The World Series of Poker 2022 Main Event final table is set — meet the players and see what they're playing for

Sean Chaffin

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The 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event final table is set, and the final nine players from the 8,663-entry field will battle for the world championship gold bracelet and $10,000,000 in first-place prize money.

The 2022 WSOP Main Event final table will be played in two parts. The first part will be on Friday, July 15, and the second part, the day a winner will be crowned, takes place on Saturday, July 16.

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Now, let’s meet the 2022 WSOP Main Event final table players.

2022 WSOP Main Event Final Table Players

Espen Jorstad – 83,200,000 chips

It’s been quite a summer for this 34-year-old player from Leuvanger, Norway. Jorstad now lives in London and won his first bracelet earlier in the series in the $1,000 Tag Team with Patrick Leonard. After scoring $74,042 for that win, he’s now found success going it alone as well. Prior to this Main Event final table, Jorstad had just $266,860 in live tournament winnings. He also has some nice scores online, including finishing sixth in GGPoker's WSOP Online $5,000 Main Event in 2021 for $603,058.

The world of video games led Jorstad to poker. As an avid Warcraft player, some gaming friends introduced him to home poker games and he fell in love with the game. The poker pro has a master’s degree in brewing science and enjoys hitting the gym and traveling when not playing poker or video games. Jorstad also enjoys studying crypto and the stock market. When play resumes, he’ll be hoping his chip stack does a bit better than how those have performed lately.

Matthew Su – 83,200,000 chips

He may be one of the least experienced players at the table, but Su has shown plenty of ability in this tournament. The 34-year-old is originally from Boston and has $49,340 in live tournament winnings. His best came in the $10,400 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic in 2021, where he finished 43rd for $29,230. He also took runner-up in a $ 1,100 event at Maryland Live! in 2014 for $14,500.

This finish now easily becomes the largest tournament score of Su’s career. He began playing the game while in law school at Boston College. When not at a poker table, he enjoys skiing and scuba diving. Su is now looking for a big win in poker’s biggest event. “It would be a cool chance to show some of my non-poker friends a glimpse into the poker life when they come out to watch the final table,” he noted before Day 7. He now has that chance.

Matija Dobric – 68,650,000 chips

This 31-year-old from Slatina, Croatia, brings a thinner tournament poker resumé than some other players at the final table, but has made the most of Main Event appearance. Dobric has $239,167 in live tournament winnings and a big chunk of that came via another Main Event appearance as well. He took 34th last year for $198,550 and has picked up where he left off. He’s played his way into a position for an even bigger personal poker story.

A married man who’s been playing professionally since 2016, Dobric began first playing with friends in 2011. No doubt many of those friends will be cheering on their hometown poker hero when the final table commences. Dobric loves the rush of adrenaline experienced when running deep in a tournament. Certainly a high octane final table awaits and the Croatian will look to ride the rush to a championship bracelet.

Aaron Duczak – 56,000,000 chips

This Canadian from Kamloops, British Columbia, is another recreational player at the final table. The 40-year-old businessman has $423,887 in live tournament winnings including 36 WSOP cashes. His biggest win came on the Mid-States Poker Tour in 2014 when he won a $1,100 event for $77,681. He also finished fourth in 2018 in a $1,100 in a partypoker MILLIONS event for $45,650.

Like many, Duczak began playing poker in the boom that followed Chris Moneymaker’s 2003 WSOP Main Event win, which all played out with live hole cards for the first time on ESPN. When not working or playing cards, the University of Fraser Valley graduate is married with a 7-month-old daughter and enjoys boating. Duczak has a nice chip stack to really make something happen when the action gets back underway.

John Eames – 54,950,000 chips

One of the more seasoned players at the final table, Eames brings in a poker record of $2.2 million live tournament winnings. The 33-year-old from London doesn’t have a bracelet yet, but scored a WSOP Circuit ring in 2014 for $289,706. He has some other nice finishes on his resumé as well. In 2011, he took third in the European Poker Tour Copenhagen Main Event for $257,011.

In 2010, he won an EPT event in Vienna for $172,319. He’s now seeking an even bigger poker bullet point. With plenty of WSOP experience and big finishes in major tournaments, Eames brings some deep poker experience to the final table. He’ll certainly be a player to watch when play resumes at Bally’s. If he continues accumulating chips, dealing with Eames may be a problem for his opponents.

Adrian Attenborough – 50,800,000 chips

This 28-year-old poker pro from Queensland, Australia, brings a nice record of $1.4 million in live tournament winnings into the final table. Attenborough now lives in Las Vegas and his biggest tournament score came in 2017 when he took third in the $10,400 Bellagio Cup XIII for $361,660. The same year he also won a Macau Poker Cup event for $193,172.

At the WSOP, Attenborough has eight cashes for $288,249. The best of that came in a $5,000 WSOP International Circuit event in Sydney, where he finished runner-up for $108,908. Attenborough began playing poker at age 16 with friends and family, and now lists handling ambition and managing expectations as some of his strengths at the tables. Those qualities may come in handy if he can make an even more memorable finish at the WSOP.

Michael Duek – 49,775,000

This 23-year-old from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, now has his fifth WSOP cash after already notching one big finish this summer. He found a third-place spot earlier in July in Event 69: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Eight-Handed Championship. That finish brought him $548,015 and Duek has now already topped that with his deep Main Event run. He also posted another score this summer, finishing 31st in the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller for $44,253.

Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Duek now has $651,300 in live tournament winnings and began playing poker with friends. He prides himself on making good reads at the table and will need those skills if he hopes to win the bracelet. His advice for playing in the Main Event? ​​“Just gamble and get in there.”

Jeffrey Farnes – 35,350,000 chips

With $181,550 in live tournament winnings, Farnes is another recreational player at this final table. The 39-year-old was born in Blackfoot, Idaho, and now lives in Dallas, Oregon, where he works as a consultant. Farnes is fresh off a nice finish in a $2,500 event in the MGM Grand Summer Series, where he finished seventh for $61,250. That became the biggest cash of his career, but he also took runner-up in the $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event in Reno in 2017 for $39,735.

Away from poker and business, Farnes loves spending time with his son. A graduate of Southern Oregon University, he began playing after winning a PokerStars tournament online with a field of 20,000 players. “From there I felt like I could compete with anyone,” he says. That’s a good attitude to bring into the Main Event final table. He’ll need to chip up a bit, but certainly has a shot for an even deeper run.

Asher Conniff –24,400,000 chips

With $2.9 million in live tournament winnings, this player from Brooklyn, New York, may be one of the most recognizable names among those remaining at the final table. Along with a WSOP Circuit ring, Conniff also has a WPT title as well. He won the WPT World Championship in 2015 at the Borgata for $973,683. At the WSOP, he has $821,752 in live tournament winnings as well as several final table appearances. Another nice bullet point came in 2015 for Conniff, 34, when he took down a $560 event at the Borgata Spring Poker Open for $203,231.

Now living in Las Vegas, Conniff has a chance at an even bigger finish, but will have to overcome a shorter stack. He learned to play poker by playing nickel-stakes Five-Card Draw with his father. A fun-loving player, Conniff describes his regular poker routine as not involving much sleep. That approach may pay dividends when players return on Friday after a marathon day on Wednesday that went well into Thursday morning.

Philippe Souki – 13,500,000 chips

With 10 players returning on Friday and sitting on the shortest stack, Souki has his work cut out for him to make the “official” Main Event final table. The 33-year-old poker pro lives in London and has $830,812 in live tournament winnings. That includes 10 WSOP cashes and he’s also fresh off a nice Vegas score this summer as well. He just finished fourth in a $1,600 event at the Wynn Summer Classic for $102,214.

Last year, he found the top spot in a £400 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour event for $73,681. A graduate of Regents College, he began playing poker through some friends and now has an opportunity for a final table appearance on poker’s biggest stage. Souki describes his greatest poker quality as having patience at the table. With such a short stack, he may not have much time for that. But a few pots early may help his cause at moving up the payout ladder.

What Are They Playing For?

The winner of the final table takes home the coveted gold bracelet as well as a massive top prize of $10 million. Plenty of prestige goes with the title and the winner is recognized as poker’s world champion over the next year. Here’s a look at the top 10 payouts.

WSOP Main Event Final Table Prize Breakdown
Place Prize
1st $10,000,000
2nd $6,000,000
3rd $4,000,000
4th $3,000,000
5th $2,250,000
6th $1,750,000
7th $1,350,000
8th $1,075,000
9th $850,675
10th $675,000

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Sean Chaffin

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Sean Chaffin is an award-winning writer, reporter, and editor based in Ruidoso, New Mexico. He's the editor of USPoker.com and PokerScout.com and his work has appeared in numerous websites and publications. Chaffin has covered poker, gambling, and the casino industry for many years, but also writes about numerous other topics. Along with teaching writing and journalism for more than a decade, the Texas A&M University graduate has a deep background in newspaper and magazine publishing.