Ryan Feldman, co-owner of Hustler On line casino Reside, revealed on PokerNews’ Life Exterior Poker podcast that he was kicked out of the 2016 World Collection of Poker (WSOP) Important Occasion over a battle of curiosity stemming from his employment at ESPN.
Within the sixteenth episode of the podcast, host Connor Richards speaks with the producer/founding father of the most well-liked livestream in poker historical past about why he was booted from poker’s largest match, together with quite a few different subjects reminiscent of sports activities journalism, interviewing star athletes, leaving ESPN to begin a poker stream, founding HCL and placing collectively a number of the most entertaining lineups in poker historical past.
Feldman went into element on the podcast about why he was booted from the Important Occasion, and it is a story he is by no means shared publicly, however one definitely worth the pay attention.
“You both must withdraw from the match otherwise you would possibly lose your job,” Feldman was advised on Day 3 of the $10,000 buy-in world championship occasion.
Hear what Feldman needed to say intimately in regards to the “brutal begin” to his poker profession post-ESPN following the Important Occasion disqualification on the latest version of the Life Exterior Poker podcast beneath:
This interview was filmed in July on the 2024 WSOP inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
The Life Exterior Poker podcast is on the market on main streaming platforms together with Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can even watch the interview with Ryan Feldman by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.
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