Las Vegas Weekly

November 10, 2008 · 3:41 PM

Breaking News: With $9 million at stake, WSOP down to final two

By Robin Leach

Peter Eastgate, Ivan Demidov, two showgirls and a lotta cash.

Photo: Harrah's

One of these two men will be $9 million richer tomorrow morning. One of these two men will be crowned world poker champion -- and the other will probably be forgotten.

One of these two men will win the prestigious poker bracelet. One of these two men will be a national hero in his home country.

At 10 p.m. today in The Rio’s Penn & Teller theater, the boxing world’s most famous voice, Michael Buffer, will state his trademark words “let’s get ready to rumble!”

By 10:15 p.m., the cards will be shuffled, dealt and in the air.

For 22 year-old Peter Eastgate of Denmark, a little more is at stake. He wants to win because he would become the youngest person ever to hold the title. For 27-year-old Ivan Demidov of Moscow, Russia, he would go from obscurity to multi-millionaire in split seconds.

Click HERE for our World Series of Poker story this morning.

This was the scene, moments ago, when two gorgeous Jubilee showgirls from sister Strip resort casino Bally’s circled the two players and the $9 million. What our photo doesn’t show is the squad of security staff just outside the frame keeping an eagle-eye on the millions in cash!

What will the tension be like? “This will be a game unlike any other,” Eastgate said. “It will be the toughest, hardest game of my life,” Ivan said.

Fighting words indeed from Europe’s warriors.

Click back to Vegas DeLuxe tomorrow morning to see who has conquered and who lies in the dust!

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