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Familiar names remain at the top of fan balloting for the NBA All-Star Game. Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is the leading vote-getter in the league, while Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James tops fan balloting in the West for the third round of results reported by the NBA on Thursday. Fan voting concludes Saturday and will be weighted 50% in determining All-Star starters. NBA players and media will account for 25% each. Sixers' Joel Embiid and Celtics' Jayson Tatum are second and third, respectively, in frontcourt voting in the East. They and Antetokounmpo are joined in the starting lineup by leading vote-getters Tyrese Haliburton of the Pacers and and Trae Young of the Hawks based on this round of voting. Bucks guard Damian Lillard (1,730,036) trails Young (1,815,898) for the second and final backcourt spot in the East with voting scheduled to conclude in two days. In the West, James would be joined by Nuggets' Nikola Jokić and Suns' Kevin Durant in the frontcourt. Maverics' Luka Dončić and Warriors' Stephen Curry would start in the backcourt. Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2,331,113) trails Curry (2,616,154) for the second backcourt spot and is the closest player in the West to overtaking a starting spot as voted by fans. The NBA is returning to the the East vs. West All-Star format for the first time in seven years. Since 2018, the league has let captains select teams from a pool of starters who were voted in and reserves selected by league coaches. Captains were the lead vote-getters in each conference. James has been a captain for every year of the format. Either Antetokounmpo or Curry were captains opposite of James.
The All-Star game is scheduled for Feb. 18 (8:30 p.m. ET, TNT) in Indianapolis.
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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