Английская Википедия:Espen Jørstad

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Espen Uhlen Jørstad (born May 1988) is a Norwegian professional poker player currently residing in London, England. In 2022, he won the World Series of Poker Main Event for $10,000,000.

Career

Jørstad obtained a Masters degree in brewing science from the University of Copenhagen and worked at a brewery before his poker career.[1]

He started streaming on Twitch in 2016[2] under alias uhlenpoker as a sponsored Unibet poker pro,[3] before rebranding to group channel overbetexpress.[4]

Playing under the names "Hymn2ninkasi" on PokerStars and "COVFEFE-19" on GGPoker, Jørstad primarily focused on cash games.[5] He reached his first World Series of Poker final table in 2020, finishing in fifth place in a $400 Fifty Stack event during the WSOP Online. In 2021, he was sixth in the WSOP Online Main Event, earning $603,058.[6]

Jørstad won his first WSOP bracelet in 2022, partnering with Patrick Leonard in the Tag Team event.[7] In the Main Event, he made the final table in a field of 8,663, the second-largest in WSOP history, and went heads-up against Adrian Attenborough. On the 19th hand of heads-up play, Jørstad shoved all in on a board of Шаблон:Cards and Attenborough called with Шаблон:Cards. Jørstad had Шаблон:Cards for a full house to win the championship. He became the first Main Event champion from Norway.[8]

As of 2023, Jørstad's total live earnings exceed $15,042,000, placing him in first on Norway's all-time money list.[9][10]

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year Tournament Prize (US$)
2022 $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em
(w/ Patrick Leonard)
$74,042
2022 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event $10,000,000

References

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External links

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