{"id":33208,"date":"2022-07-20T14:58:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T21:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=33208"},"modified":"2022-07-20T15:07:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:07:26","slug":"norways-espen-jorstad-wins-wsop-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/norways-espen-jorstad-wins-wsop-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway’s Espen Jorstad Wins WSOP Main Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After nine days of play, poker player Espen Jorstad prevailed in this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event.<\/p>\n

Jorstad snagged a $10 million prize and some sweet bling.<\/p>\n

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Espen means “god bear.” No, really. (All photos by Megan Haney.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This year’s World Series of Poker was held at Bally’s and Paris, making Jorstad the first-ever Main Event champion to take the prize on the Las Vegas Strip. The event was previously held at Rio.<\/p>\n

The world learned the WSOP was moving to The Strip in a Tweet nearly two years before the move was officially announced. Our crystal ball would come in handy playing poker, come to think of it.<\/p>\n

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More on the future home of WSOP: Look ye not unto Caesars Forum, but rather Bally's. Romans said \"ye,\" right?<\/p>\n

— Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) June 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n