Dennis Weiss raised to 105,000 in the cutoff, Thomas Eychenne moved all in for 270,000 on the button, and Weiss called.
Thomas Eychenne: A?A?J?6?
Dennis Weiss: 10?9?7?5?
Eychenne was ahead with aces, but Weiss hit a full house on the river on a board of Q?7?Q?10?7? to win the pot and send Eychenne to the rail in 13th place.
Amir Mozaffarian raised to 85,000 in the hijack and both Tamazi Skhirtladze and Sebastian Mortensen called in the blinds.
The flop came Q?10?7? and Skhirtladze led out for 270,000. Mortensen folded, but Mozaffarian announced a call and slid forward a tower of chips. Skhirtladze thought he was all in and put in his last chips before being informed Mozaffarian had just called.
The turn was the 8? and Mozaffarian put Skhirtladze all in. Skhirtladze quickly called for his last 300,000 as Mozaffarian turned over A?K?7?6? for a turned flush. Skhirtladze slammed down Q?J?7?4? and was already walking to the exit by the time the J? fell on the river.
"Yum, yum, yum," Jonas Kronwitter told Mozaffarian.
Dennis Weiss raised the button to 105,000 and Julien Martini defended out of the big blind.
Martini checked the 2?Q?J? flop and Weiss bet 90,000. Martini check-shoved for 475,000 and Weiss called to put him at risk.
Julien Martini: K?9?6?2?
Dennis Weiss : Q?Q?10?5?
Weiss was ahead with top set but Martini had a big combo draw. The K? turn and J? river improved Weiss to a full house and Martini was out in fifteenth.
Amir Mozaffarian raised to 80,000 in the cutoff and Jonas Kronwitter called on the button.
Mozaffarian continued for 165,000 on the A?K?4? flop and Kronwitter called. The turn was the 7? and Mozaffarian slowed down and checked.
Kronwitter then bet 285,000 and Mozaffarian asked the dealer to spread the pot and used a few time banks before mucking. Kronwitter showed him the Q? as he took the pot.
Vakhtang Javakhishvili raised to 75,000 from early position and Thomas Eychenne shoved for 150,000 from the cutoff. After the rest of the table folded, Javakhishvili called
Thomas Eychenne: A?J?10?8?
Vakhtang Javakhishvili: A?8?6?4?
The flop of 10?K?Q? gave Eychenne the nuts and had Javakhishvili drawing deaad. The 8? turn and 4? river meant Eychenne had doubled.
Pavel Izotov raised to 105,000 in the hijack and Tamazi Skhirtladze three-bet to 300,000 in the cutoff. "No gamble, no future," Victor Dota said as he called all in for 180,000 in the big blind. Izotov also called for his last 150,000.
Pavel Izotov: 8?7?6?3?
Victor Dota: Q?6?5?3?
Tamazi Skhirtladze: A?Q?J?7?
The board ran out 9?10?4?5?Q? and Dota finished with two pair, queens and fives, to scoop the entire pot and send out Izotov in 16th place while earning a double off Skhirtladze.
"I'm alive, I'm alive," he said as he snapped a photo of the board.
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.