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There was a fight Saturday that may have been more entertaining than some of the stuff you tuned into knowing you’d see a fight. Bench-clearing brawls are a dime a dozen in the big leagues, but a Saturday one in Cleveland between the Chicago White Sox and Guardians started after a legit Performance of the Night-worthy one-punch knockout. And just like you’d see in MMA, when the victim of that punch got back to his feet, he needed multiple people to help him off the field because he was on such wobbly legs. To be certain, it might not have been the best idea for White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson to pick a fight with Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez. When Anderson applied a tag at second to a headfirst Anderson, Anderson didn’t like it much. According to MMA Junkie parent mothership USA Today the incident was the culmination of two games’ worth of tension. Anderson took his glove off and put up his fists in a classic fighting stance. He threw twice and missed, and a second later he was on the ground from a perfectly placed Ramirez right hand. There were five finishes in 12 fights at UFC on ESPN 50 on Saturday, but Ramirez’s punch might have been worth $50,000 had it been in the cage in Nashville, Tenn.
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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