Poker News November 10th, 2008

It’s down to Russia’s Demidov vs. Denmark’s Eastgate for $9.15M WSOP title

Ivan Demidov and Peter Eastgate emerged from a marathon session early Monday morning at the World Series of Poker and will meet later in the night to settle the $9.15 million title.

Eastgate, a 22-year-old poker professional from Odense, Denmark, eliminated the last American in the field with a set of threes. Dennis Phillips, who tried to bluff Eastgate with a 10 high, shrugged his shoulders and nodded his head when Eastgate made the call that eliminated him.

“I just want to be alive on the river,” Phillips said before an ace came on the turn, officially eliminating the 53-year-old trucking account manager who started the final table with the chip lead.

Phillips, of Cottage Hills, Ill., won $4,517,773 for third place.

Eastgate held 79.5 million chips, nearly 22 million chips more than Demidov, a 27-year-old semiprofessional poker player from Moscow.

“My hands held up all the time — that’s the key factor,” Eastgate said.

Those big hands, including two full houses and a set, helped Eastgate end the tournament for four players.

Ylon Schwartz finished fourth and won $3,774,974 after failing on a bluff, giving Eastgate a lead over Demidov. Scott Montgomery watched Eastgate hit a full house on the river, after Montgomery picked up three aces on the turn.

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One Day Fundraiser for Poker Players Alliance

Poker author Mitchell Cogert has decided to donate the proceeds from one day of sales of his poker book, “Tournament Poker: 101 Winning Moves”. The book is for sale online at Amazon.com, and everyone who buys a copy on November 11 will be sure the proceeds from the purchase will go towards the fight to keep online poker legal via support of the grassroots organization the Poker Players Alliance. The date was picked to run along side the airing of the World Series of Poker main event final table on ESPN, an event months in the making.

Amsterdam Poker Capital of the World

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, November 8 — Yesterday, November 7th, the 17th edition of the Master Classics of Poker started in Amsterdam. The Master Classics of Poker is one of the biggest and best-known international poker tournaments in Europe. Last year the total prize pot added up to more than 3.7 million Euros. This year the total prize pot will add up to almost 5 million euro. Between Friday 7th and Saturday 15th November the best poker players from all over the world will be pitted against each other. Amsterdam will be the poker capital of the world this week.

ANP news video with feeds live from Amsterdam:

http://pubstr.datiq.net/perssupport/HCPokerINT.wmv

Last year poker players from a.o. America, Canada, Russia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Slovakia, England, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, New Zealand, Pakistan, Netherlands, Belgium, etc. attended the Master Classics of Poker.

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