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Portugal's João Barbosa celebrated his 26th birthday by winning the Warsaw champion title and €367,140 first prize.

A total of 217 players from 29 countries entered the 21,000 PLN event i Warsaw.

The final table started with Team PokerStars Pro Dario Minieri and Arnaud Mattern still in the running. Minieri, from Rome, had been hoping to better his EPT3 Baden and EPT4 San Remo finishes, but was beaten into third place again. EPT Prague winner Arnaud Mattern had been gunning to become the first player to win two EPT titles, but his hopes were dashed when Barbosa knocked him out in fifth place.

Barbosa was playing against a tough field in Warsaw, including ten former EPT champions, but after a three-hour heads-up battle against the 23-year-old German Nico Behling, he finally became Portugal's first EPT champion on his 26th birthday.

Results from the final table:

1. Joao Barbosa, Portugal, €367,141
2. Nico Behling, Germany, €205,270
3. Dario Minieri, Italy, Team PokerStars Pro, €123,162
4. Atanas Gueorgeuiev, Bulgaria, €87,973
5. Arnaud Mattern, France, €72,724
6. Sergey Shcherbatskiy, €57,476
7. Andrea Benelli, Italy, €45,746
8. Ludovic Lacay, France, €32,843
9. Michael Muheim, Switzerland, €21,114