PhantomBookForTheMillions2006

PLAYERS FOR THE 2006 MILLIONS – THE PHANTOM BOOK

I have selected a number of seeded international and Australasian players as well as some Wild Cards who may or may not attend the Millions. As the list becomes firmer, or I am notified, I will add more. The online qualifiers are not yet known. (The winner could quite easily be amongst them.) THEHENDONMOB The Pokernetwork Australasian, Card player USA, Mob and PNW Profiles and William Hill Euro Rankings plus money won and recent form have been used as a guide. For the framing of the book and associated prices I have selected 21 bets on a book of 115%. I have assumed 500 entries with a top seed of 100 players divided into 20 betting groups of 5 each, with the rest of the field 400 grouped into a field bet. The groups vary from 11/8 to 100/1. This book would change substantially as final entrants are announced and the bookie’s hold increases. As a background to this I am aware that in major poker tournaments, from 20% to 50% of the final table are unseeded and that a favourite only has an edge of about 3/1 over the poorer players. Luck, seating and random cards reduce the real value of players. The prices for the favourite top seeds are therefore normally poor value for the punter. (Form is not as important as in a horse race.) Home ground is also an advantage as the trip from Europe and the USA is very debilitating. Consequently the prices for the various groups at 115% are;
The field (bar the 100 favourites). Any one of the 400 players not seeded. (Amongst these are some 300 satellite qualifiers who could be stars in their own right. This field is 11/8. If any one of these 400 players win, you get 11/8. For most astute punters this is the premium bet.
The top seeds Angela Italiano
100/1 Antonio Esfandiari - USA
16/1 ARUL THILLAI - AUS
20/1 Barney Boatman -UK
40/1 BILLY "The Croc" ARGYROS - AUS
20/1 Blair Rodman - USA
16/1 Bob "Doctor Bob" Crossman - Aus
60/1 Brian Hull -Aus
70/1 Carlos Mortenson – Spain
15/1 Charles Vella – Aus
100/1 Chip Jett-USA
15/1 Clonie Gowan -USA
50/1 Constantin Harach - NZ
80/1 David "Googie" Gorr - Aus
80/1 David Hatzis - Aus
70/1 David Levi - USA
15/1 David "The Dragon" Pham - USA
30/1 David Szetho – Aus
70/1 David "Rug Doctor" Williams - USA
20/1 Dominic Italiano - Aus
90/1 Dusan "Dooz" Stoevski -Aus
70/1 EMAD "Boondy" TAHTOUH - AUS
20/1 Eric Seidel - USA
14/1 Eric "King of Ding" Sagstrom - Swd
30/1 A Team of young Swede Poker Players is also coming for the Speed and you can bet they will be there for the Main Event. Remember the sensations of 2004? Eric Lindgren – USA
12/1 a href="http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=5361">Fred Saliba - Aus
60/1 Gareth "Gaz" Edwards - Aus
80/1 Gary "Bindy" Benson - Aus
50/1 George "Tasmaniac" Mamacas - Aus
40/1 Gerry Fitt - Aus
80/1 Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt - AUS
50/1 Han Luu - Aus
70/1 HARRY DEMETRIOU - UK
14/1 ..... Jamil "The Real Deal" Dia - NZ
40/1 James "Welcome Back" Potter
80/1 JASON GRAY - AUS
30/1 Jeff Lisandro - It
16/1 JOE CABRET - AUS
90/1 JOE HUMINICKI - AUS
90/1 Joe "Hash" Hachem WSOP 2005-Aus
12/1 Joe "The Nuts - 22" Laruffa

100/1 John "Showman" Homann - Aus
40/1 John Juanda - USA
30/1 John Madaffari – USA
80/1 John Maver - Aus
70/1 John Dalessandri - Aus
70/1 Kathy Liebert -USA
30/1 Karina Jett - USA
70/1 Kenna James - USA
50/1 LEE "Final Table" NELSON - NZ
14/1 Luke Chezick - NZ
90/1 LEO "The Mechanic" BOXELL - AUS
50/1 Maciek Gracz -Poland
12/1 Marcel Luske - Neth
16/1 MARK "Pokerbok" VOS - AUS
80/1 MARTIN "Teh Doc" COMER - AUS
20/1 Marty "Mad Marty" Wilson
30/1 Matt Downing - Aus
70/1 Mel "The Taxman" Judah - AUS
20/1 MICHAEL "Stickey Mickey" GUTTMAN - AUS
30/1 Michael Tomeny - USA
50/1 Mick "The Hoon" Stanton - Aus
90/1 MIKE "The Professor" COMER - AUS
60/1 MIKE "The Tank" IVIN - AUS
70/1 Milo "The Whacker" Nadalin - Aus
70/1 Mike Sexton - USA
40/1 Nick Assioti - Aus

100/1 NICK GEORGOULAS - AUS
70/1 Noah Boeken - Neth
40/1 Peter Mordaunt - Aus
30/1 Phil Ivey -USA
12/1 RALPH BURD - AUS
40/1 Ram Vaswami UK
30/1 Ray "The Wolf" Walter-Aus
60/1 Ricky Gov - Aus
100/1 SAM "The Mouth" KHOUISS - AUS
40/1 Sam "The Colonel" Korman - AUS
20/1 SCOTT "emptyseat88" FISHMAN - USA
20/1 Scotty Nguyen - USA
12/1 Steve "EggBall" Hegyi - Aus
60/1 TINO LECHICH - AUS
50/1 TONY "The Lizard" BLOOM - UK
15/1 . Antanas "Tony G" Guoga - Aus
14/1 Van Marcus - Aus
100/1 Wes Bugiera - Aus
80/1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov - Russia
100/1 There are many more players who have indicated that they MAY be coming Down Under for the trip and there will be some who will scratch. There are others who say they are not coming who will turn up. It’s very hard to make up a book when you don’t know who will start but it makes an interesting exercise.
Summary
The Field
13/8 (6/4)
Any one player of the 400-man field not included in the top seeds. If any one of this field wins then you win. Depending on the number of “field” who arrive on the final table, this could be a very promising bet. If none of the field reach the final table, you have backed a lemon.
Group 1 12/1 (10/1)
1 Hachem
2 Ivey
3 Gracz
4 Lindgren
5 Nguyen
Group 2 14/1 (12/1)
Nelson Guoga Seidel Demetriou Group 3 15/1 (14/1)
Jett Chip Mortenson Bloom Levi Group 4 16/1 (14/1)
Luske Rodman Espandiari Lisandro Group 5 20/1 (16/1)
Comer Martin Fishman Tahtouh Argyros Group 6 20/1 (16/1)
Thillai Williams Judah Korman Group 7 30/1 (20/1)
Liebert Sagstrom Guttman Mordaunt Group 8 30/1 (20/1)
Juanda Pham David Gray Vaswami Wilson Group 9 40/1 (30/1)
Khouiss Homann Boeken Dia Group 10 40/1 (30/1)
Boatman Sexton Mamacas Burd Group 11 50/1 (40/1)
Benson Lechic Tomeny Group 12 50/1 (40/1)
James Putt Boxell Group 13 60/1 (50/1)
Dia Saliba Hegyi Group 14 60/1 (50/1)
Comer Mike Crossman Walter Group 15 70/1 (60/1)
Ivin Hatzis Nadalin Group 16 70/1 (60/1)
Jett Karina Georgoulas Hull Szetho Group 17 80/1 (70/1)
Stoevsky Luu Dalessandri Maver Downing Group 18 80/1 (70/1)
Bugiera Edwards Fitt Gorr Madaffari Group 19 90/1 (80/1)
Stanton Chezick Huminicki Cabret Italiano Dom Group 20 100/1 (80/1)
Laruffa Marcus Gov Assiotti Italiano Angie There you have it boys and girls. Not sure how many starters yet but we will be sure on 15th January..
Of course if you were a bookie and wanted to offer a field prop bet you could quote anyone of the 100 favourites at 1/2 and the remainder of the field at 11/8, bearing in mind that many believe the best in the world is only a 3/1 favourite in an online satellite qualifying WSOP or Aussie Millions?
Make your own changes. You could make this the most exciting “book” since the Reilly Diaries.
Crown can’t release names till the deposits are in but we can all have a guess?
Any changes or additions, please post and we will amend. EMAIL> MASTER@POKERNETWORK.COM

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