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China Open Betting: A favourite and an outsider for World Champs warm-up

David Hendon looks at the odds before the China Open gets underway in Beijing “Selby’s main problem in Beijing may not be his draw or the quality of the field but the fact that he hasn’t had a competitive match for two months because of the sparse calendar – which is due to change if new World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn gets his way.” Mark Selby is regarded by many – including me – as one of modern snooker’s finest match players possessing a steely nerve under pressure, solid tactical game and excellent break building skills. Selby’s biggest moments so far are his capture of the prestigious Wembley Masters in 2010 and 2008 and his run to the World Championship final in 2007. It is worth remembering, though, that he has only ever won one ranking title, the 2008 Welsh Open. Greatness in any sport is decided by titles and though Selby is widely respected by his fellow players, he wants trophies and needs them to continue to justify his reputation.

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Mar 26, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Snooker Betting: Robertson warms up for Newport

Laid back on the outside, fiercely competitive on the inside, Neil Robertson is a classic Aussie sportsmen. These qualities, combined with his new found happiness, mean that he is a serious contender in Newport, says David Hendon. “O’Sullivan is not a certainty to beat Stuart Bingham, who has practised many times with the world number one and will not fear playing him.” Neil Robertson is playing some of the most attractive snooker on the circuit this season and is worth supporting at 10.5 to win the Welsh Open title in Newport this week, a trophy he collected three years ago

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Jan 24, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Wembley Masters Final Bet: Ronnie looks too hot for Selby

O’Sullivan has come through a tough draw against some determined and in-form opponents, Selby has benefitted form poor play from his opposition and could wobble under Ronnie’s onslaught “Ronnie bids for the fifth Masters title of his career in what will be his sixth appearance in the last seven finals, while Selby has reached this stage for the third year in a row. On this week’s evidence, Ronnie looks pretty solid at 1.5 to maintain supremacy.” Whatever happens today, the Masters will be going to a familiar face. In a repeat of last year’s memorable final, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby will retain their stranglehold over this title

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Jan 17, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Masters Snooker Bet Day Six: Allen great value to take revenge on Selby

Irishman is under-rated by the market and can get better of the Jester from Leicester , says Paul Krishnamurty “Allen’s stock has risen considerably in the past year, whereas Selby has at best stood still. Widely recognised as a great prospect almost from the moment he turned professional, Allen significantly raised his profile by reaching the semi-finals of the World Championships, claiming the prize scalp of Ronnie O’Sullivan along the way.” It’s almost exactly 12 months to the day since Mark Allen and Mark Selby fought out a nail-biting final frame decider at Wembley, and given the progress of each player in the meantime I’m rather surprised to see Allen available at 2.76

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Jan 15, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Masters Snooker Bet Day Five: Favourites can breeze through to the semis

Ronnie O’Sullivan should have no-one to blame but himself if he loses to Peter Ebdon, while Shaun Murphy can conquer Mark Williams with ease. Back the pair in a double, says Paul Krishnamurty “Two first round matches at the Masters stood out for their outstanding quality. Shaun Murphy’s 6-4 victory over Stephen Hendry, followed by Ronnie O’Sullivan’s classic comeback to eliminate Neil Robertson, were among the best games seen in this, or any season.” The opening set of matches at Wembley really emphasised the gap between the best and the rest in snooker at the moment.

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Jan 13, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Snooker Masters Betting Day Three: No stopping Ronnie at his favourite venue

As his superb record suggests, Ronnie feels at home at Wembley. But his first round opponent is no pushover and the Rocket will have to produce high quality snooker in front of his adoring fans if he is to progress. “The scene is set for a cracker, packed with the sort of high quality snooker that has been lacking in most of the matches so far.” Whatever his wider shortcomings in the consistency and reliability departments, there’s no arguing with Ronnie O’Sullivan’s Wembley record.

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Jan 12, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Jack Houghton’s Betting Challenge Week 23: Salad days still far away for Wembley-bound Rocket

Mr Houghton enters the snooker betting as he attempts to keep his profitable punting on track “Shaun Murphy aside, there is little to stop Ronnie ambling through to the final and, unlike in recent years, there seems less danger of him throwing a wobbly now that Barry Hearn is at the helm of the World Snooker. At 4.0 the Betting Challenge is having £20 on.” Contrary to popular belief, Ronnie O’Sullivan did not gain his snooker nom de guerre of “rocket” because of his explosive style of play

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Jan 07, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

Snooker Betting: Over to you Mr Hearn

Can Barry Hearn’s induction as Chairman of World Snooker provide the much needed injection of life that the sport needs? Jaymes Monte reports… “At this stage it doesn’t seem viable to start playing in huge arenas with raucous crowds, loud walk on music and scantily clad women accompanying the players to the table

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Jan 07, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post

UK Championship Snooker Bets Day Three: Stevens looks the pick of Monday’s outsiders

Ronnie O’Sullivan is an unsafe countenance at the prizewinning of nowadays and these are not the prizewinning of nowadays as Apostle Krishnamurty explains “Far weaker players than filmmaker hit presented odds-on backers a hornlike instance in O’Sullivan matches over the eld and throughout his occupation the 32-year-old has ever desirable individual inclose matches.” The sporting in every quaternary of Monday’s matches has a one-sided feel. Three of the quaternary favourites countenance pretty strong, only because the unknown doesn’t materialize to be up to the job, but 1.33 Ronnie O’Sullivan could hit a fisticuffs on his safekeeping against past UK endorse Gospels Stevens . As anyone old with O’Sullivan’s occupation module sure know, digit needs plentitude of feeling and belike a super pane of folly to backwards him at brief odds-on.

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Dec 07, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

UK Championship Odds: Ding, ding! Seconds out for snooker’s pre-Christmas big one

David Hendon surveys the snooker scene before the UK Championship gets underway in Telford “My first round selections are Marco Fu ( 1.21 ) to beat Peter Lines, Murphy ( 1.27 ) to beat Greene and Ding ( 1.22 ) to beat Dunn. Possible shocks are Holt ( 2.82 ) to beat Maguire, Stuart Bingham ( 2.06 ) to beat Joe Perry and Stephen Lee ( 3.1 ) to beat Mark Allen.” When Ding Junhui won the 2005 UK Championship few thought that four years on he would have only one additional ranking title to his name. He captured the 2006 Northern Ireland Trophy but was to enter a downward spiral in which confidence plummeted and results dried up

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Dec 03, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
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