Earlier this month, tomnovicki(pictured) finished fifth in the PokerStars Sunday Million, banking $54,000. Perhaps more impressively, he did so while juggling two kids, one of whom was two days old and the other of whom is two years old. Yes, it sounds like complete bedlam.

“I’m feeling great,” tomnovicki said about his Sunday Million final table. “It’s absolutely my biggest score ever. It’s a little bittersweet because I was second in chips when I came into the final table, but the cards were not amazing and, what’s more, I was a little afraid to commit all of my chips to make some moves. I can say I am happy with $50,000, though.”

On Friday, tomnovicki’s second child was born, a son. On Saturday, he told us that Poland defeated Germany in football for the first time. On Sunday, he final tabled the Million on PokerStars. Talk about an emotional weekend! He joked, “I played only one table on my phone because I was carrying my second child around, but I was still focused. I guess if I were playing 10 tables or so as usual, the results might not have been so nice.”

As a result of his experience, he feels playing fewer tables could be advantageous, at least to his game. He told us, “I would advocate playing fewer tables because players’ tendencies are so important, especially in tournaments where you can easily exploit them. The skill level is not very high in the Sunday Million. There are lots of regulars, but there are plenty of weak players as well.”

Having a second kid is a game-changer. You’re chasing around multiple children, changing a cavalcade of diapers, and making sure everyone is fed before cranky time sets in – all on three hours of sleep. His two-year-old is named Tosia and his son is Nikolaj(pictured), which means Santa Claus in Polish. “We are trying to manage it,” tomnovicki said of having multiple kids. “I am playing three or four times a week. Everything will be harder now because we have two kids. Kindergarten or a babysitter would be helpful.”

As if all of these life changes weren’t enough, tomnovicki is planning to move into a new house. “The house is already ready,” he said of his new pad. “I think half of my Sunday Million winnings I will cash out to have it to make my wife feel secure and, of course, buy things. Half of it I will invest in poker. I will buy a new computer too.”

tomnovicki was initially introduced to poker by his brother at a young age. The two would play Five Card Draw and his love for the game spilled over during his teenage years and to where he is now. He got into Texas Hold’em after catching the cult classic “Rounders” and then began playing in home games.

“About four or five years ago, I start to think about poker more seriously,” he said. “I bought a few poker books and started playing online on Full Tiltthree years ago.” He is up to $161,000 in online tournament winnings and plays as Pol_Thor on PokerStars.

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