2022 World Series of Poker

The 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was the 53rd edition of the event and run from May 31-July 20. After being held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino since 2005, the event moved to Bally's Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas for the first time.[1]

2022 World Series of Poker
LocationBally's Las Vegas and
Paris Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesMay 31 – July 20
Champion
Norway Espen Jørstad
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There were 88 bracelet events on the schedule, including the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event beginning on July 3. The series culminated with the Tournament of Champions, a freeroll with a $1 million prize pool open to the year's bracelet and circuit ring winners.[2]

Event schedule edit

 
David Peters won his fourth bracelet in Event #2
 
Scott Seiver won his fourth bracelet in Event #3
 
Dan Smith won his first bracelet in Event #6
 
Jake Schindler won his first bracelet in Event #12
 
Brian Altman won his first bracelet in Online Event #3
 
Brian Hastings won his sixth bracelet in Event #31
 
Steve Albini won his second bracelet in Event #32
 
Alex Foxen won his first bracelet in Event #50
 
Daniel Cates won his second bracelet in Event #56
 
Eli Elezra won his fifth bracelet in Event #63
 
Hong Jin-ho won his first bracelet in Event #76

Source: [3]

Key: (bracelets won in 2022/bracelets won in career)

High stakes event ($10,000+ buy-in).
No points awarded towards Player of the Year.
Online event.
# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up Results
1 $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em 832   Kate Kopp (1/1) $65,168   Wyatt Frost Results
2 $100,000 High Roller Bounty No-Limit Hold'em 46   David Peters (1/4) $1,166,810   Chance Kornuth (0/3) Results
3 $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 752   Scott Seiver (1/4) $320,059   Alexander Farahi Results
4 $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed 430   Brad Ruben (1/4) $126,288   Jaswinder Lally (0/1) Results
5 $500 The Housewarming No-Limit Hold'em 20,080   Henrieto Acain (1/1) $701,215   Jared Kingery Results
6 $25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship 64   Dan Smith (1/1) $509,717   Christoph Vogelsang Results
7 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 1,086   Amnon Filippi (1/1) $252,718   Matt Vengrin Results
8 $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 251   Chad Eveslage (1/1) $1,415,610   Jake Schindler Results
9 $1,500 Seven Card Stud 329   Alex Livingston (1/1) $103,282   Daniel Weinman Results
10 $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship 123   Ben Diebold (1/1) $299,488   Mike Gorodinsky (0/2) Results
o1 $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout 218   Norbert Szecsi (1/3) $288,850   Tony Dunst (0/2)
o2 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Big $500 1,213   Manig Löser (1/2) $127,153   Brian Battistone
11 $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 5,715   Raj Vohra (1/1) $335,286   Qing Liu Results
12 $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 101   Jake Schindler (1/1) $1,328,068   Brek Schutten Results
13 $1,500 Limit Hold'em 522   Michael Moncek (1/1) $145,856   Ben Ross Results
14 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed 2,392   Leo Soma (1/1) $456,889   Thomas Schultz Results
15 $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 196   Daniel Zack (1/2) $440,757   Dustin Dirksen Results
16 $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 1,240   Stefan Lehner (1/1) $558,616   Toby Boas Results
17 $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball 309   Dominick Sarle (1/1) $164,243   Jerry Wong Results
18 $1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 2,663   Bryan Schultz (1/1) $330,057   Young Sik Eum Results
19 $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha 264   Tong Li (1/1) $1,467,739   Fabian Brandes Results
20 $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw 350   Denis Nesterenko (1/1) $108,250   Von Altizer Results
21 $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em 6,501   Mike Jukich (1/1) $966,577   Mateusz Moolhuizen Results
22 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship 95   Adam Friedman (1/5) $248,254   Jean Gaspard (0/1) Results
23 $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed 213   Jeremy Ausmus (1/4) $142,147   Michael Rocco (0/1) Results
24 $1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold'em 1,329   Christopher Chatman (1/1) $187,770   Rafi Elharar Results
25 $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 4,062   Rajaee Wazwaz (1/1) $358,346   Robert Crow Results
26 $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship 92   Jonathan Cohen (1/1) $245,678   Kyle Dilschneider Results
o3 $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack 1,641   Brian Altman (1/1) $110,662   Eric Salazar
27 $1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold'em 1,000   Michael Simhai (1/1) $240,480   David Dowdy Results
28 $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha 106   Robert Cowen (1/2) $1,393,816   Dash Dudley (0/2) Results
29 $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw 437   Maxx Coleman (1/1) $127,809   Thomas Newton Results
30 $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed 1,891   Daniel Weinman (1/1) $255,359   Jamey Hendrikson Results
31 $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship 118   Brian Hastings (1/6) $292,146   Eric Wasserson Results
32 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. 773   Steve Albini (1/2) $196,089   James Morgan Results
33 $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed 1,348   Nino Ullmann (1/1) $594,079   Timothy Flank Results
34 $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 1,774   Justin Pechie (1/2) $364,899   Samuel Bifarella Results
35 $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event 281   Lok Chan (1/1) $144,338   Drew Scott Results
36 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 471   Ali Eslami (1/1) $135,260   Chris Papastratis Results
37 $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em 7,961   Yuliyan Kolev (1/2) $1,125,189   Oren Rosen Results
38 $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship 121   Pedro Bromfman (1/1) $294,616   Scott Seiver (1/4) Results
39 $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed 719   Fabian Brandes (1/1) $371,358   Leonid Yanovski Results
40 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 137   Daniel Zack (2/3) $324,174   David Funkhouser Results
41 $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em 2,227   Ramsey Stovall (1/1) $191,223   Timothy Heng Results
42 $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 62   Aleksejs Ponakovs (1/2) $1,897,363   Phil Ivey (0/10) Results
o4 $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max 470   Matt Szymaszek (1/1) $141,705   Greg Koutelidakis
43 $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 4,786   David Perry (1/1) $241,729   Chris Moorman (0/2) Results
44 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship 192   Andrew Yeh (1/1) $487,129   Craig Chait Results
45 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 1,437   Phil Hui (1/3) $311,782   Daniel Tordjman Results
46 $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed 920   Jonathan Pastore (1/1) $771,765   Stephen Song (0/1) Results
47 $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship 7,188   Eric Smidinger (1/1) $694,909   Ben Sarnoff Results
48 $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed 695   Menikos Panagiotou (1/1) $180,783   Nick Yunis Results
49 $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em 1,977   Simeon Spasov (1/1) $527,944   Mike Watson Results
50 $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 56   Alex Foxen (1/1) $4,563,700   Brandon Steven Results
51 $400 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em 13,565   Paul Hizer (1/1) $414,490   Sam Laskowitz Results
52 $2,500 Nine Game Mix 6-Handed 456   Kijoon Park (1/1) $219,799   André Akkari (0/1) Results
53 $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha 788   João Simão (1/2) $686,242   Marius Gierse Results
54 $500 Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold'em 3,209   James Todd (1/1) $161,256   Brett Coltman Results
55 $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em 913   Espen Jørstad (1/1)
  Patrick Leonard (1/1)
$74,042   Jamie Kerstetter
  Corey Paggeot
Results
56 $50,000 Poker Players Championship 112   Daniel Cates (1/2) $1,449,103   Yuri Dzivielevski (0/2) Results
o5 $600 Online Deepstack Championship 1,248   William Corvino (1/1) $149,319   Pavel Plesuv
57 $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em 4,913   Tamas Lendvai (1/1) $299,464   Frank Reichel Results
58 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 1,303   Lawrence Brandt (1/1) $289,610   Corey Wade Results
59 $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em 2,668   Massoud Eskandari (1/1) $330,609   Jennifer Gianera Results
60 $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em 110   Shota Nakanishi (1/1) $277,212   Ben Lamb (0/1) Results
o6 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack 1,746   Martin Stoyanov (1/1) $132,783   Arkadiy Tsinis (0/1)
61 $10,000/$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship 1,074   Jessica Teusl (1/1) $166,975   Julie Le Results
62 $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em 2,569   Dash Dudley (1/3) $301,396   David Sanchez Results
63 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 284   Eli Elezra (1/5) $611,362   Chino Rheem Results
64 $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack 2,858   Konstantin Angelov (1/1) $199,466   Gregg Merkow Results
65 $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 1,359   David Jackson (1/2) $598,173   Phil Hellmuth (0/16) Results
66 $1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em 5,832   Young Sik Eum (1/1) $594,189   Cosmin Joldis Results
67 $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em 419   Nacho Barbero (1/1) $587,520   Fabiano Kovalski Results
68 $1,000 Million Dollar Bounty No-Limit Hold'em 14,112   Quincy Borland (1/1) $750,120   Kevin Hong Results
69 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship 683   Sean Troha (1/1) $1,246,770   Shiva Dudani Results
70 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event 8,663   Espen Jørstad (2/2) $10,000,000   Adrian Attenborough Results
o7 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 2,161   Sane Chung (1/1) $149,729   Dylan Smith
71 $1,111 One More for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em 5,702   Mike Allis (1/1) $535,610   Ryan Riess (0/1) Results
72 $1,500 Mixed Omaha 771   Bradley Anderson (1/1) $195,565   Scott Abrams Results
73 $1,500 Razz 383   Daniel Strelitz (1/2) $115,723   Lynda Tran Results
74 $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha 1,390   Pei Li (1/1) $190,219   Nolan King Results
75 $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em 6,891   Gregory Teboul (1/1) $777,777   Rodney Turvin Results
76 $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold'em 865   Hong Jin-ho (1/1) $276,067   Punnat Punsri Results
o8 $7,777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 161   Harry Lodge (1/1) $396,366   Andrew Robl
o9 $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Online Championship 994   Yevgeniy Minakrin (1/1) $238,315   Dragos Trofimov
77 $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha 1,234   Sandeep Pulusani (1/2) $277,949   Esther Taylor-Brady Results
78 $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em 1,364   Sebastien Aube (1/1) $499,636   Julien Loire Results
79 $10,000 Razz Championship 125   Julien Martini (1/4) $328,906   Hal Rotholz Results
o10 $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 8-Max 340   Julien Perouse (1/1) $324,767   Calvin Anderson (0/2)
80 $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack 2,107   Romans Voitovs (1/1) $158,609   Michael Dobbs Results
81 $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed 756   Mo Arani (1/1) $665,459   Johannes Straver Results
82 $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 8-Handed 2,812   Richard Alsup (1/1) $272,065   Gary Whitehead Results
83 $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 97   João Vieira (1/2) $1,384,413   Lander Lijo Results
84 $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. 327   Lawrence Brandt (2/2) $205,139   Roberto Marin Results
85 $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em 2,968   Minh Nguyen (1/1) $536,280   Ahmed Karrim Results
86 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship 394   Gregory Jensen (1/1) $824,649   Pavel Plesuv Results
87 $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed 573   Michael Wang (1/2) $541,604   Farid Jattin Results
o11 $777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's Second Chance 781   Fred Li (1/1) $159,060   Zach Okin
88 $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em 1,282   Jaspal Brar (1/1) $190,731   Jesse Lonis Results
o12 $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout Encore 245   Gianluca Speranza (1/1) $324,625   Paul Scaturro
o13 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver 1,189   Shaun O'Donnell (1/1) $125,330   Benjamin Chung
89 WSOP Tournament of Champions 470   Benjamin Kaupp (1/1) $250,000   Raul Garza Results

Michigan Online edit

# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up
1 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Big 500 242   Brett Blackwood (1/1) $35,559   Andrew Rosen
2 $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack 275   Todd Estes (1/1) $27,896   Corey Paggeot
3 $500 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max 141   John Macleod (1/1) $21,387   Timothy Mulroy
4 $600 Online Deepstack Championship 176   Adam Kittle (1/1) $30,420   Marcus Norman
5 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 180   Freddie Kirkland (1/1) $26,038   Christopher Hando
6 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Online Bracelet Championship 108   Cade Lautenbacher (1/1) $28,829   Robert Gincott
7 $777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's 98   Ryan Hiller (1/1) $21,947   Joseph Cervo
8 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver 179   Matthew Garza (1/1) $27,824   Germandio Andoni

Pennsylvania Online edit

# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up
1 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Big 500 204   Joseph Kuczewski (1/1) $30,970   Michael Duffy
2 $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack 218   Christopher Perkins (1/1) $24,960   Kyle Lorenz
3 $500 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max 90   Mark Dellavecchio (1/1) $17,292   Robert Lavin
4 $600 Online Deepstack Championship 153   Stephen Jarrett (1/1) $26,979   Joshua Berardi
5 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 136   Jonas Wexler (1/1) $19,615   Anthony Garofalo
6 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Online Bracelet Championship 94   Alex Schwint (1/1) $27,055   Jonas Wexler (1/1)
7 $777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's 89   Peter Williamson (1/1) $20,519   Ryan Messick
8 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver 166   Ryan Messick (1/1) $24,300   Michael McNeil

Player of the Year edit

Final standings as of July 19 (note: does not include events from the 2022 WSOP Online series or the 2022 WSOP Europe series):

Standings[4]
Rank Name Points Bracelets
1   Daniel Zack 4,530.64 2
2   Daniel Weinman 4,040.20 1
3   Koray Aldemir 3,275.02 0
4   Shaun Deeb 3,197.65 0
5   David Peters 2,982.08 1
6   Yueqi Zhu 2,766.27 0
7   João Vieira 2,752.88 1
8   João Simão 2,735.76 1
9   Alex Foxen 2,548.47 1
10   Brian Rast 2,520.06 0

Main Event edit

The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 3.

Performance of past champions edit

Name Championship
Year(s)
Day of
Elimination
Johnny Chan 1987, 1988 2D
Phil Hellmuth 1989 2ABC
Scotty Nguyen 1998 3
Chris Moneymaker 2003 4 (1198th)*
Greg Raymer 2004 1C
Joe Hachem 2005 2D
Joe Cada 2009 2ABC
Greg Merson 2012 4 (610th)*
Ryan Riess 2013 4 (1182nd)*
Martin Jacobson 2014 2ABC
Joe McKeehen 2015 3
Qui Nguyen 2016 2ABC
John Cynn 2018 4 (550th)*
Hossein Ensan 2019 1C
Damian Salas 2020 7 (27th)*
Koray Aldemir 2021 6 (75th)*

*- Denotes player who finished in the money

Other notable high finishes edit

NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place Name Prize
17th Kenny Tran $410,000
27th Damian Salas $262,300
35th Marco Johnson $262,300
75th Koray Aldemir $101,700

Final Table edit

Name Number of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
  Matthew Su 80,800,000 (15.5%) 0 0 0
  Matija Dobric 78,950,000 (15.2%) 0 11 $235,513
  Espen Jørstad 68,400,000 (13.2%) 1 22 $810,052
  Michael Duek 65,075,000 (12.5%) 0 4 $608,839
  Jeffrey Farnes 56,150,000 (10.8%) 0 6 $27,509
  Aaron Duczak 55,400,000 (10.7%) 0 35 $144,269
  John Eames 54,950,000 (10.6%) 0 18 $273,286
  Adrian Attenborough 44,200,000 (8.5%) 0 5 $27,659
  Philippe Souki 15,900,000 (3.1%) 0 7 $39,067

*Career statistics prior to the Main Event

Final Table results edit

Place Name Prize
1st Espen Jørstad $10,000,000
2nd Adrian Attenborough $6,000,000
3rd Michael Duek $4,000,000
4th John Eames $3,000,000
5th Matija Dobric $2,250,000
6th Jeffrey Farnes $1,750,000
7th Aaron Duczak $1,350,000
8th Philippe Souki $1,075,000
9th Matthew Su $850,675

References edit

  1. ^ Ryder, Chelsea (November 17, 2021). "THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER MOVES TO THE STRIP AT BALLYS AND PARIS LAS VEGAS IN 2022". WSOP.com. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  2. ^ Sofen, Jon (February 23, 2022). "2022 WSOP Schedule Released; 88 Live Bracelet Events, Vax Requirement Out". PokerNews.com. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 WSOP schedule" (PDF). WSOP.com. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "WSOP Player of the Year standings". WSOP.com.

External links edit