He might be willing to do a 5k with me with no escrow. We aren't friends, but he knows me somewhat, and especially appreciates that we share a disdain for the Howard and Annie (even before the Full Tilt debacle).

It's a good question as to whether or not this is a good bet. The small-field 10k events are where these two will have the best shot at doing it. For example, at the 5k limit hold 'em last year, there were only 170 runners, and I bet it will go down a little this year now that it's 10k. Ivey and Negreanu are both very good at limit hold 'em, as well as other limit games where we will be seeing 10k events.

Their disadvantage comes due to the fact that, in a small field heavy with pros, the final table becomes more of a matter of who runs the best rather than who is the best. So they will need some luck to win a bracelet, but if they enter enough small-field events, they might have a better than 50% shot at scoring at least one between the two of them.

Anyway, if people want to escrow through me, I will collect the money and throw in a bit myself, and we can get this done.