The prize money of the 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event is $10,000,000. Espen Jorstad from Norway won this amount after defeating Australian Adrian Attenborough in the heads-up matchup. The two players were involved in a game with 8,663 participants, the second largest field in the history of the World Series of Poker. Jorstad's victory took place at Paris & Bally's in Las Vegas, and he is the current World Series of Poker champion.

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The previous World Series of Poker champion is German Koray Aldemir, who won the 2021 Main Event to claim $8,000,000 in prize money. The World Series of Poker 2022 Main Event will take place between July 3-16, 2022. This year there will be four Main Event flights, with five 90-minute levels on Day 1, starting at 11:00am. Cards will be dealt 90 minutes per level in the air. Late registration closes two levels after Day 2, which is approximately 2 p.m. The World Series of Poker Main Event champion will be crowned in two days after the traditional day off, on July 13-14. The field will meet for the first time on July 9 for Day 3 and play to a final table on July 13.