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Espen Jorstad, best known for winning the $10,000 Main Event at the 2022 World Series of Poker, has continued his strong record in online tournaments by capturing his third career WCOOP title. Playing under the alias “SamSolverel,” the Norwegian outlasted a field of 154 entrants in WCOOP 02-H: $1,050 PKO Warm-Up.
Jorstad earned $14,359 for the victory, along with $18,891 in bounty collections, bringing his total haul to $33,250. The win follows previous WCOOP titles in 2023 and 2024, though he missed out on adding to his tally last year.
The final showdown saw Jorstad face Finnish player realsuhisjii heads-up, overcoming a four-to-one chip deficit to complete the comeback. A key hand saw his king-queen defeat his opponent’s dominated king-jack after Jorstad rivered a straight with ace-four, shifting momentum firmly in his favor.
Once he had built the chip lead, Jorstad three-bet preflop holding ace-king and continued betting through all three streets after rivering two pair. His opponent, holding king-seven for two pair of his own, made the call for his tournament life but came up short, sealing the title for Jorstad.
Elsewhere at the final table, Austria’s Leonard “Grozzorg” Maue took home $5,759 combining his 6th-place finish and bounty earnings, while Brazil’s Joao “Jbiancoloni” Biancolini finished eighth for $4,727, unable to add to his country’s five WCOOP victories already this year.
Jorstad became GTO Wizard’s first sponsored professional in 2023 and remains associated with the solver brand, which has since added ambassadors including Dan “Jungleman” Cates, Samuel Mullur, Shiina Okamoto, and Joey Ingram.
