7 minute read Back in 2008, Peter Eastgate took the entire poker world by surprise when he took down the WSOP Main Event, becoming the youngest player in history to do so at the time. He was only 22 when he triumphed in the 6,844-strong field, banking $9.1 million. Young Eastgate’s story was the stuff that dreams were made of. He was only at the start of his poker journey, and he had already achieved more than most players manage in their entire careers. The poker media was ecstatic. Everybody expected the young champion to go full throttle moving forward, traveling the world to play cash games and tournaments.