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Prior to the WSOP, Eastgate's live tournament results included a money finish in the [[European Poker Tour season 4 results#EPT 4 Copenhagen_.28EPT Scandinavian Open.29|2008 European Poker Tour event in Copenhagen]] and a final table finish at the 2007 [[Irish Poker Open]].<ref name="results"/> Eastgate's previous biggest win was $46,714 at the [[Irish Poker Open#Irish Open 2007|2007 Paddy Power Irish Open]]. |
Prior to the WSOP, Eastgate's live tournament results included a money finish in the [[European Poker Tour season 4 results#EPT 4 Copenhagen_.28EPT Scandinavian Open.29|2008 European Poker Tour event in Copenhagen]] and a final table finish at the 2007 [[Irish Poker Open]].<ref name="results"/> Eastgate's previous biggest win was $46,714 at the [[Irish Poker Open#Irish Open 2007|2007 Paddy Power Irish Open]]. |
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After his WSOP Main Event victory Eastgate took to the tournament trail and quickly found success. He cashed in the European Poker Tour (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event and then won the $5,000 side event for $343,000<ref>[http://www.theplayr.com/en/news/item.asp?id=190 ThePlayr Poker News - Peter Eastgate Wins EPT PCA Event]</ref> |
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As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $9,200,000.<ref name="stats">{{cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=74671 |title=Peter Eastgate - Stats |accessdate=[[2008-11-11]] |last=Butt |first=Robert |publisher=TheHendonMob.com }}</ref> |
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==Notes== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.pokerstars.com/wsop/novembernine/peter-eastgate/ Pokerstars.com profile and interview] |
*[http://www.pokerstars.com/wsop/novembernine/peter-eastgate/ Pokerstars.com profile and interview] |
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*[http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/10/demidov-eastgate-play-pokers-biggest-prize/ Lasvegassun.com coverage] |
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Revision as of 03:01, 12 January 2009
Peter Eastgate | |
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![]() Eastgate playing heads-up at the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. | |
Nickname(s) | Icegate, Isser |
Residence | Odense, Denmark |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelet(s) | 1 |
Money finish(es) | 1 |
Highest ITM Main Event finish | Winner, 2008 |
European Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | None |
Final table(s) | None |
Money finish(es) | 3 |
Peter Eastgate (born December 14 1985)[1] is a professional poker player from Denmark, best known as the winner of the Main Event at the 2008 World Series of Poker; he is the youngest player ever to win that event.[1] He was raised in Dalum, a suburb of Odense, and went to Sct. Knuds Gymnasium, where he was introduced to poker by his classmates.[citation needed] He attended Aarhus University to study finance, but dropped out to play poker full-time.
Poker
World Series of Poker
Eastgate qualified for the Main Event via the Ladbrokes Poker website, and travelled to Las Vegas as part of Team Ladbrokes.[2]
Eastgate reached the final table with 18,375,000 in starting chips; his odds of winning were 4-1 according to Danny Sheridan of USA Today — the same odds Sheridan gave Scott Montgomery who had 19,690,000 in starting chips, but weaker odds than Ivan Demidov (at 3-1 with 24,400,000 in starting chips) and Dennis Phillips (at 3-1 with 26,295,000 in starting chips).[3]
Eastgate and Demidov reached the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) heads-up stage. At the final hand, Eastgate had more than 120 million in chips, and Demidov went all in with about 16.45 million chips. Eastgate beat Demidov at 2:33 AM local time, after a two-day final table consisting of 274 hands that took 15 hours and 28 minutes to play.[3]
Eastgate won the first place prize of $9,152,416.[1][4][5] By winning the Main Event at age 22, he became the youngest WSOP Main Event champion, surpassing Phil Hellmuth, who was 24 when he won in 1989.[1]
Other poker events
Prior to the WSOP, Eastgate's live tournament results included a money finish in the 2008 European Poker Tour event in Copenhagen and a final table finish at the 2007 Irish Poker Open.[5] Eastgate's previous biggest win was $46,714 at the 2007 Paddy Power Irish Open.
After his WSOP Main Event victory Eastgate took to the tournament trail and quickly found success. He cashed in the European Poker Tour (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event and then won the $5,000 side event for $343,000[6]
As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $9,200,000.[7]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Dalla, Nolan (2008-11-11). "Peter Eastgate Wins the 2008 World Series of Poker". pokerplayernewspaper.com. Retrieved 2008-11-11. Cite error: The named reference "PokerPNP" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Ladbrokes congratulate Eastgate, a November 2008 article from the website of Dennis Publishing's Inside Poker magazine
- ^ a b Gary Milhoces (2008-11-11). "Eastgate calm as he wins World Series of Poker". USA Today, USA Today flash graphic. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
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