ABOUT US

World Class Poker Tournament Training With a Unique History

CLC was founded by Chance Kornuth as the first live tournament coaching for profit program in poker. An innovative approach to poker coaching where instead of asking for an hourly payment up-front, a small percentage was taken from player winnings.
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The coaching for profit program ran for 4 years and 120 players made over $12,000,000 winning multiple tournaments. One of those people was GPI 1st player in the world and now CLC coach Alex Foxen.
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We took the lessons we learned from the coaching for profit format and translated it into a world class live tournament curriculum and our two flagship products, The Closer and CL AI.
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If you want to take your tournament game to the next level make sure you do our tournament assessment. It will help us understand the type of content you need and what you need to focus on.

CLC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • Our coaches have made over $64,778,561 and won a combined total of 54 live & online tournaments.                    

 

  • We have won practically every tournament event in poker. Including the WSOP Main, WPT, Aussie Millions.
 
  • Chip Leader AI co creator Alex Foxen is the number one GPI player in the world
  • We ran one of the largest tournament staking operations and successfully taught 120 players our methods that resulted in $12,000,000+ in wins.
 
  • We have experienced all the highs and lows of poker and built bankrolls from 0 to well over $10M+. Experience and Feedback + Technology
 
  • We created the first AI training platform for tournament poker and the first Coaching For Profit for tournament players.
OUR COACHES

The Chip Leader Coaching Team

CHANCE KORNUTH

CLC FOUNDER & COACH
Chance Kornuth is the Founder and Lead-Instructor of Chip Leader Coaching. Over the course of his career he has won four World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, one World Poker Tour (WPT) championship, and amassed over $20M in lifetime earnings. He was just 24 years old when he won his first WSOP bracelet in 2010, taking down the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $508,090.
  • Chance Kornuth is the Founder and Lead-Instructor of Chip Leader Coaching. Over the course of his career he has won four World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, one World Poker Tour (WPT) championship, and amassed over $20M in lifetime earnings. He was just 24 years old when he won his first WSOP bracelet in 2010, taking down the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $508,090.
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ALEX FOXEN

CLC COACH
In 2016, Alex met Chance Kornuth and became one of the first students of Chip Leader Coaching. Foxen’s competitive drive and hard work with CLC paid off in short order! Just one year later, Foxen would go on to win the SHRPO $2,650 buy-in event for $204,600. While this was the biggest score of his career to date, he would soon top it that year by finishing second at the Bellagio’s WPT Five Diamond Classic Main event for $1,134,202.
  • In 2016, Alex met Chance Kornuth and became one of the first students of Chip Leader Coaching. Foxen’s competitive drive and hard work with CLC paid off in short order! Just one year later, Foxen would go on to win the SHRPO $2,650 buy-in event for $204,600. While this was the biggest score of his career to date, he would soon top it that year by finishing second at the Bellagio’s WPT Five Diamond Classic Main event for $1,134,202.
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KRISTEN FOXEN

CLC COACH
Kristen Foxen is the most decorated female player in Poker history. With a record six WSOP bracelets and close to $19.3 Million in career live earnings, she tops the women's all-time money list and continues to compete — and win — against the best players in the world. Total Live Earnings: $19,235,650 Titles: 17+  WSOP Bracelets: 6
  • Kristen Foxen is the most decorated female player in Poker history. With a record six WSOP bracelets and close to $19.3 Million in career live earnings, she tops the women's all-time money list and continues to compete — and win — against the best players in the world. Total Live Earnings: $19,235,650 Titles: 17+  WSOP Bracelets: 6
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JOE MCKEEHENb
CLC COACH

Joe McKeehen is the 2015 WSOP Main Event Champion. With an impressive résumé of 19 titles and close to $16 Million in career winnings, he is considered one of the best in the game. He definitely knows how to close out a tournament.

Total Live Earnings: $18,891,412
Titles: 20
WSOP Bracelets: 2 WSOP Main Event Champion
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ALEX FOXEN
CLC COACH

Alex Foxen is one of the first Chip Leader Coaching students. He joined the squad 2 years ago with little over $2Million in winnings. Since then, through sheer work and dedication he has managed to win more than $8Million and become the #1 GPI Ranked player in the world.

Total Live Earnings: $27,068,448
Titles: 10WPT 5 Diamond WinnerCurrent
Global Poker Index Rank #1
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CHANCE KORNUTH
CLC FOUNDER & COACH

Chance Kornuth is the lead instructor for the Elite and Pro CLC Teams. He has 2 WSOP Bracelet, Bellagio Cup Victory, Aussie Millions $225K High Roller Championship, and over $5 Million in career winnings. He is legendary for his aggressive style of play and ability to decode players physical tells.

Total Live Earnings: $11,847,141
Titles: 13WSOP Bracelets: 225K
225K Aussie Millions Champion
OUR PRAISE

What Players Are Saying About Our Coaches

Daniel Negreanu
#1 All-Time Live Poker Earnings

“Chance combines a deep technical understanding of the game with an incredible ability to read his opponents both based on their tendencies and body language. I enjoy having him at my table for the banter, but he is tough to play against.”

Shaun Deeb
Two-Time WSOP Bracelet Winner

“Chance is the one guy who thinks of more creative spots than I do, and one of the few guys I try to consistently talk strategy with. To my students, I always recommend they hire Chance for his expertise in live NL MTT’s.”

Phil Hellmuth
17 WSOP Gold Bracelets

“Alex Foxen is a great player who wins… A LOT! I’m impressed he crushes anything from $250k high rollers to $1700 circuits.”

Daniel Negreanu

“Chance combines a deep technical understanding of the game with an incredible ability to read his opponents based on their tendencies and body language. I enjoy having him at my table for the banter, but he is tough to play against.”

Justin Lynch
CLAI Member & MSPT Main Event Champ

“When I started using Chip Leader A1, I knew immediately that I had found what I was looking for. I was able to actually practice many spots/hands and get immediate feedback with the responses written by Alex Foxen and Chance Kornuth explaining why each decision was correct. Alex and Chance’s style of teaching poker also resonated with me much more than other players had previously.”

Boston Rob
Survivor Star and Avid Poker Player

“Chip leader’s A1 platform is simply the best it’s easy to use and accelerates your learning. It also adjusts to the individual player to help with what you’re struggling with. I love it.”

Steven Jones
2nd in the 2023 WSOP Main Event

“I reached out to Chance and Alex for my deep main event run. It gave me a lot of confidence in small pots that I was making the correct plays. I feel like they gave me the confidence and knowledge that helped me secure 2nd place for $6,500,000”

Shaun Deeb
3 WSOP Bracelets

“Chance is the one guy who thinks of more creative spots than I do, and one of the few guys I try to consistently talk strategy with. To my students, I always recommend they hire Chance for his expertise in live NL MTT’s.”

Andrew Lichtenburger
AKA Lucky Chewy

“Alex and Chance are some of the toughest players I’ve played against. Mostly I think it’s because they acknowledge and hone their intuitive abilities whilst finding a balance with their technical ones. And, when all goes well, the synergy between the 2 works wonders.”

Joe Hachem
2005 WSOP Main Event Winner

“Chip Leader Coaching under the leadership of Chance is one of the premier poker coaching sites available to us all. I say this having used the tools and interactive lessons at Chip Leader and found them to be very student friendly and comprehensive. It also helps to have Chance, along with Alex Foxen, holding your hand on the journey to becoming a poker master.”

Chris Moneymaker
2003 WSOP Main Event Winner

“I have known the team at Chip Leader Coaching for years now. Not only are they great players, but they also have a natural way of teaching the game in an understandable and digestible way.”

Daniel Weinman
2023 WSOP Main Event Winner

“Not only is Chance one of the best theoretical players in the world, but his deep knowledge of tells and tendencies were an integral part of me winning the main.”

Jesse Sylvia
WSOP Main Event Runner-Up, WPT Borgata Champion

“I have been lucky enough to have had many poker conversations with Chance, and I am continuously impressed by the fact that I never leave one without learning something. It is a testament to his insane work ethic: Chance is constantly thinking about spots, analyzing them, coming up with unique lines, and, most importantly by far, trying them in real settings at the highest stakes.