Deal done; now to spar for PPT prestige...

With both men sitting on large stacks and the clock ticking beyond 4am, Miki Rodriguez and Ricardo Calleja decided to split the remaining prize pool down the middle.

Playing on for the PPT crown prompted some entertaining action nonetheless, as first the chips went in when Miki's 77 came up against Calleja's Q♥10♦.

The flop brought J♣-4♣-K♥ to set up a tense turn, and the A♠ duly arrived on the turn to double Ricardo's marginally shorter stack.

The pendulum soon swung back in Miki's favour however, as first his K♦10♦ held versus his opponent's 9♣10♣, before he seized back the chip lead holding A♣Q♣.

Again he had Ricardo dominated, and this time he flushed on the river to push his rival to the brink of defeat.