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Only recently I have had a chance to watch the entire final table through, despite following most of the updates throughout the whole tournament when it was going on.
I have to say that I was impressed by the way Peter Eastgate seemed to slowly increase his stack through the early stages of the final table without ever risking a huge pot.

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I certainly have to say that the two best players made it to heads up play in my opinion, but having watched all the hands at that final table, I personally feel that Demidov was the best player there by a considerable margin.
There were two particular plays he made that stand out in my mind. Very early in the game he made a huge raise to risk almost all of his stack against Philips when he had (A,Q) against (A,K) and both had missed the flop. You can say that pushing all your chips in on a bluff is not the best way to win a tournament, but you have to admire the raw talent it takes to pull off such a move. This early in the game, Demidov had to be reading Phillips hand perfectly and entrusting his tournament life to his own judgement, and he read the situation absolutely perfectly. From what I saw of Phillips play, I could personally never have seen him make a perfect read and play in this position. Another hand that springs to mind is when Demidov lays down (Ks,7s) after making two pair on a board of (7h,3d,6s,Kh,3c). Being up against a set of threes, this is a top class lay down considering it only cost him another 5 million chips to call.

After his WSOPE 3rd place in the preceding months, and then his 2nd place in the WSOP main event, Demidov has really shown what he is capable of, and in my opinion, was by far the most talented player at that table.

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