We’re only two days away from the resumption of the 2014 World Series of Poker Championship Event. The “November Nine” will reconvene on Monday evening and, by Tuesday night, our next World Champion will be crowned. Current betting odds on a couple of online sites are favoring the chip leader, but not by much.
If you’ve forgotten the nine men who will contest the final WSOP bracelet for 2014, here’s the rundown of the contenders:
Jorryt van Hoof, 38.375 million
Felix Stephensen, 32.775 million
Mark Newhouse, 26 million
Andoni Larrabe, 22.55 million
Dan Sindelar, 21.2 million
William “Billy Pappas” Pappaconstantinou, 17.5 million
William Tonking, 15.05 million
Martin Jacobson, 14.9 million
Bruno Politano, 12.125 million
On Carbon’s sports betting site, current chip leader van Hoof is the favorite to take the World Championship. On a money line bet, van Hoof would return a bettor $275 on a $100 bet. Newhouse has apparently gotten a great deal of action as he comes in as the second favorite with a $100 bet returning $300 should he win. Stephensen is offering a nice return also with $400 returned on that $100 bet.
From those in the bottom two-thirds of the ladder, most of the action has come to Jacobson. Although he is behind Sindelar (+450), Jacobson is getting the same money line chances that Larrabe (+650) has. It would be a great return on investment if Pappaconstantinou (+950), Politano (+1200) or Tonking (+1200) were able to take down the World Championship.
There are a host of proposition (“prop”) bets on the Carbon sports betting site. With the final table almost equally split between U. S. players and international players (four U. S. players, five international), Carbon is offering a money line bet favoring the international players (would have to wager $165 to win $100, or -165). The U. S. players will bring a nice payday (should they win) as a $100 bet would take home $125.
In addition to the nationality of the next World Champion, Carbon is also offering several “last longer” props. With his chip stack, van Hoof is the favorite in his two “last longer” options against Stephensen and Newhouse, while Stephensen has a very slight edge over Newhouse in their head-to-head matchup. Finally, Carbon is offering odds on what the color – red or black – will be of the final hand’s turn and river cards, with each bet put up at -110 (a $110 bet to win $100).
Over on Bovada, van Hoof is also the favorite with odds of 57/20 (roughly 2.85/1) but the competition is much closer that Carbon’s money line bets. Stephensen has current odds of 4/1 while Newhouse is right behind him at 5/1. Larrabe settles in as a 7/1 choice for the next World Champion, slightly ahead of Sindelar’s 7.5/1 chances, but it is once again Jacobson who is garnering the attention of the Bovada punters with odds of 8/1. Pappaconstantinou (10/1), Tonking (12/1) and Politano (16/1) round out the field.
Bovada agrees with Carbon that the next World Champion will be from outside the United States. Offering a money line of +150 for the U. S. players (a $100 bet would return $150), Bovada has set a money line of -200 ($200 wagered to win $100) that one of the five international players will take the title. Unlike past years, these are the only options that Bovada has put on the board.
Although he is one of the major movers on both the Carbon and Bovada sites, Jacobson isn’t getting much love from Betfair. As to who will be eliminated first, Jacobson (9/2) sits behind only Politano (9/4) in taking that dubious honor. This is a bit surprising in that, in betting on the eventual winner, Jacobson is getting 15/2 odds to win the tournament overall while Politano is the long shot at 22/1 (van Hoof is the favorite at Betfair at 3/1).
Betfair also has several “prop” options to wager on (who will reach heads up, who will be the best U. S. player and whether a U. S. player or an international player will win the title), but they are only open to punters outside the U. S.