WSOP Online Bracelet #1: No-Limit Hold'em Series Kick-Off (NV/NJ)

Action folded to Jason "TruthChronic" Pew in the small blind who moved all in, covering the 140,782 remaining of Hyun "Crakko" Yoon in the big blind who made the call for their tournament life.

Jason "TruthChronic" Pew:   
Hyun "Crakko" Yoon:   

The board ran out      , securing the knockout for Pew and Yoon was eliminated in 24th place.

Jason "TruthChronic" Pew	559,177	207,122
Hyun "Crakko" Yoon	0	-218,062

In a heads-up pot of 55,000 on a flop of    , "crazyoc" moved all in for 34,178 from the big blind and Daniel "Dnegs" Negreanu made the call.

Daniel "Dnegs" Negreanu:   
"crazyoc":   

"crazyoc was ahead but would need to fade the turn and river. The turn brought the   and the river hit one of the cards Negreanu needed with the  , scoring the chips and sending "crazyoc" out of the tournament.

Daniel "Dnegs" Negreanu	265,113	1,054
crazyoc	0

"Kingjoe" opened the action from under the gun to 24,000 and both Daniel "Dnegs" Negreanu on the button and "Juice" in the big blind made the call.

The flop came    , "Juice" checked to "kingjoe" who continued for 16,000 and only Negreanu called.

On the   turn "Kingjoe" kept the aggression up with a bet to 24,000 and again Negreanu made the call.

The   completed the board and both players checked to a showdown. "Kingjoe" had    for ace-high while Negreanu revealed    for a pair of queens and the winner.

Daniel "Dnegs" Negreanu	264,059
kingjoe	169,808	-60,250
juice	115,733	-61,303

Action folded around to NJ_Attrix15 in the small blind who moved all in for 29,422 and was snap-called by D Allen "Nucman" Pock in the big blind.

D Allen "Nucman" Pock:   
NJ_Attrix15:   

The board ran out       and the ace-king of Pock sent "NJ_Attrix15" to the rail with a min-cash.

The tournament is now in hand-for-hand play with 91 players left. The top 90 players will pay out a min-cash of $761.

Paul "rungood27" Scaturro opened the action to 5,600 from early position and only "DamnDaniel" made the call in the big blind.

The flop came     and "DamnDaniel" check-called a bet of 4,100 from Scaturro. On the   turn both players checked their options.

The   completed the board and "DamnDaniel" led out for 21,150. Without much thought, Scaturro folded.

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.

Read the full story on PokerNews.com

After 474 players rebought 281 times to build a prize pool of $271,800, the top 90 places will pay a minimum cash of $761.

WSOP.com (NV/NJ) Event #1: $400 NLH Series Kick-Off Payouts