Gavin Griffin raises to $150,000 preflop and Marc Karam re-ups to $400,000. Griffin makes the call and the flop comes Q-10-5. Karam bets out $300,000 and Griffin raises to $700,000. After a few moments' thought, Karam pops it to $1.7 million total, and Griffin lays it down, giving Karam the large pot.

The break is over and we're back in action with the aforementioned increased blinds and antes. There's still a lot of room to breathe, even with a round costing $85,000.

We're on a fifteen minute break as the players prepare themselves mentally for increased blinds and antes.

Marc Karam raises to $120,000 from the button and Gavin Griffin re-ups to $400,000 total in the big blind. Karam makes the call and the flop comes A-8-2 rainbow. Griffin immediately fires out $500,000 and Karam lays it down, but not before shipping a sizable chunk of change to his American opponent.

Like a the opening salvos in a courtship or a boxing match, this heads-up match is starting slow, with both players feeling each other out and with no major blow-ups to speak of. That said, this is not exactly Sengos/Kraus II, as both players are playing active and each has taken down a number of smaller pots. Stacks are huge compared to blinds, so we've got a lot of room for these two wily pros to operate.

We're heads-up on the final table, with a battle of young North American pros for the European Poker Tour Grand Final title. Chip counts going into heads-up have Marc "Myst" Karam with $6 million and Gavin Griffin with $4.6 million. Let's go!

Soren Kongsgaard limps in from the small blind and Gavin Griffin pops it to $140,000 in the big blind. The King makes the call and the flop comes 6 5 4. Both players check and the turn is the A. Kongsgaard checks to Griffin, who bets out $200,000, and Kongsgaard goes all-in. Griffin calls with A J, and Kongsgaard is drawing dead with T 9 for absolutely bupkiss. The river 4 makes it official and Soren Kongsgaard has been eliminated in third place for Eu610,550.

All three players see a flop come Q T 3 , and everyone checks to see the turn card, which is the 6. Gavin Griffin bets $120,000 and Soren Kongsgaard folds while Marc Karam raises to $300,000. After a few moment's thought Griffin makes the call. The river is the J and Karam spews out $700,000 in pink $10,000 chips after Griffin defers, and after some heavy rumination Griffin makes the call. Karam shows two diamonds, including the K, and Griffin mucks to give Karam a huge pot.

Kristian Kjondal gets all-in on a board of 9-8-4 rainbow and Gavin Griffin is down to dance, showing pocket fours for a set while Kjondal has 98s for top pair. He'll need to hit runner-runner to keep the dream alive, but after the turn is a 5 the river is a king and that's all she wrote for the young Norwegian, who gets the boot in fourth place for an impressive Eu471,180. We're three-handed at the final table.

Soren "King" Kongsgaard gets the last of his chips in the middle preflop with Gavin Griffin, who calls with A-J to the Kong's pocket eights. The board comes 10-10-2-9-6 and Kongsgaard doubles through Griffin to the tune of $1.7 million, while the Griff is dropped to $3 mil flat.