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

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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

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# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up
o1 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Big 500 242   Brett Blackwood (1/1) $35,559   Andrew Rosen
o2 $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack 275   Todd Estes (1/1) $27,896   Corey Paggeot
o3 $500 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max 141   John Macleod (1/1) $21,387   Timothy Mulroy
o4 $600 Online Deepstack Championship 176   Adam Kittle (1/1) $30,420   Marcus Norman
o5 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 180   Freddie Kirkland (1/1) $26,038   Christopher Hando
o6 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Online Bracelet Championship 108   Cade Lautenbacher (1/1) $28,829   Robert Gincott
o7 $777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's 98   Ryan Hiller (1/1) $21,947   Joseph Cervo
o8 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver 179   Matthew Garza (1/1) $27,824   Germandio Andoni

Pennsylvania Online

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# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up
o1 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Big 500 204   Joseph Kuczewski (1/1) $30,970   Michael Duffy
o2 $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack 218   Christopher Perkins (1/1) $24,960   Kyle Lorenz
o3 $500 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max 90   Mark Dellavecchio (1/1) $17,292   Robert Lavin
o4 $600 Online Deepstack Championship 153   Stephen Jarrett (1/1) $26,979   Joshua Berardi
o5 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 136   Jonas Wexler (1/1) $19,615   Anthony Garofalo
o6 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Online Bracelet Championship 94   Alex Schwint (1/1) $27,055   Jonas Wexler (1/1)
o7 $777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's 89   Peter Williamson (1/1) $20,519   Ryan Messick
o8 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver 166   Ryan Messick (1/1) $24,300   Michael McNeil

Player of the Year

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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

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The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 3. The event had 8,663 entries, which marked the second-largest Main Event field in WSOP history, only behind 2006.[5]

Performance of past champions

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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.
  5. ^ Arora, Anuj (2022-07-11). "WSOP 2022 Main Event Fell Just Shy of Becoming Largest Ever". Poker Industry PRO. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
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