As further evidence of the Moneymaker-era online poker boom, our final four players at the EPT Grand Final are all under the age of 27, with Canadian Marc Karam the elder-statesman of the group at 27. Gavin Griffin is 25, while Kristian Kjondal is 21 and Soren Kongsgaard is still wearing his baby booties at the tender age of 19.

Four players see a flop come 8-2-2 and Sorgen Kongsgaard leads out with a $200,000 wager. Josh Prager announces all-in and after Gavin Griffin and Kristian Kjondal get out of the way Kongsgaard calls, showing pocket tens to the American's pocket sevens. The turn is the 8 and the river is J, and Josh Prager has been eliminated in fifth place. The Californian tennis instructor wins Eu391,550 to take back to the Yuba City Tennis Club, where no doubt his expertise with a pair of hole cards will be as sought-after as his proficiency with a racket and ball.

Gavin Griffin raises to $90,000 on the button and Kristian Kjondal re-ups to $200,000 (about 20% of his chips) in the small blind. Action folds back to Griffin, who calls after some thought, and the flop comes K--J 6. Kjondal counts out $320,000 and fires at Griffin, who stares down his opponent before folding his hand. Kjondal takes down the pot.

Steve Jelinek raises to $140,000 from second position and Marc Karam re-raises to $340,000 on his left. Action folds back to Jelinek, who moves all-in for about $300,000 more. Karam immediately says "You got ace-king? I call" and shows pocket jacks to Jelinek's pocket nines.

The flop comes K-10-7 and Jelinek needs a nine or running straight cards to survive. The turn is a deuce and the river is a jack, and Steve Jelinek from Manchester, UK, has finished in sixth place for Eu305,270.

Josh Prager raises to $90,000 on the button and Gavin Griffin makes the call in the small blind. The flop comes 9-7-5 rainbow and Griffin bets out $120,000. Josh raises to $500,000, and after a little thought Griffin comes over the top all-in. Despite having committed over 1/3 of his stack to the pot, Prager lays the hand down, giving Griffin a huge pot.

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We've reached the end of the first level of the day, and players have taken to the hallways for a fifteen minute break.

Andy Black gets it all-in on a flop of 8-8-3 and and Kristian Kjondal calls, showing pocket jacks to Black's pocket sevens. The Irishman is in a bad place and will need to spike a seven on the turn or the river to survive. The board finishes out Q-9, however, and Andy Black has been eliminated in seventh place. He'll take home Eu238,910 for his time, and will likely take a substantial portion of the crowd with him as he heads to the bar for a consolatory pint.

Marc Karam has come out firing today at the final table, taking down two big pots against Josh Prager and relieving Gavin Griffin of over $400,000 in a recent pot that saw Griffin check-call the Kanadian's $100,000 turn and $200,000 river bets on a king high board and muck in the face of Karam's K-J. Karam is now nearly neck and neck with the Griff for the chip lead.

Marc Karam raises to $65,000 and Josh Prager makes the call in late position. Steve Jelinek calls in the big blind and the flop comes K-7-6 with two hearts. Jelinek checks and Karam makes it $110,000. Prager mulls his options and then raises to $240,000. Jelinek gets out of the way and Karam re-raises, adding $300,000 to the wager. Prager gives the matter some thought but eventually lays it down, and Karam takes a big pot.