#5 The Final Table at the World Series of Poker (November 7th - 10th)
Beginning last year the WSOP decided that they would hold off having the Final Table in July and instead make the final 9 players wait until November to finish what they had started. What that means is the nine players who finished in the Top 9 out of 6,954 players have been sitting around for 120 days collecting endorsements and brushing up on their skills before their poker battle.
This year is extremely unique because of who is involved. Phil Ivey. Arguably poker’s greatest player has finally made it to his first WSOP final table. You could argue why hasn’t he gotten here before if he is so great, well when you are competing against 7,000 other people a certain amount of luck is involved. Well he has arrived and is ready to unleash his greatness. Currently Vegas has him as at 7/2 to win the whole thing which I think isn’t high enough considering he has the 3rd to lowest stack of chips.
How Can You Watch the World Series of Poker?
It is going to be broadcasted on ESPN via short tape delay on November 10th from 9 to 11:30 eastern. Be sure to tune in.
You can see previous entries of what I’m excited about in November here.
