The €555 Championship always draws a bumper crowd at the Kings of Tallinn festivals, and it was no different this time around for the tenth anniversary of the premier Baltic poker event. Across four starting flights at Olympic Park Casino, 516 entries were made, of which 244 bagged up for Day 2. Karolis Kutkauskas from Lithuania reigns over them all, having amassed 286,600 chips on Day 1, nearly ten times the starting stack of 30,000, and good for 239 big blinds when play resumes. Kutkauskas is closely followed by the Finnish pair of Mikael Koistinen and Henri Kettunen, while Yurii Zabrodotskyi from Ukraine and Andreas Werner from Sweden also crossed the 200,000-mark.
Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 |  Karolis Kutkauskas | Lithuania | 286,600 | 239 |
| 2 |  Mikael Koistinen | Finland | 226,900 | 189 |
| 3 | Henri Kettunen | Finland | 216,000 | 180 |
| 4 |  Yurii Zabrodotskyi | Ukraine | 208,900 | 174 |
| 5 |  Andreas Werner | Sweden | 205,200 | 171 |
| 6 |  Morten Olsen | Norway | 199,900 | 167 |
| 7 | Marek Zigel | Lithuania | 192,000 | 160 |
| 8 | Michel Karim | Sweden | 184,000 | 153 |
| 9 |  David Bright | United Kingdom | 180,400 | 150 |
| 10 |  Karol Bogusz | Poland | 154,000 | 128 |
Meanwhile, the best Estonian thus far has been Stanislav Smeljov in 12th place with 147,300 chips.
Other notable names present when the tournament will recommence at noon local time include Sebastian Wahl (141,500), Tarmo Tammel (112,400), Paul Newey (93,100), Jari Mahonen (84,000), Roope Tarmi (66,600), and Aleksi Naski (54,800).
The blinds will restart in Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200), and four more levels of late registration are available on Day 2. The latest anyone can enter is the very first hand of Level 14, around 3:15 p.m. local time, at which point the starting stack will be worth 12 big blinds. The field will then play down to the money before ending the night when 16 players remain, who will bag up for the third and final day of the tournament.
The live reporting will be present from start to finish, so stay tuned for all the latest from Kings of Tallinn.
