Peter Eastgate

Peter Eastgate is a professional (prior to its victory) poker player. The top of his 23 years in 2008, he was already on the circuit since 2007 but had failed no exceptional performance. However, unlike Jerry Yang and Jamie Gold, Peter Eastgate is recognized by community poker as having a much stronger set through its online gaming experience.

It is often named as one of the top 5 players Danish online especially for the cash game. Player and short handed head ' s up you can see up to $ 200 tables / $ 400.

To engage in a career, Peter Eastgate had begun to study the finance but he has finally abandoned in order to satisfy his passion full-time.

As the recent winners of the main event WSOP, Peter Eastgate did talk about him because of its gains. While Jamie Gold has been prosecuted for non-payment of part of its gains, it is the Danish IRS interested in Peter Eastgate. It went live year England but Denmark does l' not hear in this way, and wants to pay Eastgate millions of dollars. (see article: Peter Eastgate to the IRS Danish).

Peter Eastgate won its package on Ladbrokes but due to its final table and then victory is Pokerstars who signed the player which now bears the colors of the site.

The total of Eastgate gains of $ 9,245,000.

His top in detail.

World series of Poker (WSOP).

Winning the 2008 Edition Peter Eastgate became the youngest winner of the main event WSOP at the age of 22 years and 11 months works Phil Hellmuth of its record dating from 1989 when it won the main event at the age of 25 years.

It was thus defeated 6,843 players in taking finally on Ivan Demidov with Ad5s turnkey against 4h2h for his opponent.

To win this tournament, Peter Eastgate had only ever finished in places paid a WSOP tournament!.

European Poker Tour (EPT).

Before his triumph EPT was the only in weapons in the Danish with a 32nd place in 2008 at the Copenhagen EPT tournament and in October 2008 to EPT London 18th where it ends.

Other performance:

Peter Eastgate is a particularly feared player in cash game where he made his class and its weapons and is today regarded as one of the all global best.