WSOP Final Table

The final table action for the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event starts today. You can follow the action live starting at noon Pacific time over at PokerNews.com.

Pauly has a great run down of all nine final table players including the odd to win (via Bodog). What I don't get about the odds is the fact that if all things were equal then each player would have a one in nine shot to win making the odds 9-1 for each player. Now the chip count for each player is different and the more chips a player has the lower his odds should become. At the same time the players with the short stacks should be getting better than 9-1. Yet Alex Kravchenko, the shortest stack at the table, is just 9-1. I know that things can change in an instant but if this was a horse race - you would expect to see at least one 20-1 long shot on the tote board.