2011 WSOP Final Table Prop: Total Number of Hands Dealt

One of the prop bets authorized in Nevada for the WSOP Final Table is "Total Number of Hands Dealt on the Final Table". What say you?

Quote: Ayecarumba

One of the prop bets authorized in Nevada for the WSOP Final Table is "Total Number of Hands Dealt on the Final Table". What say you?

I don't remember what percentages of chips players have compared to others. Ben Lamb is somewhere in the middle, and he's a tight aggressive player. People are not going to get in hands with him unless they've got a hand they can beat him with... that leads me to believe the table will have a LOT of hands dealt, somewhere in the vicinity of 500 hands.

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I don't remember what percentages of chips players have compared to others. Ben Lamb is somewhere in the middle, and he's a tight aggressive player. People are not going to get in hands with him unless they've got a hand they can beat him with... that leads me to believe the table will have a LOT of hands dealt, somewhere in the vicinity of 500 hands.

According to WSOP.com, the chip counts heading into the start of the final table are:

Martin Staszko -40,175,000
Eoghan O'Dea - 33,925,000
Matt Giannetti - 24,750,000
Phil Collins - 23,875,000
Ben Lamb - 20,875,000
Badih Bou-Nahra - 19,700,000
Pius Heinz - 16,425,000
Anton Makiievskyi - 13,825,000
Sam Holden - 12,375,000

Here's a fun fact: Board member Wizard of England says he is friends with the short stack, Sam Holden.

I don't know where the blinds are at, and the chip lead is currently only a double up away, but if you were the short stack, when would you go all in? I think all the other players will be tight early, since the stacks are so close. This should create value for an aggressive player.

Quote: Ayecarumba

According to WSOP.com, the chip counts heading into the start of the final table are:

Martin Staszko -40,175,000
Eoghan O'Dea - 33,925,000
Matt Giannetti - 24,750,000
Phil Collins - 23,875,000
Ben Lamb - 20,875,000
Badih Bou-Nahra - 19,700,000
Pius Heinz - 16,425,000
Anton Makiievskyi - 13,825,000
Sam Holden - 12,375,000

Here's a fun fact: Board member Wizard of England says he is friends with the short stack, Sam Holden.

I don't know where the blinds are at, and the chip lead is currently only a double up away, but if you were the short stack, when would you go all in? I think all the other players will be tight early, since the stacks are so close. This should create value for an aggressive player.

Sorry for not following up on this earlier, but the final table count was 301 hands to eliminate eight of the nine players. Note that the final was spread over two days, with play stopping the first day after six of the nine finalists were eliminated (hand #178).

Yup, my dime is on Ben. My kind of Playah.

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I don't remember what percentages of chips players have compared to others. Ben Lamb is somewhere in the middle, and he's a tight aggressive player. People are not going to get in hands with him unless they've got a hand they can beat him with... that leads me to believe the table will have a LOT of hands dealt, somewhere in the vicinity of 500 hands.

This naturally brings up the specter of just who plays who when down to the final 4.