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Espen Jørstad

Norwegian poker player (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Espen Uhlen Jørstad (born May 1988) is a Norwegian professional poker player currently residing in London, England. In 2022, he won the World Series of Poker Main Event for $10,000,000.

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Jørstad obtained a master's degree in brewing science from the University of Copenhagen and worked at a brewery before his poker career.[1]

Jørstad started streaming on Twitch in 2016[2] under alias uhlenpoker as a sponsored Unibet poker pro,[3] before rebranding to group channel overbetexpress.[4]

Playing under the names "Hymn2ninkasi" on PokerStars and "COVFEFE-19" on GGPoker, Jørstad primarily focused on cash games.[5] He reached his first World Series of Poker final table in 2020, finishing in fifth place in a $400 Fifty Stack event during the WSOP Online. In 2021, he was sixth in the WSOP Online Main Event, earning $603,058.[6]

Jørstad won his first WSOP bracelet in 2022, partnering with Patrick Leonard in the Tag Team event.[7] In the Main Event, he made the final table in a field of 8,663, the second-largest in WSOP history, and went heads-up against Adrian Attenborough. On the 19th hand of heads-up play, Jørstad shoved all in on a board of 4 2 2 8 Q and Attenborough called with J 4. Jørstad had Q 2 for a full house to win the championship. He became the first Main Event champion from Norway.[8]

As of June 2025, Jørstad's total live earnings exceed $18,852,000, placing him in first on Norway's all-time money list.[9][10]

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