World Series of Poker* Main Event Final Table

Peter Eastgate wins the WSOP* Main Event!

PokerStars Six player Peter Eastgate has been crowned the new World Series of Poker* Main Event Champion - after beating Ivan Demidov in a tough heads-ups battle. For his victory, 22-year old Danish pro Eastgate takes home the bracelet and prize money of $9,152,416! He also enters the history books as the youngest ever Main Event winner.

The heads-up action lasted just over four hours and 105 hands. The early stages saw the chips move back and forth between the two aggressive players, but by the early hours of Tuesday morning, Eastgate had built an impressive chip lead. By the time the players reached what was to be the final break, Demidov was dangerously short stacked, and it was only a matter of time before he made the push. It finally happened shortly after the break.

A board of 2d-Ks-3h-4c-7s saw Demidov move in for his last few chips, and an instant call from Eastgate. Demidov had hit two pair with 2h-4h, but Eastgate was holding Ad-5s and had made a straight on the turn. It was all over for Russian player Demidov, but he still picks up a life-changing $5,809,595 for his runner-up finish.

And that’s that. After 13 days of action, a 117 day wait and 6,843 eliminations, we finally have a new Champion. Congratulations to Peter Eastgate!

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Huge cash finishes for PokerStars players

It’s been a Main Event full of great success for PokerStars players. There were huge final table cash finishes for PokerStars Six players Dennis Phillips, Ylon Schwartz, Darus Suharto and David ‘Chino’ Rheem, worth a combined total of $12,483,959. There were also cashes for scores of PokerStars qualifiers and Team PokerStars Pros Victor Ramdin, Hevad Khan, Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier and Vanessa Rousso. In total, PokerStars players have won over $34,000,000 in the Main Event.

Elsewhere in the 2008 World Series, there were bracelet wins for Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Dario Minieri and Alexandre Gomes - worth a combined total of $1,661,440.

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