Hand #188: Chance Kornuth Wins WPT Choctaw! ($486,600); Steve Buckner Finishes as Runner-Up ($320,000)

Photo:  WPT Choctaw champion Chance Kornuth (center) celebrates his victory with friends and his wife Emily (center left).

Steve Buckner moves all in for 6,400,000, and Chance Kornuth quickly calls with .

Buckner turns over , and needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and Kornuth pairs his ace on the turn to clinch the pot — and the WPT title — with two pair, aces and fives.

Steve Buckner finishes as the runner-up, earning $320,000.

Chance Kornuth wins WPT Choctaw, earning $486,600. Kornuth’s name will be engraved on the one and only Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup, alongside every other WPT champion from all 20 seasons.

Photo:  Chance Kornuth leaps from his chair to celebrate his WPT Choctaw title.

Congratulations to Chance Kornuth!

1st:  Chance Kornuth  –  $486,600
2nd:  Steve Buckner  –  $320,000
3rd:  Ray Qartomy  –  $235,000
4th:  James Hundt  –  $175,000
5th:  Kristen Foxen  –  $135,000
6th:  James Mackey  –  $101,000

Photo:  Runner-Up Steve Buckner