2022 World Series of Poker

Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q2
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$80,782,475
Entries
8,663
Players Info - Day 9
Entries
3
Players Left
1

Michael Duek Eliminated in 3rd Place ($4,000,000)

Michael Duek
Michael Duek

Hand #196: Adrian Attenborough raised it up to 6,000,000 on the button and Michael Duek three-bet to 23,000,000 in the small blind. The call by Attenborough followed and the duo headed to the {q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{5-Hearts} flop. Both players opted to check and that led to the {k-Spades} on the turn.

Duek now made it 17,000,000 to go and Attenborough came along to see the {3-Spades} on the river.

More than two minutes passed in which Duek carefully counted his remaining stack before he bet 52,000,000 with just 5,000,000 behind. Attenborough moved all-in and Duek muttered an expletive. He sigh-called all-in with the {k-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} for the top pair, while his opponent revealed {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs} for the nuts.

Attenborough then turned around to his rail and fistbumped as the Aussies started celebrating.

Duek's run has ended in third place and he collects $4,000,000 for his efforts. The heads-up between Attenborough and Espen Jorstad will commence shortly with the latter holding a slight chip lead.

Michael Duek Elimination
Michael Duek Elimination

"This was quite the experience," Duek told Jeff Platt afterwards. "Definitely a lot more amazing than I thought could ever been. Just being here I'm happy and grateful for the outcome.

"I'm really thankful [my family] were able to make it out here and support me. And I get to share this experience with them."

Michael Duek
Michael Duek
Player Chips Progress
Espen Jorstad no
Espen Jorstad
284,500,000
-6,000,000
-6,000,000
Adrian Attenborough au
Adrian Attenborough
235,500,000
103,000,000
103,000,000
Michael Duek ar
Michael Duek
Busted

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughEspen JorstadMichael Duek

Hands #191-195: Duek Shoves; Jorstad Pressures

Hand #191: Michael Duek raised to 6,500,000 with {7-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and Adrian Attenborough then three-bet to 22,000,000 holding the {k-Clubs}{6-Spades}. Duek folded.

Hand #192: Espen Jorstad raised the {q-Spades}{9-Spades} to 6,000,000 and Attenborough called with the {4-Spades}{4-Clubs}. Duek then three-bet all in for 89,500,000 from the big blind with the {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}. Both opponents folded and Duek took down the pot with ace-jack once more.

Hand #193: Jorstad received a walk with {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}.

Hand #194: Jorstad raised to 12,000,000 blind on blind holding the {j-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and Attenborough folded.

Hand #195: Jorstad raised to 6,000,000 with the {6-Clubs}{5-Hearts} on the button and won the blinds and big blind ante.

Player Chips Progress
Espen Jorstad no
Espen Jorstad
290,500,000
7,500,000
7,500,000
Adrian Attenborough au
Adrian Attenborough
132,500,000
-5,500,000
-5,500,000
Michael Duek ar
Michael Duek
97,000,000
-2,000,000
-2,000,000

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughEspen JorstadMichael Duek

Hands #187-190: Duek Gets a Four-Bet Shove Through

Michael Duek
Michael Duek

Hand #187: Adrian Attenborough raised to 6,000,000 on the button with the {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and Espen Jorstad called out of the big blind holding the {5-Clubs}{4-Hearts}. The flop brought {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{3-Spades} and Jorstad check-folded to a bet worth 3,000,000.

Hand #188: Jorstad limped in the small blind with the {9-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Attenborough raised to 10,500,000 in the big blind with the {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} to claim the second consecutive pot in a row.

Hand #189: Jorstad raised to 6,000,000 on the button with the {q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and Attenborough came over the top of that with a three-bet to 24,000,000, holding the {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}. Michael Duek four-bet jammed for 69,000,000 with {a-Clubs}{j-Spades} and both opponents folded.

Hand #190: Duek limped in from the small blind with {k-Spades}{6-Spades} and Jorstad checked the {4-Spades}{3-Hearts} in the big blind to see the {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} flop, which went check, check. On the {5-Spades} turn, both players checked once more and the {2-Hearts} river completed the board.

Duek checked to Jorstad, who bet 6,000,000 and that won the pot uncontested.

Player Chips Progress
Espen Jorstad no
Espen Jorstad
283,000,000
-15,000,000
-15,000,000
Adrian Attenborough au
Adrian Attenborough
138,000,000
-12,000,000
-12,000,000
Michael Duek ar
Michael Duek
99,000,000
27,000,000
27,000,000

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughEspen JorstadMichael Duek

Shuffle Up and Deal for the Final Day

The cards are in the air and the final three players are back in their seats. Some smaller chip denominations were raced off as they are no longer required for the grand finale and the action will continue with hand #187 of the final table shortly.

You can follow the live updates on PokerNews or the live broadcast on PokerGO with cards-up coverage and commentary on a delay of around 55 minutes.

Player Chips Progress
Espen Jorstad no
Espen Jorstad
298,000,000
Adrian Attenborough au
Adrian Attenborough
150,000,000
Michael Duek ar
Michael Duek
72,000,000

Jorstad, Attenborough and Duek to Battle for the 2022 WSOP Main Event Title

Final Three
Final Three

The 2022 World Series of Poker in its new home at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas will determine a champion in the second largest WSOP Main Event in history today. Only three players out of 8,663 entries remain in the pinnacle live poker event of the year and it certainly is an international line-up to battle for the elusive WSOP Main Event bracelet.

Norway's Espen Jorstad started Day 8 with the most chips and retained the top spot once the field was whittled down to the final trio last night, bagging up 298 million in chips. Jorstad has an overwhelming lead with two times as many chips as second-placed Adrian Attenborough (149.8 million), who himself is well ahead of Michael Duek from Argentina (72.1 million).

The three finalists have locked up the biggest portion of the $80,782,475 prize pool and earn at least $4 million for their efforts. Significant pay jumps await as the runner-up will collect $6 million, and the new world champion walks away with the top prize of $10 million.

Seat Assignments for the Final Day

SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Adrian AttenboroughAustralia149,800,00050
2Michael DuekArgentina72,100,00024
3Espen JorstadNorway298,000,00099

There will be 25:20 minutes left in Level 42 at blinds of 1,500,000/3,000,000 and a big blind ante of 3,000,000, Michael Duek will be on the button.

While the final trio may not necessarily be known to the average poker enthusiasts, each of the contenders for the 2022 WSOP Main Event title have already showcased their talents at the live and online poker tables for years.

The 34-year-old professional poker pro Jorstad leads the way and has an online poker background. He hails from Steinkjer in Norway and moved to London in the United Kingdom in 2019. Jorstad has been streaming his exploits for several years and previously represented Unibet Poker before recently becoming an Elite MTT instructor for the Run It Once training platform.

While his Hendon Mob profile only reveals $271,872 in live poker cashes, he finished 6th in the 2021 WSOP Online International $5,000 Main Event on GGPoker for $603,058. During the 2022 WSOP, Jorstad notched up his first bracelet win after he took down Event #55: $1,000 Tag Team alongside Patrick Leonard.

He considers Aussie Attenborough as the toughest opponent ahead of the final hurdle, which is not only based on the stack size.

"I think he has twice as many chips as Duek. For sure he's going to be the toughest one. Also he's a tournament regular and Duek is a PLO cash game regular. I've been really impressed with how he's been playing. He told me he doesn't really play hold'em tournaments."

Second-placed Attenborough vanished from the live poker MTT scene for the last few years after the 28 year old from Brisbane in Australia moved to Las Vegas, where he has been playing high stakes cash. Alongside the Australian High Rollers Michael Addamo and Kahle Burns, Attenborough previously took part in high stakes competitions and accumulated nearly $1.5 million in cashes prior to his 2022 WSOP Main Event run. He was the 2017 GPI Player of the Year for Australia and may become the second Australian to win live poker's grand spectacle besides none other than Joe Hachem.

Last but not least, Pot-Limit Omaha specialist Duek may also follow into the footsteps of a countryman as well. In 2020, Damian Salas lifted the WSOP Main Event bracelet for the winner shots and fewer than two years later, it could be Duek to potentially earn a life-changing $10 million payday and engrave his name into the history books of poker.

Duek resides in Florida and was supported by a large rail. Some of his family flew in for the special moment and chanted "Mickey, Mickey" throughout the night in which Duek locked up a seven-figure payday. It has been a breakout year for the Argentinian, who already came close to winning a WSOP bracelet. In Event #69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship, he finished in third place for $548,015 before embarking in the unusual NLHE journey.

One of these three will be crowned the new world champion and you can follow the conclusion right here on PokerNews. The trio will return at 2 p.m. local time and the action will once again be broadcast on the PokerGO platform. All live updates will be based on the delay of the live stream, which is expected to be on a one-hour delay.

In the meantime check out some of the video coverage from Day 8.

Results on Day 8 and Remaining Payouts

PlaceWinnerCountryPrize (in USD)
1  $10,000,000
2  $6,000,000
3  $4,000,000
4John EamesUnited Kingdom$3,000,000
5Matija DobricCroatia$2,250,000
6Jeffrey FarnesUnited States$1,750,000
7Aaron DuczakCanada$1,350,000
8Philippe SoukiUnited Kingdom$1,075,000
9Matthew SuUnited States$850,675
10Asher ConniffUnited States$675,000

Tags: Adrian AttenboroughDamian SalasEspen JorstadJoe HachemMichael Duek

Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship

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