Peter Eastgate

Peter Eastgate
Peter Eastgate (2008)
Personal information
Date of birth	December 13, 1985
place of birth	Denmark Odense
Nicknames 0	Icegate Isser
place of residence	Denmark Odense
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0$ 9,152,416
Total prize money	$ 11,131,450
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	1
Cashes	3
Best main event	Win ( 2008 )
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	7th
Last updated: January 9, 2020

Peter Nicolas Eastgate (born December 13, 1985 in Odense ) is a professional Danish poker player . He won the World Poker Championship in 2008 .

Poker career

On November 11, 2008, at the age of 22, Eastgate won the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas as the youngest player at the time, winning a bracelet and more than nine million US dollars Win bonus. He replaced Phil Hellmuth , who held the age record from 1989 to 2008. In the following year 2009, however, Joe Cada won the title at the age of 21. After his success, Eastgate was now listed as the best European in seventh place on the poker players' all-time money winners list. At the WSOP Main Event in 2009 he reached 78th place out of 6,494 participants and received almost $ 70,000 for it. In July 2010, Eastgate surprisingly announced his retirement from poker at the 2010 WSOP , but in February 2011 he played again at the European Poker Tour in Copenhagen. His last tournament result to date was at the beginning of June 2013 at the Amateur Poker Association & Tour in London .

In total, Eastgate has earned over eleven million dollars with poker in live tournaments, making it the most successful Danish poker player .

Web links

Commons : Peter Eastgate - Collection of Images

Peter Eastgate in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
Peter Eastgate in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
Peter Eastgate in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Peter Eastgate in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 9, 2017
↑ Dane new poker world champion: $ 9.15 million in prize money. tt.com, January 5, 2009, accessed November 11, 2009 .
^ WSOP 2008 results at Hendon Mob. Retrieved November 11, 2009 .
↑ Lasse König: Cada youngest world poker champion in history. Spiegel online, November 10, 2009, accessed November 11, 2009 .
↑ Hendon Mob: All Time Money List. Retrieved November 11, 2009 .
↑ Peter Eastgate ends his poker career. July 8, 2010, accessed July 10, 2010 .
↑ Mark Hirleman leads EPT Copenhagen as Peter Eastgate makes comeback , pokerstars.com, accessed April 17, 2019.
↑ ISPT (€ 2,700 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 17, 2019 (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Eastgate, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Eastgate, Peter Nicolas (full name); Icegate (nickname); Isser (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish poker player
DATE OF BIRTH	December 13, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	Odense , Denmark

[hendonbio-1] Peter Eastgate in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 9, 2017

[2] Dane new poker world champion: $ 9.15 million in prize money. tt.com, January 5, 2009, accessed November 11, 2009 .

[3] WSOP 2008 results at Hendon Mob. Retrieved November 11, 2009 .

[4] Lasse König: Cada youngest world poker champion in history. Spiegel online, November 10, 2009, accessed November 11, 2009 .

[5] Hendon Mob: All Time Money List. Retrieved November 11, 2009 .

[6] Peter Eastgate ends his poker career. July 8, 2010, accessed July 10, 2010 .

[7] Mark Hirleman leads EPT Copenhagen as Peter Eastgate makes comeback , pokerstars.com, accessed April 17, 2019.

[8] ISPT (€ 2,700 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 17, 2019 (English)