The top 62 Main Event finishers made the money including former LFG Podcast guest Valentin Vornicu (13th - $11,722), Craig Varnell (23rd - $6,881), Matt Affleck (40th - $3,592), Ricky Guan (45th - $3,592), Randy Lew (50th - $3,270), and Ping Liu (57th - $3,012). I think that's what changed for me.” WSOPC Thunder Valley Main Event Final Table Results I was looking for a couple of tells that I saw. 'My game plan was to be conservative as much as possible, and apply pressure when I saw openings to do so. And I've tried to apply that,” he told WSOP officials after the win. I've read books about mental preparedness, specifically poker. I've studied a lot of scenarios with them.
It was hard work paying off for Kornechuk, who just started taking poker seriously. In the process, he stopped defending champ Brett Murray from going back-to-back, sending him out the door in second place. The 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Thunder Valley wrapped up on Monday with the stop’s $1,700 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event, a tournament that attracted 608 entrants and generated a $921,920 prize pool.Īfter three days of play, Thomas Kornechuk, a 57-year-old software engineer, made a name for himself by capturing the title for $193,439, his first gold ring, and a seat into the 2019 Global Casino Championship.