World Series of Poker/WSOP Odds of Winning Main Event (May 21)

[kodonnell]

Where is Tuan Le? He has won 2 major WPT events in the past few months and obviously knows how to win. He's not even on this list! The whole thing is garbage!

[Moovyz]

LOL... the original post shows Moneymaker being a better bet than David Chiu. Wasn't he player of the year 3 years back?

And the "respected offshore" sites have Moneymaker and Raymer even. Moneymaker was a first time player, Raymer is an accomplished pro.

Who writes these odds?

[duma]

there is obviously not going to be a field bet, it would take a huge advantage from the house. the only way they might let you bet the field is if you were laying -5000 or something, but even then thats still a good bet.

edit: i just saw the post from the offshore book. those odds are more like it. i still dont think anyone on that list will win it but atleast the odds are reasonable this time.

btw +30000 means you must bet $100 to win $30,000, 300 to 1.
negative odds work in similar fashion. -5000 means you must bet $5000 to win $100, or 1 to 50.

[REL18]

Why would humberto brenes be lower then his brothers who suck didnt he place top 3 in back to back wpt or i think he won 1 and 2nd the other makes no sense. Anyway if thats final table humberto has got to be best bet here.

[BowlMeOne]

Yes as stated, the odds shown are based upon a $100 wager. +30000 means 300-1. They also offer call in's on players not listed, they will book action on anyone. Not touting book, just stating what the real odds are that i've seen. I'll try a few for fun. Best tournament players in the world in my opinion would be Negranu, Hellmuth, Hanson, Ivey, Harrington.

[mlagoo]

Breaking News: Ben Affleck becomes better poker player than Phil Gordon, David Sklansky, Carlos Mortensen, Annie Duke, and Cyndy Violette.

[Derek in NYC]

I wonder if you could put together a basket of pros and longshots to create a +EV arbitrage.

[KnickNut3]

I think I found some better odds on pokertropolis.com