Eastgate is the new leyend of poker the young boy with only 22 years old that just 4 years ago became a pro poker player, playing online, on Monday evening became the new champion of the world series of poker taking home the biggest pot of history of this even $9.152.416 and breaking the record hold by Hellmuth as a youngest champion.

On the interview Eastgate said the money is not going to change me “ it’s not about the money“ “money is just what help you grow as a person but shoun;t change who you are”

Beyong the money he became the new champion of a new generation of online players who will inspire many around the world and of course in his country Denmark.

This young gentleman also very modest but very eloquent, said a week ago that he was feeling anxious to fulfill the expectations and play his game , Eastgate who enter to the hand to hand leading in chips suddenly give the lead to his opponent the Russian Ivan Demitov but he keep calm and little by little start getting the chips back although he was the winner in the end, he deny have played better than Demitov “the fact that I won the hand to hand doesn’t mean that I played better than Ivan it just mean that I won the WSOP and feels good to be lucky “

So today the poker has a new page in history a new and young champion of the world series of poker who ever wants to have a chance now they will have to wait till 2009 for the new edition of the WSOP on july 15 of 2009 the tournament director Jack Effel said is when they’ll start with the construction and preparation of the new event so congratulations to Danish Peter Eastgate and we will see him soon.!!!