From winning the Main Event to wanting US$250 million: Lucas Jumalon’s ambitious plan – CodigoPoker

Lucas Jumalon

“I want to die with a net worth of a quarter of a billion,” Jumalon said in an interview with PokerOrg. And although he himself admits it sounds like an “exaggerated” and difficult goal to reach, he is convinced he can achieve it, even if he has to do business outside of poker to do so.

The first curious fact is that the money arrived very quickly. Jumalon said that WSOP transferred the prize just a few days after his victory and that he had a very particular feeling when he saw the millions in his account.

“I saw the US$10 million in my bank account. It was a strange feeling,” he explained. Before the tournament, he said, he had around US$50,000 in that same account.

Lucas Jumalon

But the money is no longer there. And not because he started spending uncontrollably. The champion moved most of it to an investment account to keep generating profits. His idea is to protect the prize and make it grow over decades.

The only luxury: a Corvette

Jumalon did allow himself a treat after winning the tournament. He bought a used car, a couple of years old, with just 3,900 miles. “I bought a Corvette,” he revealed. He didn’t want a brand-new one and explained that he chose a model that can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in about 2.9 seconds. “It’s a lot of fun,” he said.

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Beyond that whim, the young champion assures he does not intend to behave like someone who just won a fortune. In fact, winning US$10 million had the opposite effect than expected: Jumalon says he now has even less interest in taking huge risks.

“Where I am now, it doesn’t make sense to take big risks. Why would I?” he explained. His strategy is much more conservative: invest the money and get an annual return that allows him to live peacefully for the rest of his life.

That also means he does not plan to immediately jump into the US$100,000 or US$200,000 tournaments of the big High Rollers circuits with his own money.

He wants to be one of the best

Financial prudence does not mean Jumalon has lost ambition at the tables. Quite the opposite. The champion still has a huge goal within poker. “I want to be one of the best in the world,” he assured. But there is one condition: he is not willing to jeopardize the economic security he just achieved to prove it.

And he also has a message for those who think his title was a matter of luck or that he might be a one-hit wonder: “I’m going to prove they are wrong because of me, not because of them.”

His ultimate goal, however, goes far beyond the tables. Jumalon explained that behind his ambition to reach US$250 million there is a family reason: he wants to build a fortune that can outlast him and become wealth for future generations.

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