2021 World Series of Poker $10,000 short deck no-limit hold’em event, Chance Kornuth has won the defeating a field of 66 entries to secure his third career gold bracelet and the first-place prize of $194,670. Kornuth finished fourth in this same event at the 2019 WSOP.
“It felt really good to get a little bit of redemption,” Kornuth told PokerGO reporters. “It only crossed my mind once when there were three left and I thought, ‘Oh, I improved on last time,’ but obviously anything other than first place was going to be somewhat disappointing.”
Kornuth first secured a bracelet over a decade ago, taking down the $5,000 pot-limit Omaha event in 2010 to earn $508,090. His second bracelet came in a 2018 online $3,200 buy-in high roller event, which saw him earn $341,599 for topping a field of 480 entries. The 35-year-old poker pro now has more than $9.3 million in career tournament earnings, with around $2.2 million of those earnings coming in WSOP events.
In addition to the title and the money, Kornuth also earned 360 Card Player Player of the Year points as the champion of this event. This was his third title and fourth final-table finish of the year. He took down the Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 buy-in main event in June for $412,086 and the Wynn Summer Classic $3,500 buy-in event for another $353,891. With $1,155,732 in year-to-date earnings and 3,210 points, Kornuth has been catapulted into 14th place in the 2021 POY race, which is sponsored by Global Poker. He also secured 195 PokerGO Tour points for the win. This was his first qualifying score of the year for that leaderboard.
The final table was broadcast on PokerGO as part of their exclusive live-streaming coverage of the 2021 WSOP. Action resumed with six players remaining and Kornuth atop the chip counts. Thomas Kysar was the first to hit the rail, with his J-10 failing to overcome the pocket queens of Kornuth in a preflop all-in showdown.
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