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8.25pm END OF LEVEL 23: PLAYERS TAKING A 15 MINUTE BREAK 8.05pm: Filipovic fights back All that hard work Mecs used to pull himself level with Filipovic has been undone - the pendulum swinging back in favour of the Croatian. It looked like he might be on an ever-increasing...more

Dragan Galic heads field for Eureka Croatia final table showdown Dragan Galic is the toast of Croatian poker right now as he stormed through day 2, cutting a swathe through the challenging hordes of largely eastern european challengers to march imperiously into the chip lead coming into the home...more

11.50pm: END OF LEVEL 11: 20 MINUTE BREAK That's level 11 in the bag. With 13 players left, when they return the players will be playing down to a final table of 8 tonight, unless there is a paucity of bustouts which seems unlikely with only 5 players to...more

6.15pm: END OF LEVEL 13; 20 MINUTE BREAK That's the end of the first four levels of the day, just 28 players remaining of the 61 who started the day. We'll be back in 20 minutes - see you then. 6.02pm: Georgiev drives away the ladies Don't interpret that...more

Galic heads chip count at end of Day 1b Another furious day of poker played out here in Zagreb , the 84 hopefuls who turned up to give it their all reduced to a mere 26 by the close of play. The chip lead was held by different players...more

12.00pm: END OF LEVEL 8; TWENTY MINUTE BREAK There is a short break as the remaining 36 players go to smoke, eat, chat and swap the stories they've accumulated during today's play. We'll be back shortly to chart the progress of the final level. 11.45pm Greenstein on poker and...more

6.35pm END OF LEVEL 4 - 15 MINUTE BREAK 6.18pm Dmitry Russian to get his chips in Dmitry Vornovitskiy, a Russian player, just raised it up to 525, only to see Andrija Vujic re-pop him to 2.1k with around 5k back. Vornovitskiy got a count, then pushed the rest...more

01.05am SCANNELL HEADS FIELD AFTER DAY 1A So that's it for today, it's been a hard fought game of poker here in Croatia. We've seen some incredible tussles, set over set action, the girls schooling many of the boys and 59 eliminations in total, almost 2/3 of the field...more

11.40pm: END OF LEVEL 8: 20 MINUTE BREAK The end of level 8 signals a chance for a quick snatch of breath for out players. This gives us the opportunity to remind you that full and final chip counts from the day will be posted sometime in the early...more

6.30pm: END OF LEVEL 4, 20 MINUTE BREAK 6.15pm: The Big Lebowskis Own up, who is sitting around in dressing gowns sipping white russians? Metaphorically speaking of course. It's nice to be playing well, but even nicer to be running well and a small group has formed a phalanx...more

There are just five days left until the start of the largest poker tour in eastern Europe. The second season kicks of in Zagreb, Croatia. More than 250 players from more than 30 countries are expected to show up for the main event on April 11. To get the second...more

Eureka Poker Tour - the only live poker tour dedicated to Central & Eastern European players - kicks off in beautiful Zagreb for Season 2 next month. Now players have a chance to win a €1,100 seat to the main event while helping to raise money for a great cause....more

Among the life axioms in which you can trust, count on these: When Keith Richards shows up, you know it's a real party, and when Barry Greenstein shows up, you know it's a real poker tournament. Today, if you didn't trust it to be true, know this: the Eureka Poker...more

The first season of the PokerStars Eureka Poker Tour was met with great enthusiasm from a poker community looking for its own tour in central and eastern Europe. Tournaments in Prague, Croatia, Slovenia and Bulgaria were great successes, showing once again that PokerStars puts on the best live events. Now...more