Peter Eastgate inks a deal with Poker Royalty

Fresh off his World Series of Poker Main Event win, 22 year old Peter Eastgate has signed on to become a client of the poker player representation agency, Poker Royalty.The young Denmark native is the latest hot name in poker thanks to his WSOP championship win and Poker Royalty, the poker player rep firm with an exclusive list of clients, aims to boost his career past the $9.1 million he won Tuesday.

Poker Royalty, which recently expanded its reach by opening a European office in London last month, represents the “kings and queens of poker” including such notables as Phil Hellmuth, Greg Raymer, Daniel Negreanu, Patrik Antonius, Scotty Nguyen, fellow Dane Gus Hansen amongst others.

The next big step facing Eastgate, is which online poker room he will sign on with as a professional player. He was one of the PokerStars’ “PokerStars Six” along with five other final table players, runner up Ivan Demidov, Dennis Phillips who took third, fourth place finisher Ylon Schwartz, sixth place finisher Darus Suharto and seventh place finisher David “Chino” Rheem. Apparently no long term deal was inked with Stars, which may prove to a fruitful move since he won the whole enchilada.

Though Eastgate is still working on his grasp of the English language, there is no doubt that he will prove to be a highly marketable player for whichever site signs him, especially in Europe where interest and participation in poker has exploded.

Poker Royalty has been successfully placing its clients in non-poker advertising spots for some of their most well known clients. Phil Hellmuth appeared on WSOP sponsor Milwaukee’s Best’s beer cans, Negreanu, Hellmuth and Nguyen have all starred in a Diet Pepsi commercial and Gavin Smith became the national spokesman for Black Velvet Canadian Whiskey.