Ricardo Sousa raises to $150,000 on the button and Michael Schulze re-raises to $500,000 in the big blind. Sousa pauses for a few moments but announces all-in and Schulze fairly beats him to the pot, announcing a call and turning up A 6 while Sousa is ahead with 7 7.

The flop comes 5 4 2 and Schulze picks up a gutshot straight draw. The river card is the A and the German takes the lead with a pair of aces. Sousa will need a seven to stay alive, but the river card is the 2 and Schulze wins the pot and the day with aces-up. He's champion of the PokerStars EPT Polish Open for Season 4!

For the win, Schulze earns 2,154,000 PLN, a couple of trophies and a gigantic novelty check, as well as an exclusive interview with PokerListings.com that means more than all the Zlotys in the Polish Treasury.

Runner-up Ricardo Sousa takes home 1,220,600 PLN and a little less swag, while the Polish populace leaves with the memories of an exciting five days of poker and the media leaves thankful for a quicker end than in Copenhagen. Congratulations to us all and we'll see you in San Remo!

Michael Schulze and Ricardo Sousa see a flop come 7 4 3 and Schulze bets out $200,000. Sousa raises to $400,000 and after a moment's thought Schulze puts him all-in for the last of his chips. Sousa thinks for a minute or two but lays down the hand and the pot goes to Schulze, who now holds a commanding $2.2 million to $1.4 million chip lead.

The break is over and the cards are back in the air from the dungeon of the Hyatt Regency in Warsaw. We're still heads-up at the final table and the way things are going, it stands to be that way for a while.

Players are now on a fifteen-minute break. We can only hope that they'll pop a couple Red Bulls, some testosterone pills or maybe some strong Polish coffee before they return to the table.

We've seen little in the way of floppage and even less in the way of meaningful action, with both Michael Schulze and Ricardo Sousa playing particularly cautious games thus far. At one point the finalists gave each other walks on three successive hands, and even when we do see a flop in a raised pot a simple bet is enough to take down the hand. Aggression, fellas!

Ricardo Sousa raises to $100,000 and Michael Schulze makes the call. The flop comes 8 4 3 and both players check. The turn is the 5 and Schulze checks to Sousa, who bets out $120,000. Schulze flat-calls (big surprise) and the river is the T. Schulze moves all-in and Sousa tanks, giving the matter some heavy thought but finally laying down the hand.

After more than a level of heads-up play the combatants are still neck and neck, with Schulze holding a $1.85 million to $1.75 million advantage over Sousa.

The blinds have been raised to $25,000/$50,000 and the ante abolished for the duration. And the game proceeds.

Thus far we've seen a wholely unremarkable heads-up match between Michael Schulze and Ricardo Sousa. Neither player seems particularly inclined to protect his button and Schulze in particular is having difficulty mastering the peculiarities of position in heads-up play - he keeps checking out of turn post flop and has been chastized repeatedly by international man of mystery/impromptu card shuffler Lee Jones for his actions. The media, already a pessimistic lot by nature, is beginning to grumble about another marathon heads-up battle a la EPT Copenhagen a few weeks ago. The horror!

We're now heads-up between Michael Schulze and Ricardo Sousa with approximately equal stacks and 2,154,000 PLN on the line. Stay tuned for the thrilling conclusion to the EPT4 Polish Open!

Michael Schulze raises from the button and Mathias Viberg calls all-in from the big blind, showing 6-2 to Schulze's pocket fours. The flop comes 8-5-4 and Schulze hits a set while Viberg develops the double gutshot draw. The turn is a jack and the river a queen, however, and Viberg has been eliminated in third place. He'll take home 718,000 PLN for his time, while Schulze and Ricardo Sousa are now officially Zloty millionaires!