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LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Duque Hebbert, a 21-year-old right-hander, struck out three MLB players on Monday in the World Baseball Classic: Juan Soto, Julio Rodriguez, and Rafael Devers. He also signed a deal with the Detroit Tigers. Until hurling a shutout ninth inning in a 6-1 defeat to the Dominican Republic, Hebbert, of Team Nicaragua, was almost unknown. The Nicaragua national baseball team announced shortly after the game that the 5-foot-10, 170-pound pitcher had signed with the Tigers. According to a source with knowledge of the issue, the Tigers have not formally signed Hebbert, but the two parties have agreed to a minor-league deal. He still needs to write, pass a physical exam, and do additional examinations. It's unknown when Hebbert, who is presently in Miami for the World Baseball Classic, will return to Lakeland. In the ninth inning, Hebbert employed nine changeups, six sliders, two four-seam fastballs, and two sinkers, striking out 14 of 19 batters. His fastball averaged 89.5 mph, his slider averaged 79-80 mph, while his changeup averaged 82-84 mph. In 12 swings, he struck out five times. To open his appearance, Hebbert struck out Soto on three pitches, finishing him off with back-to-back changeups at the bottom of the zone for swinging strikes. He then struck out Rodriguez on a swinging strike with a down-and-away slider. Ultimately, he won a seven-pitch battle against Devers by inducing a swinging strike with another changeup in the bottom of the zone. Manny Machado, who came in after Rodrguez and before Devers, went down 0-2 but doubled on a fourth-pitch slider. Luis Molina, a Tigers scout in Panama and Nicaragua, was in Miami for the Pool D match between Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic at LoanDepot Park. After the game, he approached Hebbert and offered him the deal. Hebbert previously pitched for Tren del Norte in Nicaragua's Liga Nicaragüense de Béisbol Profesional, the country's top professional baseball league. In 21 games as a rookie in that league this winter, he had a 4.71 ERA, 17 walks, and 24 strikeouts over 2823 IP. Hebbert has never been a member of a Major League Baseball team.
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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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