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I was bored and couldn't find odds of winning this thing so I made some...I don't know if these are silly based on the low # of entrants or how that math stuff works but figured I would post who I basically thought had the best chances of taking down this thing....meh1. Rene Angelil 250-1 2. Josh Arieh 15-13. Lyle Berman 25-14. Chad Brown 15-15. Doyle Brunson 10-16. Todd Brunson 10-17. Jerry Buss 250-18. Mike Caro 50-19. Johnny Chan 8-110. David Chesnoff 50-1 11. T.J. Cloutier 20-112. Allan Cunningham 10-1 13. Kassem "Freddy" Deeb 15-1 14. Annie Duke 15-115. Ernie Dureck 50-116. Eli Elezra 20-117. Antonio Esfandiari 15-118. Sam Farha 10-119. Chris Ferguson (2005 Heads-Up Runner-Up) 8-120. Scott Fischman 8-121. Layne Flack 10-122. Ted Forrest 8-123. Steven Glassner 50-1 24. Barry Greenstein 10-125. David Grey 15-126. Antanas Guoga 20-127. Gus Hansen 15-128. Dan Harrington 10-129. Jennifer Harman 8-130. Phil Hellmuth (2005 Heads-Up Champion) 8-131. Phil Ivey 4-132. John Juanda 10-133. Phil Laak 25-134. Howard Lederer 10-1 35. Tuan Lee 25-136. Erick Lindgren 15-137. Josh Lochner (2006 NBCHeadsUp.com Online Tournament Winner) 250-138. Dee Luong 50-139. Mike Matusow 10-140. James McManus 50-141. Michael Mizrachi 20-142. Chris Moneymaker 80-143. Carlos Mortensen 4-144. Daniel Negreanu 8-145. Evelyn Ng 40-146. Men Nguyen 15-1 47. Scotty Nguyen 10-148. David Oppenheim 15-149. Paul Phillips 15-150. Greg Raymer 20-151. Chip Reese 10-152. Huck Seed 10-153. Erik Seidel 8-154. Mark Seif 15-155. Mike Sexton 20-156. Sean Sheiky 25-157. Barry Shulman 25-158. Jeff Shulman 15-159. Gavin Smith 10-160. Jennifer Tilly 100-161. Amir Vahedi 15-162. Cyndy Violette 20-163. David Williams 20-164. James Woods 150-1

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Phil Ivey as 4-1 is redonkulous. Yeah..he's awesome....but a lot of variance/luck can be involved in Heads Up play...don't think anyone can be better than 8-1 to win....Also, the last time I saw him play heads-up on TV at the WSOP curcuit event...he looked pretty shaky. Not that he isn't good at heads-up NL....but not sure if he is the favorite. I'd put Hellmuth as the fav b/c of the way he completely dominated Chris Ferguson last year...that was a flat beat down. Ferguson got very lucky just to win one game of the three....Hellmuth flat out owned that thing.

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Scott Fischman 8-1 ????? Are you freaking serious???? Equal to Johnny Chan and Jesus Ferguson and last years winner???? Not a chance in hell.Some of the others are just as ridiculous.

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Got way too many 10-1s and 8-1s. If someone has a 50% of winning each match, their odds of winning are 1/64, so if you want to do actual odds, the averages should be around there. Betting odds however, the average will be 1/40 so sites can make money. The favorites will probably be 15-1 or 20-1, maybe only a couple at 10-1 or 8-1.

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Yeah I don't really think anybody can be much better than 8-1, but otherwise seems like a pretty good list to me. well done.

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I was bored and couldn't find odds of winning this thing so I made some...I don't know if these are silly based on the low # of entrants or how that math stuff works but figured I would post who I basically thought had the best chances of taking down this thing....meh
Your handiwork here is well noted. Me thinks you have way too much time on your hands. Want to do my taxes?
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it looks more like a list of how much you like certain players.. annie duke that one is a joke. Jenn Harman as cute as she is i dont think she is 8-1 from what ive seen of her play i dont think she has the 'balls' to win a heads up tournament for lack of better words. Although there is probably no one else i would rather see win it. But besides that i think its a pretty good list. :club:

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Hellmuth at 20-1 and Chan at 24-1 both seem like the best bets. My sports betting has never extended to poker, but as 2 of the best at NLHE, they should probably be higher on the list. Not to mention Hellmuth won the thing last year.

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My picks:John Juanda at 30:1Allen Cunningham at 36:1

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Last year Phil Helmuth was given the worst odds and ended up winning it.
he wasnt given the worst odds, he just wasnt among the favourites and he was mad about it. he's not really among the favourites this year either, i cant imagine hell be happy about that.lol @Sam Farha 56:1Sean Shieky 60:1guarantee sam will be flaming mad when he sees that, sheiky is almost as good as farha!!i think farha is a much bigger favourite than this, i'd put him at 25:1 at least in comparison to the rest of them.
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I like Layne Flack and Freedy Deeb at 60/1, Tuan Le at 50/1, Ted Forrest at 36/1, and T.J and Mike Sexton at 70/1.
lmao i dont see why anyone would put money on tuan when 3/4 of the players with worse odds than him are twice the player
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Damn, I KNEW they were gonna put Tilly in this thing...****ing joke...My pick to win (serious): Scotty NguyenMy sentimental choice: Id like to see Tuan Le take itNot a snowball's chance in hell: James WoodsMatchup i'd most like to see: Laak vs. Tilly (lol)Player I want to see shot in the eye: Sheiken

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