Ready to Play Big “I’m prepared to lose a lot of money”
by Dan Michalski, Dec 21, 2008 | 4:07 pm
Caught up with Peter Eastgate, 23, as he scoped out the $400/$800 NLH action at the Golden Nugget yesterday … The reigning WSOP champ goes into today’s HSP game down $100k — if you consider the results of a warm-up session at Bellagio (against Daniel Alaei and Bryn Kenney) part of the same trip — and speaks about what it’s like to play with a freshly inflated bankroll against more experienced players in bigger games than you’re used to.
Curiously enough, the guy he really fears at this table is the only dude younger than he is — 22-year-old (Fort Worthian?) Tom Dwan, aka durrr.
Peter Eastgate, Las Vegas
12-20-2008
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Victor A says:
December 21st, 2008 at 7:56pm
Nice! Thanks a lot for this.
poker lover says:
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:02am
Yea, awesome interview. His performance during the WSOP was really something for the record books, not just because of how young he was, but the way he won.