Level 20: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 39/365

Vidar Assersen jammed for 96,000 from the button and was called by Enea Subashi from the small blind.

Vidar Assersen:
Enea Subashi:

Assersen doubled up after his hand held on the board.

Meanwhile, Tomas Bassus hit the rail to leave 39 players remaining.

Level 20: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 40/365

Vasilijus Piskunovas jammed for 100,000 with the on the flop and was called by Sigitas Raila.

Vasilijus Piskunovas:
Sigitas Raila:

Piskunovas was drawing dead after the came on the turn to Raila's set and was out 42nd place after the river completed the board as a needle giving him two pair.

Also recently hitting the rail were Rokas Sermuksnis and Alberto Gonzalez to leave 40 players remaining in the Main Event.

Level 20: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 43/365

Edgars Hauks jammed for less than 10 big blinds from early position and was called by Algirdas Saveikis from the big blind.

Edgars Hauks:
Algirdas Saveikis:

Queens were good for Saveikis to eliminate Hauks in 45th place after the ran out on the board. Meanwhile, Darius Miklovas and Lukas Peteska also hit the rail to leave 43 players remaining.

Level 19: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 46/365

Kristaps Sipols min-raised from early position before Povilas Latvenas three-bet jammed for 78,000 from the button. Sipols asked for a count before he called off nearly half his stack.

Povilas Latvenas:
Kristaps Sipols:

Latvenas doubled with the top pair after the ran out on the board. 

Meanwhile, the expected floodgates have yet to open as it has been nearly half a blind level since the bubble broke with just Sedat Kestel hitting the rail in the money in 47th place.

Level 19: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 47/365

Lukas Parednis jammed for 139,000 from the small blind and was called by Edvinas Tarasevicius from the big blind.

It took a couple of minutes for hands to end at other tables before a crowd emerged in what turned out to be a highly emotional hand.

Edvinas Tarasevicius:
Lukas Parednis:

"What do we need," said someone on the rail while laughing. "Ace from space!"

An ace (from space) came straight out of the window as Parednis pulled ahead with two pair on the flop.

"Wow, sick!" said several people on the rail as the turn seemingly provided Tarasevicius the two-outer he needed to stay alive.

"Another ace?" someone on the rail asked for hoping to be in the money.

The casino exploded with emotion and applause as another two outer in the river came crashing down on the river to improve Parednis to a better full house than his opponent to eliminate Tarasevicius on the money bubble.

The remaining 47 players were in the money for at least a €2,220 min-cash.

Level 19: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 48/365

Egidijus Matonis opened for half his stack for 42,000 from the hijack. Mantas Liachauskas three-bet shoved his stack of 70,000 from the button and Matonis found a call.

Mantas Liachauskas:
Egidijus Matonis:

Liachauskas was out of his chair after his opponent immediately improved to top two pair on the flop. The action was on the bubble with Liachauskas on the rail after the turn and river completed the board.

Level 19: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 49/365

Pekka Ikonen jammed his short stack of 25,000 and was looked up by Mantas Puidokas.

Pekka Ikonen:
Mantas Puidokas:

Ikonen was on the rail a handful of players away from the money after not able to move ahead of Puidokas on the runout.

Level 18: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 50/365

Mindaugas Kriauciunas has been on cruise control the entire day and maintained a substantial chip lead over the field. He was still leading at the dinner break with nearly 1 million in chips.

Meanwhile, the players will be near the money bubble when the action resumes shortly. Check out some of the bigger stacks from around the room:

Level 18: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 50/365

Players just headed on a 45-minute dinner break with the money bubble breaking after three additional players lose their stacks. We will update the largest stacks from around the room during the break.

Bon appétit to all of the players, and best of luck in getting into the money and beyond after the break.

Level 18: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 51/365

Alberto Gonzalez min-raised from under the gun before Alenas Pelegrimas jammed for 38,000 from one seat over. Gonzalez asked for a count after the action folded to him before going into the tank and counting over his own chip stack. Eventually, Gonzalez found a call with Pelegrimas at risk.

Alenas Pelegrimas:
Alberto Gonzalez:

Pelegrimas was ahead the entire way and doubled with two pair after the ran out on the board.

Level 18: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 51/365

Egidijus Matonis three-bet squeezed for 65,000. Vasilijus Piskunovas, who originally opened, called, while Mykolas Savickas opted to get out of the way.

Egidijus Matonis:
Vasilijus Piskunovas:

Tens were ahead on the flop and the turn. Piskunovas let out one of his legendary laughs as his opponent got there at the end with the spiking the river to improve Matonis to a better two pair.

Level 18: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 51/365

Vadimas Pipine jammed for his short stack from early position and was called by Audrius Laimelis from the blinds.

Vadimas Pipine:
Audrius Laimelis:

Laimelis was ahead and sent Pipine to the rail near the money bubble with a set after the ran out on the board.

Level 18: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 53/365

The action slowed down near the money bubble. Paulius Kostickis three-bet jammed the button for 19,000 and was called by Audrius Laimelis and Sedat Kestel.

Laimelis and Kestel both checked the flop before Laimelis checked again on the turn. Kestel bet 25,000 and Laimelis quickly folded.

Paulius Kostickis:
Sedat Kestel:

Kostickis had the top two pair and tripled up after Kestel whiffed the river.

Level 17: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 53/365

Three players were all-in with Edvinas Tarasevicius covering Edgars Hauks and Marijus Dirgela.

Both the big-stacked Tarasevicius and Dirgela held tens, while Hauks had them pipped with jacks. The board didn't magically get either players tens ahead for Hauks to double through Tarasevicius while ousting Dirgela.

Level 17: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 56/365

Sigatas Raila opened for 12,000 from early position before he called a button jam by Mantas Liachauskas for 68,000.

Mantas Liachauskas:
Sigatas Raila:

Raila was ahead until the river as the ran out on the board but doubled up Liachauskas who held the better two pair after his jack found a friend.

Meanwhile, €2,000 High Roller champion Robertas Sakinis won't add a Main Event victory to his impressive festival or even a cash for that matter after hitting the rail shortly before this hand alongside Justas Vaiciulionis.

Level 17: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 58/365

Marijus Dirgela jammed for 23,000 from middle position before Vadimas Pipine three-bet shoved for around 130,000 from the cutoff. The rest of the table folded and the hands were tabled.

Marijus Dirgela:
Vadimas Pipine:

Pipine was shaking his head in frustration after his opponent hit two pair on the flop. Dirgela doubled up after the turn and river completed the board.

Level 17: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 58/365

Arturs Putnins three-bet jammed from the blinds for 66,000 and was called by Sigatas Raila, who opened from under the gun.

Arturs Putnins:
Sigatas Raila:

Jacks won the flip after Raila got nowhere on the runout.

Level 17: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 59/365

Martynas Racinskas min-raised from the hijack. Sedat Kestel jammed his short stack of 12,000 from the button while €555 NLH champion Scott Hall called off for slightly less.

Scott Hall:
Sedat Kestel:
Martynas Racinskas:

It was looking like two players were about to hit the showers after Racinskas connected with his ace on the flop. The odds were worse for his opponents after the bricked the board on the turn.

However, a one-outer saved the day for Kestel with the raining down on the river for him to survive and send Hall to the rail.

Level 17: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 62/365

Mindaugas Kriauciunas is still on top of field at the break. Check out some of the biggest stacks from around the room at the break.

Level 17: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 62/365

Players are on a 15-minute break. The floor announced that the 500-denominated chips will be raced off during the break.

We will update with the biggest stacks from around the room shortly after the action resumes.

Level 16: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 62/365

The action is getting close to the money bubble with the short stacks mostly at risk of missing out on a healthy payday. Two shorter stack players just colliding leaving one player shorter and another with a little more breathing room.

Adria Comas I Roura jammed for 69,500 from the cutoff. The action paused on Rokas Barzdzius, who called off his shorter stack of 35,500 from the small blind.

Rokas Barzdzius:
Adria Comas I Roura:

Tens won the flip after Roura bricked the board.

Level 16: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 66/365

Mykolas Savickas min-raised from middle position before Sandis Blums jammed for 32,000 from the hijack. The action paused on Audrius Navickas, who three-bet shoved for close to 80,000. Savickas quickly folded and Blums needed help to survive.

Sandis Blums:
Audrius Navickas:

Aces held for Navickas to eliminate Blums after the run out on the board.

Mykolas Savickas - 140,000
Audrius Navickas - 135,000
Sandis  Blums - 0

Level 16: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 73/365

Kriss Riekstins was down to 23,500 when he jammed from under the gun. The action paused on Titas Gancierius who eventually called from the cutoff.

Kriss Riekstins:
Titas Gancierius:

Rietskins could have had aces and it wouldn't have matter as the board improved Gancierius to the nut flush to take his opponent's stack.

Level 15: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 81/365

The plan for Day 2 has been confirmed that today will end after the sooner of 10 blind levels of 1 hour each or when the action is down to just the final two tables. This means, the latest the day will end will be around midnight.

Level 15: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 83/365

The €80 Ladies Event just kicked off with 18 entries and counting. Ausra Razmaite was among the players in the field but not for the best of reasons as she recently lost her stack in the Main Event.

While Razmaite was unable to find herself among the players in the money, she was the last player standing.

Best of luck to all of the players in both the Ladies Event and the Main Event.

Level 15: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 90/365

The payouts have been announced with the top 47 players going home with at least a €2,220 min-cash.

Tomorrow's winner is slated to be awarded a record top prize in Lithuania of €69,490.

Best of luck to all of the Main Event players.

Level 15: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 94/365

Aliaksei Padrez four-bet jammed for 84,500 from late position and was called by Arturas Osmankinas from the blinds.

Aliaksei Padrez:
Arturas Osmakinas:

Padrez improved to a set on the flop and Osmakinas was drawing dead despite connecting with his ace on the turn. The river wrapped the hand up in a bow for Padrez to double his stack.

Meanwhile, Triton Poker champion Paulius Vaitiekunas, Tobias Napel, Rokas Asipauskas, Modestas Kryžanauskas, and Urmo Velvelt hit the rail during the opening moments of Level 15.

Artura Osmakin - 250,000
Aliaksei Padrez - 175,000

Level 15: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 98/365

Mindaugas Kriauciunas still leads the way at the break. Check out some of the top chip counts from around the room.

Level 15: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 97/364

Late registration is now closed with a total of 364 entries creating a €349,440 prize pool. Several players entered or re-entered during the final three hands and the break.

Level 14: 1,000/2,500 (2,500)
Entries: 92/358

The floor has announced the final three hands at each table. Players will then go on a 15-minute break after which time late registration will be closed.

Level 14: 1,000/2,500 (2,500)
Entries: 92/349

Vadimas Pipine and Edgaras Pipine are brothers and bagged a similar healthy stack into Day 2. As fate would have it, the two brothers were seated next to each other on Table 2. Vadimas's stack is about the same, while Edgaras just added some chips to his stack, compliments of Rokas Barzdzius.

Bardzius committed his short stack with and was up against the by Edgaras Pipine. Bardzius hit a set on the flop but fell behind to lose his stack to a better set after the turn and river completed the board.

Edgaras Pipine - 240,000
Vadimas Pipine - 160,000

Level 14: 1,000/2,500 (2,500)
Entries: 96/346

Kriss Riekstins checked the board with tons of chips in the pot when Stanislovas Vincenka bet 40,000 out of his 75,500 stack. Riekstins tanked for more than a minute before he jammed and Vincenka snap-called.

Riekstins turned over the for a bricked flush draw and a bricked gutshot straight draw. Vincenka had more than enough with for the top set to double his stack.

"Nice hand," Riekstins said as the dealer was confirming Vicenka's stack.

Level 14: 1,000/2,500 (2,500)
Entries: 96/339

Peter Kvisthammar jammed from late position and was called by Sigatas Raila.

Peter Kvisthammar:
Sigatas Raila:

Kvisthammar improved to the top pair on the flop but fell far behind as this flop also improved Raila to a set of snowmen.

Kvisthammar got out of his seat after he was drawing dead on the turn before officially hitting the rail with a chance to still re-enter after the river completed the board.

Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 105/334

Earlier this week, Robertas Sakinis shipped the Kings of Vilnius €2,000 High Roller for €36,190. He is now looking to add a bigger score in the Main Event and is off to a hot start on Day 2.

Sakinis opened for 20,500 from the small blind. Gerardas Luksenas jammed from the big blind and Sakinis called off his stack of 51,000.

Robertas Sakinis:
Gerardas Luksenas:

Ace-jack was good as Sakinis doubled with a pair of jacks after the ran out on the board.

Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 109/332

Edgars Maurmanis opened for 4,000 from the hijack before Sergej Babincev three-bet most of his stack to 23,000 from the small blind. Viktors Caikins four-bet shoved for his small stack of 27,000. Marumanis called before Banincev did the same.

Banicev and Marumanis both checked the flop before Babincev jammed his remaining short stack of 10,000 on the turn. Marumanis snap-called and the players turned over their cards.

Viktors Caikins:
Sergej Babincev:
Edgars Marumanis:

"No surprises!" Caikins said after the hands were tabled.

No surprises came as Caikins after  the paired the board on the river to triple up. Meanwhile, Babincev was left without a stack after the hand.

Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 110/323

Two players checked before Jonas Lapinskas bet 4,000 into a small pot with the on the board after the flop. Kristaps Sipols called before Rokas Skridulis jammed for 32,500. Lapinskas called while Sipols found a fold.

Rokas Skridulis:
Jonas Lapinskas:

Skridulis was ahead and doubled his stack with two pair after the turn and river completed the board.

Meanwhile, the field has grown to 323 entries and will continue to grow during the next two blind levels.

Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 110/319

Cards are in the air to start Day 2. Five new players got into the mix before the start of Day 2 including Viktors Caikins, Daniel Clifford, Per Engstroem, Ignas Jasinevicius, and Herli Olop.

What a week it has been at the 2024 Kings of Vilnius, with many new Lithuanian records set, including the first-ever Sviten Special event, the first-ever HORSE event, the largest side event, and the largest-ever High Roller prize pool.

The buy-in for the Kings of Vilnius €1,100 Main Event was also a first, as was the €250,000 guarantee, the largest in Lithuanian history. The prize pool has already been smashed, with 314 entries battling it out to create a €301,440 prize pool. The number of entries and the prize pool will continue to grow with late registration remaining open during the first two blind levels of Day 2, when the action resumes on Saturday at Noon.

Lithuania's Mindaugas Kriauciunas was recently at the final table of the 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit Tallinn €1,500 Main Event but didn't have a long time to soak in the action after being the first one to head to the cashier in ninth place for €17,350.

Kriauciunas is now in an enviable spot as he heads into Day 2 of the inaugural 2024 Kings of Vilnius €1,100 Main Event with a substantial chip lead over the 105 opening survivors with 388,000. 

While no other player bagged more than 300,000 two other players achieved the 200K milestone to end the opening flights with Latvia's Kristaps Sipols (201,000) and Lithuania's Sigatas Raila (200,000) near the top of the leaderboard. Check out the top 10 chip counts entering Day 2 below and you can check out all the chip counts by clicking on the Chip Counts tab in our coverage.

Blinds will increase every 60 minutes instead of every 40 minutes throughout the rest of the event with Day 2 planning eight blind levels subject to change. New players will start with 30,000 in chips, which will be good for 15 big blinds to start the day with blinds beginning at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante.

Stay tuned for all of the biggest hands, bad beats, and more of the 2024 OlyBet Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event at Olympic Casino Lietuva.