Peter Eastgate, Winner of the 2008 WSOP
November 11, 2008
Total Pro Sports - After nearly 4 months of waiting we have a winner of the 2008 main event. Yesterday, 27 year old Russian, Ivan Demidov faced off against 22 year old Dane Peter Eastgate for the Main Event Bracelet.
Early into the wee hours of the morning, and after 104 hands of heads up play Peter Eastgate is the winner of the 2008 World Series Of Poker Main Event. Peter Eastgate becomes the first ever Danish Main Event winner, and now the youngest WSOP Main Event winner in history a title held by Phil Hellmuth for nearly twenty years.
"It's incredible. It's great to have this record. Phil Hellmuth wished me luck yesterday."
Eastgate wins a total of $9,152,416 USD for first place and the second most in WSOP history behind Jamie Gold. Ivan Demidov wins $5,809,595 for second place, not bad for basically 5 months of work for both.
"Well, I guess I haven't really realized how big this is. I'm sure in the next day or week I will become more emotional." says, Eastgate after an emotional win.
Top 5 Sexiest Female Poker Players
August 31, 2008
With the World Series of Poker complete and nothing much going on in the poker world, we direct our attention to the top 5 Hot Female Poker Players and women involved in the poker scene.
These females may distract you at the poker table with their good looks, but do not mistake their physical characteristics for weakness, these woman can play the game. To find a beautiful woman who would consider going out and playing poker with their own money, makes them that much more desirable.
1. Shana Hiatt, WPT/Poker After Dark Hostess. No need to like poker here, all a reason more to watch the game. Shanna first got her start in poker announcing on the World Poker Tour, and then signing on with Poker After Dark.
2. Shannon Elizaeth, Actress/Poker Player. What would you do if Nadia from American Pie sat down next to you at the poker table, we know what Jim would do. This actress turned semi pro poker player, has had some pretty decent results. Cashing in 4 WSOP events and finishing 3rd in the NBC'S National Heads Up Poker Championship.
3. Erica Schoenberg, Poker Player. Most famous for playing strip poker on TV and pro poker player David Benyamine's girl friend. I know I would include her in my strip poker game.
4. Vanessa Rousso, Poker Player. Sometimes I wonder why she always wears a hat and those over sized glasses? I think it may be best if she always kept them on!
5. Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh, Playboy model/Poker Player. How much better can you get in a girl being a poker player and a playboy model, only if more woman could be like Jennifer.
Honorable Mention: Clonie Gowan, Jennifer Tilly, Courtney Friel, Evelyn Ng, Isabelle Mercier
A dream for some and a turn off for others, This is our top 5 Hot Female Poker Players, well leave the rest to you to decide!�
WSOP Main Event Final Table Ready For November!
July 17, 2008
Finally, the WSOP main event final table is ready for november 9th! The nine remaining players have to wait a remarkable 117 days to play the final table. This is a bonus for those players because they will all get big endorsement deals with many of the top poker sites. Also, this will benefit the WSOP because they will be able to hype the table up in hopes of attracting more viewers. The only thing that worries me is that the players will be able to study their opponents because of the long layoff, which i believe will ruin the excitement of the final table. All in all, the pros overweigh the cons which will benefit the WSOP in the long run.
Here are the nine remaining players and their respective chip counts and seating positions.
- Seat 1: Dennis Phillips - 26,295,000
- Seat 2: Craig Marquis - 10,210,000
- Seat 3: Ylon Schwartz - 12,525,000
- Seat 4: Scott Montgomery - 19,690,000
- Seat 5: Darus Suharto - 12,520,000
- Seat 6: Chino Rheem - 10,230,000
- Seat 7: Ivan Demidov - 24,400,000
- Seat 8: Kelly Kim - 2,620,000
- Seat 9: Peter Eastgate - 18,375,000
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WSOP No-Limit Hold’em (Event 49) Results
June 30, 2008
Congratulations to the World Series Of Poker no-Limit Hold'em Event #49 winner J.C. Tran of Sacramento, California. J.C. beat out 2,718 entrants capturing first prize for $631,170, his first WSOP gold bracelet and his 24th WSOP cash.
WSOP No-Limit Hold’em (Event 48) Results
June 30, 2008
Congratulations to the World Series Of Poker No-Limit Hold'em Event #48 winner Alexandre Gomes of Curitiba, Brazil. Alexandre beat out 2,317 entrants capturing first prize for $770,540, his first WSOP gold bracelet and his 1st ever WSOP cash.
Ryan Hughes WSOP Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (Event 47) Results
June 30, 2008
Congratulations to the World Series Of Poker Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better Event #47 winner Ryan Hughes of Phoenix, Arizona. Ryan beat out 543 entrants capturing first prize for $183,368, his second WSOP gold bracelet and his 9th WSOP cash.
WSOP World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (Event 45) Results
June 30, 2008
Congratulations to the World Series Of Poker World Championship H.O.R.S.E Event #45 winner Scotty Nguyen of Henderson, Nevada. Scotty beat out 148 entrants capturing first prize for $1,989,120, his fifth WSOP gold bracelet and his 36th WSOP cash.
A bluff that got called by a dragon
June 29, 2008
Playing in event #49 (2700 entrants) of the World Series Of Poker, I was playing amazing poker all day; making some tough calls and getting paid off on big hands. I was sitting above average stack most of the day when these 2 hands changed everything.
We got moved to the Amazon Room(The main room were all the action takes place in the Wsop). The first hand I made a huge raise, blinds were 100-200 with a 25 ante, 2 limper's in front and I make it 1000 to go with Akos. Everyone folds to some online player who looked like he had been up for a week straight. He starred me down for a bit till he decided to move all his chips in 5900 total. I was confused, why would he limp out of position and then move all his chips in? He made some weird plays all day, and again I thought this was one of them. When I'm raising 5 times the big blind, I'm letting everyone know I got a big hand. Doesn't he believe me? or does he think he can push me off my AK. I took about 4 minutes to think about what I was gonna do; I had I'm on a hand like 55, 66, 77 or even like an A10, AJ, AQ hands, I finally called and he quickly flipped over AQ os. I was huge if I won this I would be up to 18000 chips and probably top 15 in the tourney at the time. Flop comes J87, turn 8, river 7. A chopped pot, after all this and making such a tough call it resulted in a chopped pot. Stupid online donk!
The second hand I got involved in was with David "The Dragon" Pham who also got seated at our table in the Amazon Room. All I can say about David is "Cannon", he is a great player who mixes it up all the time. It's really hard to put him on a hand. Anyways, David raises preflop to about 1275, and I look down and have AJ clubs in position, so I call. Flop comes low, 648 with 2 hearts, David fires 2200 and I call. Setting up a bluff for the river, turn comes a 9 spades, David checks and I ask how many chips he has left, "3300" he says. River, 10 of hearts, making a 2 way straight and a heart flush. The Dragon again checks and I go in the tank for a bit. I think I should go all in here cause he may think I have a flush or a straight. So I push, he goes in the tank for about 5 minutes and calls. I say, nice call David, what do you have, he opens Aces, lol, I insta fold without opening. This got me down to about 8500 chips and total down hill from there on in the tourney.
I finally got knocked out with 400 people left and top 270 getting paid. Early position opens for a raise and I move all in with 1010. Everyone folds and he snap calls with AA, flop comes 10, J, 8, 2 diamonds, turn 9 of diamonds giving him the diamond draw, river 4 of diamonds. I loose, I guess I can't really be that mad, I had the worst hand preflop and sucked out on the flop. Anyways, that's poker and gambling for you, as David said to me when I went back to rail the table "Up and down like a yo-yo, you know how it is!"
WSOP 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball - Limit (Event 40) Results
June 24, 2008
Congratulations to the World Series Of Poker 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball - Limit Event #40 winner John "Razor" Phan of Stockton, California. John beat out 238 entrants capturing first prize for $151,911, his second WSOP gold bracelet and his 16th WSOP cash.
WSOP No-Limit Hold’em (Event 39) Results
June 24, 2008
Congratulations to the World Series Of Poker No-Limit Hold'em Event #39 winner David Woo of Atlanta, Georgia. David beat out 2,720 entrants capturing first prize for $631,550, his first WSOP gold bracelet and his 4th ever WSOP cash.
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