Jessica Teusl opened to 55,000 from the cutoff and Aleksejs Ponakovs and Stephen Chidwick called in the blinds.
Both opponents checked on the flop of A♦5♣K♣ and Teusl continued for 55,000. Only Chidwick called. Chidwick checked again on the 3♠ turn and Teusl checked back.
Both players checked again on the 8♠ river and Chidwick showed 10♦5♦ for a pair of fives, which was no good against the 9♦9x of Teusl.
Alejandro Lococo raised from under the gun to 50,000, and was called by the big blind James Hopkins.
The flop came 10♦4♠3♣ and Hopkins decided to check-raise Lococo's bet of 35,000, to 110,000. Lococo gave it some thought before making the call.
After the 7♦ on the turn, Lococo called a bet of 165,000 from Hopkins.
The river was the 9♦ and Lococo again called a bet from Hopkins, this time for 260,000. Hopkins showed A♦5♣ for just ace-high, as Lococo tabled 7♥7♣ for a set of sevens, to take the sizable pot.
Artur Martirosian opened the action with a raise to 55,000 from early position, which was called by Patrik Antonius on the button. Then the small blind Raul Lozano three-bet all in for his stack of 715,000. Once the big blind folded, Martirosian four-bet all in, which got a quick fold from Antonius, to leave the players heads up with Lozano at risk.
Raul Lozano: J♠10♠ 
Artur Martirosian: Q♦Q♣
Lozano was crushed by the pocket queens of Martirosian, and the 6♥9♥6♣ flop left him needing running cards to stay in the tournament. But the 3♥ on the turn left Lozano drawing dead, and the Q♥ on the river officially eliminated him, as Martirosian took the pot with his full house, queens full of sixes.
Kannapong Thanarattrakul was all in for 1,225,000 on the button against Michael Addamo in the big blind.
Kannapong Thanarattrakul: J♦J♣
Michael Addamo: K♥K♣
Thanarattrakul was in bad shape and got no help from the 4♥2♣A♥ flop or A♦ turn. However, the J♥ landed on the river as Addamo was delivered a cruel two-outer to double up his opponent.
The Australian high-stakes pro was left with crumbs and hit the rail shortly after.
Action folded to Saya Ono who raised to 50,000 from the hijack, and was called by the big blind Yoshiaki Nagaki.
The flop came 4♠7♠J♦ and Nagaki check-called a bet of 50,000 from Ono.
After the 6♠ on the turn, Nagaki again check-called a bet from Ono, this time for 130,000.
The river was the K♥ anda after Nagaki checked, Ono bet all in for Nagaki's stack of 365,000, which was called. Ono turned over A♠8♥ for just ace-high, while Nagaki tabled Q♦J♣ to double up with his pair of jacks.
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise series is underway, and poker players attending should be aware of a rule change that will impact the use of electronic devices at the table.
Jonathan Tamayo won the WSOP Main Event for $10 million this past summer in Las Vegas. Controversy surrounded the victory after poker fans noticed his rail, which included poker pros Joe McKeehen and Dominik Nitsche, had a laptop open with apparent real-time assistance (RTA) software visible.
Tamayo would occasionally converse with his rail during the final table, and that led some to question if he had an unfair advantage. But no one has presented any evidence to prove he broke any rules or won the tournament because of an edge gained from his rail. Still, the WSOP did not have a rule in place to prevent potential controversies such as this from arising. They do now, however.
There are a few other additional new rules for the series, including banning electronic devices at the table altogether when a tournament is down to three tables. Players are also not permitted to place their cell phones or any electronic devices on the table or table rail during play.
Danny Tang raised to 50,000 from under the gun with K♥9♥ and was called by Sean Winter on the button with 9♠9♣.
The flop came 10♣2♥8♦ and Tang continued for a near pot sized bet of 150,000, which got Winter to fold the best hand and give the pot to Tang.
Action folded to Kiat Lee in the small blind and he raised all in for his stack of 375,000. Juuso Koskela in the big blind looked at his cards and quickly flipped in a chip to make the call.
Kiat Lee: A♥4♦
Juuso Koskela: A♣6♣
Lee was dominated by the bigger ace of Koskela and once the flop came 5♣K♣9♣ Lee was flopped dead after Koskela flopped the nut flush. The board ran out 7♣5♥ to officially give Koskela the pot and eliminate Lee.
Paul Phua raised to 50,000 from under the gun, which was called by Wayne Heung on the button, and the big blind Esti Wang.
All three players checked the 5♦7♦8♦ flop, which brought the K♠ on the turn. Phua then bet out 50,000 which got Heung to fold, and Wang called.
After the Q♣ on the river, both players checked. Wang tabled K♣J♣ to take the pot with his pair of kings.
Ryan Feldman, co-owner of Hustler Casino Live, revealed on PokerNews' Life Outside Poker podcast that he was kicked out of the 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event over a conflict of interest stemming from his employment at ESPN.
In the 16th episode of the podcast, host Connor Richards speaks with the producer/founder of the most popular livestream in poker history about why he was booted from poker's biggest tournament, along with numerous other topics such as sports journalism, interviewing star athletes, leaving ESPN to start a poker stream, founding HCL and putting together some of the most entertaining lineups in poker history.
This interview was filmed in July at the 2024 WSOP inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Ryan Feldman by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.
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