And we have our winner!

The key hand saw Nico Behling raise it up to $60,000 from the button, only for Joao Barbosa to pop it up to $180,000 from the big blind.

Behling moved all-in and Barbosa exhaled deeply ... then called!

Behling could only table J 7, while Barbosa was in the lead with A T.

His advantage only grew as the flop fell A 7 3 to give them both a pair but leave Behling needing a jack or seven to stay alive.

The 6 on the turn limited Behling's outs even more as Barbosa picked up a flush draw.

A final six, the 6, on the river served as the nail in Behling's coffin, the German player succumbing to the Portuguese player after a titantic heads-up struggle.

So that is it! Joao Barbosa is crowned the EPT Warsaw champion and writes his name into the annals of EPT history. He picked up 1,358,420 PLN for the win, while Barbosa picked up the not-inconsiderable sum of 759,500 PLN for his second spot.

Catch up with us later for the full recap of how it all went down today as well as winner shots and an interview with the winner. For now, we send our congratulations to Barbosa on his triumph, and hope you have enjoyed our coverage from here in Poland.

The players' 15-minute break is now over so they are back at the felt, Barbosa holding the upper hand over German Nico Behling.

Can he turn round the deficit?

Nico Behling is struggling to regain parity with Joao Barbosa but at present his efforts aren't bearing fruit.

His latest effort involved limping on the button before facing a raise to $70k by Barbosa from the big blind.

Behling called and they went to a flop of K 2 8.

Barbosa led for $85k, only for Behling to pop it up to $170k.

Barbosa held his head before moving all-in. Behling sighed and passed quickly.

He's down to $350k now and with the blinds set to resume at $12k/$24k when we return, he'll be forced to ship it in pretty quickly when they sit down again.

Joao Barbosa raises to $60,000 and Nico Behling makes the call. The flop comes 8 7 6 and Barbosa leads out for $30,000. Behling thinks it through before making the call, and the turn comes the 4.

This prompts a $70,000 wager from Barbosa and another slow, deliberate call from Behling. The river compounds the matter even further, bringing the 9, and after some serious thought Barbosa bets out $165,000. Behling goes into the tank and looks visibly conflicted, but lays down the hand. Barbosa takes it.

Joao Barbosa limps his button and Nico Behling raises to $60,000 from the big blind. The flop comes K 8 7 and Behling checks to Barbosa, who bets $75,000. Behling pauses for a moment before raising to $200,000 and Barbosa instantly moves all-in. Behling lays it down and Barbosa takes a nice pot.

The blinds have risen once again to a whopping $10,000/$20,000/ $2,000.

Let the plundering commence!

Yes, it's cat and mouse out there as the tense endgame is played out, with neither player willing to budge an inch.

Much of the play has consisted of uncontested pre-flop raises or bets on the flop getting through when people have raised, meaning showdowns are scarce.

A moment ago an interesting hand played out between the two, though.

Joao Barbosa made a button raise to $42,000, which Nico Behring called from the small blind.

Both players checked the 7 5 7 flop, only for Behring to fire out $55k on the T turn.

Having none of it, Barbosa now repopped to $190,000, and Nico studied him cautiously before spinning his cards over the line, allowing the Portuguese player to collect the pot.

Despite that hand Nico has made a few inroads into Barbosa's stack, though he is still at a chip deficit, Barbosa sitting on roughly $1.3 million to Nico's $750k ...

 

He came into the final as the chip leader and with a point to prove following his previous EPT near misses, but Dario wasn't able to go all the way to the title.

He's been nursing a relative short stack three-handed for some time, looking for a spot, and let out a cry of anguish when he was given a walk with jacks in the big blind the hand previously.

So when Dario saw Barbosa make a standard raise on the button to $44k and looked down at sevens, he was happy to ship his stack into the middle.

He was in trouble, though, as Barbosa held nines and the little Italian needed some help if he was to stay in the tournament.

Well, it didn't arrive: the board ran out Q 3 3 8 4, and a disappointed-looking Dario got up from the table to a round of applause with the promise of 455,700 PLN the reward for his third-place finish.

He may have picked up a first bracelet in the summer's WSOP but he will have to put thoughts of an EPT triumph on ice for now.

Dario's elimination leaves Joao Barbosa and Nico Belling duking it out for the top spot.

Who will it be?!

The dinner break is over after an extended pause, and the final table of the PokerStars EPT5 Polish Open is back in action in the dungeon of the Hyatt Regency in Warsaw. Three players remain in contention for that 1.4 million PLN first prize and Joao Barbosa holds a commanding lead. Keep it locked right here for the thrilling conclusion to this epic event!

We've reached the end of the current level and the three survivors have been sent off on an hour-long dinner break. Action will resume at roughly 7:40 p.m. CET. See you there!