Eastgate Wins the Battle of Champs
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It's an apt metaphor for poker in 2011: youth has triumphed over experience in the battle of former Main Event champions. Peter Eastgate opened his button to 900, then called Chris Ferguson's all-in shove of 8,700. Eastgate's 
led Ferguson's 
. The board provided Ferguson with no relief, 
. He is the second person eliminated from the Diamonds Bracket.
After the match ended, Eastgate and Ferguson stood table-side and discussed several hands that preceded Ferguson's elimination. That knowledge isn't much use to Ferguson now. He'll go home and sleep on his pile of Full Tilt millions; Eastgate will move on to the Round of 32.