Espen Uhlen Jørstad (born May 1988) is a Norwegian professional poker player currently residing in
London, England
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. In 2022, he won the
World Series of Poker Main Event
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for $10,000,000.
Career
Jørstad obtained a master's degree in brewing science from the
University of Copenhagen
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and worked at a brewery before his poker career.
Jørstad started streaming on
Twitch
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Biology
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in 2016 under alias ''uhlenpoker'' as a sponsored
Unibet
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poker pro, before rebranding to group channel ''overbetexpress''.
Playing under the names "Hymn2ninkasi" on
PokerStars
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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 and Attenborough called with . Jørstad had for a full house to win the championship. He became the first Main Event champion from Norway.
As of June 2025, Jørstad's total live earnings exceed $18,852,000, placing him in first on Norway's all-time money list.
World Series of Poker bracelets
References
External links
Card Player profileHendon Mob profileWPT profileWSOP profile
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1988 births
Living people
University of Copenhagen alumni
Norwegian poker players
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
World Series of Poker Main Event winners