Peter Eastgate skips WSOP except the main event
June 11, 2010 | Published in: Poker news
Peter Eastgate, winner of the World Series Of Poker Main event 2008, skips the series this year. He will only play the Main event. He will support his national soccer team in Africa.
“First and foremost, there’s the football World Cup – an event I look forward to very much, especially to see all the big teams play great football. Of course I support Denmark and hope they’ll do well, but honestly I don’t think they play that well for the moment.”
“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.”
“I’m sure if they didn’t have huge bracelet bets going on that many of the other big poker names would feel the same as me. I see no reason to enter into such bets as I’m primarily a hold’em player. If you’re to enter bracelet bets, you have to play all the events and I have never had a flair for mixed games.”
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