Peter Eastgate is 22 years old and is from Odense, Denmark he was sponsored by PokerStars and is now being managed by Poker Royalty. After he won Eastgate said in a post interview,  “It’s an honor to hold the record as youngest World Series of Poker Main Event champion,” said Eastgate. “I played really solidly throughout this tournament and I’m proud of that. This gives a new level of credibility for young online players. Thanks to sites like PokerStars, we have become a force to face on the felt.”

This wasn’t his major event he has been playing poker around Europe and online.  He finished in the top 30 at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Copenhagen event and last year he made the final table at the Irish Poker Open. 

PokerStarts sent over 1,000 qualifiers to the WSOP Main Event this year and saw great results as 123 of the players from PokerStars cashed at the event. The total for all 123 players is a little over $9 million dollars and Peter Eastgate took home $9,152,416 dollars for his first place finish and of course some bling as he now has a World Series of Poker bracelet.

The Results for the November 9 are below:

 
   Places          Player               Payout
   ———-  ——————–  ———-
    1st        Peter Eastgate        $9,152,416
    2nd        Ivan Demidov          $5,809,595
    3rd        Dennis Phillips       $4,517,773
    4th        Ylon Schwartz         $3,774,974
    5th        Scott Montgomery      $3,096,768
    6th        Darus Suharto         $2,418,562
    7th        David ‘Chino’ Rheem   $1,772,650
    8th        Kelly Kim             $1,288,217
    9th        Craig Marquis         $  900,670