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Three first-round draft picks. Two second-round picks. Two solid NFL starters (Shelby Harris and Noah Fant), and two bar-setting contracts. This is the bounty that the Denver Broncos paid for Russell Wilson and his newly presumed career-resurrector, Sean Payton.
That represents one losing hand and a double-down to recoup the losses. Broncos fans should be prepared for the white-knuckling that comes along with it.
If 2022 taught Broncos fans anything, it’s that expecting big results and actually seeing them come to fruition is hardly guaranteed. Five months ago, Denver’s future was hotter than the surface of the sun. Then the regular season kicked off and the sun exploded, swallowing the entire season with it. Broncos Country and Wilson rode together off a cliff. It was an ill-fated journey that has been blamed largely (and rightfully) on the failings of Hackett, who didn’t appear to have the bandwidth required to be an NFL head coach. Payton has that in spades. That still doesn’t guarantee this is going to work.
Maybe the return of Denver’s litany of injured players helps to smooth that process in 2023. Maybe Payton’s reconstruction of everything under the hood helps to recapture Wilson’s Hall of Fame momentum. Or maybe all of the suggestive griping out of the Seattle Seahawks turns out to be founded in a reality that was concealed until after Wilson’s trade to the Broncos. Maybe he really is in a state of decay that can’t be repaired and this is all far worse than a Hackett issue.
The answers to those mysteries are coming. Payton’s hire assures that much. One way or another, something is going to change about this franchise and whatever went wrong in 2022. But the thought that this is going to be an easy process is another mistake. And the Broncos should have learned their lessons about that over the past five months.
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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