{"id":779776,"date":"2020-08-14T13:28:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T11:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/lithuanians-in-the-virtual-wsop-arena-have-already-won-over-1m"},"modified":"2025-04-28T23:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T21:09:03","slug":"lithuanians-in-the-virtual-wsop-arena-have-already-won-over-1m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/en\/world-poker-series-wsop-literary-section","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanians in the virtual WSOP arena have already won more than 1 million USD!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-762802\" src=\"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vladas-burneikis.jpg\" alt=\"vladas burneikis wsop gold bracelet winner poker\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vladas-burneikis.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vladas-burneikis-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vladas-burneikis-768px-497px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vladas-burneikis-186px-120px.jpg 186w, https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/vladas-burneikis-700px-453px.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The greatest success so far has smiled upon <strong>Vladas Burneikis, who at the beginning of August became the first Lithuanian to win a gold bracelet<\/strong> and earn the WSOP champion title. In the WSOP #49 $500 DeepStack Turbo tournament, he scooped an impressive <strong>$200 thousand cash prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>Ar\u016bnas Sapitavi\u010dius came very close to the winner's title.<\/strong> In the WSOP #41 $400 Colossus tournament, the Lithuanian led in chip count for a long time, but in the final stage of the tournament, his luck waned a bit and <strong>he finished in 5th place.<\/strong> For his 5th place finish, Ar\u016bnas earned a <strong>$156 thousand prize.<\/strong> Over 12 thousand players participated in this tournament.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-762806\" src=\"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/arunas-sipatavicius.jpg\" alt=\"ar\u016bnas sipatavi\u010dius wsop tournament poker\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/arunas-sipatavicius.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/arunas-sipatavicius-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/arunas-sipatavicius-768px-511px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/arunas-sipatavicius-180px-120px.jpg 180w, https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/arunas-sipatavicius-700px-466px.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The following week was no less successful for the Lithuanians. <strong>Seven players managed to win over $500 thousand in total.<\/strong> Three Lithuanians &#8211; Evaldas Aniulis, Lukas Parednis, and Dominykas Mikolaitis &#8211; made it to the final of the WSOP #56 $1500 GGMaster WSOP Edition High Roller. Although none of them managed to take first place, <strong>these players collectively scooped over $270 thousand.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other Lithuanians also managed to reach the final tables of the tournaments &#8211; Tautvydas Jokubauskas, Aneris Admokevi\u010dius, Vincas Tama\u0161auskas, and Vladas Tama\u0161auskas. <strong>In total, they won over $300 thousand.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-762803\" src=\"https:\/\/pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tomas-jozonis.jpg\" alt=\"tomas jozonis poker player wsop series\" width=\"1024\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tomas-jozonis.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tomas-jozonis-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tomas-jozonis-768px-492px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tomas-jozonis-187px-120px.jpg 187w, https:\/\/staging.pokeriomokykla.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tomas-jozonis-700px-448px.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>on August 13th, in the WSOP #60 $525 Bounty NLHE 6-Handed tournament, Tomas Jozonis<\/strong> managed to secure <strong>3rd place<\/strong> among 3170 participants. 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