The winner of the 2008 WSOP Main Event Peter Eastgate has announced a surprising definite comeback to professional poker. The London-based Dane will be representing Team Betfair Poker in the future.
Peter Eastgate revealed yesterday that the amount he lost on sports betting during the World Cup in South Africa last summer amounted to a staggering $1.7 million.
French tournament pro Fabrice Soulier has taken the lead at the EPT Berlin as the only player with more than a million chips. Soulier is followed by Germans Alessandro Laubinger and Guiseppe Pantaleo.
The European Poker Tour will return to Berlin this week, with the €5,000 main event due to begin tomorrow. The event will see a motivated 2008 WSOP Champion Peter Eastgate return to the EPT circuit.
2008 WSOP Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate joins Daniel Negreanu in criticizing Full Tilt Poker's Onyx Poker Cup initiative. The Cup is made for Full Tilt stakeholder and millionaires, Eastgate says.
NBC's National Heads-Up Championship is ready to kick off today, with a long list of interesting round one matches. A total of 64 players have been invited, including several of poker's brightest stars.
In an interview to a Danish newspaper last weekend, former WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate declares that he has lost millions of dollars on sports betting.
Peter Eastgate made his comeback yesterday in his home country Denmark at the EPT Copenhagen after 10 months away from the action. The young Dane is currently in the better half of the field.
The EPT Copenhagen Main Event got underway today at Casino Copenhagen in the Danish capital. A handful of pros have found their way to Day 1A, including out-of-retirement Peter Eastgate.
2008 WSOP Champion Peter Eastgate has sent out a press release explaining his sudden comeback to poker's main stage. The Danish star left poker because he felt lost after his victory at the World Series.
The participants list for the 2011 National Heads-Up Poker Championship was released this week, as usual including a selection of poker's biggest stars. The tournament will be played from March 3rd to 6th.
2008 WSOP Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate has announced that he will make a return to professional poker. The comeback comes seven months after Eastgate decided to leave the spotlight.
The buyer of Peter Eastgate's 2010 WSOP Main Event bracelet has been revealed to be Scottish philanthropist William Haughey. The money from the auction has now been given to UNICEF.
Tony G has revealed that he didn't end up buying Peter Eastgate's WSOP bracelet on eBay after all. The PartyPoker pro has now set his eyes on another valuable item instead.
The charity auction for Peter Eastgate's 2008 WSOP Main Event bracelet finished today. An impressive 116 bids arrived for the bracelet, pushing the final selling price to $147,500.
Peter Eastgate is thrilled by the massive interest in his 2008 WSOP Main Event bracelet. The bracelet, which was put up for a charity auction on eBay last week, is currently going for $76,000.
2008 WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate has put his championship bracelet up for sale on eBay. The proceedings from the auction will according to the Danish ex-pro go to UNICEF.
The nine finalists of this years WSOP Main Event are significantly younger than former years' participants. While last year's average age was 34, this year's final table features just one player above 30.
PokerStars have removed three prominent names from their squad of pros, all without any further explanation. Hewad Khan, Gavin Griffin and Peter Eastgate are no longer with the site.
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