# 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.
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.

## Event schedule

Source:
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

| # | 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

| # | 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

Final standings as of July 19 (note: does not include events from the 2022 WSOP Online series or the 2022 WSOP Europe series):
Standings :
| 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

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.

### Performance of past champions

| 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

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

| 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

| 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 |