At this time Ivan only had approx. 20 million chips with the biggest blinds in the WSOP history of 500 000/1 000 000-150 000. In the last hand of WSOP 2008 Peter limped on the button and the flop came Ks 3h 2c and Ivan checked to Peter who bet 1,25 million which Ivan called. Turn came 4c and Ivan check-raised Peters 2 million bet to 6 million. Peter called and river came 7c. Ivan went all in for nearly 8 million and Peter called, showing Ad 5s for a straight which beat Ivan's two pair 4h 2h.

Peter Eastgate is unknown to many but is a full time poker pro who plays high stakes poker online. Ivan Demidov has also proved that he is a world class player, and his second place in WSOP 2008 and third place in WSOPE are very admirable.

Result from the final table:

1 Peter Eastgate, Denmark - 9 152 416 dollar
2 Ivan Demidov, Russia - 5 809 595 dollar
3 Dennis Phillips, USA - 4 517 773 dollar
4 Ylon Schwartz, USA - 3 794 974 dollar
5 Scott Montgomery, Canada - 3 096 768 dollar
6 Darus Suharto, Canada - 2 418 562 dollar
7 David Rheem, USA - 1 772 650 dollar
8 Kelly Kim, USA - 1 288 217 dollar
9 Craig Marquis, USA - 900 670 dollar