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2008 World Series: Demidov defeated, Eastgate makes history

Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2008

Peter Eastgate wins 2008 World Series of Poker Peter Eastgate has just become the youngest ever winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event at age 22. The players saw a flop of 2d-Ks-3h. Ivan Demidov checked and then...

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World Series 2008: Heads up for rolz

Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2008

Eastgate opens biggest lead yet In one hour, we saw one big hand, and that's all it took to put Peter Eastgate in dangerous lead. It was a min-raise to 2 million from Demidov and a call from Eastgate that...

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2008 World Series: The sound of the moment

Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2008

This has been Peter Eastgate's hour. Though the past 60 minutes was cut by one-third due to a break, Eastgate has used this time to pull out to a better than 3-1 chip lead over Ivan Demidov. Though humble, Eastgate...

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World Series 2008: The professionals

Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2008

Earlier today a media release came around to all World Series reporters describing the tournament in numbers: 124 countries represented at the Main Event, 39 years the World Series has existed, 7,000 hours of footage taped by the television crews,...

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2008 World Series: Capacity crowd for history

Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2008

And so it begins. It took nearly 120 days for this very moment.Two men from distant lands face-to-face in a battle for poker immortality. Thirty minutes ago, Michael Buffer (yes, the Michael Buffer) introduced Ivan Demidov and Peter Easgate and...

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2008 World Series: Which way will the mountain topple?

Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2008

It looked for weeks as though it might never end, but now it almost has. The longest Main Event in World Series history--four months in the making--has finally come down to its last two players. Peter Eastgate of Denmark and...

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2008 World Series: Eastgate and Demidov weigh in

Date: Mon, Nov 10, 2008

The music, familiar to every ear, rose up from unseen speakers. The driving "Eye of the Tiger" pulsed across the Rio Casino floor as the World Series of Poker's version of Bruce Buffer placed his mouth to the microphone. "This...

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Check in for the EPT Warsaw

Date: Mon, Nov 10, 2008

Few destinations on the European Poker Tour can match Warsaw for both its history and its renaissance. It’s also pretty nifty when it comes to hosting a poker tournament, so with just four days until it’s third appearance on...

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2008 World Series: PokerStars heads up for bracelet

Date: Mon, Nov 10, 2008

Every World Series final table has carried with it a sense of anticipation, but none quite like the one we watched today. It was an historic final table four months in the making. Nine men from around the world reconvened...

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2008 World Series: Ylon's road runs out and Phillips is trucking no more

Date: Mon, Nov 10, 2008

And in a sudden flurry of activity, we are down to our two players who will contest tomorrow's heads-up dual for the 2008 World Series of Poker. First things first, let's name them. They are Peter Eastgate and Ivan Demidov;...

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No beginner's luck -- TherookieQQ9 wins the Sunday Million

Date: Mon, Nov 10, 2008

A healthy field of 7,711 players turned out for the Sunday Million today, boosting the prize pool to more than $1.54 million and creating a first-place prize of nearly $190,000. While PokerStars’ six Million Dollar Men were battling it out...

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2008 World Series: The European invasion

Date: Mon, Nov 10, 2008

Time to nail my national colors to the mast. Ah hell, let's get this right: time to nail my national coloUrs to the mast: I'm British, very much a part of Europe, and right now there exists the very real...

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2008 World Series: Ivan and winding road

Date: Mon, Nov 10, 2008

Back during the early days of the World Series, my colleagues here at the PokerStars Blog began singing about Ylon (Ee-lahn) Schwartz, "Ylon and winding road!" Their British accents made for the perfect re-make of the Beatles classic. Little did...

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2008 World Series: Suharto bids a fond farewell, Demidov is here to stay

Date: Mon, Nov 10, 2008

Eliminations aplenty In all of poker, there are few stories more heart-warming than the online qualifier made good. Players investing less than about $100 who then go on to make millions are usually some of the most humble folk involved...

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