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It's never good to find out you're out of a job. It's especially bad when that news gets delivered via Twitter. That's precisely what happened to former Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taurean Prince on Wednesday. Prince found out his option was getting declined thanks to a tweet from ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Prince seemed caught off guard by the news, though he appreciated the heads up from Wojnarowski. Prince, 29, averaged 9.1 points and 2.4 rebounds per game in a part-time role with the Timberwolves last season. Prince signed a two-year, $14 million deal to stay with the team in 2022. In two seasons with the Timberwolves, Prince averaged 8.1 points. Prior to joining the Timberwolves, Prince spent time with the Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers. A former first-round pick by the Hawks, Prince started 10 games his rookie year before becoming a full-time starter during the 2017-18 NBA season. He averaged 13.3 points over the next three seasons. Prince has mostly been used as a bench player since the 2020-21 NBA season. Teams will likely look to use Prince in a similar role now that he's a free agent. Hopefully, he'll know what team he's signing with before anyone else breaks the news.
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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