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This week, over a dozen individuals were convicted of attempting to murder Boston Red Sox star and MLB Hall of Famer David Ortiz in 2019.
According to The Associated Press, a Dominican court convicted ten persons in the murder attempt on Tuesday. For their participation in the incident, alleged gunman Rolfi Ferreyra Cruz and another man were sentenced to 30 years in jail, while eight others received sentences ranging from five to twenty years. Three additional people were acquitted owing to a lack of evidence. Ortiz, who was born in the Dominican Republic, was ambushed in 2019 at a Santo Domingo bar by a guy who jumped off a motorbike and shot him in the back at close range. Ortiz was transported to a local hospital, where he underwent surgery before being airlifted to the United States for another procedure. He has subsequently fully healed. According to the private investigators Ortiz hired, he was targeted by a Dominican drug trafficker who was envious of him, albeit the particular cause is unknown. According to the newspaper, the guys were charged with criminal organization, unlawful firearm usage, attempted murder, and collaboration, among other things. More information is scheduled to be revealed next year. Ortiz played two decades in the major leagues, first with the Minnesota Twins and then with the Boston Red Sox. He helped lead the Red Sox to their first World Series victory the following year, the first of three in his career, and earned 10 All-Star selections until retiring in 2016. He concluded his career with 541 home runs and 1,768 RBI. Earlier this year, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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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