2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em (Event 54)
Date:
Thursday, July 03, 2008 to Monday, July 14, 2008
Buy-In:
$10,000
Prize Pool:
$64,431,779
Entrants:
6,844
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:42:03
Eastgate's Serenade
In the moments after Peter Eastgate made his winning wheel and was introduced as the winner of the 2008 Main Event, his Danish entourage treated him (and us) to a final, spirited rendition of what we've come to call "The Oooba Oooba Song." Led by two-time WSOP bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard, it goes something like this:
"Oooba oooba oooba!" ("Oooba oooba oooba!")
"Blah blah blah!" ("Blah blah blah!")
"Bop bop bop!" ("Bop bop bop!")
"Hey-hey-o!" (Hey-hey-o!")
Though his friends were smiling ear to ear, Eastgate was quite subdued in the moments following his win, wearing the same stoic gaze that he's donned all tournament. It was only when he walked behind the pile of cash on the table, picked up two bricks of it and held them aloft that the young Dane finally cracked a smile.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:38:15
Hand #274 - Ivan Demidov Eliminated in 2nd Place ($5,809,595); Peter Eastgate Wins the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event!
Peter Eastgate has the button. He limps in and Ivan Demidov checks the big blind.
The flop comes down 
. Action is checked to Eastgate, who bets 1.25 million. Demidov calls, then checks again when the 
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 
. Demidov announces all in and Eastgate snap-calls. Could this be it? Demidov shows first, tabling 
for two pair, fours and deuces. Eastgate is next to show, turning over 
-- 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.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:31:22
Action Resumes
Cards are back in the air. Blinds remain at 500,000-1,000,000.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:08:16
Saved by the Bell?
Just as things are starting to heat up and it seems that Peter Eastgate may have Ivan Demidov on the ropes, we come to our next twenty-minute break. The chip counts at the break are:
Ivan Demidov - 16,350,000
Peter Eastgate - 120,550,000
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:07:38
Hand #273 - Peter Eastgate
Ivan Demidov has the button. He raises to 2,000,000, Eastgate moves all in and Demidov folds.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:06:20
Hand #272 - Peter Eastgate
Peter Eastgate has the button. He and Ivan Demidov both limp in and take a flop of 
. Demidov checks and then folds to a bet of 1.25 million.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:05:55
Updated Chip Counts
Eastgate has pulled away courtesy of those last two big pots and presently has a 6:1 chip lead over Demidov.
Peter Eastgate 117,250,000
Ivan Demidov 19,650,000
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:04:33
Hand #271 - Peter Eastgate
Ivan Demidov has the button. He raises to 2,000,000 and Eastgate makes the call.
The flop is 
and both players check. The turn is the 
. Eastgate leads out for 2.5 million and Demidov calls. The 
lands on the river and Eastgate puts out another 4.5 million. Demidov calls.
Eastgate shows 
for threes full of eights and rakes in another substantial pot.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:01:29
Hand #270 - Ivan Demidov
Peter Eastgate has the button. He limps in. Ivan Demidov raises 2.25 million on top, a raise that Eastgate wants no part of.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:00:31
Hand #269 - Peter Eastgate
Ivan Demidov has the button. He raises to 2,250,000 and Eastgate calls.
Both players check the 
flop. The 
lands on the turn and Eastgate bets 3,250,000. It's enough to chase Demidov away and Eastgate wins another pot.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:59:08
Hand #268 - Ivan Demidov
Peter Eastgate has the button. He opens the pot with a raise to 2 million; Demidov reraises to 8 million and gets a quick fold.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:57:28
Updated Chip Counts
Ivan Demidov - 27,900,000
Peter Eastgate - 109,000,000
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:56:58
Hand #267 - Peter Eastgate
Ivan Demidov has the button. He raises to 2,000,000 and Eastgate calls.
The flop is 
and both players check. The 
falls on the turn and Eastgate leads out for 2.5 million. Demidov raises to 8,000,000 and Eastgate makes the call. To the river we go, and it's the . Eastgate checks, and after peeking back at his hole cards, Demidov settles on a 12,000,000 bet. Eastgate calls.
Demidov shows 
for ace high, but Eastgate has the flush with 
and rakes in the monster pot, worth over 44 million.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:51:07
Hand #266 - Peter Eastgate
Peter Eastgate has the button. He tries mixing it up by limping in, giving Ivan Demidov the option to raise the big blind. He declines.
The flop is 
. Demidov, as is his wont, checks to Eastgate. Eastgate's bet of 1.25 million takes down the pot.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:49:19
Hand #265 - Ivan Demidov
Ivan Demidov has the button. It's a raise to 2,000,000 and a fold from Eastgate.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:47:45
Hand #264 - Peter Eastgate
Peter Eastgate has the button. He raises to 2.25 million and takes down the pot.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:47:25
Hand #263 - Ivan Demidov
Ivan Demidov has the button. He makes it 2,000,000 to go, no call from Eastgate.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:47:18
Hand #262 - Peter Eastgate
Peter Eastgate has the button. He and Ivan Demidov take an unraid of . Both check to the turn. Demidov again checks, bringing a bet of 1.45 million from Eastgate. He takes it down.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:45:02
Hand #261 - Ivan Demidov
Ivan Demidov has the button. Same story--he raises to 2,000,000 and Eastgate folds, making it ten flop-less hands in a row.
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:44:10
Hand #260 - Peter Eastgate
Peter Eastgate has the button. He makes it 2.25 million to go. Ivan Demidov folds.
