2022 World Series of Poker explained

Competition:2022 World Series of Poker
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Dates:May 31 – July 20
Champion: Espen Jørstad
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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]

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

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.
EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1$500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em832 Kate Kopp (1/1)$65,168 Wyatt FrostResults
2$100,000 High Roller Bounty No-Limit Hold'em46 David Peters (1/4)$1,166,810 Chance Kornuth (0/3)Results
3$2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em752 Scott Seiver (1/4)$320,059 Alexander FarahiResults
4$1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed430 Brad Ruben (1/4)$126,288 Jaswinder Lally (0/1)Results
5$500 The Housewarming No-Limit Hold'em20,080 Henrieto Acain (1/1)$701,215 Jared KingeryResults
6$25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship64 Dan Smith (1/1)$509,717 Christoph VogelsangResults
7$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better1,086 Amnon Filippi (1/1)$252,718 Matt VengrinResults
8$25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em251 Chad Eveslage (1/1)$1,415,610 Jake SchindlerResults
9$1,500 Seven Card Stud329 Alex Livingston (1/1)$103,282 Daniel WeinmanResults
10$10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship123 Ben Diebold (1/1)$299,488 Mike Gorodinsky (0/2)Results
o1$5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout218 Norbert Szecsi (1/3)$288,850 Tony Dunst (0/2)
o2$500 No-Limit Hold'em Big $5001,213 Manig Löser (1/2)$127,153 Brian Battistone
11$600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack5,715 Raj Vohra (1/1)$335,286 Qing LiuResults
12$50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 101 Jake Schindler (1/1)$1,328,068 Brek SchuttenResults
13$1,500 Limit Hold'em522 Michael Moncek (1/1)$145,856 Ben RossResults
14$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed2,392 Leo Soma (1/1)$456,889 Thomas SchultzResults
15$10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship196 Daniel Zack (1/2)$440,757 Dustin DirksenResults
16$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em1,240 Stefan Lehner (1/1)$558,616 Toby BoasResults
17$2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball309 Dominick Sarle (1/1)$164,243 Jerry WongResults
18$1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em2,663 Bryan Schultz (1/1)$330,057 Young Sik EumResults
19$25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha264 Tong Li (1/1)$1,467,739 Fabian BrandesResults
20$1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw350 Denis Nesterenko (1/1)$108,250 Von AltizerResults
21$1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em6,501 Mike Jukich (1/1)$966,577 Mateusz MoolhuizenResults
22$10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship95 Adam Friedman (1/5)$248,254 Jean Gaspard (0/1)Results
23$3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed213 Jeremy Ausmus (1/4)$142,147 Michael Rocco (0/1)Results
24$1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold'em1,329 Christopher Chatman (1/1)$187,770 Rafi ElhararResults
25$800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack4,062 Rajaee Wazwaz (1/1)$358,346 Robert CrowResults
26$10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship92 Jonathan Cohen (1/1)$245,678 Kyle DilschneiderResults
o3$400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack1,641 Brian Altman (1/1)$110,662 Eric Salazar
27$1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold'em1,000 Michael Simhai (1/1)$240,480 David DowdyResults
28$50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha106 Robert Cowen (1/2)$1,393,816 Dash Dudley (0/2)Results
29$1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw437 Maxx Coleman (1/1)$127,809 Thomas NewtonResults
30$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed1,891 Daniel Weinman (1/1)$255,359 Jamey HendriksonResults
31$10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship118 Brian Hastings (1/6)$292,146 Eric WassersonResults
32$1,500 H.O.R.S.E.773 Steve Albini (1/2)$196,089 James MorganResults
33$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed1,348 Nino Ullmann (1/1)$594,079 Timothy FlankResults
34$1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em1,774 Justin Pechie (1/2)$364,899 Samuel BifarellaResults
35$2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event281 Lok Chan (1/1)$144,338 Drew ScottResults
36$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better471 Ali Eslami (1/1)$135,260 Chris PapastratisResults
37$1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em7,961 Yuliyan Kolev (1/2)$1,125,189 Oren RosenResults
38$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship121 Pedro Bromfman (1/1)$294,616 Scott Seiver (1/4)Results
39$3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed719 Fabian Brandes (1/1)$371,358 Leonid YanovskiResults
40$10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship137 Daniel Zack (2/3)$324,174 David FunkhouserResults
41$1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em2,227 Ramsey Stovall (1/1)$191,223 Timothy HengResults
42$100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em62 Aleksejs Ponakovs (1/2)$1,897,363 Phil Ivey (0/10)Results
o4$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max470 Matt Szymaszek (1/1)$141,705 Greg Koutelidakis
43$500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em4,786 David Perry (1/1)$241,729 Chris Moorman (0/2)Results
44$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship192 Andrew Yeh (1/1)$487,129 Craig ChaitResults
45$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha1,437 Phil Hui (1/3)$311,782 Daniel TordjmanResults
46$5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed920 Jonathan Pastore (1/1)$771,765 Stephen Song (0/1)Results
47$1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship7,188 Eric Smidinger (1/1)$694,909 Ben SarnoffResults
48$1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed695 Menikos Panagiotou (1/1)$180,783 Nick YunisResults
49$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em1,977 Simeon Spasov (1/1)$527,944 Mike WatsonResults
50$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em56 Alex Foxen (1/1)$4,563,700 Brandon StevenResults
51$400 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em13,565 Paul Hizer (1/1)$414,490 Sam LaskowitzResults
52$2,500 Nine Game Mix 6-Handed456 Kijoon Park (1/1)$219,799 André Akkari (0/1)Results
53$5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha788 João Simão (1/2)$686,242 Marius GierseResults
54$500 Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold'em3,209 James Todd (1/1)$161,256 Brett ColtmanResults
55$1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em913 Espen Jørstad (1/1)
Patrick Leonard (1/1)
$74,042 Jamie Kerstetter
Corey Paggeot
Results
56$50,000 Poker Players Championship112 Daniel Cates (1/2)$1,449,103 Yuri Dzivielevski (0/2)Results
o5$600 Online Deepstack Championship1,248 William Corvino (1/1)$149,319 Pavel Plesuv
57$600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em4,913 Tamas Lendvai (1/1)$299,464 Frank ReichelResults
58$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better1,303 Lawrence Brandt (1/1)$289,610 Corey WadeResults
59$1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em2,668 Massoud Eskandari (1/1)$330,609 Jennifer GianeraResults
60$10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em110 Shota Nakanishi (1/1)$277,212 Ben Lamb (0/1)Results
o6$500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack1,746 Martin Stoyanov (1/1)$132,783 Arkadiy Tsinis (0/1)
61$10,000/$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship1,074 Jessica Teusl (1/1)$166,975 Julie LeResults
62$1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em2,569 Dash Dudley (1/3)$301,396 David SanchezResults
63$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship284 Eli Elezra (1/5)$611,362 Chino RheemResults
64$600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack2,858 Konstantin Angelov (1/1)$199,466 Gregg MerkowResults
65$3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em1,359 David Jackson (1/2)$598,173 Phil Hellmuth (0/16)Results
66$1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em5,832 Young Sik Eum (1/1)$594,189 Cosmin JoldisResults
67$10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em419 Nacho Barbero (1/1)$587,520 Fabiano KovalskiResults
68$1,000 Million Dollar Bounty No-Limit Hold'em14,112 Quincy Borland (1/1)$750,120 Kevin HongResults
69$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship683 Sean Troha (1/1)$1,246,770 Shiva DudaniResults
70$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event8,663 Espen Jørstad (2/2)$10,000,000 Adrian AttenboroughResults
o7$500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack2,161 Sane Chung (1/1)$149,729 Dylan Smith
71$1,111 One More for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em5,702 Mike Allis (1/1)$535,610 Ryan Riess (0/1)Results
72$1,500 Mixed Omaha771 Bradley Anderson (1/1)$195,565 Scott AbramsResults
73$1,500 Razz383 Daniel Strelitz (1/2)$115,723 Lynda TranResults
74$1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha1,390 Pei Li (1/1)$190,219 Nolan KingResults
75$777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em6,891 Gregory Teboul (1/1)$777,777 Rodney TurvinResults
76$1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold'em865 Hong Jin-ho (1/1)$276,067 Punnat PunsriResults
o8$7,777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em High Roller161 Harry Lodge (1/1)$396,366 Andrew Robl
o9$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Online Championship994 Yevgeniy Minakrin (1/1)$238,315 Dragos Trofimov
77$1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha1,234 Sandeep Pulusani (1/2)$277,949 Esther Taylor-BradyResults
78$2,500 No-Limit Hold'em1,364 Sebastien Aube (1/1)$499,636 Julien LoireResults
79$10,000 Razz Championship125 Julien Martini (1/4)$328,906 Hal RotholzResults
o10$3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 8-Max340 Julien Perouse (1/1)$324,767 Calvin Anderson (0/2)
80$600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack2,107 Romans Voitovs (1/1)$158,609 Michael DobbsResults
81$5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed756 Mo Arani (1/1)$665,459 Johannes StraverResults
82$800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 8-Handed2,812 Richard Alsup (1/1)$272,065 Gary WhiteheadResults
83$50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em97 João Vieira (1/2)$1,384,413 Lander LijoResults
84$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.327 Lawrence Brandt (2/2)$205,139 Roberto MarinResults
85$1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em2,968 Minh Nguyen (1/1)$536,280 Ahmed KarrimResults
86$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship394 Gregory Jensen (1/1)$824,649 Pavel PlesuvResults
87$5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed573 Michael Wang (1/2)$541,604 Farid JattinResults
o11$777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's Second Chance781 Fred Li (1/1)$159,060 Zach Okin
88$1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em1,282 Jaspal Brar (1/1)$190,731 Jesse LonisResults
o12$5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout Encore245 Gianluca Speranza (1/1)$324,625 Paul Scaturro
o13$500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver1,189 Shaun O'Donnell (1/1)$125,330 Benjamin Chung
89WSOP Tournament of Champions470 Benjamin Kaupp (1/1)$250,000 Raul GarzaResults

Michigan Online

EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-up
o1$500 No-Limit Hold'em Big 500242 Brett Blackwood (1/1)$35,559 Andrew Rosen
o2$400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack275 Todd Estes (1/1)$27,896 Corey Paggeot
o3$500 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max141 John Macleod (1/1)$21,387 Timothy Mulroy
o4$600 Online Deepstack Championship176 Adam Kittle (1/1)$30,420 Marcus Norman
o5$500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack180 Freddie Kirkland (1/1)$26,038 Christopher Hando
o6$500 No-Limit Hold'em Online Bracelet Championship108 Cade Lautenbacher (1/1)$28,829 Robert Gincott
o7$777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's98 Ryan Hiller (1/1)$21,947 Joseph Cervo
o8$500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver179 Matthew Garza (1/1)$27,824 Germandio Andoni

Pennsylvania Online

EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-up
o1$500 No-Limit Hold'em Big 500204 Joseph Kuczewski (1/1)$30,970 Michael Duffy
o2$400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack218 Christopher Perkins (1/1)$24,960 Kyle Lorenz
o3$500 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max90 Mark Dellavecchio (1/1)$17,292 Robert Lavin
o4$600 Online Deepstack Championship153 Stephen Jarrett (1/1)$26,979 Joshua Berardi
o5$500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack136 Jonas Wexler (1/1)$19,615 Anthony Garofalo
o6$500 No-Limit Hold'em Online Bracelet Championship94 Alex Schwint (1/1)$27,055 Jonas Wexler (1/1)
o7$777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's89 Peter Williamson (1/1)$20,519 Ryan Messick
o8$500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver166 Ryan Messick (1/1)$24,300 Michael McNeil

Player of the Year

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]
RankNamePointsBracelets
1 Daniel Zack4,530.642
2 Daniel Weinman4,040.201
3 Koray Aldemir3,275.020
4 Shaun Deeb3,197.650
5 David Peters2,982.081
6 Yueqi Zhu2,766.270
7 João Vieira2,752.881
8 João Simão2,735.761
9 Alex Foxen2,548.471
10 Brian Rast2,520.060

Main Event

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

Performance of past champions

NameChampionship
Year(s)
Day of
Elimination
Johnny Chan1987, 19882D
Phil Hellmuth19892ABC
Scotty Nguyen19983
Chris Moneymaker20034 (1198th)*
Greg Raymer20041C
Joe Hachem20052D
Joe Cada20092ABC
Greg Merson2012data-sort-value="4.2"4 (610th)*
Ryan Riess2013data-sort-value="4.1"4 (1182nd)*
Martin Jacobson20142ABC
Joe McKeehen20153
Qui Nguyen20162ABC
John Cynn2018data-sort-value="4.3"4 (550th)*
Hossein Ensan20191C
Damian Salas20207 (27th)*
Koray Aldemir20216 (75th)*

Other notable high finishes

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

PlaceName Prize
17thKenny Tran$410,000
27thDamian Salas$262,300
35thMarco Johnson$262,300
75thKoray Aldemir$101,700

Final Table

NameNumber 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
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

Final Table results

PlaceNamePrize
1st $10,000,000
2nd $6,000,000
3rd $4,000,000
4th $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

Notes and References

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