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Patrick Mahomes received the second MVP of his career on Thursday, but the real surprise came when the full award voting totals were released. The leaderboard features the expected mix of quarterbacks, skill players and defensive stars, with one exception. This person, who received a fifth-place vote, was not an offensive lineman, or a kicker, or a coach. It was Buffalo Bills assistant trainer Denny Kellington, the man recognized for performing life-saving CPR on Damar Hamlin after the Bills safety went into cardiac arrest on the field last month.
Maaddi described the gesture as "beautiful" and noted the vote did not affect the top five finishers in the award. Nowhere in the AP's official voting guidelines does it say that only active NFL players may receive votes, though the spirit of the award is intended to identify the league's top players. The voting for the AP All-Pro teams is actually much more stringent, as this season's results featured four voters who picked ineligible players as second-team linebackers.
Damar Hamlin's medical team recognized at NFL Honors
Hamlin's nationally televised collapse on "Monday Night Football" would have been all the more horrific had it not been for the efforts of Kellington and his peers on the Bills and the hospitals in Cincinnati and Buffalo where Hamlin recovered.
That group had already been recognized at Thursday's NFL Honors, where they were brought on stage for Hamlin, who has recovered enough that the NFLPA's top doctor says he will play football again, to personally thank them for their help.
"Every day I was amazed that my experience could encourage so many others, across the country and even across the world," Hamlin said. "Encouraged to pray, encouraged to spread love, and encouraged to keep fighting no matter the circumstances.
"Sudden cardiac arrest was nothing I would have ever chosen to be a part of my story. That’s because sometimes our own visions are too small, even when we think we’re seeing the bigger picture. My vision was about playing in the NFL and being the best player I could be. God’s plan was to have a purpose bigger than any game in this world."
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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