They called them the Million Dollar Men, the November Nine and the PokerStars Six. But everyone knew that when the smoke cleared there could only be one of them left standing. And now we know his name. The 2008 World Series Main Event champion is 22-year-old Peter Eastgate, from Odense, Denmark. It took four hours of tense heads up competition against … [Read more...]
World Series 2008: Heads up for rolz
Eastgate opens biggest lead yet In one hour, we saw one big hand, and that's all it took to put Peter Eastgate in dangerous lead. It was a min-raise to 2 million from Demidov and a call from Eastgate that dropped the Td-Kd-7c flop. Both players checked and saw the Jd on the turn. Eastgate bet out 2.5 million and Demidov bumped it up to 5.5 more. Eastgate, … [Read more...]
World Series 2008: The professionals
Earlier today a media release came around to all World Series reporters describing the tournament in numbers: 124 countries represented at the Main Event, 39 years the World Series has existed, 7,000 hours of footage taped by the television crews, that kind of thing. The final statistic read "6 - The number of years in a row an amateur has won the … [Read more...]
World Series 2008: The professionals
Earlier today a media release came around to all World Series reporters describing the tournament in numbers: 124 countries represented at the Main Event, 39 years the World Series has existed, 7,000 hours of footage taped by the television crews, that kind of thing. The final statistic read "6 - The number of years in a row an amateur has won the … [Read more...]
2008 World Series: Which way will the mountain topple?
It looked for weeks as though it might never end, but now it almost has. The longest Main Event in World Series history--four months in the making--has finally come down to its last two players. Peter Eastgate of Denmark and Ivan Demidov of Russia are less than an hour away from taking the gloves off and going bare-knuckle for this momentous first prize, … [Read more...]
2008 World Series: Which way will the mountain topple?
It looked for weeks as though it might never end, but now it almost has. The longest Main Event in World Series history--four months in the making--has finally come down to its last two players. Peter Eastgate of Denmark and Ivan Demidov of Russia are less than an hour away from taking the gloves off and going bare-knuckle for this momentous first prize, … [Read more...]
200 World Series: The European invasion
Time to nail my national colors to the mast. Ah hell, let's get this right: time to nail my national coloUrs to the mast: I'm British, very much a part of Europe, and right now there exists the very real possibility that two Europeans could go heads up for the World Series title tomorrow afternoon. That's never happened before, and it would be one … [Read more...]
2008 World Series: The European invasion
Time to nail my national colors to the mast. Ah hell, let's get this right: time to nail my national coloUrs to the mast: I'm British, very much a part of Europe, and right now there exists the very real possibility that two Europeans could go heads up for the World Series title tomorrow afternoon. That's never happened before, and it would be one … [Read more...]
2008 World Series: Suharto bids a fond farewell, Demidov is here to stay
Eliminations aplenty In all of poker, there are few stories more heart-warming than the online qualifier made good. Players investing less than about $100 who then go on to make millions are usually some of the most humble folk involved in these huge events. Few fit that bill more comfortably than Darus Suharto, the PokerStars qualifier from Canada, … [Read more...]
World Series 2008: Looking forward and looking back
Moments before the players returned from their dinner break, the World Series tournament officials introduced a man named Doyle, one of those rare stars whose first name is instantly recognisable and renders the addition of a last name utterly redundant. Brunson--for it is he--was brought here to induct the latest additions to the Poker Hall of Fame. … [Read more...]