2008 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

November Nine
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 WSOP Main Event - The Final Table

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
$9,152,416
Event Info
Entries
9
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
150,000

Hand #274 - Ivan Demidov Eliminated in 2nd Place ($5,809,595); Peter Eastgate Wins the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event!

Ivan Demidov - 2nd Place
Ivan Demidov - 2nd Place
Peter Eastgate has the button. He limps in and Ivan Demidov checks the big blind.

The flop comes down {2-Diamonds} {K-Spades} {3-Hearts}. Action is checked to Eastgate, who bets 1.25 million. Demidov calls, then checks again when the {4-Clubs} hits the turn. Eastgate doesn't slow down, firing out a bet of 2 million more. Demidov counts to twenty, then check-raises to 6 million. With that bet, he has committed half of his stack to the pot. It could be the point of no return if Eastgate comes along.

Eastgate thinks things over for about thirty seconds and then calls. When he does, everyone in the gallery rises expectantly to their feet.

The river is the {7-Spades}. Demidov announces all in and Eastgate snap-calls. Could this be it? Demidov shows first, tabling {4-Hearts} {2-Hearts} for two pair, fours and deuces. Eastgate is next to show, turning over {A-Diamonds} {5-Spades} -- he's made a wheel!

It's all over! Ivan Demidov has been eliminated in second place, earning $5,809,595 for his remarkable run through this tournament. Peter Eastgate has been crowned the champion of the 2008 World Series of Poker's Main Event. He is the youngest ever, breaking the record held by Phil Hellmuth, Jr. for the last 19 years.

Tags: Ivan DemidovPeter Eastgate