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From the NBA's perspective, the inaugural season of the In-Season Tournament was a success — ratings were up (not wildly, but up), the level of play was generally higher pleasing the league's hardcore fans, and the thing created some buzz in the middle of football season. People noticed.
Not that it was ever in question, but NBA Commissioner Adam Silver confirmed that the the IST will be back next year when speaking to reporters in Paris before the NBA’s annual game in France.
"We are pleased with the success after the first season, and no doubt it will be back next year, probably with just a couple of tweaks," Silver said.
What are these tweaks? Silver said there have been meetings where they "talked about potential changes to the In-Season Tournament, everything from how to break tiebreakers to what the courts look like to maybe even the name of the overall tournament."
Ultimately, the NBA hopes to be able to sell the IST games as their own package of events to one broadcast partner (with streaming). Put more succinctly, all of the IST games would be exclusive to *insert streaming service here.*
"We're talking to television partners and maybe figuring out when exactly the best time of year is to do it, maybe it will make sense to make some other modifications to the format," Silver said. "Those are things we'll look at."
Also of note, the NBA had a one-year deal to have the IST Finals in Las Vegas, which could change in future years (especially if Las Vegas is awarded an expansion franchise in a couple of seasons).
Expect the NBA to roll out whatever changes there are this summer, likely during Summer League as they did a year ago (playing to the more hardcore fans that are there and ate the IST up). Just don't question if the tournament will be back.
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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