Just as LeBron James affected the NBA futures market when he signed with the Lakers, John Tavares did the same in the NHL when he moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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It’s the second-largest World Series of Poker’s Main Event field ever, trailing only the 2006 tournament that featured 8,773 players at the height of the online and TV poker boom.
The Phoenix Suns are the 8-1 favorite to win the NBA Summer League title game in Las Vegas and the Sacramento Kings and Charlotte Hornets are each 10-1.
The stellar card features five graded stakes races, topped by the $1.2 million Belmont Derby Invitational, a 1 1/4-mile inner turf tussle for 3-year-olds that has drawn a field of top sophomores from the U.S. and Europe.
Maria Konnikova already has earned $177,722 in poker tournament winnings in 2018, less than two years after being introduced to the game.
After Golden State signed All-Star DeMarcus Cousins on Monday, the Westgate sports book quickly made the Warriors minus-150 favorites to win their third straight NBA championship while dropping the Lakers to the 9-2 third choice.
Wagers on Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence to win the Heisman Trophy caused the Westgate sports book to improve their odds.
The Lakers, mired in a five-year playoff drought, opened at 9-2 odds at the Westgate sports book to win the 2019 NBA title and were quickly moved to 7-2 Sunday shortly after news broke that they’d signed LeBron James.
Thousands of poker pros, amateurs and celebrities from more than 85 different countries are expected to descend on the Rio Convention Center on Monday for start of the World Series of Poker’s 49th annual Main Event.