It is the Pokernyhederne.com site that reported the new.
Peter Eastgate is, it will in remind 2008 poker poker world champion.
In November 2008, he won the bracelet and the 9. 1 M$. He was also the first champion to win this title as young (aged 22). The youngest player to have won this title was Phil Hellmuth in the past (24 years).Today we learn that the man who won 9 1 M$ made a harmful bet for his health to win...$ 6000 or approximately 1 buyin limits that he could play. Hopefully for him it was more a bet for his ego and his pride for his wallet.
This weekend, Peter jumped in Islands Brygge harbour in Copenhagen (the capital and the largest city of Denmark, her country of birth). After jumping in the water, Peter had to run 4.2 miles to the home of his friend Kasper strings. Recall that this weekend in Copenhagen it was between minus 2 degrees Celsius and over 2, which is rather unpleasant when run with wet clothes.The site reports that Eastgate has completed his bet in 20 minutes (a man shaped this Peter) and that it was not harmful consequence relatively to his bet.
The evidence on video that Eastgate indeed jumped in the water: Peter Eastgate made the fool for $ 6,000
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