World Series of Poker Main Event, $10,000 No-limit Hold'em, The Rio Casino, Las Vegas, November 9th-10th 2008

Entrants: 6,844

Buyin: $10,000

Prizepool: $64,431,779

1. Peter Eastgate, Denmark, $9,152,416
2. Ivan Demidov, Russia, $5,809,595
3. Dennis Phillips, USA, $4,517,773
4. Ylon Schwartz, USA, $3,774,974
5. Scott Montgomery, Canada, $3,096,768
6. Darus Suharto, USA, $2,418,562
7. David 'Chino' Rheem, USA, $1,772,650
8. Kelly Kim, USA, $1.288,217
9. Craig Marquis, USA, $900,670


PokerStars player Peter Eastgate has became the youngest Main Event champion after winning the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) earning him $9,152,416 million. The 22-year-old professional poker player from Odense, Denmark broke Phil Hellmuth’s 19 year record for youngest main event champion that he set in 1989 at the age of 24.