Before he was Norway's first World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, Espen Uhlen Jorstad was a gamer and part-time poker player who cared more about playing video games and partying than he did chasing his dreams and aspirations.
Now a world poker champion, the 34-year-old says he wants to be a good ambassador for the game, encourage a healthy lifestyle, and show his country the positive aspects of professional poker.
PokerNews' Jesse Fullen recently interviewed the 2022 WSOP Main Event champion one-on-one in an intimate conversation that can be heard on the PokerNews podcast.
Drawing on that interview, this two-part series will look at Jorstad's life before and after the $10 million score that made him a household name and catapulted him to the top of Norway's all-time money list according to The Hendon Mob.
, Rocha led out for 5,786 from the small blind and Stone raised to 34,158 next to act. Boulden quickly folded and after some thought, Rocha let it go as well, sending the pot to Stone.
, Roetker moved all in for 26,347 and Wade quickly folded. The board ran out 
and 
. Roetker had 
for pocket aces and Saliba was eliminated with 
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and Pillai took down the big pot with a pair of aces. Hendrix was sent to the virtual rebuy window.
