The English attorney drove a number of players mad with his "speech play" during the 2016 WSOP Main Event and became something akin to a pop star on ESPN.
But not only his game was spectacular. He also went out with a bang. And then history repeated itself.
First, the Explosion
Kassouf had his good run intact on Day 7 of the WSOP Main Event and it really looked like he could go all the way to the November Nine.
Then the tides turned.