Espen Jørstad
Norwegian poker player
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.
Career
Jørstad obtained a master's degree in brewing science from the University of Copenhagen and worked at a brewery before his poker career.
Jørstad started streaming on Twitch in 2016 under alias uhlenpoker as a sponsored Unibet poker pro, before rebranding to group channel overbetexpress.
Playing under the names "Hymn2ninkasi" on PokerStars and "COVFEFE-19" on GGPoker, Jørstad primarily focused on cash games. 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.
Jørstad won his first WSOP bracelet in 2022, partnering with Patrick Leonard in the Tag Team event. 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♠.
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