The luckiest Lithuanian was a poker pro Dominykas Mikolaitis, who finished third in the $5350 buy-in CPP Main Event for the biggest win of his career - almost $418k.
The tournament had two starting days, with a total of 1,037 buy-ins and an impressive $5 185 000 prize fund. Half of this pool was split between the 9 finalists, with the winner of the tournament receiving as much as $879 985.
Apart from Dominykas, three other Lithuanians did well in this tournament. Evaldas Aniulis dropped out when the bubble burst, placed 134th and won a total of $11 926. Meanwhile, Aneris Adomkevičius took a respectable 25th place and won $23 333, o Matas Cimbolas fared even better, finishing in 12th place and winning $52 887.
With three players remaining, G. Ramage was the clear chip leader with 70% in total chips, while D. Ventura was holding just under 20% at the time. Dominykas was in the worst situation. He tried to suggest that the possibility of a split should be considered, but the former leader, Mr Ramage, did not agree to it.
In the fatal hand Dominykas pushed A9 from BBVentura responded with A-J. After the flop, Ventura had already made his queue and the Lithuanian's hopes became very slim. To win, he needed to win hearts both on the turn and on the river. He was lucky on the turn, but the reel came out on the river and the Lithuanian finished in third place. The whole tournament was later won by Diego Ventura, a Peruvian player who knocked Dominic out of the tournament.
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