Espen Jorstad won’t go down in poker historical past as a one-hit marvel, that’s for certain. The 2022 World Series of Poker fundamental occasion champion has discovered loads of success after taking down the most important poker event of the yr for a $10,000,000 payday. The Norwegian poker professional has recorded 49 in-the-money finishes since that career-defining triumph, including practically $7.7 million to his profession haul.
As a outcome, he’s now approaching $18.6 million in lifetime cashes, which implies that he can be the Norwegian cash chief even when one eliminated his eight-figure win within the huge dance from consideration (second-ranked Kayhan Mokri has $7.8 million in recorded scores to his identify.
Jorstad’s newest rating noticed him defeat a subject of 34 entries within the first of a number of €25,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em excessive rollers working at this yr’s European Poker Tour Prague pageant. He earned $294,150 and 336 Card Player Player of the Year factors because the champion. This was his second POY-qualified rating of 2024. While he did log a large $2.2 million money final month in a $200,000 buy-in on the Triton Monte Carlo cease, it got here in an invitational occasion that didn’t award factors.
The $855,950 prize pool for this occasion was ultimately paid out among the many prime seven finishers, with Morten Klein getting solely a fraction of his buy-in again because the seventh-place finisher after a deal was struck by the remaining gamers. Viacheslav Buldygin (sixth – $59,890) and Nikita Kuznetsov (fifth – $76,002) have been the primary two contenders to stroll away with full-sized payouts.
Czech native Roman Hrabec was the subsequent to fall. He shoved from the small blind with J-8, solely to obtain a snap name from Jorstad’s pocket aces within the huge blind. Jorstad’s overpair held up and Hrabec was eradicated in fourth place ($97,414). This was the tenth final-table end of the yr for Hrabec, with three titles received together with a large win within the Triton Jeju fundamental occasion for over $4.3 million. He now sits in fifteenth place within the 2024 POY standings offered by Global Poker.
The event got here to an finish by way of a three-way all-in. Ilya Nikiforov shoved from the button for five.5 huge blinds from the button with J
10
and bracelet winner Enrico Camosci re-shoved from the small blind with 9
9 for round 13 huge blinds. Jorstad spent some time mulling over the choice, however ultimately made the decision with A10. The board got here down Q85J
A and Jorstad made a pair of aces on the top to attain the double knockout. Nikiforov earned $131,652 because the third-place finisher, whereas Camosci walked away with $191,542 because the runner-up. This was the eleventh ultimate desk of 2024 for Camosci, who climbed to 18th place within the POY rankings due to this second-place displaying.
Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the ultimate desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Espen Jorstad | $294,150 | 336 |
| 2 | Enrico Camosci | $191,542 | 280 |
| 3 | Ilya Nikiforov | $131,652 | 224 |
| 4 | Roman Hrabec | $97,414 | 168 |
| 5 | Nikita Kuznetsov | $76,002 | 140 |
| 6 | Viacheslav Buldygin | $59,890 | 112 |
| 7 | Morten Klein | $5,300 | 84 |
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