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The NBA Draft drew record numbers Thursday night.
The first round of the NBA Draft was the most watched ever, Nielsen announced Friday, via ESPN’s Ben Cafardo. The first round averaged just shy of 5 million viewers on ESPN and ABC, and it peaked with just more than 6 million viewers around the time the first pick was announced.
By comparison, last year’s NBA Draft averaged nearly 4 million viewers in the first round. That was up more than 30% from 2021.
French star Victor Wembanyama went No. 1 overall to San Antonio and was followed by Brandon Miller at No. 2 to Charlotte and Scoot Henderson at No. 3 to Portland. Twins Amen and Ausar Thompson went Nos. 4 and 5 overall, respectively, in a historic first for the draft. They were the first pair of brothers to be selected in the top 10 of the same NBA Draft, and the second pair of brothers to go in the top 5 of any NBA Draft, joining Lonzo and LaMelo Ball, who were selected three years apart.
With the NBA Draft now over, attention will turn to the NBA's Summer Leagues, which start July 3 in Sacramento. Despite some early doubts, Wembanyama is set to participate in the Summer Leagues in at least some capacity. The early competition is one of several Summer Leagues throughout the country, with the one in Las Vegas, which starts July 7, featuring all 30 teams.
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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