Richard Yong, Bobby Baldwin Odds to Win the WSOP Big One For One Drop

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Richard Yong and Bobby Baldwin were both listed with the longest odds to win the World Series of Poker Big One For One Drop at Ladbrokes.com

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Yong is a successful Malaysian businessman who flew his butler in to be by his side during the event.  He enjoys successes in both the IT and data mining industries.  Yong has previously taken part in the Million Dollar Cash Game in Melbourne, Australia earlier in the year.

Baldwin is a successful casino executive who won the 1978 World Series of Poker Main Event but but his role as CEO and President of the Project City Center and MGM Mirage place Baldwin among the other four successful businessmen taking part in the One Drop, including Yong, Guy Laliberté and David Einhorn.    

Ladbrokes has released odds to win the World Series of Poker Big One For One Drop 2012 now that the final table has been determined. Ladbrokes does not accept customers from the US at this time unfortunately, but those around the world can take advantage of these odds appearing below. 

 

The $1 million buy-in will reward the biggest cash prize ever in the history of live poker tournaments, $18.3 million and some change.

 

The Big One For One Drop tournament will be broadcast live on ESPN starting at 3 pm ET. 

Poker / World Series of Poker

Tournament winner

Time

Event

Selection

Odds

20:00

Big One for One Drop $1MM winner

Antonio Esfandiari

2/1

   

Sam Trickett

2/1

   

Guy Laliberté

5/1

   

Phil Hellmuth

6/1

   

Brian Rast

7/1

   

David Einhorn

14/1

   

Richard Yong

16/1

   

Bobby Baldwin

16/1

- Ace King, Gambling911.com

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