In a heads-up pot on a flop of A♥Q♣J♣, Ryan Feldman was all in for 1,325,000 in the big blind against Alejandro Lococo in early position.
Ryan Feldman: 10♣7♣
Alejandro Lococo: K♣Q♦
Feldman had plenty of equity with a combo draw and picked up even more outs on the 8♠ turn. Unfortunately for the Hustler Casino Live co-founder, the 5♠ river marked his elimination on the stone bubble of the biggest tournament of his career.
It turns out Feldman didn't realize he was on the stone bubble after the double elimination at another table.
Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 21st episode, Connor speaks with Survivor legend Boston Rob, aka Rob Mariano, about growing up near Fenway Park, learning poker at the age of 6, studying psychology at Boston University, applying for Survivor and winning Season 22, his recent appearance on Deal or No Deal Island and filming an upcoming season of The Traitors.
Boston Rob also revealed a story about Costa Rican authorities raiding a mansion known to host high-stakes poker games during a 2006 filming that included Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh, David Williams, Michael Mizrachi and actress Cheryl Hines.
"(Gambling mogul) Calvin (Ayre) had a big party at the house, and they came in guns drawn," he said. "And we were fine, but we all had to stay at the party until they checked our passports and everything. I think it was a little bit of a shakedown. But we had a good weekend."
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.
World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise is in full swing at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas and continues on today with Day 2 of Event #2: $1,000,000 Triton Million, a unique tournament featuring both some of the most successful poker players in history and deep-pocketed VIPs looking for the thrill of victory.
Leading the way into the second day of play is rising start Michael "Texas Mike" Moncek, a two-time bracelet winner best known for his near 100% VPIP on streams like Hustler Casino Live. In this event, Moncek has been more selective with his starting hands and built up nearly four times starting stack on Day 2.
Triton Million Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Michael Moncek
3,815,000
191
2
Sinan Unlu
3,200,000
160
3
Paul Phua
2,750,000
138
4
Sosia Jiang
2,665,000
133
5
Fedor Holz
2,625,000
131
6
Patrik Antonius
2,570,000
129
7
Jared Bleznick
2,535,000
127
8
Konstantin Maslak
2,150,000
108
9
Chance Kornuth
2,140,000
107
10
Taylor von Kriegenbergh
2,140,000
107
HCL co-founder Ryan Feldman will also be in the Day 2 field as one of several players playing the biggest buy-in of their career. Did you know that Feldman was once kicked out of the WSOP Main Event due to an employment conflict? You can hear all about it in the Life Outside Poker interview Feldman did over the summer.
Of course, the field also includes poker's biggest names like Poker Hall of Famers Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius, as well as resident high roller crushers like Alex Foxen, Sean Winter, Jason Koon, Seth Davies, Adrian Mateos, Isaac Haxton, Justin Bonomo and Michael Addamo.
Michael Addamo
The VIPs, meanwhile, include Jared Bleznick, Sosia Jiang, David Einhorn and Jessica Teusl.
Day 2 kicks off at noon local time and PokerNews will be reporting on an hour-plus delay to coincide with the Triton stream. The pros and VIPs are combined on Day 2 so expect to see some interesting matchups throughout the day.
Stay tuned for continued coverage of the first-ever collaboration between the WSOP and Triton here at Atlantis.
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