2022 WSOP Main Event Final Table Profile: Asher Conniff

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Final Table Profile: Asher Conniff

Seat:10
Chip Count:24,400,000
Big Blinds:20
Age:34
Hometown:New York, New York
Twitter: @misterashmoney 

The 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final table kicks off Friday with 10 remaining players, one of whom is talented poker pro Asher Conniff from New York.

Conniff is arguably the most accomplished player at the final table, but he will enter play with just 20 big blinds (24,400,000). Philippe Souki, with a stack of 13,500,000, is the only other player with a smaller stack. Matthew Su and Espen Jorstad are tied for the lead with 83,200,000 chips each.

"I have my mom, my dad, and my sister flying out now and about nine or ten friends from New York flying out and then hopefully quite a few local players or players who are here for the series as well," he said.

One friend likely to be on the rail is poker pro Chris Moorman. As Conniff explained: "There are a lot of poker players that inspire me for sure. Recently, my buddy Chris Moorman for sure has definitely been an inspiration. He's just always kind of there with the right words when I need them. He's just been through everything and won everything and done everything, so he's definitely a big help."

Career Accomplishments

Asher Conniff

Despite the small-ish stack size, Conniff is one double up away from being a real nuisance at the table. If his stack begins to grow, he could go from being a short stack to the favorite.

Conniff has nearly $2.9 million in live tournament cashes, according to Hendon Mob. But he's still in search of his first World Series of Poker bracelet. Winning the Main Event, and the $10 million that goes with it, would be a career-defining accomplishment for a pro who had already done big things in poker.

"I'm excited. I'm ready to go. Yeah, I feel good, and I'm trying to be present and appreciate the moment, but also focused," he said. "I don't have words to describe what it would mean [to win]. In the Main, it's beyond a fairytale and yeah, you're just saying that gave me chills. So yeah, I'm excited and it would mean the world to me for sure."

Conniff's 2022 WSOP Main Event Journey

DayFinsihing StackPlace Among Remaining Field
Day 1c59,400857th out of 1,800
Day 2abc56,0001,115th out of 1,259
Day 3329,000605th out of 1,299
Day 41,500,000128th out of 380
Day 54,660,00045th out of 123
Day 68,675,00021st out of 35
Day 724,400,0009th out of 10

The New Yorker entered the Main Event with just one min-cash at the 2022 WSOP in Event #43: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em, but he's guaranteed at least $675,000 with some huge pay jumps on the horizon.

He hasn't yet locked up his biggest career score, however, and would need to finish in eighth place or better at the final table to pull that off. In 2015, he conquered the $15,400 buy-in WPT World Championship during the Borgata Spring Poker Open in Atlantic City, New Jersey for $973,683. During that same series, he won a $560 no-limit hold'em side event for $203,231.

Conniff's other major win came in a 2019 WSOP Circuit event at Bally's in Las Vegas, the same casino he'll be attempting to win a world title this weekend. In that event, he took home $193,147. He also finished runner-up for $159,357 in a separate 2017 Circuit event at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

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Philippe Souki in WSOP action.

2022 Main Event Final Table Seating

SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Philippe SoukiUnited Kingdom13,500,00011
2Adrian AttenboroughAustralia50,800,00042
3Matija DobricCroatia68,650,00057
4Michael DuekUnited States49,775,00041
5Matthew SuUnited States83,200,00069
6John EamesUnited Kingdom54,950,00046
7Jeffrey FarnesUnited States35,350,00029
8Aaron DuczakCanada56,000,00047
9Espen JorstadNorway83,200,00069
10Asher ConniffUnited States29,400,00025

There will be one hour and 48 minutes remaining in level 38 at blinds of 600,000-1,200,000 with a big blind ante of 1,200,000. All ten survivors will return to their seats at 2 p.m. local time on Friday, July 15, 2022 for the unofficial ten-handed final table.

Once the field is then down to the final nine contenders, they will be on a short break for the official final table pictures before commencing their journey to crown the 2022 WSOP Main Event champion.

2022 Main Event Final Table Payouts

PlacePrize
1$10,000,000
2$6,000,000
3$4,000,000
4$3,000,000
5$2,225,000
6$1,750,000
7$1,350,000
8$1,075,000
9$850,675

2022 Main Event Final Table Player Stats

PlayerCountryFirst CashWSOP CashesCareer EarningsBiggest Cash
Philippe SoukiUnited Kingdom20107$830,812$102,214
Adrian AttenboroughAustralia20148$1,460,049$361,660
Matija DobricCroatia20178$239,167$198,550
Michael DuekUnited States20174$651,300$548,015
Matthew SuUnited States20140$49,340$29,230
John EamesUnited Kingdom200719$2,196,078$289,706
Jeffrey FarnesUnited States201712$181,550$61,250
Aaron DuczakCanada200640$423,887$51,251
Espen JorstadNorway201224$266,860$74,042
Asher ConniffUnited States200949$2,862,290$973,683

Stats courtesy of WSOP.com and HendonMob.com.

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