The most comprehensive betting line on the WSOP is available at Blue Square Bet. The odds are not for winning the WSOP Main Event but rather for making the final table.
Mind you, if you just picked a random player last year to make the final table of 9; then the exact odds would have been 8773/9=975/1. With perhaps a shorter field this year the random odds would be perhaps 500/1 (4500/9=500). So the question arises: Is Phil Ivey 25 times better than a random player in the field?
Odds to make the Final Table of 9 in the WSOP Main Event.
Phil Ivey 20/1
Daniel Negreanu 33/1
Carlos Mortensen 2001 WSOP Champion
Allen Cunningham 2006 WSOP Final Table (4th)
Howard Lederer 40/1
Antonio Esfandiari
Michael Mizrachi
Phil Hellmuth 1989 WSOP Champion
JC Tran
Erik Seidel
Johnny Chan 1987-1988 WSOP Champion
Barry Greenstein 50/1
Gus Hansen
Doyle Brunson 1976-1977 WSOP Champion
Ted Forrest
John Juanda
Chris Ferguson 2000 WSOP Champion
Scott Fischman
Scotty Nguyen 1998 WSOP Champion
Erick Lindgren
Joe Hachem 2005 WSOP Champion
John 'World' Hennigan
Higher Odds after the break......
Can Kim Hua 66/1
Marcel Luske
Layne Flack
David 'The Dragon' Pham
Greg Raymer 2004 WSOP Champion
Patrik Antonious
Men 'The Master' Nguyen
Huck Seed 1996 WSOP Champion
Gavin Smith
Alan Goehring
Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott
Humberto Brenes
Jennifer Harman
Chip Jett
Kaseem 'Freddy' Deeb
Juha Helppi
Max Pescatori
Roland De Wolfe
Ram Vaswani
TJ Cloutier
Mike Matusow 80/1
Mark Seif
Phil Laak
Amir Vahedi
Daniel Alaei
David Benyamine
Gavin Griffin
John Phan
Tony G
David Chui
Tim Phan
Chau Giang
Todd Brunson
Paul Wasicka 2006 WSOP Final Table (2nd)
Johhny Lodden
Nam Le
William Thorsen 100/1
Shannon Shorr
Julian Gardner
John Shipley
Dave Colclough
John D'Agastino
Hoyt Corkins
Young Phan
Lee Nelson
Minh Ly
Mel Judah
Andrew Black
Josh Arieh
Praz Bansi
Lee Markholt
Sammy Farha
Robert Williamson
Kenna James
Asher Derei 125/1
Tuan Le
James Van Alstyne
David Oppenheim
Paul Darden
Anand 'Victor' Ramdin
Toto Leonides
Justin Bonomo
Rob Hollink
Phil Gordon
Martin De Knijff
Mark Vos
Bill Chen
Liz Lieu
Kirill Gerasimov
Gabe Thaler
Jeff Lisandro
John Gale
Joe Bartholdi
Bill Gazes
Farzad Bonyadi
Bo Sehlstedt
David 'Chip' Reese
Cindy Violette
David Levi
David Williams
David Plastik 150/1
David Singer
Daniel Larsson
Dustin Woolf
Arnold Spree
Danny Nguyen
Dan Heimiller
Chris McCormack
Alex Prendes
Thomas Wahlroos
Willie Tann
Darrell Dicken
Jim Bechtel 1993 WSOP Champion
Marc Goodwin
Jan Boubli
Eli Elezra
Chris Bigler
Dewey Tomko
Ed Moncada
Erik Sagstrom
Chris Grigorian
Fabrice Soulier
Cliff Josephy
Sorel Mizzi
Gary Jones
Greg Mueller
Harry Demetriou
Joe Awada
Berry Johnston
Joe Beevers
Joe Sebok
Jim Meehan
Alex Jacob
Bruno Fittoussi
Jean Robert Bellande
David Gray
Jimmy Tran
Jeff Shulman
JP Kelly
Brent Carter
Johan Storakers
John Kabbaj
Jesse Jones
Miami' John Cernutto
Jan Sjavik
Julian Thew
Blair Rodman
Brian Haverson
Kevin O'Donnell
Keith Sexton
Kristy Gazes
Kathy Liebert
Keith 'The Camel' Hawkins
Keith Lehr 'Jet'
JJ Liu
Lars Bonding
Lee Watkinson
Lee Salem
Burt Boutin
Ben Roberts
Tony Ma
Theo Jorgenson
Mike Carson
Anthony Rategui
Andreas Hoivold
Dario Minieri
Alex Brenes
Mike Wattel
Mads Anderson
Mikael Thuritz
Noah Boaken
Paul Wolfe
Pete 'The Beat' Giordano
Padraig Parkinson
Prahlad Friedman
Haralabos Voulgaris
Bengt Sonnert
Devin Porter
Ralph Perry
Tony Cosineau
Russ Hamilton 1994 WSOP Champion
Surindar Sunar
Abe Mosseri
Alan Betson
An Tran
Jonas Molander 200/1
Mats Rahmn
Hans 'Tuna' Lund
Christer Johannson
Rehne Pederson
Ron Rose
Richard Grijalva
Arshad Hussain
Alan Smurfit
Casey Kastle
Erik Friberg 2006 WSOP Final Table (8th)
Richard Toth
Diego Cordovez
Ramzi Jelassi
Eddie Scharf
Terrence Chan
Ty Bain
Frankie O'Dell
Jim Lester
Ian Woodley
Jeff Kimber
Frode Fagerli
Karl Mahrenholz
Brian Nadell
Louis Asmo
Lee Vaccaro
Jani Sointula
Tommy Venus
Mark Gregorich
Davood Mehmand
Peter Costa
Mickey Wernick
Magnus Peterson
Billy Baxter
Bobby Hoff
Noli Francisco
Clonie Gowen
Mats Gavatin
Iwan Jones
Lyle Berman
Henrik Olander
Perry Friedman
Ross Boatman
Robert Mizrachi
Tom McEvoy 1983 WSOP Champion
Harley Hall
Randy Holland
Randy 'The Dreamcrusher' Jensen
Robert Perry
Eric Lynch
Patric Martensson
Champie Douglas
Bjorn-Erik Glenne
Brett Jungblutt
Vinnie Vinh
Mike Laing
Ron Stanley
Richard Tatlovitch
Anders Henrikson
Scott Gray
Pascal Perrault
Stan Goldstein
Lawrence Gosney
John Duthie
Mats Iremark
Mel Weiner
Thierry Van Den Berg
Ayhan Alsancak
Stuart Fox
Martin Green
Ken Lennard
Jason Lester
Jorryt Van Hoof
Greg Hopkins
Tommy Vu
Emad Tahtouh
Dennis Waterman
George Danzer
Kevin Song
Jan Heitman
Nick Gibson
Steve Zolotow
Bertrand 'Elky' Grospellier
Shane Schleger
Simon Nowab
Ben 'Milkybarkid' Grundy
Sverre Sundbo
Shahram Sheikram
Henning Granstad
Jan Sorenson
Richard 'Chufty' Ashby
Tommy Grimes
Mickey Appleman
Vince Burgio
Marc Boudewyn
Isabelle 'No Mercy' Mercier
Barry Shulman
Chris Bjorin
Martin Wendt
Melissa Hayden
Joe Tehan
Elie Marciano
O'Neil Longson
Thor Hansen
Philip Marmostein
Bobby Baldwin 1978 WSOP Champion
Al Krux
Captain' Tom Franklin
Peter Roche
John Spadavecchia
Paul Magreil
Torstein Iverson
Galen Kester
Neil 'Bad Beat' Channing
Per Hilderbrand
Jean 'The Prince' Gaspard
John Myung
Thang Nguyen Duc
Thomas Keller
Ray Sanchez 250/1
Richard Redmond
Michael Sampieri
Roberto Romanello
Rumit Somaiya
John Bonnetti
Jeremy Tinsley
Herschel Zalewski
Tony Hartmann
Ali Sarkeshik
Nik Persaud
Chris Moneymaker 2003 WSOP Champion
Sarah Bilney
Donnacha O'Dea
Barbara Enright
Cecilia Reyes
Jan Ljundberg
Yosh Nakano
Sam Grizzle
William Edler
Tony Popejoy
Chris Hinchcliffe
James Grimes
John Murphy
Rob Yong
Bill 'Miros' Purle
Ivan Donnaghy
Scott Lazar
Robert Varkonyi 2002 WSOP Champion
Peter Hedlund
Paul Leckey
Marsha Waggoner
Jennifer Tilly
Brad Kondracki
Frank Sinopoli
David Sklansky
Michael Greco
Paul Alterman
Sigi Stockinger
Terry Myers
Katja Thater
Mike Binger 2006 WSOP Final Table (3rd)
Katherine Hartree
Kirk Morrison
Jason Strasser
Tony Chessa
Nani Dollison
Paul 'Eskimo' Clarke
Evelyn Ng
James Hoeppner
Glenn Hughes
Jennifer Leigh
Luca Pagano
Keir Fitzgibbon
Michael Keiner
Mike May
Sticky' Micky Guttman
Markus Golser
Kevin O'Connell
Matt Matros
Toby Maguire
John 'Tex' Barch
John Esposito
John Magill
Minh Nguyen
Rhett Butler 2006 WSOP Final Table (5th)
Shannon Elizabeth
Benjamin Kang
Brian Wilson
Charlie Shoten
Victoria Coren
Eli Balas
Erica Schoenberg
Vanessa Rousso
Don Zewin
Adam Friedman
Ivo Donev
Jamie Gold 2006 WSOP Champion
Matty Lefkowitz
Kattrina Jett
Mike Caro
Edgar Skjervold
Stan Schrier
Steve Frederick
Frank Henderson
Robin Keston
Bruce Yamron
Simon 'Aces' Trumper
Steve Brecher
Robert Goldfarb
Greg Merkow
Jason Gray
Paul Testud
Russell Rosenbloom
Jon Kalmar
Susie Isaacs
James Woods 300/1
James 'Krazy Kanuck' Worth
Mimi Tran
Mad' Marty Wilson
Stuart Nash
Adam Schoenfeld
David Pomroy
Ben Johnson
Aaron Kanter
Bryan Micon
Gene Timberlake
Sherkhan Farnood
Jay Heimowitz
Dave 'Dubai' Shallow
