Final Table Bios: Seat 9, Peter Eastgate (18,375,000)
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As is typical of many poker players that come from Eastgate's party of the world, Eastgate is known for his highly aggressive (and equally volatile) brand of poker. He is ranked as one of the top five Danish online pros and can regularly be found playing heads-up, high-limit cash games online. Like many other players of the new poker generation, Eastgate dropped out of his university Economics program to concentrate on playing poker full time when he realized the amounts of money he could make. Eastgate has gone on record as not regretting that decision, but recommends that other young players should not follow his example.
Due to his youth, Eastgate hasn't had many opportunities to cash in major poker tournaments. He does have two previous EPT cashes to his credit this eyar: 32nd place at the 2008 EPT Copenhagen for $16,610, and 18th at the 2008 EPT European Poker Championships in London for $29,871. Eastgate also cashed at the 2007 Paddy Power Irish Open in Dublin, finishing in ninth place of a no-limit hold'em freezeout for almost $47,000.
Eastgate has put himself in a prime position at the final table. He is fourth in chips, slightly above par with more than 18,000,000. He has allowed chip leader Dennis Phillips and more recognizable names like David "Chino" Rheem to accept the mantle of pressure that comes from being at the WSOP Main Event final table. He spent the last four months learning as much as he can about each of his eight opponents. Whether it will be enough to allow him to take down the championship is anyone's guess.