Peter Eastgate is a professional poker player from Odense, Denmark, and the winner of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. He reached the heads-up stage along with Ivan Demidov, and won the first place prize of $9,152,416. Peter Eastgate went to Las Vegas as part of the Ladbrokes pokerteam but later changed to PokerStars.
Peter Eastgate's prior results include a money finish in the 2008 European Poker Tour event in Copenhagen and a final table finish at the 2007 Irish Poker Open.
By winning the Main Event, he became the youngest ever WSOP Main Event champion surpassing Phil Hellmuth who was 24 at the time of his victory.
As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $9,200,000.
