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Although betting on the outcome of a poker tournament is forbidden under certain state gaming rules, it is still being done illegally, and if the chances to win on the final table of the WSOP were based entirely on the number of chips each player had in his possession, Phil Ivey would have been a long shot!

Play is scheduled to resume in the World Series on Nov 7, and Ivey will sit down with relatively a low number of chips compared to the leaders. Ivey has about $9.7 million in tournament chips which is approximately 5 percent of the chips in play, and that would make him a 19 -1 shot if stack size was the only criteria in creating the odds, in fact the odds on Ivey are at a 4 – 1 making him a betting target at Bodog poker site, the offshore gambling operation that started posting odds on the final table!

Richard Gardner sportsbook manager at Bodog categorically stated that this is a testimony to Ivey’s experience, fame and talent and Ivey is still regarded as one of the best poker players in the world despite his low chip count, infact there is more betting that is done on Ivey than any other player.

Winning the WSOP main event can be extremely lucrative for the winner apart from the prize money and no player wishes to be the first one out for the most part, in fact players will strive to survive and choose their spots to make calculative moves.

For those ardent betting fans the results of the WSOP will be known in early November announcing the winner and time will tell whether Phil Ivey was worth the betting effort!