The origin of Poker doesn抰 have a clear conception. Most authors have concluded that it is made up of a variety of earlier games. Today, Poker is a popular bet game in the entire world, especially in United States and some countries of Europe. Actually, the most important poker tournament (World Series of Poker) takes place in Las Vegas every year. This contest appeared in 1970 and these ten players were the last winners: Peter Eastgate won $9,152,416 in 2008, Jerry Yang won $8,250,000 in 2007, Jamie Gold won $12,000,000 in 2006, Joseph Hachem won $7,500,000 in 2005, Greg Raymer won $5,000,000 in 2004, Chris Moneymaker won $2,500,000 in 2003, Robert Varkonyi won $2,000,000 in 2002, Carlos Mortensen won $1,500,000 in 2001, Chris Ferguson won $1,500,000 in 2000 and J. J. 揘oel?Furlong $1,000,000 in 1999.
As we can see, awards are millionaires. However, competition is very high and for reach the final table there is many stages to overcome. The last winner, Peter Eastgate is a skillful Denmark player and was the youngest player at the final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. He won the tournament with 22 years surpassing to Phil Hellmuth, the previous youngest winner. Now, Peter is a famous poker player with a large fortune.
During the last table, Peter Eastgate played with Ivan Demidov, a renowned Russian player. It was the last game, step to step: Eastgate held A-5 and Demidov had 2-4. The flop came down 2-K-3, and then the turn was the 4, giving Eastgate the wheel straight and Demidov two pair. The river is a 7 and Demidov goes all-in. Eastgate calls and wins the championship and gets the gold bracelet.
