LV Sun: Odds for National Heads Up Poker Championship
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Jeff Haney has an article in today’s Las Vegas Sun that lays out his list of the odds for the field of the fourth installment of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship.
At the top of the list: Chris Ferguson, Barry Greenstein, Alan Cunningham and Andy Bloch. Rounding out the bottom: Annie Duke, Jamie Gold and Gus Hansen. Last year’s champ Paul Wasicka is slotted fifth in Haney’s list. Excerpt:
Phil Hellmuth, 25-1: The 2005 heads-up champ. His official NBC Sports bio for the tournament touts him as “the game’s best self-promoter.”
Phil Ivey, 25-1: An underachiever in the heads-up event, with three first-round eliminations including a loss to actor Don Cheadle last year.
Ted Forrest, 27-1: His 2006 heads-up tournament title was a confidence-builder, coming shortly after a disastrous run playing in a heads-up cash game against Texas billionaire Andy Beal.
Howard Lederer, 31-1: A Grateful Dead purist, he attended more than 125 Dead shows — but none of the concerts performed by various surviving members of the band after the death of Jerry Garcia.
Daniel Negreanu, 31-1: A fantasy hockey enthusiast, he owns three World Series bracelets and two World Poker Tour titles.
