Peter Costa (born 27 January 1956, in Cyprus) to Greek Cypriot parents is a British professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
He is most well known as the winner of the sixth series of the popular Late Night Poker television series during his time living in the United Kingdom, where he defeated Austria's Jin Cai Lin in the final heads-up encounter to take the £60,000 first prize.
[2] Costa has made four final tables at the World Series of Poker (WSOP): Costa was nominated for both the 2002 and 2003 European Poker Player of the Year awards.
[8] Outside the poker world, Costa's favourite movie is Groundhog Day, and he is a big fan of James Stewart.
His niece, Maria Demetriou, also has numerous poker results to her credit.