Erik Laugzemys had already shuffled all his chips before the flop and held  a strong lead over the opponent .

Flop  and tour  has only further strengthened the advantage.

But when the river falls  the leader has changed and Erik is down to a few blinds.

ADDED. After just a few hands, Erik withdraws from the tournament.

The penultimate level starts before the end of late registration. Currently 46 of the 77 players are left with the most stamina. You have just under an hour to join the first tournament of the series and challenge for the title.

Rimvydas Mačiulis puts all his chips in the middle of the table with his opponent before the flop and receives a coin flip. Rimvydas' hand  against an opponent .

General cards  and Rimvydas is rescued by the river and doubles up.

A few players call the big blind, Paul calls from the SB and Mark checks. On the flop we see  and after Paul checks, Mark bets 700. Everyone folds, and Paul replies.

Turnas  and both players check. Riveris  and Paul builds 1600. After some thought, Mark answers and points , and Paul bluffed and reversed .

The first break of the game has started. The strongest 57 of the 74 players remain. The battle will continue after 15 minutes. There are still just under two hours to join the tournament.

Erik opens to 500 from MP, Paul calls from CO, and BTN joins the fray.

Flop . Erik bets 1250, Paul raises to 2825, the BTN folds and Erik calls.

Turnas . Paul pushes all his chips (about 5000) when the pot is about 7500, and Erik calls.

Paul shows a purchase in the colour with , and Erik's top pair with .

No wine on the Riviera , so the chip stack and the bounty on Paul's head goes to Eric.

Tauras Ropulcas holding two pairs with  bounced into the opponent's row on the table while lying  and rushes to the till to do a reentry.