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Milwaukee Bucks head coach Adrian Griffin’s 2-year-old grandson died Saturday, the team confirmed Monday. Jayce D. Griffin, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, was found unresponsive by his father in Champaign, Illinois, Saturday morning. Police responded to help, and Jayce was transported to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Preliminary autopsy results on Monday didn’t reveal any evidence of trauma or foul play, per the report, though specifics are still not known. The death is still under investigation. Jayce’s father is Alan Griffin, one of Adrian Griffin’s two sons. Jasmine Riggs, Jayce’s mother, told CBS 58 that Alan was watching Jayce on Friday night and Saturday.
"My grandson Jayce was very special to me and my family and his passing is an agonizing tragedy that will be felt forever. I appreciate your respecting our family’s grief and privacy at this time," Griffin said in a statement, via the Journal Sentinel.
Alan played at both Illinois and Syracuse, and he most recently played on the Bucks’ summer league team. His younger brother, A.J. Griffin, currently plays for the Atlanta Hawks.
The Bucks fired coach Mike Budenholzer after they were knocked out of the playoffs last season. They then hired Adrian Griffin in May after his stint as an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors. It will mark his first head coaching job in the league.
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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