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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The £6MILLION haul won by a 22 year old, making him the youngest ever world poker champion

There's no need for Peter Eastgate to imagine what £6million looks like - it's all there in front of him in one massive pile of dollar bills.

Brandishing two clumps of money, the Dane celebrates his £5,882,831 victory in the World Series Of Poker with a sight that would be the envy of millions of U.K. amateur players.

Spectators at the Las Vegas casino in Nevada had seen the 22 year old become the youngest champion in the history of the no-limit Texas Hold 'Em event.





Even though he's still relatively young, Eastgate is a professional and maybe it was that experience which gave him the edge over his rival Ivan Demidov, 27, a semi-professional from Moscow.

However, he shouldn't be too disheartened as he took home £3,734,190.


The previous youngest champion was 11-time gold bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth , who was 24 when he won the tournament in 1989.