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Glen Chorny

Canadian poker player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ3771946 ↗
Source-derived summary

Glen Chorny is a Canadian poker player from Waterloo, Ontario. He has studied at Wilfrid Laurier University and has been playing professionally since January 2008. Chorny's first European Poker Tour (EPT) cash came at the PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure in January 2008 when he finished in 13th place. In April, he won the EPT Season 4 Grand Final in Monte Carlo, and by doing so he won the biggest cash prize ever in Europe at €2,020,000 ($3,198,500). As of February 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceeded $3,500,000.

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The public source identifies “Glen Chorny” as canadian poker player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Glen, Chorny and Canadian.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008, 2010—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Glen, Chorny and Canadian providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Glen Chorny”, the useful work is to connect “canadian poker player” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3771946. The first chronological checks are 2008 and 2010.

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This entry incorporates text from “Glen Chorny” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.