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We all know that Phil Ivey is a remarkable poker player, after all this is a man that has total tournament poker earnings of over $8.5m and add on top of that the mind boggling sums he will have made in cash games you then begin to understand that we are talking about one of the all-time greats of this glorious game.<\/p>\n
Come November 7th and Ivey will face his greatest challenge to date, the battle to become the WSOP Main Event Champion.\u00a0 When all is said and done its WSOP bracelets that really matter to poker players.\u00a0 Listen to them talk at the table or in an interview and they will brush off the millions in prize money as a by product, it\u2019s the glory and acclaim from their peers that these guys really crave.<\/p>\n
Just getting to the final table is an astonishing achievement, not just for Phil Ivey but also his eight fellow members of the \u2018November Nine\u2019, all the more impressive when you consider that 6,494 paid the $10,000 buy-in.<\/p>\n
Such a large field can prove very difficult for the bookies to judge.\u00a0 Who exactly are the favourites out of 6,494?\u00a0 Obviously the world renowned pros will be fancied but in a game where luck or the \u2018Poker Gods\u2019 as some would have it plays a significant part the bookies must factor this in when calculating each player\u2019s odds of winning the WSOP main event.<\/p>\n
That is why Phil Ivey started out at 175\/1 at our sister site PartyBets.com, even then that was considered quite a short price, it could easily have been double that but because this is Phil Ivey we are talking about the odds had to be shortened.\u00a0 Indeed, this proved to be a wise choice because Ivey is now down to 5\/1 to take that elusive Main Event bracelet.\u00a0 Any of you who were wise enough to take him at 175\/1 will be rubbing your hands with glee if he does succeed.<\/p>\n
But Ivey is up against it, he\u2019s one of the short stacks plus he faces some very stiff competition from the likes of Brit James Akenhead<\/a>, Card Player Exec Jeff Shulman<\/a> and France\u2019s Antoine Saout<\/a>.\u00a0 And let\u2019s not forget chip leader Darvin Moon, the logger from Maryland, USA who won his seat from a $130 satellite tournament.\u00a0 If Moon were to win his story would surely surpass 2003 champion Chris Moneymaker\u2019s rise to poker fame.<\/p>\n WSOP Main Event Chip Counts Darvin Moon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 58,930,000 We all know that Phil Ivey is a remarkable poker player, after all this is a man that has total tournament poker earnings of over $8.5m and add on top of that the mind boggling sums he will have made in cash games you then begin to understand that we are talking about one of<\/p>\n
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\nEric Buchman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 34,800,000
\nSteven Begleiter\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29,885,000
\nJeff Shulman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19,580,000
\nJoseph Cada\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13,215,000
\nKevin Schaffel\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12,390,000
\nPhil Ivey\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9,765,000
\nAntoine Saout\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9,500,000
\nJames Akenhead\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6,800,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"