Kosta Sengos moves all-in from the small blind and Paul Kraus makes the call in the big blind, fighting again for his tournament life. "Gus" shows J 8 and Kraus Q T, putting the Californian in good position to double through the South Dakotan once again. The flop comes A 7 3 and the turn is the 9, giving Gus plenty of outs to win the tournament. The 8 that comes on the river is one of them, and in the blink of an eye and after hours of play, Kosta Sengos is the champion of the WSOPC Horseshoe Council Bluffs $5,000 Main Event!

Second place finisher Paul Kraus receives $115,209 for his efforts, while Sengos will take home $219,576, a WSOPC ring, and an entry into the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event. Congratulations to both finalists!

We are back in the Whiskey Roadhouse, where Kosta "Gus" Sengos now holds a commanding chip lead against his rival, Paul Kraus, who has been left with only $110,000 chips to his name. The cards are in the air again, and there's a good chance we'll see the tournament end in the next few minutes.

After slogging through molasses for about a million years, Paul Kraus makes it $55,000 from the small blind and Kosta Sengos re-pops it to $110,000. Kraus calls and the flop comes K 9 4. Sengos bets out $130,000 and after some thought, Kraus moves all-in. Sengos quickly calls and shows A K for top pair, top kicker, while Kraus is in trouble with K T.

The board finishes out Q 5 and South Dakota laughs, hugs, cheers, and bursts into tears as it's initially thought that Sengos has won the tournament. After a quick chip count, it's revealed that Kraus did have Sengos outchipped and has just doubled his opponent up. He's left with $95,000 and will be on life-support when we return from another much-needed break.

Paul Kraus was able to put a dent in Kosta's stack in this hand after getting paid off for turning the second-nut straight. It was an unraised pot that let both players see a flop of 8 T Q. Both players checked and the turn brought the J. Gus led out with a $32,000 bet and Paul immediately raised to $90k total. Kosta just called and the river was another queen. After a check from Gus, Paul bet out $140,000 and got a call from Sengos. Kraus flipped up K 9 for the king-high straight and Gus mucks his hand.

After seeing Kosta Sengos chip away at his stack for most of the level, Paul Kraus has given himself a little more breathing room to check hands down to the river again. He doubled through Sengos after raising to $50,000 from the button and seeing Sengos move all-in over the top. Kraus insta-called and showed K J to the South Dakotan's A 9. The board came J 8 3 5 K and Paul Kraus has doubled through Kosta Sengos yet again, bringing his stack up to $550,000 and within a hair's breadth of the chip lead.

We've taken a quick break from play so the field can use the restroom facilities. Action will resume momentarily, if you can call what is occuring at the moment "action."

Kosta Sengos limps in from the small blind and Paul Kraus checks his option. The flop comes A Q 9 and Kraus bets out $30,000. Sengos adds $60,000 to the total and Kraus immediately moves all-in for his last $194,000. Sengos auto-calls and shows a pair of hooks (J J) while Kraus has A 3 for a pair of aces. The T on the turn makes things interesting, but the river is the T and Kraus' aces hold up, giving him the pot and bringing his chip stack up to nearly $600,000.

Kosta "Gus" Sengos has just taken a huge bite out of Paul Kraus's hand and has taken the chip lead with it. Gus was on the button and completed the big blind but Paul used his option to pop it to $60k. Sengos made the call and the flop came 3 8 A. Both players checked and the turn came the 3.

Paul checks and Gus bets out $75k. Kraus quickly announces raise, making it $150,000 to go but the chips are barely across the line before Gus moves all-in. Paul goes deep in the tank to try to figure out the hand but after a few minutes he mucks pocket jacks face-up and Kosta rakes in a massive pot.

Players are abiding by the slow and steady line of thought, trying to win the race by checking with nothing and only betting when they hit cards. The last seven or eight hands have been decided by the following pattern: Player A raises. Player B calls. Both players check the flop and turn, and Player A (usually Kosta Sengos) bets on the river. Player B folds, and A takes down the pot. In this manner, Sengos has managed to chip away at Paul Kraus' stack, although it will take a whole lot of chipping to bring the wall all the way down.

The break time has come to an end, as all breaks must. Here are the shocking new chip counts from the center of the Whiskey Roadhouse:

Paul Kraus	$765,000
Kosta Sengos	$656,000