Pro Players New ACR Poker Documentary Goes Inside Chance Kornuth’s $50K WSOP PLO Run Owen Gaines Owen Gaines is a professional poker player and author who has played an estimated ten million hands and written four poker strategy books. October 13, 2026 The four-time bracelet winner takes on Daniel Negreanu and Martin Kabrhel in a high-stakes showdown. A new ACR Poker documentary follows ACR Poker Pro Chance Kornuth through the 2026 World Series of Poker $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller. His opponents include Daniel Negreanu and Martin Kabrhel, with a seven-figure first prize on the line. But the video’s most revealing moments are not all about who wins a pot. Between hands, Kornuth talks strategy, jokes with other players and joins a surprisingly frank discussion about how tournament rules affect the game. It’s a closer look at what an established high-stakes pro thinks when the cameras keep rolling. A Big Swing, but No Fairy-Tale Finish Kornuth describes a rough Day 1. After falling to just 1,000 tournament chips, he says he briefly rebuilt his stack to more than 900,000. That was a recovery in chips, not a $900,000 payout, and it was only one part of a difficult event. He entered Day 2 with 215,000 chips, according to tournament reporting, and was later eliminated by Ka Kwan Lau before the 17 paid places. João Simão went on to claim the bracelet and $1,368,700 first prize. Kornuth’s rebound kept him playing, but it did not produce a cash. Late in the film, with 34 players remaining, Kornuth explains that he is short-stacked and weighs how to use his time banks. It’s a small but telling glimpse of the calculations that continue even when a player is simply trying to survive. The Debate Beyond the Cards The documentary spends substantial time on a subject poker players know well: late registration and multiple re-entries. Kornuth and other competitors question whether the current rules make it too easy for elite players to take repeated shots while discouraging recreational players from entering expensive events. Kornuth also acknowledges buying into this event twice after his first entry ended. That makes the exchange more revealing: he is playing by the same rules he is questioning. He wants tournaments to offer a realistic reason for one-shot entrants to compete alongside the regular high rollers. They explore an alternative: limit how late someone can enter for the first time, while giving players who joined earlier a longer opportunity to re-enter after busting. It’s a discussion at the table, not an announced rule change. The conversation is engaging because the players disagree, test one another’s ideas and consider the trade-offs. A structure that rewards a late entry might be good for one player’s expected value, but how does it feel to someone risking a single $50,000 buy-in? A Champion Who Knows This Game Kornuth has four WSOP bracelets, and the first came in Pot-Limit Omaha. He won the 2010 $5,000 PLO event for $508,090, giving this documentary a personal connection to the game that first made him a WSOP champion. “My first-ever bracelet came in a PLO tournament, so I know I’ve got it in me to get there again,” Kornuth says early in the film. His other accomplishments include winning the 2022 WPT Choctaw Championship for $486,600 and finishing runner-up in a 2024 WSOP $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller for $1,351,000. He also founded Chip Leader Coaching, where he teaches tournament strategy. His success extends to ACR Poker. In September 2026, playing as LawyerDad68, Kornuth made both the NLH and PLO final tables in ACR Poker’s Dual Mystery Bounty Venoms, finishing seventh and sixth, respectively. The Moments Between Hands Away from the big strategic discussion, the cameras catch players teasing one another, reacting to uncomfortable spots and dealing with the pressure of shrinking stacks. Kornuth also examines his own decisions instead of pretending he played every hand perfectly. In his closing reflection, he questions the sizing of a bet involving kings and explains why a shallow stack-to-pot ratio influenced his choice. “But I could have played a couple of hands differently,” he acknowledges. That may be the documentary’s strongest appeal: a decorated ACR Poker Pro showing how he thinks through both the action and the mistakes, even when the tournament does not end with a trophy. Watch the new ACR Poker documentary here.