Poker Summer Race
Road to OlyBet Showdown Riga 2026
📅 June 8 – August 30
💰 €10,000 in vouchers
📍 Grand Final — September 6 | Olympic Voodoo Casino, Riga
Poker Summer Race is a seasonal leaderboard competition in which players earn points by playing tournaments and cash games to qualify for the Grand Final and compete for tournament vouchers for the OlyBet Showdown Riga 2026 series (September 19–27).
Grand Final Prize Pool
All prizes are awarded in the form of tournament vouchers for participation in OlyBet Showdown Riga 2026.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st place | €3,000 in vouchers |
| 2nd place | €2,000 in vouchers |
| 3rd place | €1,300 in vouchers |
| 4th place | €900 in vouchers |
| 5th place | €800 in vouchers |
| 6th place | €700 in vouchers |
| 7th place | €500 in vouchers |
| 8th place | €400 in vouchers |
| 9th place | €400 in vouchers |
All players who reach the prize zone receive an additional €1 symbolic cash prize.
How to Qualify for the Grand Final
Players earn ranking points in two disciplines:
Tournament ranking — TOP 21
Cash game ranking — TOP 15
A total of 36 unique players qualify for the Grand Final.
A player may qualify through either ranking or both; however, only one result is counted — the best of the two (tournament or cash game).
Grand Final
September 6, 12:00
Olympic Voodoo Casino, Riga
Registration: €1 (at the casino cashier)
Only players who qualify through the rankings are eligible to participate in the Grand Final.
The tournament structure will be published separately.
Points are awarded for participation and results in all tournaments, except for qualification (Satellite) tournaments.
| Result | Points |
|---|---|
| Participation | 1 |
| ITM (in the money) | 2 |
| 3rd place | 3 |
| 2nd place | 4 |
| 1st place | 5 |
TOP 21 qualify for the Grand Final.
Points are awarded based on active playing time.
| Activity | Points |
|---|---|
| 1 hour of play | 1 |
To receive points, players must use the Olympic Casino CLUB REWARDS card during play.
TOP 15 qualify for the Grand Final.
Additional points for tournament players:
| Active days | Bonus |
|---|---|
| 3 days | +2 |
| 5 days | +4 |
| 7 days | +6 |
Week: Monday–Sunday.
The starting stack depends on the player’s best result in one of the rankings.
Tournament Ranking → stack
| Position | Stack |
|---|---|
| 1 | 50,000 |
| 2 | 40,000 |
| 3 | 35,000 |
| 4–5 | 30,000 |
| 6–7 | 25,000 |
| 8–10 | 20,000 |
| 11–13 | 15,000 |
| 14–21 | 10,000 |
Cash Game Ranking → stack
| Points | Stack |
|---|---|
| 120+ | 50,000 |
| 100+ | 40,000 |
| 90+ | 35,000 |
| 80+ | 30,000 |
| 70+ | 25,000 |
| 60+ | 20,000 |
| 50–59 | 15,000 |
| 1–49 | 10,000 |
TOP 30 tournament and TOP 30 cash game rankings are updated weekly.
Publication — every Monday: olybetpoker.com/lv/
Poker Summer Race is conducted in accordance with the principles of fair play.
The following actions are strictly prohibited, including but not limited to:
- Collusion — secret cooperation or coordination between players
- Chip dumping — transferring chips to another player to influence results
- Soft play — intentionally passive play against specific players
- artificial manipulation of ranking points
- any form of result manipulation or agreement affecting game outcomes
The organizers reserve the right to review game results and player activity.
In case of violations, the organizers may:
- void results of individual games or tournaments
- remove awarded points
- exclude a player from the ranking
- disqualify a participant from the promotion and/or the Grand Final
The organizers also reserve the right to make decisions on situations not explicitly covered in the rules if necessary to ensure fair play.
All decisions made by the organizers are final.