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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – The Professional Women's Hockey Players Association and the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League will co-host a four-game Dream Gap Tour tournament in February. Four teams will compete on the 25th and 26th of February at Advent Health Center Ice in Wesley Chapel, Fla. The PWHPA was founded following the demise of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) in 2019. Its members include women's hockey players Marie-Philip Poulin, Sarah Nurse, Hilary Knight, and Kendall Coyne Schofield. The PWHPA's 100-member team competes in Secret Dream Gap Tour tournaments and games to generate awareness and support for a sustainable women's pro league that pays a decent salary and provides the same competitive benefits as their male counterparts. "Partnering with the Tampa Bay Lightning is exciting for a variety of reasons," PWHPA operations consultant Jayna Hefford said in a statement on Monday. "They're a successful organization with remarkable success in a rising hockey market, demonstrating both on-ice and off-ice successes – something we much admire." This season, the ladies have competed in showcase tournaments in Montreal, Pittsburgh, and Truro, Newfoundland, as well as an all-star weekend in Ottawa in December. Another event is set for the 21st and 22nd of January in Owen Sound and Collingwood, Ontario. PWHPA members have not joined the Premier Hockey Federation, which will boost its salary ceiling to US$1.5 million per club next season. The Canadian Press released this item on January 9, 2023.
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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