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With the calendar turning to 2023, we're now racing toward the NBA All-Star Game on February 19. On Thursday, the NBA published the results of the first round of fan voting, and the names at the top are quite recognizable.
LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets presently top all players in total votes with almost three million votes apiece. They are now the only players with over three million votes, and they are both at the top of their respective conferences' frontcourt results (West for James, East for Durant).
Regardless of performance, James and Durant remain two of the most famous names in the sport, so it's no surprise that early voting favors them. However, if voting continues, supporters of the brilliant athletes on their tails may give them a fight for their money.
The NBA All-Star Game voting period began on December 20 and will close on January 21. The fan vote accounts for 50% of a player's vote total, with the media accounting for 25% and the players themselves accounting for the remaining 25%.
Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks is 1,673 votes shy of three million, and he scored a career-high 55 points against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday. The Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid has erupted after a poor start, helping his club win 11 of its past 13 games. Luka Doncic has done some very remarkable things for the Dallas Mavericks. Nikola Jokic remains Nikola Jokic (i.e. very, very good). The game has been so heated recently that NBA players have been acting like the largest, strongest child at the local snowball fight, continually pelting their supporters with incredible performances.
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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