PokerNews Podcast: Chance Kornuth Talks Galfond Challenge Loss, WPT Final Table
On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Jeff Platt, Sarah Herring, and Chad Holloway discuss the latest events to take the poker world by storm. They go over the results of the face-off between Fedor Holz and Wiktor "limitless" Malinowski, the postponing of Daniel Negreanu vs. Phil Hellmuth Heads Up Duel, go over the WPT Gardens and Wynn Spring Classic results, and relate a crazy slot story out of Michigan.
Plus, Chance Kornuth joins the show to talk about his recent WPT Final table, his latest projects at Chip Leader Coaching, being a new dad, and his challenge against Phil Galfond.
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Time Stamps
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:24 | Welcome to the show |
| 01:15 | Jeff’s First time Playing on GGpoker |
| 02:15 | Chad reveals that he ghosted on someone’s account |
| 04:00 | Fedor Holz wins Faceoff Challenge vs. Limitless |
| 06:10 | MJ Gonzales faces Limitless for $3M |
| 08:15 | Sponsor: GGPoker |
| 09:33 | Markus Gonsalves wins WPT Gardens, Kornuth finishes 4th, Liu finishes 6th |
| 12:13 | Elite Chip Care |
| 12:45 | Chance Kornuth joins podcast |
| 13:15 | How did he perform so well against Phil? |
| 15:45 | Motivation for doing the challenge |
| 17:20 | Choosing to concede |
| 20:00 | Being the yearlong chip leader of WPT Gardens |
| 22:40 | Pressure of being chip leader |
| 27:00 | The Future for Chance Kornuth |
| 30:50 | Chip Leader AI and The Closer on Chipleader.com |
| 37:42 | WPT500 on partypoker Dylan Rowe wins, turns $530 into $181k |
| 38:20 | Bally's steps in to buy WPT |
| 41:24 | Sponsor: Run It Once |
| 42:12 | Sung Joo "Arte" Hyun & Joe McKeehen win at Wynn Spring Classic |
| 45:00 | Some stops revealed for tournaments coming back LIVE |
| 47:00 | First Responder fires MICOOP on Stars....oh also hits $175k slots jackpot |
| 51:20 | High Stakes Duel Negreanu vs . Hellmuth delayed |
| 54:51 | Bet on Negreanu vs. Hellmuth at StakeStars.com |
| 56:58 | Use code POKERNEWS to get $10 off yearly PokerGo subscription |
| 57:06 | Trivia about Ireland’s All-Time Money List |
| 1:01:46 | Advertisement |
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