Joao Barbosa became the second player in a month to make the final table of an EPT tournament on his birthday, but he bested Gino Alacqua's feat by a mile when he took down the title and the €367,141 top prize at the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Polish Open Main Event. Barbosa outlasted a tough final table that included Italian superstar Dario Minieri and 2007 EPT Prague champion Arnaud Mattern.

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