The 2023 PokerStars World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) exploded into action over the weekend, drawing in some online poker's most recognizable stars. The 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Espen "Hymn2Ninkasi" Jorstad was one of those stars, and the United Kingdom-based Norwegian started his 2023 WCOOP campaign with a $122,371 score.
Jorstad was one of 132 entrants in WCOOP 03-H: $3,150 NLHE Progressive KO, each competing for the largest portion of the $400,000 prize pool. Seventeen places were paid from the regular prize pool, and by the time the nine-handed final table was set, each player was guaranteed almost $8,000 with bounty payments included.
David "MissOracle" Yan ($9,337) and Hungary's "kZhh" ($7,985) were the first two finalists to tall. Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov ($17,939) and "bnbm73" ($13,116) followed suit before the elimination of Canada's "13santoy13" ($22,936) left only four players in the hunt for the title, and what would a six-figure haul.
British star Patrick "pads1161" Leonard ($21,748), Jortad's partner in the 2022 WSOP Tag Team event, was cut down in fourth, with Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani ($30,129) bowing out in third, leaving Jorstad heads-up against Dumitry "pora Adrian" Pora.
Just as he did in the 2022 WSOP Main Event, Jorstad came out on top, and got his hands on $122,371, resigning Pora to a $45,167 consolation prize.
Jorstad was one of 132 entrants in WCOOP 03-H: $3,150 NLHE Progressive KO, each competing for the largest portion of the $400,000 prize pool. Seventeen places were paid from the regular prize pool, and by the time the nine-handed final table was set, each player was guaranteed almost $8,000 with bounty payments included.
David "MissOracle" Yan ($9,337) and Hungary's "kZhh" ($7,985) were the first two finalists to tall. Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov ($17,939) and "bnbm73" ($13,116) followed suit before the elimination of Canada's "13santoy13" ($22,936) left only four players in the hunt for the title, and what would a six-figure haul.
British star Patrick "pads1161" Leonard ($21,748), Jortad's partner in the 2022 WSOP Tag Team event, was cut down in fourth, with Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani ($30,129) bowing out in third, leaving Jorstad heads-up against Dumitry "pora Adrian" Pora.
Just as he did in the 2022 WSOP Main Event, Jorstad came out on top, and got his hands on $122,371, resigning Pora to a $45,167 consolation prize.