Chance Kornuth

Nationality

Coaching

GPI Rank 75

WSOP Bracelets 4

WPT Wins 1

Total Live Earnings $18,491,134

Data provided by The Hendon Mob

Biography

Chance Kornuth is an American poker player and founder of ChipLeaderCoaching. Over the course of his career he has won four World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and amassed over $18.3 million in lifetime earnings (July 2024).

Poker Achievements

Originally from Colorado, Kornuth's first recorded cashes came in Las Vegas in 2008. The following year, he registered a solitary cash at the 2009 WSOP, before winning his first WSOP bracelet in 2010. He was just 24 years and six days old when he took down Event #50: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for $508,090.

Kornuth would continue to cash across the United States during the early 2010s, but predominantly in Las Vegas where in 2014 he won the Bellagio Cup X for $526,224.

The largest cash of his career came in 2015, finishing third in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event for $641,140. In 2016 he won the $25,000 Challenge at the Aussie Millions, finished second in the EPT Dublin Main Event and won a €10,000 High Roller at EPT Monte Carlo for combined cashes of over $1.3 million.

This only encouraged Kornuth to travel and play poker more, notching up cashes in Spain, the Bahamas, Australia and Canada before bagging a second WSOP bracelet in 2018. Playing under the username 'BingShui', Kornuth won the WSOP.com Online High Roller for $341,598.

In 2019, Kornuth would make two WSOP final tables before a run of three consecutive runner-up finishes in the 2019 Poker Masters.

When live poker returned in 2021, Kornuth got right back to winning ways. He won the MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event for $412,086, and then won the Wynn Classic $3,500 NLH for $353,891.

He topped his summer off with a third WSOP victory, winning Event #29: $10,000 Short Deck, the same event he had final-tabled the year prior. He defeated Chad Campbell heads-up to win $194,670.

At the 2024 WSOP, Kornuth won Event #85: $1,000 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold'em for $155,446 and his fourth bracelet. Earlier in the 2024 series, Kornuth finished second in the $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em for $1,351,000 and fourth in the $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller for an additional $932,725.

Kornuth and the Galfond Challenge

In late 2020, Kornuth took on Phil Galfond in the Galfond Challenge. The pair traded leads early on, but the Challenge ultimately ended when Kornuth waved the white flag down almost three-quarters of a million dollars.

1]Chance Kornuth's Top 5 Poker Results

Date	Event	Place	Prize
Jun 2024	$100,000 NLHE WSOP	2nd	$1,351,000
Jun 2023	$250,000 NLHE WSOP	5th	$1,202,318
Jun 2024	$100,000 NLHE WSOP	4th	$932,725
Jun 2023	$100,000 NLHE WSOP	4th	$833,854
May 2023	$25,000 NLHE 6-Max WSOP	2nd	$751,463

PokerNews Covered Events

Event	Place	Prize
2024 World Series of Poker Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship	154^th	$7,914
2024 World Series of Poker Event #86: $1,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha	174^th	$2,290
2024 World Series of Poker Event #85: $1,000 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold'em Presented by GGPoker	1^st	$155,446
2024 World Series of Poker Event #82: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em	32^nd	$5,546
2024 World Series of Poker Event #63: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw (7-Handed)	17^th	$5,180
2024 World Series of Poker Event #47: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em	4^th	$932,725
2024 World Series of Poker Event #39: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed)	2^nd	$1,351,000
2024 World Series of Poker Event #31: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	185^th	$2,005
2024 World Series of Poker Event #26: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em (8-Handed)	36^th	$50,637
2024 World Series of Poker Event #21: $25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold'em	38^th	$50,936
2024 World Series of Poker Event #12: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	111^th	$4,067
2024 World Series of Poker Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed)	27^th	$19,566
2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas $10,400 WPT World Championship	137^th	$34,100
2023 World Series of Poker Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship	301^st	$44,700
2023 World Series of Poker Event #57: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller	9^th	$161,585
2023 World Series of Poker Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty	333^rd	$1,505
2023 World Series of Poker Online Event #8: $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	4^th	$108,443
2023 World Series of Poker Event #40: $250,000 Super High Roller	5^th	$1,202,318
2023 World Series of Poker Event #29: $100,000 High Roller	4^th	$833,854
2023 BetMGM Poker Championship $3,500 Main Event	81^st	$8,733
2023 World Series of Poker Event #11: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack	635^th	$1,050
2023 World Series of Poker Online Event #2: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Bankroll Builder	129^th	$1,486
2023 World Series of Poker Online Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack	59^th	$2,931
2023 World Series of Poker Event #2: $25,000 High Roller (6-Handed)	2^nd	$751,463
2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship	48^th	$70,700
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,300 PCA Main Event	76^th	$22,300
2022 MSPT Venetian November $1,600 Main Event	55^th	$3,915
2022 MSPT Venetian November $1,100 Main Event	21^st	$4,130
2022 WSOP Online Event #9: $600 NLH Deepstack Championship	66^th	$1,391
2022 World Series of Poker Event #79: $10,000 Razz Championship	11^th	$25,375
2022 World Series of Poker Event #78: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em	81^st	$6,174
2022 World Series of Poker Event #72: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	45^th	$4,113
2022 World Series of Poker Event #67: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout	49^th	$12,013
2022 World Series of Poker Event #52: $2,500 Nine Game Mix 6-Handed	60^th	$4,394
2022 World Series of Poker Event #28: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller	14^th	$83,960
2022 World Series of Poker Event #19: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller	13^th	$80,105
2022 World Series of Poker Event #12: $50,000 High Roller	14^th	$80,000
2022 World Series of Poker Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship	7^th	$75,045
2022 World Series of Poker Event #2: $100,000 High Roller Bounty	2^nd	$721,144
2021 World Series of Poker Event #81: $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack	210^th	$1,400
2021 World Series of Poker Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship	16^th	$305,000
2021 World Series of Poker Event #53: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller	26^th	$44,807
2021 World Series of Poker Event #29: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em	1^st	$194,670
2021 World Series of Poker Event #25: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	36^th	$15,200
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #18: $1,000 NLH North American Open	14^th	$5,882
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #17: $400 NLH 8-Max	4^th	$23,652
2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #2: $600 Monster Stack	34^th	$2,466
MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD) MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)	1^st	$412,086
2021 partypoker MILLIONS Online Main Event	65^th	$15,864
2020 WPT World Online Championships Event #8: $10,300 Main Event, $10m GTD	60^th	$35,385
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #69: $1,500 Marathon No Limit Hold'em	168^th	$3,243
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #63: $500 Mini Main Event, $5M GTD	797^th	$2,074
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #42: $400 PLOSSUS [Day 2], $1M GTD	325^th	$1,166
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #41: $400 COLOSSUS [Day 2], $3M GTD	103^rd	$4,437
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #33: $1,111 Every 1 for Covid Relief [Caesars Cares]	159^th	$2,795
2020 WPT World Online Championships Event #2: $3,200 Pot Limit Omaha Championship, $1m GTD	18^th	$7,931
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events Event #34: $525 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	311^th	$567
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #12: $500 The BIG 500 No-Limit Hold'em	63^rd	$2,403
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #11: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack 6-Handed	2^nd	$79,291
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events Event #6: $600 PLO8 6-Handed	39^th	$1,754
2019 World Series of Poker Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship	184^th	$50,855
2019 World Series of Poker Event #80: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em, Pot Limit Omaha	132^nd	$2,393
2019 World Series of Poker Event #64: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold'em	445^th	$3,013
2019 World Series of Poker Event #34: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em	878^th	$1,499
2019 World Series of Poker Event #19: Millionaire Maker - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	705^th	$3,113
2019 World Series of Poker Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	177^th	$2,411
2019 World Series of Poker Event #8: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em	4^th	$93,593
2019 World Series of Poker Event #5: 50th Annual High Roller - $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em	6^th	$251,128
2018 Caribbean Poker Party $5,300 Main Event	109^th	$12,500
2018 Caribbean Poker Party $25,500 MILLIONS World	18^th	$90,000
2018 World Series of Poker Event #71: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)	18^th	$15,726
2018 World Series of Poker Event #69: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed	136^th	$4,487
2018 World Series of Poker Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em	40^th	$10,226
2018 World Series of Poker Event #24: $2,620 THE MARATHON No-Limit Hold'em	199^th	$4,198
2018 World Series of Poker Event #21: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER	925^th	$2,468
2018 World Series of Poker Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed	184^th	$2,342
2018 World Series of Poker Event #13: $1,500 Big Blind Antes No-Limit Hold'em	85^th	$3,143
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS North America $25,500 Super High Roller	4^th	125,000 CAD
2017 Playground Poker Club and partypoker World Cup of Cards $2,200 partypoker Canadian Poker Championships	127^th	2,000 CAD
2017 World Series of Poker Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em	2^nd	$399,132
2017 World Series of Poker Event #64: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Mix	157^th	$2,252
2017 World Series of Poker Event #58: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	47^th	$6,927
2017 World Series of Poker Event #39: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo BOUNTY	258^th	$998
2017 World Series of Poker Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER	553^rd	$3,398
2017 World Series of Poker Event #21: $1,500 8-Game Mix 6-Handed	45^th	$2,586
2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas $5,000 Main Event	71^st	$11,560
2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona €5,300 Main Event	136^th	€9,780
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin €25,750 High Roller	2^nd	€360,150
2016 Aussie Millions Event #9: $25,000 Challenge	1^st	790,560 AUD
2016 Aussie Millions Event #6: $1,150 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em	9^th	9,415 AUD
2016 Aussie Millions Event #3: $1,150 Shot Clock Shootout	8^th	4,520 AUD
2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 High Roller	7^th	$192,780
2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event	3^rd	$641,140
2014 World Series of Poker Event #64: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship	34^th	$22,828
2013 World Series of Poker Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em	345^th	$2,354
2013 World Series of Poker Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	134^th	$4,181
2012 World Series of Poker Europe Event #4: €3,250 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	14^th	€5,428
2012 World Series of Poker Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	156^th	$52,718
2012 World Series of Poker Event 56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	49^th	$10,388
2012 World Series of Poker Event 36: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	22^nd	$9,086
2011 World Series of Poker Event #36: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em	131^st	$5,680
2010 PokerStars.com EPT London Main Event	18^th	£21,000
2010 World Series of Poker Event #50: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	1^st	$508,090
2009 World Series of Poker Event 36 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em	172^nd	$2,005