The 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has concluded from Bally’s and Paris on the Las Vegas Strip with Espen Jorstad winning the WSOP Main Event, and Dan Zack being crowned WSOP Player of the Year.
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Espen Jorstad wins $10,000,000
The second-largest WSOP Main Event in history attracted 8,663 players as Norweigan Espen Jorstad defeated Australian Adrian Attenborough. This was Jorstad’s second WSOP bracelet of the series after he won the $1,000 Tag Team with England’s Patrick Leonard.
“I think it’s going to mean more in a few days when it sinks in,” Jorstad told PokerGO following the final hand. “Right now it just feels absurd. I was just so focused on this match. I came in today to just play poker. I tried not to think too much about what was at stake here. I was just trying to play the best poker.”
Jorstad now joins a list of Europeans to win the WSOP Main Event that includes Koray Aldemir (2021), Hossein Ensan (2019), Martin Jacobson (2014), Pius Heinz (2011), Peter Eastgate (2008), Carlos Mortensen (2001), and Noel Furlong (1999).
Dan Zack Crowned Player of the Year
Dan Zack has always dreamed of winning WSOP Player of the Year, and after several close calls, he now adds the 2022 WSOP Player of the Year award to his long list of poker accomplishments.
Having one his first WSOP bracelet in 2019, Zack was able to add two during 2022 when he won the Omaha Hi-Lo Championship and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Championship. On the back of his two bracelet wins, two additional final tables, and 16 total cashes, Zack held off Daniel Weinman in the final weeks of the series.
| Event # | Tournament Name | Place | Prize |
| Event #5 | $500 No-Limit Hold'em The Housewarming | 200th | $4,805 |
| Event #15 | $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship | 1st | $440,757 |
| Event #24 | $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Flip & Go presented by GGPoker | 43rd | $4,330 |
| Event #30 | $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 166th | $2,004 |
| Event #31 | $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship | 3rd | $129,670 |
| Event #40 | $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Championship | 1st | $324,174 |
| Event #46 | $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 91st | $8,807 |
| Event #50 | $250,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller | 8th | $488,095 |
| Event #53 | $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em / Pot-Limit Omaha | 91st | $8,761 |
| Event #58 | $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo | 48th | $5,294 |
| Event #63 | $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship | 23rd | $20,214 |
| Event #68 | $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Million Dollar Bounty | 492nd | $3,841 |
| Online Event | $500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack | 63rd | $2,238 |
| Event #74 | $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty | 149th | $1,645 |
| Event #75 | $777 No-Limit Hold'm Lucky 7's 7-Handed | 188th | $3,200 |
| Event #80 | $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em / Pot-Limit Omaha | 12th | $9,092 |
Benjamin Kaupp Wins Tournament of Champions
The final event of the 2022 WSOP would allow players to compete for a $1,000,000 freeroll. Players eligible included all 2022 WSOP bracelet winners and WSOP-C ring winners from the past year.
The list of eligible players sat at 575, but only 470 entered the Tournament of Champions. The top 60 players finished in the money as Zack, Aleksejs Ponakovs, Maxx Coleman, Daniel Strelitz, and Dan Smith collected one final WSOP cash for the series.
The final table was streamed on PokerGO, and Benjamin Kaupp emerged victorious to win the $250,000 first–place prize, and his first WSOP bracelet. Kaupp qualified for the Tournament of Champions by winning a $215 No-Limit Hold’em event for $14,954 at WSOP-C Online Circuit Pennsylvania.
WSOP 2022 Final Numbers
Between WSOP on the Las Vegas Strip, WSOP Online in Nevada, New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennslyvania, a total of 118 events were held for the 2022 WSOP.
More than 198,000 players entered events as prize pools of over $344 million were generated. 29,916 players finished in the money, while the 119 WSOP bracelet winners took home more than $58.8 million in prize money.
There were more than 100 countries in attendance at the 2022 WSOP, and 21 of those collected bracelets. The United States of America won 80 of them, while Canada and France won six and four, respectively.
The WSOP season isn’t over as WSOP Europe is set to take place at King’s Resort in Czech Republic from October 26 to November 16 with 15 gold bracelets awarded.
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