Poker: Peter Eastgate Advances in Heads-Up

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2008 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Peter Eastgate is the first player to advance to the quarterfinals, besting 2006 Main Event champ Jamie Gold.

Erik Seidel was the next player to advance to the quarterfinals, beating Chris Moneymaker in the third round.

Scotty Nguyen and Jason Mercier both advanced as well and will face each other in the next round.

Here are the matchups for the fourth round of the Clubs and Spades brackets, which will be played at 10:15 a.m. PT on Sunday.

Clubs

Erik Seidel vs. Peter Eastgate

Spades

Scotty Nguyen vs. Jason Mercier

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