BetStars Offering Odds on Super High-Roller Event

Published on September 8th, 2016 5:03 pm EST

Event #28 of Pokerstars' WCOOP (World Championship of Online Poker) is the Super High-Roller tournament, which features a buy-in of $102,000 and a guaranteed prize pool of $2,000,000.

The $102,000 buy-in will be the biggest ever for an online poker tournament. Given the money that is at stake, the tournament is expected to attract many of the world's top high buy-in tournament players, including the likes of Fedor Holz, Jason Mercier and Mike McDonald.

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BetStars, which is the sports betting arm of the Amaya Inc. online gaming operation, is offering up betting odds on the Super High-Roller tournament.

As of this moment, "RaiseOnce" and "JasonMercier" are the two favorites to win, as both men are listed at 14/1 to take down the tournament on Sunday. "RaiseOnce" is Phil Ivey's Pokerstars account.

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Fedor Holz, who plays on Pokerstars as "CrownUpGuy" and is in the midst of an astounding tear on the live poker circuit, is listed at 16/1 to win. Viktor "Isildur1" Blom, who continues to make frequent appearances at the high stakes cash game tables on Pokerstars, is 22/1 to win.

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Here is the complete set of odds that BetStars is currently offering for this tournament:

"RaiseOnce", 14/1
"JasonMercier", 14/1
"CrownUpGuy", 16/1
"Isildur1", 22/1
"Fish2013", 25/1
"Str8$$$Homey", 25/1
"Timex", 25/1
"OtB_RedBaron", 25/1
"dpeters17", 25/1
"Ben86", 25/1
"Kanu7", 25/1
"Sauce123", 25/1

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Given his run over the past year, Fedor Holz seems to have some tremendous value at 16/1.

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The $102,000 Super High-Roller tournament will kick off at 12:30 ET on Sunday, September 11th.


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