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Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant hit a baseline jump shot with 4.2 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up a six-game road trip by holding on to beat the Raptors 94-92 on Sunday, their eighth victory in nine meetings with Toronto
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Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
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Getty Images“It’s been a great experience, it’s been a wild ride,” he said.
Doug Kim, a 22-year-old recent Duke University graduate from Martsdale, N.Y., went out in seventh when he pushed all in with about 4 million in chips holding pocket nines and a flop of three, four, four. But Wasicka had him covered with pocket queens.
“I thought this was as good a spot as any to stick it in there,” said Kim, who finished with a $2.39 million payday. “I’m satisfied with my play. I have no regrets.”
Gold’s third victim of the final table was 55-year-old retired San Antonio businessman Richard Lee, who Gold had been reraising all night.
Just calling the big blind, or limping, with pocket queens, Gold watched as Lee raised to 1.2 million. Gold set the trap by reraising to 4 million and Lee, holding pocket jacks, went all-in for twice that amount, which Gold called instantly. Lee busted out in sixth for a payday of $2.8 million.
A gracious Lee denied the bluff set him up for a fall. “I knew he had some kind of a hand; I just didn’t give him credit for that big of a hand.”
Later, Rhett Butler, a 45-year-old insurance agent from Rockville, Md., busted out in fifth for a $3.22 million payday when he moved all-in with pocket fours. Gold called with a king and jack and caught a jack on the board for a higher pair.
Even tournament pro Allen Cunningham, 29, of Las Vegas, fell in fourth with pocket 10s as Gold’s king and jack made a pair of jacks on the board. The pro earned $3.62 million.
Michael Binger, a 29-year-old from Atherton, Calif., with a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford, was wiped out in third, for $4.12 million. Gold called an all-in bet holding an unsuited three and four and made a straight on the turn.
Even Gold’s mentor, poker legend Johnny Chan, was amazed.
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Gold said he would share the money with friends and supporters and give the rest to help his father, who has Lou Gehrig’s disease.
When the lights went up and play was over, Gold flipped open his cell phone and called home as the cameras rolled.
“Hi Dad, it’s Jamie, are you there? I just won.”
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