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The Canes are moving on . The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the New York Islanders 2-1 in overtime — thanks to a goal from veteran forward Paul Stastny — to claim the first round series in six games and move on in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Stastny snuck a shot past Ilya Sorokin exactly six minutes into the extra frame on a goal that the Vezina finalist will surely have nightmares over for weeks to come. The 37-year-old is no stranger to coming up clutch in the postseason, notching his third career playoff overtime winner. With the win, the Hurricanes became the second team to advance past the first round of the 2023 playoffs, after the Vegas Golden Knights dispatched the Winnipeg Jets in five games on Thursday. The Islanders looked poised to force a pivotal Game 7 when Cal Clutterbuck opened the scoring in the first period with a wicked short-side wrist-shot to beat Frederik Andersen, who started his first game of the series on Friday. Sorokin and the Islanders absorbed wave after wave of attacks from Carolina before Sebastian Aho finally broke through to tie the game midway through the final frame. Sorokin ended the contest with 39 saves on 41 shots, while Andersen earned the win with 33 saves of his own. Carolina will now face the winner of the New Jersey Devils-New York Rangers series, which the Devils currently lead 3-2.
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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