USD 9.15 M for World's Youngest Poker Champion
World | November 12, 2008, Wednesday
22-year-old Peter Eastgate became the world's youngest poker champion. Photo by cardplayer.com
A 22-year-old college dropout from Denmark won the World Series of Poker and the prize of 9.15 million dollars, eliminating his final opponent, Ivan Demidov from Moscow.
Demidov held two pair, twos and fours, when Peter Eastgate called his all-in bet and became the WSOP main event's champion early on Tuesday.
The main event began with 6,844 players in July while the nine who made the final table started play Sunday.
Eastgate says that about 2.5 years ago he learned to play no-limit Texas Hold'em from high-school friends in Denmark. The player adds he tried college for a week, but got into poker and found he was good enough to make a living as a pro.
Demidov held two pair, twos and fours, when Peter Eastgate called his all-in bet and became the WSOP main event's champion early on Tuesday.
The main event began with 6,844 players in July while the nine who made the final table started play Sunday.
Eastgate says that about 2.5 years ago he learned to play no-limit Texas Hold'em from high-school friends in Denmark. The player adds he tried college for a week, but got into poker and found he was good enough to make a living as a pro.
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