A new World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event winner has been crowned. The prestigious title went to Norwegian poker pro Espen Jorstad who outclassed a massive field of 8,663 players, the second-largest in the history of the series, to claim the top prize of $10,000,000, and the first WSOP Main Event title for his home country.  

Jorstad’s massive victory also catapulted him to the top spot of Norway’s all-time money list, surpassing 2014 WSOP Main Event runner-up Felix Stephensen. 

Jorstad Wants to Enter High Roller Circuit

Jorstad dedicates his win to his mother whom he calls his “biggest fan”. As for his plans for the huge $10,000,000 prize money, the poker pro said he’d like to use some of it to play high-stakes tournaments which has always been his goal. He also intends to invest in cryptocurrency and tech stocks.

During heads-up play, Jorstad was up against Adrian Attenborough, the one player he admitted he didn’t want to face in the final round. In the end, Jorstad was able to conquer his fears and outclassed his Australian opponent who walked away with a $6,000,000 payout for finishing second. 

Final Table Finishers

The other players who made it to the final table were Michael Duek (3rd, $4,000,000), John Eames (4th, $3,000,000), Matija Dobric (5th, $2,250,000), Jeffrey Farnes (6th, $1,750,000), Aaron Duczak (7th, $1,350,000), Philippe Souki (8th, $1,075,000), Matthew Su (9th, $850,675), and Asher Conniff (10th, 675,000).

Layne Flack is now part of the Poker Hall of Fame (PHoF). The American poker pro was named as the 2022 recipient of one of poker’s most prestigious accolades, defeating the likes of Matt Savage, Mike Matusow, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, and Isai Scheinberg. 

Flack Becomes 61st Hall of Fame Inductee

The honor was awarded posthumously to Flack on July 10 during a Hall of Fame bounty event at the ongoing World Series of Poker (WSOP) live festival in Las Vegas. Flack, known for his nickname “Back-to-Back”, passed away last year at 52.

The final shortlist for the 2022 Poker Hall of Fame was comprised of repeat nominees, excluding Brian Rast who was nominated to the club for the first time after recently turning 40. 2021 WSOP Player of the Year Josh Arieh, top female poker pro Kathy Liebert, poker legend Mike Matusow, five-time WSOP champ Michael Mizrachi, as well as poker commentators Norman Chad & Lon McEachern, also made it to the final cut. 

Poker Boom Hero

Layne Flack rose to poker fame when he won multiple titles during the poker boom of the 2000s. He had six WSOP bracelets and one World Poker Title under his name, with more than $5 million in total live earnings. He was always entertaining to watch and most of all, he was a loving father and friend. 

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has come to an end and poker players are now looking for lucrative online poker tournaments. Partypoker is currently running the first edition of the McLaren Turbo Series which started on 22 July and will finish on 08 August.

McLaren Turbo Series

A total of 68 events were set to take place during the McLaren Turbo Series and there are still a large number of events yet to take place. The organizers have put together buy-ins at different ranges to ensure that it appeals to low-stakes, mid-stakes and high stakes poker players.

The lowest buy-ins generally start from $.055 while the highest buy-in at this tournament is capped at $215. The McLaren Turbo Series is also running a number of satellite events on partypoker to ensure players with small bankrolls can satellite themselves into the events with higher buy-ins.

Three Main Events 

The highlight of theMcLaren Turbo Series will be the three main events. The micro-Main Event has a $3.30 buy-in and a $10k guarantee; the mini Main Event has a $22 buy-in and a $100k guarantee while the Main Event for the Series has a $215 buy-in and has a $300k guarantee!

GGPoker hired Dan Bilzerian to be their poker ambassador in 2021 mainly because the Instagram King has a massive fan following on the social network with over 33 million followers. However, GGPoker cut ties with Bilzerian on international women’s day in March 2022.

Bilzerian Hit GGPoker With $170K Travel Bill

There were different rumours floating around as to why GGPoker and Bilzerian parted ways. Some were of the view that Bilzerian was too controversial for GGPoker with his sexist remarks on social media causing offense to many female poker players. 

However in a recent podcast Bilzerian opened up and said that he wasn’t very happy representing GGPoker as he wasn’t getting the payment he was promised. Bilzerian pointed out that he wanted GGPoker to pay him $170,000 as travel expenses to attend and promote a poker tournament. 

Bilzerian tends to travel to most places in a private jet and it looks like GGPoker wasn’t keen on paying that bill. Bilzerian also claimed that he drove a ton of traffic to GGPoker but did not get the millions in revenue that he was promised from GGPoker. The Instagram King said he was happy to part ways with GGPoker as he was no longer interested in promoting the brand.

The Battle of Malta is currently taking place on Natural8 and a number of exciting events are set to take place in the next few days. The Battle of Malta is commenced on July 10 and will run till July 31.

Battle of Malta – €25,000,000 In GTS

The Battle of Malta put together a combined prize pool of €25,000,000 in prize money and a lot of that money is still waiting to be won.

The buy-ins for the remaining events are generally suited for mid-stakes and high stakes players with the lowest buy-in over the next few days set at €105 for St. Julian’s Bounty Feast which takes place on July 30 and has a €125,000 prize pool.

The highest buy-in remaining is the €1,050 GGMasters Royal Championship which takes place on July 31 and has a €1,000,000. Don’t forget that you can take part in the Main Event, €2.5M GTD [Final Day] for a buy-in of €555 for a guaranteed prize pool of €2.5 million.

Natural8 runs on the GGPoker network and promotes itself as the biggest iPoker room in Asia.