Can Peter Eastgate win the 2008 WSOP?
Who do you think will win the big one?
In case you’ve been living under a rock lately, the 2008 World Series of Poker main event final table is ON as the final nine players remaining, now dubbed as the ‘’November Nine’’ will play it out to determine who’ll be the 2008 WSOP champion.
One of the final nine participants will be Peter Eastgate. Eastgate could become the youngest professional poker champion in the history of the World Series of Poker and yes, history could be made then.
If he achieves this enormous feat, he would surpass the victory celebrated by Phil Hellmuth when he became champion at 24 years old dating back in 1989. Eastgate was just three years old during that time.
Hailing from Odense, he has an association with Ladbrokes Poker though has been wearing PokerStars gear and is primarily an online player.
Peter Eastgate is regarded as one of the top Internet pros in Denmark, where he specializes in short-handed and heads-up high limit cash games ($200/$400 levels). He has had a couple of promising offline showings recently however, most notably finishing 9th in the 2007 Irish Open for $46,714. In February he also made the money win in the EPT Scandinavian Open, busting in 32nd for $16,610.
Fellow Danish pro Jacob Rasmussen was asked before the 10-man bubble if Peter Eastgate was the next Gus Hansen. He replied: ‘’Not really. It’s more like Gus Hansen is the first Peter Eastgate.’’
If his volatile style takes him to WSOP glory, Hansen may very well have a genuine star to contend with.
Poker fans from the UK recognize him from two appearances in the Poker Million heats, finishing 2nd in October 2006 and 3rd in November ‘07.
Whatever happens, Peter Eastgate will leap into the Denmark all-time top 10 money list, being guaranteed a minimum of $900,670 for a 9th place finish. However, Eastgate is listed as an 11/2 favorite to win the 2008 World Series of Poker main event so maybe a 9th place finish is the last thing on his mind right now.
Who will win the 2008 WSOP Main Event Final Table at the Rio in Las Vegas on November 9? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.
Dennis Phillips 4.00
Craig Marquis 11.00
Ylon Schwartz 9.00
Scott Montgomery 5.00
Darus Suharto 9.50
Chino Rheem 8.50
Ivan Demidov 5.50
Kelly Kim 26.00
Peter Eastgate 6.50
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2008 World Series of Poker Peter Eastgate
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