Galfond Challenge: Chance Kornuth is $190,000 ahead

There was a turning point in the Galfond Challenge match between Phil and Chance Kornuth this week. The 13th session was the most productive for Kornuth, as he was able to win $157,000 in 500 hands, a record for this match. Chance is now $190,000 ahead of Phil after 6,850 hands.

Will Kornuth begin to smash Galfond?

The last time we wrote about the HU match between Phil Galfond and Chance Kornuth was after 10 sessions. After a short break, Kornuth was able to win back $78k in the next session. But Phil's lead even after that was over $200k and it seemed big enough.

The next three sessions held from October 13 to 22 changed the course of the match:

Session	Winner	Results	Hands
11 (13 October)	Chance Kornuth	$84,000	540
12 (20 October)	Chance Kornuth	$150,000	549
13 (22 October)	Chance Kornuth	$157,000	500
Total	Chance Kornuth	$190,000	6,850

Chance Kornuth won three sessions in a row for the first time and won $157,000 in one day. After 6,850 hands, he is ahead by $190,000.

However, Kornuth is still far from the record set by "ActionFreak," who was able to win €264,044 in one day and 721 hands.

Chance Kornuth of the Galfond Challenge

On social networks, Chance remains laconic. The poker coach simply called the last session "another good day":

Highlights Day 12 and Day 13

You can check out the best hands from the last two days of the Galfond Challenge in the videos below, which left one of their participants more than $300k in profits. Several comments were made highlighting the Galfond's downswing and recalling the comeback against VeniVidi1993.

Day 12

Day 13

Let's recall that the match between Galfond and Kornuth will have 35,000 hands, so only 20% of the games have been played; anything can change in the future.

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