03-07-2009 15:36 UTC-7

The Champ is Down for the Count

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Peter Eastgate - eliminated

2008 WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate drew Sam Farha for his second round match. Farha, dressed in a red jacket, got the best of the Champ. Rocking the short stack, Eastgate shoved from the button with {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

. Farha quickly called with {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{9-Spades}

. He stayed in the late by making a pair of nines on a flop of {9-?}

{9-?}

{6-?}

{Q-?}

. The turn {8-?}

{8-?}

was the perfect sweat card; it gave Eastgate an up-and-down straight draw to go along with his outs to a pair of jacks. Farha never broke a sweat, smiling the whole time, as the dealer burned and turned another {Q-?}

{Q-?}

for the river card.

Eastgate is therefore eliminated in the Second Round; Farha will return later in the evening for his Third Round match.

Tags: Peter Eastgate Sam Farha