Is it possible for Scotty Nguyen to win the main event? It’s certainly possible, but not very probable. The chances of winning both the $50,000 HORSE event and the $10,000 main event are pretty slim. After beating 180 of the best players in the world, he then has to beat over 6800 others to win the main event.

Scotty certainly has the talent to do it. He won it before, and finished 11th last year. He’s one of the best no limit holdem tournament players in the world. If I were a betting man I would be willing to give Scotty some real good odds against him winning it this year.

I would like to see him do it. He’s a great representative of the game and very entertaining to watch. It would be good for poker to have a known professional win the main event; it’s been so long.