It was though wasnt it.

Just struck me as a bit strange that, at the moment Peter Eastgates life changed forever as he achieved poker immortality and riches beyond his wildest dreams, he looked as if he just smelt dog-shyte.

where was the victory cry/yell/roar?

where was the enthusiasm of youth, leaping around like a nutter?

or even a slight glimmer of a smile?

For fooks sake, i celebrated more when i won a low-stakes donkament!!!

Every single one of us has thought what it would be like to win the ME havent we? It would mean so much to so many people who, like me, have a huge passion for this great game of ours. So it seemed very weird that the actual winner showed absolutely no passion at all at the moment of victory. None. Nothing. Nada. It was a shame, because IMO it didnt do justice to the beautiful game we all play. I for one would have been screaming like a fookin banshee, wouldn't you?

take into the account the shock - waiting for 4 months to play the **** thing then winning it along with 9+ mill he probably wasnt sure how to react...

The guy just lost 75% of his win to his gov't. Maybe he was thinking...Damn, why didn't I move to some island before this!! :confuse d:

He's one of them Northern Europeans... ice in veins, not enough sunshine, etc.

Yeah, can you believe the nerve of that guy. Actually acting like a poker player and not a little school girl.

also to answer ur question - i most likely would have let out a banshee-like roarrrrr haha

We're all different. Explaining how someone should react to winning the ME is just dumb.

Probably a bit overwhelmed imo. Danes are a bit more reserved. I will take his reaction over Yang and Gold's anyday.

he moved to london prior to the ME IIRC

Did we really need another thread on this?

I prefer a reserved reaction. It's got advantages on a couple levels. 1.) you look like you expected to win all along and this isn't a surprise. 2.) you show the other player respect rather than hooting and cheering and rubbing their loss in. (sure they might understand but it still doesn't make it any easier on them at that moment).

no i wouldn't. i actually loved his behaviour.

Just to add to the mix, mister eastgate were at least good for 2 milli prior to the event... so not groundbreaking stuff for him to be rich fwiw...

I am laying 2:1 that you would have reacted the same way.
You don't realize what just happened, you are still really focused and you are kinda shocked.

Haha, I loved his demeanor. Nothing is more gangsta than becoming the youngest ME champion in history, winning $9 million, and getting about as excited as winning a free order of fries at McDonalds Monopoly.

Seriously, seems like we always get threads where people celebrate TOO much, and we finally get a guy with some class and pride and you berate him?

Haha.

THANK YOU

I liked Joe Hatchem's moment of victory most of all by the way.

as in like, QFT, but I didn't want to use QFT

r people seriously knocking the guy for not acting like a jackass.

Eastgate was a comsummate class act right through the tournament. And while we're at it - WTF is with people criticising him for being a card-rack? He played great poker throughout, caught some breaks but what's he meant to do? Give the chips back? He flopped a couple of sets etc, but that's the point of set-mining.

Demidov and Eastgate were pure class, and a real breath of fresh air compared to the monkeys who have won in recent years. I'm delighted that we have seen a worthy winner.

Love from Casy151

This.

There's also nothing more annoying in live than ppl calling out cards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJIY5MGQEvk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie1XEySCBT0

Oh yeah OP you're right we need more of this...

again in english.

he had to give away 75%?

i loved it,. When i won the WCOOP it really didnt hit me till about an hour later and even then it would sort of hit me in waves when i thought about it