$3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Event
Blinds 75k/150k/25k ante
Chance Kornuth moves all in for 2.6 million after a min raise from James Mackey who makes the call.
Mackey:
Kornuth:
Flop: (Kornuth pair of Queens)
Turn: (Mackey pair of Aces)
River:
Mackey wins the hand with a pair of Aces to eliminate Kornuth in 6th place.
“I came five places short of where I wanted to be, but it was pretty fun,” said Kornuth who takes home $247,954.
Kornuth is originally from Denver, Colorado and pushes his career recorded live tournament earnings to more than $1 million.
“I think I played my “A” game for most of it (tournament), there’s only a couple of hands I could have played differently,” he said from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Kornuth is a 27-year-old pro who won a WSOP bracelet in 2010 (PLO).