BetUS Releases November Nine Odds

BetUS released their 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event final table odds, making chip leader Jonathan Duhamel the odds-on favorite to take home this year’s title. Duhamel, who leads the field with nearly 66 million in chips, is listed at odds of +275, or 2.75-1.

Duhamel, a 22-year-old poker professional who hails from Quebec, is looking to become the first Canadian to win the Main Event. Closely following Duhamel is John Dolan, who is second in chips with 46.25 million. Dolan is listed at +375, or 3.75-1.

After Dolan, reputation seems to have influenced the odds just as much as chip counts. The third choice in the betting is none other than Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, who is listed at +500 to win the tournament. Mizrachi, who battled through the last day of play with a short stack, comes into the final table with about 14.5 million in chips, good only for 7^th best at the table. However, the players in 3^rd through 7^th position are rather closely packed, which is perhaps why the oddsmakers have set Mizrachi as the third choice in betting. Mizrachi is the only remaining player who has won a World Series of Poker bracelet; he has also won two World Poker Tour Championships, and has career winnings of over $8.8 million.

With none of the other players having nearly the reputation of Mizrachi, it’s no surprise that the odds on the remaining contenders closely follow their chip stacks. Joseph Cheong is listed at +750, John Racener at +900, and Matthew Jarvis at +1000. The longest odds belong to Filippo Candio (+1200), Soi Nguyen (+1400) and Jason Senti (+1600), who has just 7,625,000 in chips.

The so called November Nine have each won $811,823 already – the amount of the 9^th place prize. When they return to play down to a final winner on November 6^th, they will compete for the top eight spots, each of which is worth over $1 million. The ultimate winner will take home $8,944,138, the second largest prize in Main Event history. The final totals will actually be slightly higher, due to the accumulated interest on the withheld prize money.