YOUNG DANISH PRO TAKES HOME $9.1 MILLION IN THE 2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER
Becomes the Youngest Player Ever to Win WSOP Main Event

2008 WORLD SERIES OF POKER, LAS VEGAS, NOVEMBER 11, 2008 – PokerStars player Peter Eastgate has became the youngest main event champion after winning the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) earning him $9,152,416 million. The 22-year-old professional poker player from Odense, Denmark broke Phil Helmuth’s 19 year record for youngest main event champion that he set in 1989 at the age of 24. Eastgate also made history by playing in the first ever all European heads up WSOP main event showdown.

“It’s an honour to hold the record as youngest World Series of Poker main event champion,” said Eastgate. “I played really solidly throughout this tournament and I’m proud of that. This gives a new level of credibility for young online players. Thanks to sites like PokerStars, we have become a force to face on the felt.”

Eastgate is one of the top cash poker players in Denmark, and has already made a name for himself in several tournaments across Europe and online. Earlier this year, he finished in the top 30 at PokerStars EPT Copenhagen and made the final table of the Irish Poker Open in 2007. During the three month break, Eastgate has been playing $200-400 No Limit Hold’ Em on PokerStars to sharpen up for the final table.

“Peter is the kind of player who is not afraid to put you under the gun,” said Team PokerStars Pro Noah Boeken. “I’m impressed by the way he played this tournament. He is a great testament to the young, up-and-coming European players in the poker field.”

The soft spoken and stone cold Eastgate is known for his ultra-aggressive playing style, which was evident in this year’s final table. He headed into with the final table in fourth place with a stack of more than 18 million in chips. Entering heads up play, Eastgate was ahead in chips, $79.5 million to $57.7 million, and never looked back. The deciding and historic hand for Eastgate came when Demidov’s two pair, fours and deuces ran into Eastgate’s straight, Ace to the five.

More than 1,000 PokerStars qualifiers competed in this year's World Series main event and 123 of these PokerStars players have cashed at this year's event - winning more than $9 million between them and leaving another $32.6 million up for grabs at the final table event. The PokerStars Million Dollar Men have walked away with just under $27.5 bringing the total cash winnings for PokerStars players at the 2008 WSOP main event to more than $36 million.

Among Team PokerStars Pro, Daniel ‘Kid Poker’ Negreanu won his 4th WSOP bracelet in the Limit Hold'em Event, cashing $204,874. Poker legend Barry Greenstein won his 3rd WSOP bracelet in the Seven Card Razz Event and Italian poker pro Dario Minieri recorded his first WSOP bracelet in the No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event pocketing $528,418.

About PokerStars:

PokerStars is the world’s largest poker room with over 15 million members worldwide, and more free-to-play tables than any other site, At PokerStars.net players learn how to play, and practice poker skills for free. As the premier destination for the top players, with numerous tournaments running every day, PokerStars is renowned for offering the best software and security in the online poker world.

PokerStars;

• Has dealt over 20 billion hands
• Has run more than 100 million poker tournaments
• Entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the first and only poker website to reach the 160,000 simultaneous players mark

PokerStars is the official sponsor of: The European Poker Tour (www.ept.com), PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour (www.lapt.com), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (www.appt.com) and The World Cup of Poker.
PokerStars is the home of Team PokerStars Pro, a group of 30 veteran and up-and-coming players from around the world who play online at PokerStars and are sponsored by the site in international tournaments around the world. For more information please visit www.pokerstars.net.

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