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LeBron James raced to the basket on one end. Kevin Durant swished an arcing jumper on the other. Frank Vogel, now the Suns coach, called James and Durant two iconic figures in the game of basketball today. And even though it was the preseason, the two on the floor together for the first time since 2018 was a fitting capper. Playing in front of a sold-out crowd at the Acrisure Arena just outside of Palm Springs, the Lakers' regulars went through their final rehearsal before opening the season Tuesday in Denver. The Durant-James duel delivered. The Lakers? Not so much. Phoenix used a big second half to dominate the Lakers, 123-100, their fourth loss of the six-game preseason James scored 19, Anthony Davis had 15 and six blocks in 23 minutes and Austin Reaves added 14 points. Durant, playing without fellow stars Devin Booker and Bradley Beal beside him, had 21, all in the first half. The Lakers bench struggled throughout the game, badly missing a facilitator with Gabe Vincent (back) and Jalen Hood-Schifino (knee) both out. Cam Reddish, Rui Hachimura and Christian Wood combined to shoot three for 13 with no assists. Reddish was a minus-28, Hachimura a minus-30 and Wood a minus-35. The Lakers were outscored 35-15 in the third quarter despite playing their starters for a shift against the Suns reserves.
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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