Eastgate vs. Demidov – The Rematch

World Series of Poker Main Event champion and Team PokerStars Pro Peter Eastgate is set to take on his 2008 opponent, and fellow team member, Ivan Demidov in a heads-up charity tournament held online at PokerStars.

The two first clashed last November during a 15 hour tournament , the longest Main Event heads-up match in WSOP history, over a prize of $9 million. Now, two days before the 2009 Main Event kicks off, the two will face-off against each other again, only this time it’ll be for charity.

The match takes place on the PokerStars website on June 26th at 6:00pm and will replicate the exact same circumstances under which the two pros played in 2008. Eastgate will start with 80,300,000 in chips, while Demidov will start with 56,600,000. The blinds will be set at 120,000/240,000 with a 30,000 running ante.

In the 2008 final, Eastgate was crowned the youngest ever world champion.

The two pros are excited about the re-match, which will see that $10,000 goes toward one of their chosen charities. Eastgate is playing for the Danish Refugee Council and Demidov for The Hospice Charity Fund “Vera” INN.

This is the first time that a major live contest like the WSOP final has ever been “re-played” on PokerStars, and is likely to prove a huge draw. PokerStars players can watch the match live on the PokerStars client.

Source: Gambling911

More information:
PokerStars Review
Peter Eastgate’s biography
Ivan Demidov’s biography