PokerNews Podcast 518: Chance Kornuth
It’s Episode 518 of the PokerNews Podcast! Sarah Herring is moving into a new home in Houston, so [Removed:139] and Chad Holloway try their best to fill her shoes and run the show. And they have plenty to talk about.
World Series of Poker Europe is in full swing, they take a look at the WSOP Player of the Year race, and how Shaun Deeb’s commitment should lead him to victory.
Plus, Rob Yong shares his vision for future partypoker Main Events, and Chad recaps his trip to Vietnam with Men “The Master” Nguyen.
Jeff and Chad dive into PokerGO’s newest show, “Beyond the Rail,” and Jeff recaps this past episode of Friday Night Poker.
Then, Chance Kornuth jumps on the podcast! Jeff chats with Chance about a new way to look at coaching and staking, what he’s been up to lately, and what he thinks the current climate of the poker world is.
This week's sponsor: Global Poker
Show Time Stamps
| 0:30 | Intro: Sarah moving to Houston, Chad Holloway joins Jeff this week! |
| 1:40 | Sponsor: globalpoker.com |
| 2:30 | WSOP Europe in full swing, how much attention is being paid to it |
| 3:40 | WSOP Player of the Year race, Shaun Deeb poised to take it down |
| 4:30 | WSOPE: COLOSSUS Crushes Guarantee |
| 5:30 | Is the Colossus here to stay? |
| 7:00 | Rob Yong Shares New Vision for partypoker MILLIONS Main Events |
| 8:00 | Re-entry in poker tournaments (plus Jeff's dog, Moose, whining in the background...he must not be a fan!) |
| 9:30 | The "Double Chance" option for tournaments |
| 11:00 | Moorman, Lindsay & Raymer Heading to Nashville for Charity Event |
| 13:10 | Chad discusses how the idea for his trip to Vietnam with Men Nguyen came about |
| 14:50 | Chad sums up his trip to Vietnam, discusses his plans for writing about it in the future on PokerNews |
| 16:00 | The story of Nguyen leaving Vietnam for the United States |
| 17:30 | AUDIO: Men Nguyen tells that story |
| 25:40 | Chad's experience in Vietnam |
| 26:40 | Chad tells us his conversations with Men Nguyen about cheating and dealer abuse |
| 28:50 | The Foxwoods story about Men Nguyen and how it's been greatly exaggerated over the years |
| 30:30 | Nguyen's angle-shooting and what Chad heard from him on that topic |
| 33:30 | Nguyen's reputation in the poker world |
| 34:30 | Follow Chad on Twitter to check out more from his Vietnam trip |
| 35:30 | Poker Central's WSOP DocuSeries Features Esfandiari, Moorman & More |
| 36:30 | An absolutely wild hand on Friday Night Poker between Jennifer Harman and Christian Soto |
| 38:50 | Chance Kornuth joins the show! |
| 39:10 | Kornuth takes us through his last couple months since the World Series of Poker wrapped up |
| 40:00 | What online tournament wins mean to him: "Winning in any tournament has such a good feeling to it...when you beat everyone, it has a special effect to it." |
| 41:15 | The idea behind Chip Leader Coaching: "It holds coaches more accountable to their coaching, because if students aren't learning and improving, than the coaches are going to make less money as well." |
| 42:00 | The team on the CLC staff: "One of the reasons it's so great is just because all the coaches have the ability to bounce hand histories off each other as well." |
| 43:00 | A side of Joe McKeehen that the poker media doesn't see: "We obviously see the same side everybody sees...but I was very impressed with how patient he was as a coach and his ability to articulate his thoughts is among the best in the business, so he's a great asset to the team." |
| 43:30 | Utilizing Twitch to their advantage: "We're just trying to widen our reach...eventually we're going to start to release products people can purchase." |
| 45:00 | The CLC Staking Fund and the professionalism it brings to the poker world |
| 46:00 | Staying in staking for a while: "I think there's a lot of expected value to be had by buying these pieces, by buying large chunks to get a better markup." |
| 46:30 | How he would sum up his passion for poker: "I would think my passion for poker is still quite high...I still have a huge desire to play as often as I can." |
| 47:20 | Re-entry tournaments: "The ability to re-enter gives me more EV. I think for the longevity of poker it's going to be really bad because it's going to be incredibly difficult for a recreational player to win a tournament when there are so many good players down the stretch that have had the chance to re-enter three or four tournaments." |
| 48:30 | The atmosphere in the live tournament scene: "I do think it's headed back in the right direction, I think people got kinda caught up in tanking...I wish more players would try to hang out and talk with the recreational players." |
| 49:45 | How he'd predict where poker is headed in the future |
| 50:40 | Chance's plans over the next couple months |
| 51:20 | Sponsor: globalpoker.com |
| 53:00 | Next week: Sarah will be at WSOP Europe! |
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