Valentin Vornicu

Valentin Vornicu
Valentin Vornicu
	Valentin Vornicu at the 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016
Born	Valentin Vornicu June 13, 1983 (age 43); Bucharest, Romania
Citizenship	Romanian
Known for	MathLinks, Art of Problem Solving, Vornicu-Schur theorem
Awards	Bronze Medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Workplaces	Art of Problem Solving, MathLinks
World Series of Poker
Bracelet	None
Final tables	3
Money finishes	49
Highest WSOP; Main Event finish	23rd, 2016
Circuit ring(s)
World Series of Poker Circuit
Circuit ring(s)	16
	Information last updated on 23 May 2026.

Valentin Vornicu is a mathematician, semi-professional midstakes poker player, and software engineer at Meta, formerly Google. Vornicu holds 16 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.

Mathematics and education

Vornicu was a part of the Romanian team for the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) in 2001 and 2002. 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. 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.

Poker

Vornicu won 16 WSOP circuit rings, with his biggest score coming in 2015 for $197,110.

In July 2016, he finished 23rd in the 2016 WSOP Main Event for $269,430. He led in chips after day 2 of that event.

References

↑ 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". Card Player. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
↑ Dalla, Nolan (2016-07-12). "WSOP NEWS: VALENTIN-VORNICU-RUSHES-TO-HEAD-OF-THE-PACK-IN-2016-WSOP-MAIN-EVENT-CHAMPIONSHIP". WSOP.com. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
↑ "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.

External links

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[1] Math Web Links

[2] "Wolfram|Alpha: Making the world's knowledge computable".

[3] www.edu.ro :: Valentin Vornicu - asistent personal al ministrului si educatiei si cercetarii pentru relatia cu olimpicii romani

[4] Vornicu, Valentin; Olimpiada de Matematica... de la provocare la experienta; GIL Publishing House; Zalau, Romania.

[Cardplayer-5] Fast, Erik (May 14, 2018). "Valentin Vornicu Wins Record 11th WSOP Circuit Gold Ring". Card Player. Retrieved 2024-06-10.

[g728-6] Dalla, Nolan (2016-07-12). "WSOP NEWS: VALENTIN-VORNICU-RUSHES-TO-HEAD-OF-THE-PACK-IN-2016-WSOP-MAIN-EVENT-CHAMPIONSHIP". WSOP.com. Retrieved 2024-12-31.

[HendonMob-7] "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.