Walking into the Rio – home of the World Series of Poker -is a surefire way to bump into at least a few familiar faces you’ve seen on T.V. over the years. Unlike most other professional games, the Average Joes get to sit with the greats on a regular basis. Whether it be Phily Ivey, PokerStars Team Pro Member Daniel Negreanu, Gus Hansen, or last year’s Main Event winner Joe Cada, the pro are always out in full force for the WSOP. There’s one man, however, who has yet to surface in Las Vegas: Peter Eastgate.
The 2008 Main Event Champion says that he’ll return to Vegas in July for another shot at millions of dollars, but that most of the other events don’t interest him. “I’ll be at the WSOP in time for day 1D of the Main Event. At first I was meant to play the $25,000 tournament (6-max) on June 30, which would suit me well because of its buy-in, format and challenge. Under normal circumstances I would have played it, but there are several reasons why I have postponed my departure from Europe.”
Chief among those reasons for Eastgate, who is an avid soccer fan, is a trip to South Africa for the 2010 World Cup.
The Danish superstar went on, concluding, “”Secondly, I prefer the summer in Europe rather than the one in Nevada where temperatures can reach up to 50c degrees during the day. And finally, I don’t have the motivation to play all the small events at the WSOP. That would be a waste of money. To me it’s not that important to win bracelet number two.” That last part must have something to do with him already having the sweetest bracelet of them all under his belt.
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