Vilnius has a new hometown champion. Mantas Bagocius capped a resurgent 2025 by winning Olybet Poker's Kings of Vilnius €1,100 Main Event at Olympic Casino Lietuva, outlasting a 327-entry field and sealing a €58,130 score after a heads-up deal with fellow Lithuanian Paulius Kisielius.
The €310,650 prize pool comfortably cleared the €250,000 guarantee, but for Bagocius, this one wasn’t about the money. It was about validation.
The Lithuanian pro has been on a tear this year, winning a WSOP Online Circuit ring for $411,850 and adding results that rebuilt a confidence he openly admits had wavered.