The 53rd Annual World Series of Poker was held on the Las Vegas Strip at Bally's/Paris Las Vegas and would see 89 scheduled events running from May 31 to July 20, 2022. The newest event on the schedule was the $500 buy-in The Housewarming, which featured a $5 million prize pool guarantee. The series would end with the return of the Tournament of Champions. The highlight, as always, was the $10,000 buy-in Main Event that started on July 3 and crowned Espen Jorstad as the 2022 World Champion.