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Message: [QUOTE="smd173, post: 1332297, member: 2614"] Not bad on the predictions there Mortis. Here are mine: 9th: James Akenhead - he's said in interviews over the past few days that because the pay jump is very flat from about 9th to 5th, they have basically encouraged action early on at the final table. I think there is only a $36K jump from 8th to 9th. Akenhead is known to be aggressive. Everyone is talking about how IF he doubles up, he'll be a force and could actually win it. Which is exactly why he'll be out first. He seems like a nice enough guy so I'd be ok if he went further or won it, but I just don't see it happening. 8th: Antoine Saout - Impressive list of cashes over the past 4 months. But he failed to come back from a shortstack at the WSOP-E Main Event. I just don't see him doing it here either. 7th: Joe Cada - Maybe I've been biased by ESPN showing him basically getting crushed by Ivey (except one hand). 6th: Steve Begleiter - Hellmuth believes he'll get in a big pot early on with Buchman and whoever wins will be there towards the end. If that's true, then I'll go with Buchman on that one. Steve is still an amateur after all, and he can be a bit wild. 5th: Darvin Moon - I'm going against conventional wisdom and a guy who has 30% of the chips in play. He showed he has some game during the ESPN broadcasts (it wasn't all AA, KK, and sets that got him there). I do believe this guy is generally tight, but I don't believe he'll keep getting hit in the face with the deck. I think he takes two bad beats, gets short, doesn't know how to play short and busts out 5th in a shocker. 4th: Eric Buchman - Everyone has pumped this guy up and he believes it too. He came accross with that New York cockyness lately and I think it costs him towards the end. 3rd: Jeff Shulman - Coached by Hellmuth, who claims he will have some brand new tactic that Shulman will be using and shocking the world with. So we'll see. He probably could have gotten to 3rd without Hellmuth's coaching. 2nd: Kevin Schaffel - I think he's going to be one of the surprises that puts a dent in Darvin. He's been relatively quiet, and I just have a feeling he'll go deep. 1st: Phil Ivey - If you saw some of the video on ESPN from the November Nine photoshoot yesterday, Ivey was all business. He's not that shortstacked to start and I believe he'll have these guys figured out already. He wants to win this. If he doesn't, it may be awhile before he gets another crack it. Make the most of this one Phil. [/QUOTE]

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