I was focusing on this finger, then this finger, then this finger. “I was doing this weird meditation practice where you focus on different body parts. “It felt like an eternity,” Jorstad said. The entire hand took more than 28 minutes to play out. Jorstad let out an extended exhale as the chips were pushed his way. “Just anything that can get me a little extra information to make a better decision.” “I really was trying to think of every other hand I’ve played with him, every action he taken on the streets, how long he’s taken,” Attenborough said. Attenborough went into the tank for close to 20 minutes, squirming in his seat as he talked through his decision before ultimately folding.Įspen Jorstad strikes first in heads-up play after moving all in on the river and putting Adrian Attenborough in the cage with his bluff catcher. On the first hand of the match, Jorstad put Attenborough to the test for his tournament life after the river while holding the better two-pair. The heads-up match between Jorstad and Attenborough lasted 19 hands and took less than 90 minutes but will be remembered for two long hands in particular. “If I crashed at the start of the wave and busted the (final table) early or if I somehow rode the wave into the shore, I would be super happy regardless. “To me it’s kind of like surfing a wave,” Attenborough said. It is Jorstad’s second career WSOP bracelet after he partnered with Patrick Leonard to win the $1,000 buy-in Tag Team No-limit Hold’em event earlier this summer.Īttenborough, a resident of Las Vegas originally from Australia, earned $6 million for second place. Felix Stephensen finished second in 2014. Jorstad topped a near-record field of 8,663 entrants and is the first player from Norway to win the Main Event. “He was the guy who was giving me trouble since Day 6 basically. “I came into a very tough heads-up versus the one opponent I did not want to face,” Jorstad said.
Jorstad won the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em World Championship on Saturday at Bally’s Event Center, outlasting Attenborough to claim the $10 million first prize. On two occasions during heads-up play in the World Series of Poker Main Event Jorstad assumed a statue-like pose while his opponent, Adrian Attenborough, shuffled his chips and agonized for several minutes over a decision.
(Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal)Įspen Jorstad sat motionless, his left hand resting on his right elbow, eyes closed behind sunglasses and no expression on his face. Espen Jorstad hugs people after winning in the final table of the main event during the World Series of Poker, at Bally’s Event Center in Las Vegas, Saturday, July 16, 2022.
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