Peter Eastgate turned the wheel towards the WSOP Kingdom early this morning making him the youngest winner in history.  While Ivan Demidov finished second he still took home several meeellion dollars. 

Both Eastgate and Demidov seem to have learned from previous winners how to not-look-like-an-ass-at-the-final-table, as both seemed to be humble.  However, this year the November Nine (TM) gained a luxury due to the final table delay.  The delay allowed players to review what they looked like on T.V., let everything sink in, get over any arguments with another player, get a lot of sleep, avoid the strangers in the hallway asking for money and practice playing poker in front of a mirror before the final table. 

But it wouldn’t be the WSOP without Nolan Dalla’s statistics and trivia.  Here are a few tidbits from Dalla:

• The $10,000 buy-in championship is officially listed as Event #54. Due to the 117-day delay, the event ended after the conclusion of Events 55-59.
• For the first time in poker history, a tournament blind reached the 1,000,000 mark. Level 39 was reached, meaning the big blind was 1,000,000 (the small blind was 500,000, along with a 150,000 ante). Interestingly, the 1,000,000 blind level with the mandatory 150,000 ante meant that each hand cost the equivalent in starting chips from 57.5 entrants into the Main Event.
• The final table lasted 278 hands. More than a third of the hands were played heads up.
• Demidov became the first player to ever make it to the final table of the WSOP Main Event and the WSOP-Europe Main Event. Incredibly, Demidov accomplished this feat within the same year.