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Two fans ran onto the Coors Field outfield and grabbed Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. during Monday night's game against the Colorado Rockies.
Acuña appeared to come away from the incident without injury and remained in the game. The fans were pulled off of Acuña by security and escorted from the field.
Video from the outfield stands shows a fan approach Acuña in the seventh inning, put his arm around his waist and apparently try to take a selfie. A security guard sprinted toward the scene and attempted to pull the fan off of Acuña. A second security guard reached for the fan's legs as the fan kept his arms around Acuña's body.
As a third security guard approached the scene, another fan sprinted in from right field. Two security guards immediately tackled him as he reached Acuña and two others pulled the first fan off Acuña. Acuña fell to his back, then got up, apparently unscathed.
Two guards escorted one of the fans off the field while three others carried the other off literally kicking and screaming.
Another angle from the infield stands shows the second fan sprinting from right field to join the fracas. Chants of "MVP" rained down from the Rockies crowd in support of Acuña, a top NL MVP contender.
The night was an otherwise outstanding one for Acuña, who hit his 29th home run and recorded his NL-best 60th and 61st stolen bases as the Braves recorded a 14-4 win. He finished the night 4 for 5 at the plate with a home run, two stolen bases, a walk, three runs scored and five RBI.
He hit a three-run double in the ninth inning after the run-in with fans. He appears to be just fine. He spoke with reporters about the incident after the game.
"I was a little scared at first, but I think the fans were out there and asking for a picture," Acuña said via an interpreters. "But security was able to get there, and so I think everything’s OK. Everyone’s OK."
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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