Peter Eastgate Wins the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event

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On Tuesday, November 11, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Penn and Teller Theater in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Peter Eastgate won the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event against Ivan Demidov. Danish poker player, Eastgate became the youngest player to win the WSOP Main Event at the age of 22-years-old. The previous youngest WSOP Main Event champion was Phil Hellmuth at 24-years-old. Eastgate won first place against 6,844 entrants ($10,000 buy-in). The final 9 players of the WSOP Main Event known as “The November Nine” played for a share of over $32 million on November 11, 2008.

List of WSOP Main Event Winners:
1st – Peter Eastgate - $9,152,416
2nd – Ivan Demidov - $5,809,595
3rd – Dennis Phillips - $4,517,773
4th – Yion Schwartz - $3,774,974
5th – Scott Montgomery - $3,096,768
6th – Darus Suharto - $2,418,562
7th – David “Chino” Rheem - $1,772,650
8th – Kelly Kim - $1,288,217
9th – Craig Marquis - $900,670

2008 World Series of Poker Main Event Delayed Until November 9, 2008

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On Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, the final 9 of 6,844 players in the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Texas Hold’em, 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event were left. Due to a change in the WSOP Main Event tournament to allow broadcasting on ESPN, the Final table will be delayed until November 9, 2008. The final 9 players will also be known as the “November Nine”. The November Nine will play at the Rio’s 1,500-seat Penn & Teller Theater. Each of the 9 players have secured at least $900,000 in winnings. The first place prize will be $9.1 million. 666 players cashed in the event out of a prize pool of $64,333,600.
The official chip count and seating assignments for the 2008 November Nine:
1· DENNIS PHILLIPS, 53, St. Louis, Missouri, 26,295,000

2· IVAN DEMIDOV, 27, Moscow, Russia, 24,400,000

3· SCOTT MONTGOMERY, 26, Perth, Ontario, Canada, 19,690,000

4· PETER EASTGATE, 22, Odense, Denmark, 18,375,000

5· YLON SCHWARTZ, 38, Brooklyn, New York, 12,525,000

6· DARUS SUHARTO, 39, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 12,520,000

7· DAVID RHEEM, 28, Los Angeles, California, 10,230,000

8· CRAIG MARQUIS, 23, Arlington, Texas, 10,210,000

9· KELLY KIM, 31, Whittier, California, 2,620,000
The final nine will play for a total of $32,633,446, with the following pay schedule:
1st Place: $9,119,517
2nd Place: $5,790,024
3rd Place: $4,503,352
4th Place: $3,763,515
5th Place: $3,088,012
6th Place: $2,412,510
7th Place: $1,769,174
8th Place: $1,286,672
9th Place: $900,670