Day 1d attracted 71 entries with 30 players finding a bag into Tuesday's Day 2.  This brings the total up to 482 entries establishing a new record for the Championship event. This figure will surpass more than 500 entries with late registration still open during the first blind level of the second and final day. Here is a look at the chip counts from Day 1d led by Jari Hurri with 171,500.

Day 1c attracted the largest field in the €555 Championship thus far with 199 entries to bring the total entry count up to 411 with still one more flight to go starting at 9 p.m. with the turbo Day 1d. This figure will also continue to grow with late registration still open during tomorrow's final day throughout the first blind level.

Finland's Iiro Kettunen bagged the biggest stack on Day 1c of 195,000. This puts him in fourth place overall behind Day 1a chip leader Juri Vassin (211,500) and Lithuania's Gediminas Dirmantas (209,000). Day 1b chip leader and 2015 Kings of Tallinn Main Event champion Ranno Sootla is thus far entering Day 2 in fourth place with 192,000.

A total of 75 players survived on Day 2 to bring the total count of survivors up to 161 and counting. Here is a look at the final end-of-Day 1c chip counts:

The floor announced the final four hands. Some tables are already bagging up chips.

Day 1d will begin at 9 p.m. EEST. We will post the final chip counts of Day 1c within the hour and Day 1d in the morning.

Surviving players from all the opening flights will reconvene on Tuesday at noon for the final day. Players will still be able to enter and re-enter during the first blind level tomorrow as well.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 11: 800/1,600 (1,600)
Entries: 84/199

Jimmy Dewerdt jammed for 28,000 from the hijack. The action folded to Paulius Vaitiekunas in the big blind.

"How much?" Vaitiekunas asked.

"About 28k," Dewerdt responded.

The dealer began counting Dewerdt's stack but Vaitiekunas called before she was through.

Jimmy Dewerdt:
Paulius Vaitiekunas:

Dewerdt was ahead and remained that way after the came on the flop. The turn was a different story as this paired up with Vaitiekunas's nine to take the lead. The river didn't save Dewerdt and he left the tournament arena after the hand.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200)
Entries: 90/1968

Joona Toumi checked with the on the board before Janne Ojala fired out a pot-sized bet of around 30,000. Toumi called off his stack of about the same and needed some help.

Joona Toumi:
Janne Ojala:

The river didn't help Toumi's top pair pull ahead of Ojala's rockets and he was out of chips at least on this bullet.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200)
Entries: 95/196

Martin Piik (pictured below) has performed well since the break and has grown his stack to 175,000 since the break. We had a quick chat with Piik who shared how he picked off another player.

Piik opened with from under the gun for 2,500 and got called by two players from the cutoff and the small blind.

The small blind checked the flop before Piik fired out for 5,500. The player in the cutoff folded while the player in the big blind called.

The player in the small blind fired out for 12,000 after the turn and Piik called. The paired the board on the river. The small blind busted out a bet for 22,000. Piik called and won the hand after his opponent tried to steal one away with .

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200)
Entries: 101/196

Barre Mohamud Mohamed opened for 2,500 from early position and was called by Kimmo Kurko from middle position, James Noonan from late position, and Egon Kaljulaid from the small blind. Jevgeni Voitovits three-bet to 14,200 from the big blind which cleared everyone out except Kaljulaid from the small blind.

Kaljulaid check-called a bet by Voitovits for 11,000 on the flop and for another 15,000 on the turn. Both players checked the river. Kaljulaid turned over for a ton of missed draws. Voitovits didn't need much to beat this hand and his did the job to win the pot.

Team Re-entries, featuring WSOP Bracelet winner Espen Sandvik, Ronnie Albrigtsen, Sondre Stormyr, and Edgars Beizaks was in the lead in the Kings of Tallinn Team Competition yesterday after Sandvik shipped the €250 NLH PKO on Saturday. They remained in the lead today after Albrigtsen won the €250 PLO PKO event on Sunday.

However, their lead was narrowed despite Albrigtsen shipping an event with Team KETTU 2 just points behind. This is primarily due to the amazing performance by Risto Ponnio who has finished runner-up in two separate events thus far. Below is a look at the standings.

• Link to Full Team Standings
• Link to Contest Rules

Players are on their final break of Day 1c. Players will fight it out for two more blind levels before surviving players will bag into tomorrow's Day 2.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 110/190

Arto Mansner jammed for under 20 big blinds with Luigi Shehadeh calling off for a little less.

Luigi Shehadeh:
Arto Mansner:

Shehadeh hit a lucky lady on the board to double his stack and leave Mansner on fumes.

However, Shehadeh's luck was short lived as he ran his tens the very next hand against Reika Reinsoo's queens. Tuomo Turunen also got his crumbs in the pot with eights. An eight spiked the flop for Turunen to win the smaller main pot while Reinsoo cheered in joy after he won the side pot to oust Shehadeh. One hand later, Mansner also lost his short stack of around 4 big blinds.

Meanwhile, Reinsoo not only has the chip lead in the Day 1c opening flight but has more chips than both Day 1a chip leader Juri Vassin (211,500) and Day 1b chip leader Ranno Sootla (192,000) bagged during earlier flights.

The €350 NLH Opening Event has just kicked off with already 52 entries in the field. One of those entries is Estonia's Christel Haller, who is one of the many female players to come out for events consistently at Olympic Park Casino.

Haller took a little time before she hopped into the action to explain why she is playing this event over the many others. It all is thanks to the strong women's poker community here in Estonia.

"In Estonia, we have an amazing women's league," shared Haller. "The first event was in 2009."

Haller explained how the women's league works.

"At first, we play online and we get some points," Haller explained. "Then we have two live events in Tartu and Tallinn. We get some points and the top 50 made the final with the stacks based on the number of points earned. I began the final in 25th place but this didn't matter at the end of the day as I was able to finish runner-up in this event with Catlin Muur. Catlin and I are now on the same team in the Kings of Tallinn alongside Anne Bezdek and Evy Albrigtsen. We aptly called our team 'Queens of F*&ing Everything.'" 

While Haller did win a ticket valued at €350 and a Ladies Event ticket valued at €120, both prizes could have been more if she managed to beat Muur heads-up. 

"The first-place winner was awarded a Main Event ticket valued at €1,100, where I got a €350 ticket for finishing one spot shy," said Haller. "I am not at all complaining as I am happy for what I won and also happy for Catlin. In addition, I also won a Kings of Tallinn Ladies Event alongside others at the final table.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 8: 400/800 (800)
Entries: 114/183

Stanislovas Vinicenka jammed a short stack from early position and called by Urmo Einard for the big blind.

Stanislovas Vinicenka:
Urmo Einard:

The board didn't get Vinicenka ahead and he was on the rail.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 8: 400/800 (800)
Entries: 124/182

Iiro Kettunen jammed for more than the 16,500 Bengt-Anders Johnsson had in his stack with the on the board after the turn and about 15,000 in the pot.

Johnsson went into the tank for a minute before he called.

Bengt-Anders Johnsson:
Iiro Kettunen:

Johnsson needed one of the two remaining sevens to stay alive and double his stack. Today was not his lucky day as the blank river completed the board.

"Nice hand," Johnsson said as he began to leave the table.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 8: 400/800 (800)
Entries: 128/176

Arvydas Vilcinskas jammed for less than 15 big blinds from middle position before Sebastian Gotthardt isolated with a bigger jam from one seat over. The rest of the table folded and the cards were turned over.

Arvydas Vilcinskas:
Sebastian Gotthardt:

Gotthardt was ahead when the chips went in but had a sweat on the flop with his opponent holding one overcard and a flush draw. The turn opened up even more outs for Vilcinskas with an open-ended straight draw. However, the river didn't push Vilcinskas ahead and his chips went over to Gotthardt.

Players are having a blast flipping on Tables 29 & 30 for the start of the €150 GGPoker Flip&Go.

Check it out if you are reading from Tallinn if you are looking for a good time or a break from the tournament action you are in. Of course, there is also potentially a ton of money on the line with a €5,000 top mystery bounty on the line when this event progresses to Day 2.

Rest assured for those of you at home. We promise some video and photo footage of this unique event later in our coverage when it is available.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 7: 300/600 (600)
Entries: 128/163

Laurynas Cerniauskas opened for 1,200 from under the gun. Kristaps Kalva called from one seat over before Henri Schalin three-bet to 3,500 from the cutoff. Cerniauskas and Kalva called.

All three players checked the flop before Cerniauskas bet 4,000 on the turn. Kalva and Schalin both called to see the river completed the board.

Cerinauskas led out for 11,000. Kalva looked at his stack and would have committed his chips if he called. He opted to fold less than a minute later before Schalin went into the tank for a couple of minutes. Schalin called but mucked his hand after Cerniauskas turned over for top pair with the best kicker.

The €150 GGPoker Flip&Go Mystery Bounty will kick off shortly. The rules are similar but not identical to the online Flip&Go games at GGPoker and OlyBet Poker with a few small changes and one big one in the mystery bounty component. 

Here is how it works:

1) Players enter for a GGPoker Flip&Go opening flight at the cash desk.
2) A game begins when there are nine available players who sit together at one table.
3) Players are dealt three cards facedown.
4) A flop is dealt and players then discard one card and turn the other two over.
5) A turn and a river are dealt and the best hand at the table advances to Day 2 on Friday March 3 already in the money.

A few other notes:

• Players on Day 2 will not only be in the money but also collect a mystery bounty prize. The event guarantees at least a €5,000 top mystery bounty prize.
• Players that advance to Day 2 may not re-enter other opening flights. Those that haven't advanced to Day 2 can re-enter as many times as they wish until they advance.

Best of luck to all of the players. The Kings of Tallinn staff will be around the action in case players have any questions.

Players are on their second break. Very soon, the €150 GGPoker Mystery Bounty Flip&Go event will kick off, while late registration is now closed in the €150 NLH 8-Max.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 6: 200/500 (500)
Entries: 124/146

Sebastian Gotthardt bet 5,000 into a pot of slightly more with the on the board.

Joakim Brochard called only to muck his cards after he witnessed Gotthardt turn over for a straight.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 6: 200/500 (500)
Entries: 121/142

James Noonan checked with about 15,000 in the pot and the on the board. Jose Domene jammed for about the 12,000 or so Noonan had behind.

Noonan snap-called and turned over for two pair. This wasn't good enough as Domene held for top set to send Noonan to the rail. Noonan shared he might re-enter after a short break.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 5: 200/400 (400)
Entries: 115/130

Eirimas Tomkevicius check-called a bet by fellow Lithuanian Laurynas Cerniauskas of 6,000 into a pot of around double that with the on the board.

Both players checked the river. Cerniauskas turned over for trip nines and was awarded the pot after Tomkevicius folded.

"Could have taken more?" Cerinauskas asked.

Tomkevicius didn't respond one way or the other as the table got ready for the next hand.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 5: 200/400 (400)
Entries: 114/124

Kimmo Kurko bet 2,500 into a pot of a bit more with the on the board. Joni Viikki jammed for 6,900. Kurko tanked for a minute before he folded.

Kurko showed he made a great fold with a straight holding . Viikki was kind enough to show Kurko he made the correct soul read and showed he had the goods with for a full house.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 4: 100/300 (300)
Entries: 110/117

Janne Ojala check-called a bet of 1,500 by Eirimas Tomkevicius into a pot of around 4,000 after the came on the flop. Ojala checked again on the turn. Tomkevicius bet 4,000 and Ojala called.

Ojala jammed for about 17,000 the river. Tomkevicius snap-called and wasn't too happy about what he saw.

Ojala turned over for a full house to win the hand after Tomkevicius showed for flopped trips.

"You got lucky," Tomkevicius said after the hand.

"I got lucky? Ojala asked with a laugh.

"You hit your two-outer," Tomkevicius replied as the dealer was shuffling the deck for the next hand.

We brought our puppy, Pepe, last time we came to the Kings of Tallinn and everyone now expects she will come every trip. 

Unfortunately, Pepe has a job to watch over the rest of the family when I am on the road. Today, she was scoping out the forest behind our home in hopes of seeing her old friends in Tallinn. 

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 4: 100/300 (300)
Entries: 109/114

Janne Ojala checked the flop. Eirimas Tomkevicius bet 2,500 into a pot of around 7,000 and Ojala called.

Both players checked down the turn and the river. Tomkevicius turned over for the two pair on the board plus the ace-kicker. Ojala squeezed out a better two pair after showing to win the hand.

Here is a look at some of the bigger stacks from around the room at the first break of Day 1c.

Players are on their first 15-minute break. Blinds will increase to 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante when the action resumes.

€150 NLH - 8 Handed
Level 1: 100/100
Entries: 19/19

The €150 NLH - 8 Handed event has just kicked off with 19 entries. The field will grow in leaps-and-bounds with late registration open for eight blind levels.

We have a special treat for those here at the Kings of Tallinn. Laura Cornelius (pictured below) has joined us for a special appearance this week as our host and interviewer.

She will capture as many fun moments as possible and it is pleasure to welcome Laura to her first Kings of Tallinn.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 3: 100/200 (200)
Entries: 89/93

Phenporn Laatikainen jammed for more than the about 5,000 Leonardo Romeo had left in his stack into a pot of around 20,000 with the on the board. Romeo called and was far ahead.

Leonardo Romeo:
Phenporn Laatikainen:

A blank river completed the board for Romeo to double up through Laatikainen.

Laatikainen is far from the only lady playing today as based on our recent count there are a full dozen women in the Day 1c field! 

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 2: 100/100 (100)
Entries: 82/85

There was 9,000 in the pot with the on the board when Bartosz Wesolek check-raised a bet of 4,400 by Mark Berman.

Wesolek checked again on the river. Berman paused for a moment before firing out for 12,000.

"Uggggg," Wesolek said in frustration. "Flush?"

Wesolek found a call a minute later. Berman didn't have a flush but something much better with the nuts. He turned over for a quads. Wesolek snap-mucked his hand upon seeing what he was up against and was short on chips after the hand.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 2: 100/100 (100)
Entries: 72/73

Raivo Pinsel was the first player out on Day 1c of the €555 Championship. 

The Estonian was down to just 7,500 in chips and had his stack committed preflop with . Stanislovas Vinicenka, who recently finished runner-up in the Vilnius Ace Breaker Main Event at Olympic Casino Vilnius, woke up with . 

There was no drama with Vinicenka's rockets holding to claim Pinsel's short stack.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 2: 100/100 (100)
Entries: 70/70

Julius Tiihonen checked with about 7,000 in the pot and the on the board before Mohammed Halafi fired out for 3,100. Vytautas Kacerauskas and Tiihonen both called to see the river. All three players checked. Tiihonen turned over and won the hand with his two pair after both his opponents mucked their cards.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 1: 100/100
Entries: 64/64

Leonardo Romeo, who won a handful of tickets to side events at the Kings of Tallinn during the Battle of Malta, check-raised the turn with the on the board from 2,000 to 6,000 and was called by Alar Neemsalu.

Romeo fired out for 9,000 after the completed the board on the river. Neemsalu paused for a few moments before he jammed for 18,000. Romeo counted his chips before he opted to fold.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 1: 100/100
Entries: 51/51

Juri Vinkel, Hans Erlandsson, and Linas Petruskevicius all checked the turn with the on the board to see the free river.

Vinkel checked again before Erlandsson fired out for 2,700 into a spread pot of around 4,000. Both Petruskevicius and Vinkel called. Erlandsson showed the for two pair. Petruskevicius had that beat with a better two pair with and was awarded the pot after Vinkel mucked his cards.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 1: 100/100
Entries: 50/50

The Day 1c field has grown to 50 entrants. Here is a look at some of the early players in the field.

€555 Championship Day 1c
Level 1: 100/100
Entries: 39/39

Tournament Director Teresa Nousianen announced the plan of the day before asking dealers to shuffle up and deal.

There were 39 entries in the Day 1c field to start the action. Best of luck to all of the Day 1c players!

Welcome back to the 2023 Kings of Tallinn coverage at Olympic Park Casino and the adjoining Hilton Tallinn Park. Today's coverage will continue with Day 1c of the €555 Championship while also providing some smaller updates on some of today's side events.

The €555 Championship boasts four opening flights with players kicking off the action with 30,000 in starting chips. The structure provides plenty of play with 40-minute blind levels throughout the event with the only exception to this rule being tonight's turbo Day 1d flight which features very playable 25-minute blind levels.

Players will have plenty of time to build a massive stack with unlimited re-entries permitted throughout all of the opening flights and until late registration closes after the first blind level of Tuesday's Day 2.

The €555 Championship already attracted 212 entries with 86 players surviving during the first two opening flights.  Juri Vassin was the star of the day after bagging up the Day 1a chip leading stack of 211,500 with Gediminas Dirmantas not too far behind after surviving with 209,000 in chips. Day 1b chip leader Ranno Sootla (pictured below) is currently in third place with 192,000 in chips.