Peter Eastgate
Peter Eastgate is a 24 year old poker pro from Denmark. Peter broke onto the international poker scene when at the ripe old age of 22, he captured the World Series of Poker Main Event title in 2008. He became the youngest player to win the WSOP Main Event beating the record set by Phil Hellmuth at 24 in 1988. Eastgate’s record was subsequently broken by Joe Cada. In addition to capturing the WSOP Main Event title, Eastgate also walked away with an astonishing $9.15 million dollars.
Though Eastgate is a well known online poker pro in Denmark where he is extremely successful playing cash games, he was an almost complete unknown in the United States until his victory. Eastgate has played extensively with the likes of Gus Hansen and has been compared to him on more than one occasion. Eastgate is an aggressive and unpredictable opponent which makes him an intimidating player to play against.
After his victory in the Main Event, he has made his presence known on the European Poker Tour among other successes. He took home an impressive $843,000 when he placed second at the London stop on the European Poker Tour. With the massive WSOP payout, Eastgate has live career winnings of over $11 million. One of the things Eastgate has been most noted for is the fact that he had a very tempered reaction to winning the Main Event. Typically, when a player wins the Main Event he is visibly ecstatic jumping around and partaking in celebration. Eastgate has said that the reason for his tempered response is the fact that he was shocked that he won and after playing poker for 12 hours a day for two days straight, he simply did not have the energy to go crazy.
Posted by Joel
on Nov 8 2010. Filed under Player Profiles.
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