Chance Kornuth Waves White Flag Down $726K – Galfond wins again
Publish date: January 28, 2021

Phil Galfond, who called himself a “washed-up ex-pro,” remains undefeated as Chance Kornuth waves the white flag in the Galfond challenge.

After reaching a deficit of $726,500 with less than 10,000 hands remaining, Chance Kornuth has opted to wave the white flag, crowning Phil Galfond once again.

Phil Galfond records remain perfect thus far.

The Galfond Challenge.

Phil Galfond founded Run It Once Poker with the goal of keeping the online poker dream alive. Over the years, a big part of that dream has been epic high stakes battles for all to witness. With the Galfond Challenge, a series of high stakes heads up matches between Phil and his various challengers, Phil is bringing back the glory days of railing high stakes games.

Every session of The Galfond Challenge presented by Run It Once Poker will be live-streamed on Twitch.tv/RunItOncePoker.

Note: For Galfond Challenge matches only, rake will be 1% up to a cap of €1.

Day 1’s Happening now

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Galfond Versus Kornuth

Initial stage

The Galfond Challenge match began rather inauspiciously for challenger Chance Kornuth of Chip Leader Coaching. 

He was down more than 14 buy-ins, or $280,000, after the first nine days of play.

Chance had to catch up. 

Kornuth catches up

He put together back-to-back solid wins after being beaten into such a hole he had to take a break to reload his account. A massive six-figure win on the third day after that gave him the overall lead, and a further one the following day put him well out in front, a shocking development after Galfond’s early domination.

Galfond fires back

Galfond erupted from that point on. From Dec. 9 through Jan. 23, he turned an even match into a lop-sided affair with 11 wins in 15 sessions, including four of the six-figure flavor. That left Kornuth hopelessly buried, and he decided to face reality after starting a Saturday session in an immediate $46K hole. 

Event 4 – happening on January 31, 2021 1 am

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Universal Grand
PH partner – Grand Union PH

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Chance Kornuth waves the white flag

In a twitter post. Kornuth had this to say

I’ve decided to concede the challenge . Congrats to @PhilGalfond on another #GalfondChallenge Victory. It was an incredibly fun battle even though I lost. Going to take a few days w/ friends and family, and share more about my experience in the weeks to come on @ChipLDR

The Record so far

Galfond VS Kornuth

Status: Finished

Winner: Galfond up by +726,500.00 USD

Galfond VS Perkins

Status: Ongoing

Winner: Galfond up by +90,144.05 USD

Galfond VS VENIVIDI

Status: Finished

Winner: Galfond up by +€1,671.58

Galfond VS ACTIONFREAK

Status: Finished

Winner: Galfond up by +$114,765.66

Stay safe poker playas!

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