The $8 million first place prize along with being crowned 2016 world champion and the famous gold bracelot is on stake for the nine remaining players.<\/p>\n
Cliff ‘JohnnyBax’ Josephy is the overwhelming favorite (7\/4) and this shouldn’t come to anyone’s surprise. He’s the most experienced player and heads into the final table as the chip leader.<\/p>\n
Although ‘JohnnyBax’ is more known for his online prowess, he performed as well in live poker tournaments. The 51- year old is an old school poker pro.<\/p>\n
If the cards don’t cooperate, the chip lead and experience means nothing in poker, as most realize in the poker world. At the Rio, the largest cheering section will be most likely for Josephy.<\/p>\n
At the table he is however not the only poker player with some talent. The second most likely player to win is a San Francisco resident, Gordon Vayo (9\/2 odds). This is what PokerStars’ sports betting site, BetStars, predicts.<\/p>\n
In July, Vayo, already guaranteed at least $1 million, like all other November Niners. After this he won another $587,120 in the $2,500 buy-in River Series Main Event where took the first place. With the third largest stack, he’ll start the final table with 49,375,000 chips. In live tournament winnings, the 27-year old already earned $2.5 million throughout his career. This summer he cashed in eight of 21 bracelet events.<\/p>\n