16 Facts About Peter Eastgate

Peter Nicolas Eastgate was born on 13 December 1985 and is a poker player from Denmark, best known as the winner of the Main Event at the 2008 World Series of Poker.

Peter Eastgate was surpassed by Joe Cada in 2009.

Peter Eastgate attended Aarhus University to study economics, but dropped out to play poker full-time.

Peter Eastgate reached the final table with 18,375,000 in starting chips, the fourth largest stack behind Scott Montgomery, Ivan Demidov and Dennis Phillips.

At the final hand, Peter Eastgate had 120.4 million in chips, and Demidov went all in with 16.5 million chips.

Peter 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.

Peter Eastgate was surpassed as the youngest winner of the WSOP by Joseph Cada the following year at age 21.

In 2009, Peter Eastgate defended his Main Event title until day 6.

Peter Eastgate was eliminated in 78th place as a result of a rivered flush.

Peter Eastgate was the last remaining Main Event Champion at the time of his elimination.

Peter Eastgate cashed in the European Poker Tour PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event and then won the $5,000 side event for $343,000.

In 2010, Peter Eastgate finished 5th in the NBC National Heads-Up Championship in Las Vegas for $75,000.

In July 2010, Peter Eastgate announced that he was taking a break from poker in a statement through his sponsor PokerStars.

Poker is about determination and excitement, and if Peter Eastgate lacks this in his game, the right decision is to take a break.

Peter Eastgate has played amongst world champions and he has carried his title in the most admirable fashion.

In February 2011, Peter Eastgate announced that he would be ending his eight-month break to return to poker.