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Join PokerStars now! After a successful run across Central and Eastern Europe last year, the Eureka Poker Tour is coming back for another season. Today PokerStars announced Eureka will return April 9-14 at the Golden Sun Casino in Zagreb, Croatia for a €1,000+100 main event

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Eureka Poker Tour to return for Season 2

Join PokerStars now! Arnaud Mattern won his European Poker Tour title in Prague in 2007, his part being that of the quiet Frenchman in sensible clothes. It was the result that launched Mattern onto the international stage. Previous results were small yes, but perfectly formed, early evidence of Mattern’s capacity to batter opponents in small events in both Italy and London

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EPT8 Deauville: What matters to Mattern

QPR manager Neil Warnock has made a bid to sign Rangers’ Croatia international striker Nikica Jelavic.

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Warnock makes Jelavic bid

QPR manager Neil Warnock has made a bid to sign Rangers’ Croatia international striker Nikica Jelavic.

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Warnock makes Jelavic bid

Join PokerStars now! A 34-year-old entrepreneur from Hungary has beaten 254 other hopefuls to win Eureka Croatia and the €47,298 first prize. After a quick fire final table that lasted exactly four levels Richard Bodis was the last man standing and his feet are still firmly attached to the ground: “The trophy and the win means far more than the money,” he said in the aftermath of his victory. Richard Bodis wins Eureka Croatia When the 11 remaining players returned today Bodis was second in chips but by the time the final table had started he had slipped to fourth place and had chip leader Vasileios Chantzaras on his immediate left.

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Hungary for success, Bodis wins Eureka Croatia

Join PokerStars now! If EPT Tallinn was the start to the season three weeks ago it served only as a warm-up to the good stuff taking place in Barcelona this week. Tallinn was a great event, a premier tournament not only for the location but for the talent of its champion. But frankly this is more like it – a hot tournament room, unwashed players in close proximity, expensive sandwiches washed down with machine coffee, and the knowledge that outside the weather is beautiful and there are things to see

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Martin Schleich takes early lead as EPT returns to Spain

Join PokerStars now! 7.40pm: Jose Carlos Fibla Lopez eliminated in fourth place (€13,300) In a whirlwind of betting we’ve just seen the biggest pot of the tournament so far and it”s gone to Richard Bodis. Jose Carlos Fibla Lopez opened to 50,000, Bodis three-bet to 161,000, Lopez shoved for 800,000 and Bodis snap called with pocket tens, dominating Lopez’s pocket fours.

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Eureka Croatia: Day 3, levels 24 updates (blinds 12,000-24,000 ante 3,000)

Join PokerStars now! 2.30am: Play is done for the day So after ten levels 85 players have been skittled down to 11. A full wrap of the day’s play and overnight chip counts will be available in a new post shortly

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Eureka Croatia: Day 2, levels 18 & 19 updates (blinds 4,000-8,000 ante 1,000)

Join PokerStars now! Of the 85 players who started Day 2 of Eureka Croatia just eleven are still in with a shot of winning the €47,298 first prize. And whilst all 11 will no doubt have their eyes firmly set on the prize, only one can win and the man looking most likely to be lifting the trophy is Vasileios Chantzaras from Greece

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Eureka Croatia: PokerStars qualifier leads final table charge

Join PokerStars now! 6.15pm: Break time That’s the end of level 13, you’ll find level 14 updates in a new post. 6.10pm: The 100 club Three players who all have above one hundred thousand and are doing rather nicely are: Marko Milkovic (114,000), Pontos Paniteleimon (120,000) and Boris Savija (110,000). 6pm: Dream on man Damir Alidzanovic, who once played the lead role in a reality television show called ‘Dream Man’ is out.

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Eureka Croatia: Day 2, levels 10, 11, 12 & 13 updates (blinds 1,000-2,000 ante 200)