Denmark's Peter Eastgate beat Ivan Demidov of Russia to win $9.1 million in the four-hour World Series Poker Main Event on Monday night. Demidov won $5.8 million in second place.

With this victory, 22-year-old Eastgate became the WSOP's youngest main event champion. The previous record holder, Phil Helmuth, was 24 when he beat Johnny Chan to win this prestigious event in 1989.

Shortly after his victory, Eastgate said he was satisfied with the way the last table went. Eastgate also showed grace in his victory. "Ivan was a very tough opponent. He's a great player and we'll see more of him in the years to come."

Demidov thought his inexperience came during the head-up play. "I had no idea how Peter would play," said Demidov after he was sent off for the final 274th game. "Peter has a lot more head-up play experience than I do, and I think that helped. Looking back, there were times when I called when I should have folded, and it cost me."

The match between Eastgate and Demidov was said to be the biggest night in poker, and Haras struggled to do so. In awe of what a bespoke Harley gave to Erik Lindgren, who won Player of the Year, Eastgate and Demidov took to the table to unpack the chips. With more than 137 million chips between the two players, WSOP tournament directors Jack Eifel and WSOP Dealers helped players count and stack them.

After the players placed their chip stacks on either end of the table and held $9.1 million in cash in between, Michael Buffer stepped up and introduced them. Buffer, who was editing his scripts until a few minutes before the introduction, ended his trademark introduction with a poker twist called "Let's get too mixed up and trade." Eastgate started playing head-up with 79,500,000 chips, while Demidoff started with 57,725,000 chips. And with 75,000 ants on 300,000 to 600,000 blinds, Demidoff started to set fire.

After defeating the Monster Pot, Eastgate took the lead of the game, outscoring Demidov by 109 million to 207.9 million. After two hands, Eastgate took Demidov out of the hand for a large sum of money. Moments later, Eastgate grabbed another major harbor and threw three pockets into a full house full of eight. Then right on the next hand, Eastgate pushed everyone into a pre-flop, and Demidov withdrew. After this fierce end of the match, Eastgate led Demidov from 102.45 million to 116.45 million, with players taking a 20-minute break. 카지노사이트 모음

In the first moments after the break, Eastgate finished the tournament with Demedov all-in in two pairs, but Eastgate finished past Demidov. Eastgate limped and pressed the button, and Demidov checked for a large blind. Flops came in 2dKS 3h.

Demidov and Eastgate, who admitted they were tired after Sunday's tournament was reduced from nine to two, looked fresh and nervous at the start of the race.

And being in a crowded auditorium with poker royals and showgirls like Lindgren, Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, Jamie Gold, and 1,000 people didn't seem to unsettle them.

The 2008 World Series of Poker was the first time the event was suspended to allow recorded television coverage. The goal was to create excitement and drama surrounding the last table, and to provide an opportunity to create the day's final table coverage, "Reliable Live." And early results indicated that the TV strategy paid off.