Robert Mizrachi, currently seated at Brasilia #4, proposed a bet to anyone at Brasilia #2 that the winner of the tournament will come from the players currently seated at Brasilia #4 -- Mizrachi, Billy Baxter, John Phan, Steve Sung or Shun Uchida. The player taking the other side of the bet would have as his horses Ben Ponzio, Mike Wattel, Gioi Luong, Richard Chase and David Sklansky. Mizrachi couldn't get any takers, even after he dropped his asking price for the bet from $20,000 to $1,000.
"What's the matter, don't have any confidence in yourselves?" Mizrachi shouted from across the room.