Chance Kornuth

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Chance Kornuth is an American master poker player that has four first-places (bracelets) and five second-places in the World Championship Series. [1]

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Career Main Event results

Kornuth has four scores (16th; 156th; 184th; 301st) [2] in the World Championship Main Event with his best score being a finish for $305,000 (2021). [3]

Career final tables

Kornuth has nineteen final tables at the World Championship Series. [2]

In addition to that he also finished third in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $641,140 [4] and on top he also finished 1st in the World Poker Tour Choctaw Durant ($486,600); 4th in the World Poker Tour Gardens Poker Championship for $195,085; and 6th in the World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Showdown for $247,954. [5]

Career heads-up

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentPrize
Winner1. 2010 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Kevin Boudreau $508,090
Runner-up1. 2017 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Harrison Gimbel $399,132
Winner2. 2018 $3,200 No Limit Hold'em - Online High Roller David Goodman $341,599
Runner-up2. 2020 $500 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo Deepstack 6-Handed Raman Afanasenka $79,291
Winner3. 2021 $10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Short Deck Chad Campbell $194,670
Runner-up3. 2022 $75,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller Bounty David Peters $721,144
Runner-up4. 2023 $25,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller 6-Handed Alexandre Vuilleumier $751,463
Runner-up5. 2024 $50,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller - 8-Handed Sergio Aido $1,351,000
Winner4. 2024 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em - FLIP & GO Presented by GG Poker Kannapong Thanarattrakul $155,446

Career earnings

As of August 2024, Kornuth's total live tournament winnings exceeds $18,500,000. [2]

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References

  1. "Chance Kornuth Biography". WSOP.com. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Chance Kornuth's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  3. "Park Leads the Final 36 in the 2021 WSOP Main Event; Aldemir, Colillas and "Papo MC" Among the Big Stacks". WSOP.com. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  4. Nuwwarah, Mo (13 January 2015). "2015 PCA Main Event Day 5: Chance Kornuth Leads PCA Main Event With Six Left". PokerNews. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  5. "Chance Kornuth WPT Stats". World Poker Tour. Retrieved 22 August 2024.