A Clever Spell

As many of you know, the world Series of Poker main event is down to its final nine poker players. Poker pro and start Phil Ivey is one of them. Here’s an interesting tidbit; even though he is 7th in chips he is a favorite to win, I guess because of his reputation.

Bookmaker Party Bets is reporting a significant six figure liability on Phil Ivey winning the WSOP Main Event in Vegas, which gets underway at the Rio Hotel and Casino on the 7th November. Despite the fact that Ivey is a short stack placing seventh in chips in the “November Nine’ as its called, his odds on taking down the casino tournament are only 5/1, making him third favorite.

According to a written report, A PartyBets spokesman said: “Ivey will be a terrible result for us and we think that the industry as a whole will have massive liabilities. A big name on the final table of the WSOP is always bad news for bookmakers and in fairness they don’t come much bigger than Ivey. 175/1 as a starting price for any player in a field of 6,494 players is short to say the least - his true odds could have been double that but we had to price him prohibitively short because punters back the name. We have our fingers crossed that he doesn’t pull off a remarkable comeback. The bottom line is that for us it has to be anybody apart from Ivey.” Regardless of what bookmakers think, I will be pulling for Ivey. He just dominates poker online.