Chance Kornuth attains his second bracelet, becoming the second player in WSOP history to win a bracelet both live and online.
The 49th World Series of Poker broke several field records, including at Event #63: $3,200 WSOP.com Online No-Limit Hold’em High Roller. On Saturday evening, it attracted 480 entries, surpassing the previous year’s count of 424 entries.
Kornuth emerged victorious in less than 12 hours, securing the gold bracelet and a cash prize of $341,598. There were 356 unique participants and 124 rebuys, resulting in a total prize pool of $1,459,200. Out of this, 63 participants walked away with a prize.
WSOP.com reported that Kornuth faced off against David ‘bewater’ Goodman for the title. Kornuth completed with a set of sixes, while Goodman had a pair of tens on a king-high, three club board.
These are the final table results:
- Chance ‘BingShui’ Kornuth ($341,598)
- David ‘bewater’ Goodman ($212,021)
- Timothy ‘poker.’ Nuter ($144,168)
- Noah ‘ThePunter’ Bronstein ($99,809)
- Frank ‘flcrivello’ Crivello ($70,625)
- Taylor ‘ReadyGambo’ Black ($50,926)
- Justin ‘kingfortune’ Liberto ($37,355)
- Jonas ‘LobyPewis’ Macoff ($28,016)
- Pete ‘petechen’ Chen ($21,596)
Win wraps online bracelet events
This was the final bracelet event listed on the online schedule out of four events, which boast some noteworthy records:
The first WSOP.com event marked a record in the regulated US online marketplace, with the largest field online tournament (2,972 participants). It was also the largest online tournament ever held in Nevada.
Second event on WSOP.com: the first win on WSOP.com outside Nevada and the inaugural online pot-limit Omaha event.
Third event on WSOP.com: biggest no-limit hold’em championship
Second player wins bracelet both live and online in record-breaking field at fourth WSOP.com event.
Kornuth’s journey to WSOP.com title
Kornuth hails from Colorado and currently resides in Las Vegas. He is a professional poker player and the founder of Chip Leader Coaching.
In 2010, he won his first bracelet in a $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event.
Kornuth joins Nipun Java as the only online winner to also have a live bracelet. Java was part of a tag team at the WSOP last year that won a $1,000 prize. He then shortly won the $1,000 online championship.
Kornuth is well-acquainted with major victories: his cumulative live earnings amount to $6,303,850 and his highest single win of $641,140 was achieved when he finished third in the 2015 PCA No Limit Hold’em Main Event.
The event, which offered unlimited re-entry for one day, began with 25,000 starting chips and 20-minute levels. Late registration was open for four hours. Players registered for this event online through WSOP.com Nevada and New Jersey and it was played entirely on these platforms.
