Eastgate's Serenade

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2008 WSOP Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate

In the moments after Peter Eastgate made his winning wheel and was introduced as the winner of the 2008 Main Event, his Danish entourage treated him (and us) to a final, spirited rendition of what we've come to call "The Oooba Oooba Song." Led by two-time WSOP bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard, it goes something like this:

"Oooba oooba oooba!" ("Oooba oooba oooba!")
"Blah blah blah!" ("Blah blah blah!")
"Bop bop bop!" ("Bop bop bop!")
"Hey-hey-o!" (Hey-hey-o!")

Though his friends were smiling ear to ear, Eastgate was quite subdued in the moments following his win, wearing the same stoic gaze that he's donned all tournament. It was only when he walked behind the pile of cash on the table, picked up two bricks of it and held them aloft that the young Dane finally cracked a smile.

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