential deal discussion by Napel.

Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000)
Entries: 3/59

Glen Gaines min-raised the button and was called by Robertas Sakinis from the big blind. Sakinis check-raised the flop from 50,000 to 125,000 and Gaines called.

Gaines called a bet of 175,000 on the turn before giving up on the hand facing a jam on the river to give Sakinis back the chip lead.

Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000)
Entries: 3/59

The stacks were nearly evened up by the time the break pulled around with Glen Gaines still holding onto the chip lead. Check out the chip counts at the break below:

Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000)
Entries: 3/59

The final three players are on a short break. We will update the chip counts as soon as the action resumes.

Level 21: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries: 3/59

Glen Gaines limped from the small blind. Tobias Napel jammed for 335,000 from the big blind and Gaines snap-called.

Tobias Napel:
Glen Gaines:

Napel needed to win a flip to stay alive and win a flip he did after improving to two pair on the runout.

Level 21: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries: 3/59

The action slowed down during three-handed play, but Glen Gaines won a couple of pots without much drama in taking the chip lead from Robertas Sakinis.

Meanwhile, as we were writing up this post, Tobias Napel three-bet jammed for about a dozen big blinds from the big blind with and was called by Gaines with . Napel asked for hearts but not enough were on the board to lead to the expected chopped pot.

Level 20: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Entries: 3/59

In a hand that took more than five minutes to complete, Glen Gaines min-raised the button before Robertas Sakinis defended his big blind.

Sakinis check-called for 25,000 on the flop before doing the same for 90,000 on the turn.

One final check by Sakinis came on the river. Gaines bet 460,000 and Sakinis went into the tank for several minutes before laying down his hand.

Meanwhile, this pot got Gaines closer in regaining the chip lead.

Level 21: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries: 3/59

Robertas Sakinis jammed from the small blind. Michael Uguccioni began counting his chips before calling off his stack of around 15 big blinds moments later.

Michael Uguccioni:
Robertas Sakinis:

Uguccioni connected with his queen on the runout. However, Sakinis remained ahead the entire way after pairing his king on the turn to eliminate Uguccioni in fourth place for €10,960.

Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000)
Entries: 4/59

The action has been red-hot as there was just another all-in and a call. This time, it was Michael Ugoccioni who had his last dozen or so big blinds committed against the chip leader Robertas Sakinis.

MIchael Uguccioni:
Robertas Sakinis:

The action was nearly down to the final three players, but Ugoccioni stayed alive and doubled after his jack connected on the runout.

Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000)
Entries: 4/59

The floodgates have officially opened after nearly an hour of no action leading up to this point of the event.

Audrius Stakelis committed his short stack on the flop and was up against Tobias Napel in a blind vs. blind situation.

Audrius Stakelis:
Tobias Napel:

Napel's top pair did the job after the turn and river completed the board, eliminating Stakelis in fifth place for €8,300.

Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000)
Entries: 5/59

Robertas Sakinis jammed from the small blind before Mantas Bagocius called off his stack of around nine big blinds from the big blind.

Mantas Bagocius:
Robertas Sakinis:

Bagocius was ahead but exiting in sixth place for €6,620 after Sakinis ran hot and connected with his nine on the runout.

Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000)
Entries: 6/59

The start-of-the-day chip leader Matas Budginas just hit the rail in seventh place for €5,296 after losing the following coin flip against current chip leader Robertas Sakinis.

Budginas opened for 30,000 from the cutoff. Sakinis asked about how much his opponent had behind and Budginas gave him an estimated 

Moments later, Sakinis jammed and Budginas snap-called.

Matas Budginas:
Robertas Sakinis:

Budginas lost the flip to Sakinis's trips after the ran out on the board.

Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000)
Entries: 8/59

Robertas Sakinis min-raised from the hijack. The action paused on Kasparas Klezys from the big blind. Kleyzs eventually jammed for 120,000 and Sakinis called.

Kasparas Klezys:
Robertas Sakinis:

Klezys was out-matched and was on the rail on the money bubble after the dry ran out on the board.

Meanwhile, congrats to the final seven players for reaching the money for at least a min-cash of €5,296.

Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000)
Entries: 8/59

Robertas Sakinis took the chip lead just before the break by less than a small blind over the previous chip leader Glen Gaines. Check out the full chip counts of the final eight players below at the break:

Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000)
Entries: 8/59

The action reached a break still on the money bubble. The floor will conduct a chip race, after which we will update the chip counts at the break.

Level 18: 6,000/12,000 (12,000)
Entries: 8/59

The action has slowed down recently with some hands not even going to a flop and almost none going to a showdown on the money bubble.

Meanwhile, the floor announced they will push up the break to be after this blind level to facilitate a chip race.

Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 8/59

Tobias Napel jammed the button for a healthy stack. Sergej Babincev tanked for about a minute before he called from the big blind.

Sergej Babincev:
Tobias Napel:

Napel connected with his seven to eliminate Banincev in ninth place after the ran out on the board.

Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 9/59

Kasparas Klezys min-raised from the cutoff before Matas Budginas three-bet to 65,000. Klezys jammed for around 200,000. Budginas tanked for several moments before he called.

Kasparas Klezys:
Matas Budginas:

"Don't run the board," both players joked to the dealer. "Let's just chop it up now."

Of course, both experienced players knew the board had to be run, and it was still a chop for both players on the runout.

Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 9/59

Marcin Puczylowski three-bet jammed for 110,000 and was called by Glen Gaines, who originally opened the action with a min-raise.

Marcin Puczylowski:
Glen Gaines:

Big slick held for Gaines as Pubzylowski bubbled the final table after he bricked the runout.

Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 10/59

Two out-of-towners in the United Kingdom's Glen Gaines and Tobias Napel, originally from the Netherlands but better known for growing up in Norway, are on the top of the leaderboard at the break.

Check out the full chip counts below:

Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 10/59

Players are on a 15-minute break. We will update the chip stacks of the final 10 players shortly after the action resumes.

Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 10/59

Michael Uguccioni jammed the button and was called by Mantas Bagocius for his 91,000 from the big blind.

Mantas Bagocius:
Michael Uguccioni:

Bagocius pulled out in front with two pair on the flop and had Uguccioni drawing dead on the turn. The paired the board to make the double-up official just before the break.

Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 10/59

Konstantinos Tzinis three-bet jammed for about a dozen big blinds from the blinds and was called by the late position opener Glen Gaines.

Konstantinos Tzinis:
Glen Gaines:

Both players improved to the same two pair on the runout. Gaines gained Tzinis stack with the better kicker and the action was down to the final table bubble after the hand.

Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 11/59

Sergej Babincev opened from under the gun before Arunas Sapitavicius defended his big blind off a short stack. Sapitavicius's short stack went in on the jack-nine-four flop and he was in for a world of hurt with king-nine against king-jack.

No miracle came the rest of the way, and the action was down to 11 players after Sapitavicius lost his stack to Babincev.

Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 12/59

Marcin Puczylowski three-bet jammed for 88,000 and was called by the early position opener Glen Gaines.

Marcin Puczylowski:
Glen Gaines:

Puczylowski won the flip after his queen connected on the runout and took a dent out of Gaines's stack.

Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 12/59

Tobias Napel opened for 20,000 from the button. Karolis Sereika three-bet jammed to 110,000 from the big blind. Napel called with Sereika at risk.

Karolis Sereika:
Tobias Napel:

Napel eliminated his opponent with a full house on the runout to eliminate Sereika.

Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 13/59

The blinds were up on the clock, but Table 2 was still on the final hand of Level 16 when the following hand took place.

Marius Kudzmanas jammed his short stack with the on the board after the turn and was called by Audrius Stakelis.

Marius Kudzmanas:
Audrius Stakelis:

Kudzmanas was out of the tournament after not hitting his two outer on the river.

Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 14/59

Kasparas Klezys jammed for 54,000 from under the gun and was called by Audrius Stakelis from the big blind.

Kasparas Klezys:
Audrius Stakelis:

Klezys won the hand with a set after the ran out on the board.

"Lucky card protector," said Matas Budginas after the hand as he tabled his coat check in tag with the #77 on it.

Shortly after, Audrius Navickas hit the rail to leave just 14 hopefuls remaining.

Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 15/59

Paulius Vatiekunas hit the rail as players were heading for break leaving just 15 hopefuls remaining. Check out the two table seat draw below for the final 15.

Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 16/59

Audrius Stakelis jammed for 121,000 from the hijack. Marius Maciukas tanked for a few moments before he called off his stack of around 10 big blinds.

Marius Maciukas:
Audrius Stakelis:

Maciukas pulled miles ahead on the flop. However, this all changed on the turn with Maciukas now drawing dead to Stakelis's trips.

The river improved Maciukas to trips but he was out in 17th place as Stakelis won the pot with a full house.

The action is on a 10-minute break for the two-table redraw. We will provide updated counts shortly after the action resumes.

Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 17/59

Donatas Ridikas jammed for about six big blinds from the hijack. Audrius Stakelis asked for a count before quickly calling.

Donatas Ridikas:
Audrius Stakelis:

Despite being ahead, Ridikas found himself on the rail after Stakelis improved to trips on the board.

Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 18/59

Ignas Jasinevicius lasted for a short while with his short stack but just lost that to Tobias Napel, who eliminated back-to-back players.

Jasinevicius jammed for 13,000 into a small pot with the on the board after the flop. Napel called as did Arunas Sapitavicius.

Napel and Sapitavicius both checked down the turn and the river. Jasinevicius tabled the . Napel tabled a full house with and eliminated Jasinevicius after Sapitvicius tabled the .

Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 19/59

Martynas Racinskas has just about done it all over the years at Olympic Casino Lietuva. The one thing he won't have is a Kings of Vilnius High Roller trophy as he just lost his once healthy stack to Tobias Napel.

Racinskas jammed for less than a starting stack from the small blind with king-four and was called by Napel with ace-jack from the big blind.

The board ran dry for Racinskas and the field was down to just 19 hopefuls for the title.

Level 14: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 20/59

Tomas Jozonis just lost his short stack to Marcin Puczylowski. Jozonis got his stack in with ace-trey and was up against the ace-four suited held by Puczylowski.

Puczylowski improved to a flush to bring the field down to 20 players. Meanwhile, Ignas Jasinevicius doubled his stack with ten-nine against ten-eight with a straight to gain a tiny bit of breathing room.

Level 14: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 21/59

Karolis Sereika jammed for 51,000 from the hijack. Ignas Jasinevicius asked for a count before he called off a majority of his stack from the button.

Karolis Sereika:
Ignas Jasinevicius:

Sereika appeared pleased to have live cards and stood in his seat after Jasinevicius improved to the top pair on the flop.

"Drawing dead," Sereika said to the table after the turn completed his gutshot straight draw and officially doubled after the river completed the board.

Jasinevicius was down to just 13,000 in chips and will need a serious spin up to reach the money and beyond.

Level 14: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 21/59

The payouts have been announced with today's winner going home with a €36,190 top prize barring any deals. The top seven players are guaranteed to earn at least a €5,296 min-cash.

Check out all of the €2,000 NLH High Roller payouts below:

Level 14: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 21/59

Mitchell Hynam was one of the player to late register at the last moment. He just lost his short stack as follows to another player who max late-entered in Marius Maciukas as follows.

Hynam jammed for 10 big blinds from under the gun before Maciukas three-bet shoved for a little more from the button.

Mitchel Hynam:
Marius Maciukas:

Jacks were good on the runout for Hynam to become the first player to hit the rail after late registration was closed. 

Rokas Asipauskas joined Hynam shortly after to leave just 21 hopefuls competing for the title.

Level 14: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 23/59

Cards are back in the air for the High Roller. Late registration has closed, and the field reached 59 entries, creating a €105,876 prize pool.

The payouts will be announced shortly after the action resumes.

Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 19/54

The floor just announced to the players that the final three hands will be played on each table before a break takes place.

A small group of players, including the recently eliminated WSOP bracelet winner Karolis Sereika, is chatting away about entering the €2,000 High Roller at the very last minute during the break.

Late registration will be closed after the break. Shortly after, the payouts for the 2024 Kings of Vilnius €2,000 NLH High Roller will be announced.

Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 20/54

Modestas Kryzanauskas was below a starting stack when he jammed for 42,000 from the button. Matas Budginas asked for a count before he called from the big blind.

Modestas Kryzanauskas:
Matas Budginas:

The runout was safe for Kryzanauskas as he doubled through the start-of-the-day chip leader Budginas instead of hitting the rail.

Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 20/54

Rokas Asipauskas opened for 8,000 from the button before Glen Gaines jacked it up to 34,000 from the small blind. This led Asipauskas to go into the tank for more than a minute before piping up.

"I would like to min-raise," said Asipauskas. "How much?"

Shortly after, Asipauskas raised to 65,000. Gaines tanked for nearly a minute before giving up on the hand.

Meanwhile, Marius Kudzmanas lost his stack and re-entered, and Kasparas Klezys lived up to the promise he made last night when he shared he would enter his first bullet after the start of Day 2. 

Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 19/52

Scott Hall entered the €2,000 High Roller already having won a trophy this festival in the €555 NLH. However, as he was the first to hit the rail, he will need to re-enter if he wishes to try for a second trophy in the largest buy-in event of the festival.

Hall lost a good portion of his stack with queens against ace-seven before losing the rest with king-eight suited against the ace-ten held by Robertas Sakinis after a ten appeared on the flop.

Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 20/52

The action just kicked off on Day 2 of the €2,000 NLH High Roller. Thus far, no new entries have entered the mix, leaving 20 players battling for the prestigious title, with many big names still in contention.

The second and final day of the 2024 Kings of Vilnius €2,000 NLH High Roller is set to kick off at 1 p.m.

There were already 52 entries joining in on the action on Day 1 with more to come thanks to late registration remaining open until the conclusion of the first blind level of Day 2.

Matas Budginas leads the way with 275,000 in chips with Tobias Napel the only other player to parlay their 50,000 opening stack into more than 200,000 with 233,000 in chips.

Blinds will start at 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante and increase every 40 minutes until a winner is crowned. Get ready for some fun and excitement as we report this prestigious event at the Olympic Casino Lietuva.