At age 22, Peter Eastgate of Odense, Denmark, plopped down the $10,000 in cash to buy into the 2008
World Series of Poke>r main event. He waded his way through the 6,844-player field and secured his spot in the November Nine. Eastgate headed in to the final table fourth in chips with a shot to break Phil Hellmuth's record for youngest main event winner. After the longest main event final table in
WSOP history, Eastgate defeated Ivan Demidov heads up to receive the more than $9.1 million first-place prize.
His previous major-tournament cashes include a final-table appearance at the 2007 Irish Poker Open, as well as a cash in the 2008 European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open main event.
