Ladbrokes have priced this up with outright odds, some match-bets and a few specials:
Who will eat the most hotdogs?
Takeru Kobayashi 5/4
Joey Chestnut 'evens'
Tim Janus 8/1
Patrick Bertoletti 16/1
Eric Booker 25/1
Bob Shoudt 33/1
Gravy Brown 50/1
Hall Hunt 50/1
Juliet Lee 50/1
Mongo Marquez 50/1
Erik Denmark 66/1
Rich LeFevre 66/1
Sean Gordon 66/1
Crazy Legs Conti 100/1
Jim Reeves 100/1
Wing Cong Collins 100/1
Pete Davekos 150/1
* Takeru Kobayashi 'evens' vs. Joey Chestnut 8/11
* Eric Denmark 1/2 vs. Crazy Legs Conti 6/4
* Hall Hunt 4/7 vs. Juliet Lee 5/4
Now this is the interesting bit...the specials:
I think that the 9/10 on 'over 57.5' hotdogs that the winner consumes looks an absolute steal whilst the winning margin to be 'under 3.5' hotdogs at 'evens' (for betting purposes one assumes using last year's result as an example that they'd also include overtime which was 66-63 to Chestnut over Kobayashi rather than the 59-59 tie between the pair of 'em) is an extremely tempting bet as is the 7/4 for the record (60 or more hotdogs) to be beaten.
Maximum bets of £66.66 and £60 only though weirdly but hey, I've bet maximum bets on the 9/10 and 'evens' respectively.
The only niggle is that this doesn't state whether it includes overtime or not.
Pinnacle's odds as highlighted by trickrick states
"NO!".
Ladbrokes doesn't stipulate either way but one assumes they won't include overtime either.
Seems my fears about Bodog are unfounded but hey, I'm not too fussed that I don't bet there any more.
THE WEIGH-IN!! LOL!
Arch rivals square off at Nathan's hot dog-eating weigh-in
Re-reading the corresponding thread from last year: Kobayashi had surgery on his jaw and still finished off
59 hotdogs in ten minutes only losing
IN overtime,
AND now he's recently won the pizza-eating contest!? Unless Joey (or someone completely unheralded) somehow 'psyches' him out surely nothing will faze Kobayashi!?
The value bet
IS with Kobayashi.