Chance Kornuth is one of the most media-friendly tournament players, with 42,000 followers on Twitter. And he runs his Twitter like a king and the vast majority of his posts are ready-made aphorisms.

We threw some of these tweets into poker and mindset categories, so you can find the Chance-wisdom you need quicker.

Poker Advice from Chance Kornuth

  1. The poker session where everything goes wrong is teaching you more about your actual skill level than you care to admit.
  2. Your poker decisions should be based on ranges and probabilities, not on what you hope your opponent has.
  3. Your opponents' mistakes don't justify your own. Play optimal poker regardless of how terribly everyone else is playing.
  4. Your poker decisions reveal whether you're playing to win money or playing to feel cool. One of these approaches is a lot more profitable.
  5. The best poker players don't see bad beats as unfair events. They see them as punishment for suboptimal decision-making.
  6. The chips you don't lose are often more valuable than the chips you win. Defense wins championships.
  7. The poker player who takes down the pot after betting big and says "I never bluff" is telling you exactly how to play against them. If you know, you know.
  8. Poker tournaments are a sequence of increasingly expensive decisions. The wining players make fewer expensive mistakes.
  9. Tournament players who complain about "variance" in late stages don't understand navigating early or middle stages.
  10. If you can't explain your poker strategy to a beginner, you don't understand it well enough to execute it against professionals.
  11. You don't win by being the most aggressive player at the table. You win by being the most adaptable.
  12. If you're not tracking your results, you're not serious about poker. You can't improve what you don't measure.
  13. Your poker bankroll isn't just money. It's your ability to make rational decisions under pressure. Protect it accordingly.
  14. There's no shame in being outplayed. The shame is in not having an answer and adjustment ready to go.
  15. Being card dead isn't the problem. Not understanding table dynamics, emotional thresholds, and live tells is the problem.
  16. Poker is easy. Just make sure to lose the minimum when you're behind and win the maximum when you're ahead.
  17. Most poker players could double their win rate without learning a single new strategy—just by eliminating their three biggest leaks.
  18. The money you save by not punting when you're tilted, tired, or unfocused is often more valuable than the money you make playing your A-game.
  19. Poker players want to learn all the fancy exploits against specific player types but can't focus at the table for more than 30 minutes.
  20. Tournament players who min-cash but never make final tables aren't unlucky. They've just just optimized their strategy for surviving instead of winning.
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Mindset Advice from Chance Kornuth

  1. Poker players will study range charts for hours but won't spend 10 minutes analyzing their own psychological leaks.
  2. Your improvement is directly proportional to your willingness to be wrong about things you currently believe to be true.
  3. Players who constantly seek validation for their plays care more about being liked than being profitable. Pick one.
  4. Your poker game will change once you stop caring about looking stupid.
  5. Most poker players know what they should do but lack the emotional discipline to do it consistently. Work on your mind, not just your strategy.
  6. Your poker mindset should be: ruthless with analysis, patient with execution, and detached from results.
  7. Most poker players quit right before a breakthrough because improvement can feel like regression when you're learning new concepts.
  8. Most poker players would rather lose with a "standard" play than win with an "unconventional" one. This fear of judgment keeps them mediocre.
  9. Your poker edge isn't permanent. It expires the moment you stop working to maintain it while your opponents keep improving.
  10. Most poker mistakes aren't about "not knowing" what to do. They're about knowing what to do but lacking the discipline to do it consistently.
  11. Any aspiring poker player saying "I don't study because I'm a feel player" is like a surgeon saying "I don't need medical school because I have good hands."
  12. Your improvement is limited by the quality of feedback you're willing to accept. Harsh truths > comforting lies.
  13. Most poker players fail because they optimize for short-term comfort instead of long-term growth. Discomfort is the price of mastery.
  14. Preparation before playing poker matters way more than you think.
  15. The moment you start playing to prove something to someone else is the moment you stop making optimal decisions for yourself.
  16. Progress in poker isn't a straight line. You'll have breakthroughs followed by setbacks, clarity followed by confusion. Keep going.
  17. The longer you play poker, the more you realize it's not about being the smartest person at the table. It's about being the most self-aware.
  18. The most dangerous time in a poker player's career isn't when they're losing. It's right after their first big win.
  19. The most important skill at low stakes isn't recognizing when opponents are bluffing. It's recognizing when you're lying to yourself about them bluffing.
  20. There are no shortcuts to poker success. Just a long road paved with mistakes that you're either learning from or repeating.
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Here's the reaction of one of Chance's fans, which summed up how it feels after scrolling through dozens of his tweets.