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Alija Filipovic Wins Eureka Poker Tour Croatia

Title Stays At Home For First Event Of Season II Tour

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Courtesy of PokerStarsAlija Filipovic of Croatia has won the PokerStars Eureka Poker Tour Croatia taking down €42,700 after a two-way deal with runner up Mate Mecs from Hungary.

Filipovic topped the 171-strong field in the €1,000 + €100 buy in event at the Golden Sun Casino in Zagreb and held a 3:1 chip lead over Mecs going into heads up. Mecs got his chip stack back to even with the Croat but was ultimately defeated running A-J into A-K.

The final table payouts were:
1: Alija Filipovic (Croatia) — €42,700
2: Mate Mecs (Hungary) — €32,000
3: Dragan Galic (Croatia) — €16,400
4: Nikolay Bibov (Bulgaria) — €13,450
5: Ivan Brkicic (Croatia) — €11,200
6: Verdan Premuzic (Croatia) — €9,050
7: Ruud Van de Goor (Netherlands) — €7,300
8: Karolj Kis (Slovenia) — €5,910

The second stop on season II of the Eureka Poker Tour takes place at the Golden Sands Casino, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria from June 4 to 10, 2012.