Valentin Vornicu is a mathematician, semi-professional midstakes poker player, and software engineer, formerly at Google. Vornicu holds 13 World Series of Poker circuit rings. Valentin is from Romania and now resides in San Diego, California. Vornicu is the founder of MathLinks, an educational resource company. Before founding MathLinks, he worked as a full-stack engineer for Art of Problem Solving.[1]
Valentin Vornicu | |||||
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 Valentin Vornicu at the 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 | |||||
| Born | Valentin Vornicu
June 13, 1983 Bucharest, Romania | ||||
| Nationality | Romanian | ||||
| Citizenship | Romanian | ||||
| Known for | MathLinks, Art of Problem Solving, Vornicu-Schur theorem | ||||
| Awards | Bronze Medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad | ||||
| Scientific career | |||||
| Fields | Mathematics | ||||
| Institutions | Art of Problem Solving, MathLinks | ||||
| World Series of Poker | |||||
| Bracelet(s) | None | ||||
| Final table(s) | 3 | ||||
| Money finish(es) | 49 | ||||
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 23rd, 2016 | ||||
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Mathematics and education
editVornicu was a part of the Romanian team for the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) in 2001 and 2002.[2] In 2002 he earned a bronze medal at the IMO. He graduated at the University of Bucharest in 2006, and got his Master's Degree in Algebra and Number Theory at the same University in 2008.[3] In 2007, Vornicu discovered a generalized form of Schur's inequality, usually cited on online forums as "Vornicu-Schur inequality", which he published in a problem-solving book titled Olimpiada de Matematica.[4]
Poker
editVornicu is holding 13 titles at the amateur tour, that account for circuit rings, with his biggest score coming in 2015 for $197,110.[5]
In July 2016, he finishing 23rd in the 2016 World Professional Poker Championship for $269,430 in an event of which he held the lead after day 2.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Math Web Links
- ^ "Wolfram|Alpha: Making the world's knowledge computable".
- ^ www.edu.ro :: Valentin Vornicu - asistent personal al ministrului si educatiei si cercetarii pentru relatia cu olimpicii romani
- ^ Vornicu, Valentin; Olimpiada de Matematica... de la provocare la experienta; GIL Publishing House; Zalau, Romania.
- ^ Fast, Erik (May 14, 2018). "Valentin Vornicu Wins Record 11th WSOP Circuit Gold Ring". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "VALENTIN VORNICU RUSHES TO HEAD OF THE PACK IN 2016 WSOP MAIN EVENT CHAMPIONSHIP".
- ^ "47th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2016 - $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship (Event #68)". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
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