Final Table Player Bio: Richard Tuhrim

With 680,000 in chips, Richard Tuhrim will be the short stack when the WPT Final Table begins. “I’m definitely happy to be at the final table. Right now I’m not in a very good mood because I just lost a big pot at the end of the night for a ton of chips. Overall I’m certainly happy to be here, and I’m going to make the most of it,” said Tuhrim.

He expects to be in action early tomorrow, but he’s not too worried about his predicament just yet. “I’m down pretty short, but I’m still in it. I have 23 big blinds, so it’s enough. Obviously I’m going to need to catch some cards, but it’s enough to work with,” said Tuhrim. The New York City resident is the youngest player at the final table at 23 years old.

The professional poker player is also a top 150 chess player in the United States, so he is a master of many games. Tuhrim has nine cashes in his young poker career for a total of $142,894 in career live tournament earnings. His best cash was $59,233 for a fifth-place finish in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em WSOP.com Online event during the 2016 World Series of Poker.

It also sounds like Tuhrim has had a very busy stretch here at Commerce Casino, playing in both tournaments and cash games. “I like the cash games. I like that there’s big games going in no-limit and PLO, so I think that’s the thing I like the most about Commerce. I got here way before the tournament and put in a bunch of sessions in cash. I will probably put in more after the tournament, so I would say that’s the biggest benefit of being at Commerce,” said Tuhrim.