World Snooker Championship 2011 - Who is your money going on?

celticfc

I was having a look at this today and I'm a little undecided. I usually put a few quid on John Higgins, another likely contender and a quid or two on an outsider.

16/1 looks decent for Shaun Murphy, especially after the win at The Helix. The outsider could be Matt Stevens (80/1), Stephen Hendry (50/1) or even Graeme Dott (25/1).

Also, might put some loose change on Judd trumping Neil on the opening day (first time champion hoo-doo and all that).

Odds from BoyleSports (21-3-2011):

5/1 - Higgins, John
6/1 - O'Sullivan, Ronnie
13/2 - Selby, Mark
15/2 - Junhui, Ding
8/1 - Robertson, Neil
8/1 - Williams, Mark
16/1 - Allen, Mark
16/1 - Murphy, Shaun
20/1 - Carter, Allister
20/1 - Maguire, Stephen
25/1 - Dott, Graeme
40/1 - Cope, Jamie
40/1 - Fu, Marco
50/1 - Hendry, Stephen
70/1 - Day, Ryan
70/1 - Gould, Martin
70/1 - Walden, Ricky
70/1 - Ebdon, Peter
80/1 - Stevens, Matthew
80/1 - Trump, Judd
90/1 - King, Mark
100/1 - Bingham, Stuart
100/1 - Perry, Joe
100/1 - Hawkins, Barry
100/1 - Lee, Stephen
175/1 - Harold, Dave
175/1 - Mcleod, Rory
250/1 - Dale, Dominic
300/1 - Campbell, Marcus
350/1 - Burnett, Jamie
350/1 - Robertson, Jimmy
400/1 - Pagett, Andrew

zack01

Really can't see beyond Higgins, but for some value I may just have an each way punt on Peter Ebdon, long matches, vast amounts of mental strength required, doesn't that sound like a job for Ebdon??

Mind you with my history of tips, you would be well advised to stay clear!!!

You could do a lot worse than stick a fiver on Jimmy Robertson, a mad bet you may say, but this guy is an ex English amateur champion, a fantastic feat in itself, he won four matches to reach the crucible and after watching him win seven in a row against Ken at the Academy two weeks ago 350-1 is some value!

Arthur Daley

Could be time for Selby this year.

oneillMan999

Wont be betting this year, just about 10 players have a realistic chance of winnin it, sit back and enjoy the snooker without the bets is my advice altho if you can get the over/under on ammount of centuries made, i would take the over as the quality of snooker has gone up a notch this year with all the extra tournaments been played.

celtictiger32

ill be throwing a few bob on ding think he could make a breakthrough this year maybe with an outside bet on allen .... promising, might be a bit nervy though

Mickolution

oneillMan999 wrote: »

Wont be betting this year, just about 10 players have a realistic chance of winnin it, sit back and enjoy the snooker without the bets is my advice altho if you can get the over/under on ammount of centuries made, i would take the over as the quality of snooker has gone up a notch this year with all the extra tournaments been played.

Yeah, there are loads of players around the same level at the moment, probably more than ever before or at least in my memory. I'll probably have a bet, but usually leave it until after the first round. Odds won't come in too much and I like to see how the players are fairing before backing someone. Robertson and Williams at 8/1 are tempting, though.

Must be the first time in a long time O'Sullivan isn't favorite going into the tournament, isn't it?

giant_midget

Will be setting aside some money for this as i do every year.

Stevens, Selby, Higgins will all be getting my money.

Stevens is worth a tenner anyways.

50 on Higgins and 50 on Selby

celtictiger32

stevens?? long shot there

giant_midget

celtictiger32 wrote: »

stevens?? long shot there

It is indeed, but he is playing quite well recently and has been to the final before so has that experience under his belt.

Defo worth a tenner :pac:

cherryghost

Long shot on Mark Allen holding his nerves. Have a tenner down on him

celtictiger32

cherryghost wrote: »

Long shot on Mark Allen holding his nerves. Have a tenner down on him

i think thats worth a tenner alright he will win a w.c its just a matter of when

califano

Mark Williams is the talking horse. I think he's on a rich seam of form and playing some of the best snooker right now. just looks very a comfortable and confident player again. Thats who my money is going on. 10/1 on betfair right now.

syngindub

i'd throw a tenner on Ding to win

StephenHendry

very open this year, i think higgins is favourite but
selby could win it as he has an excellent game suited to the
longer format of the wc

Glenman

StephenHendry wrote: »

very open this year, i think higgins is favourite but
selby could win it as he has an excellent game suited to the
longer format of the wc

You are the only legend in this year's tournament. The highlight of last year's championship was Davis beating Higgins to get to the last 8. We probably won't see Davis at the Crucible this year. Hopefully Hendry can fly the flag for the old timers this year, it would be nice to see him having a run.

celticfc

Glenman wrote: »

We probably won't see Davis at the Crucible this year.

We won't (not playing anyway) he got destroyed 10-2 by a resurgent Stephen Lee in the final qualifying round last week.

Ironically, if he had won that match he would have come up against John in the first round proper. :rolleyes:

celtictiger32

ah wont be the same this year without our ken

giant_midget

celtictiger32 wrote: »

ah wont be the same this year without our ken

yea it will..

clanard

Think I will go for Murphy this year, very solid over the longer format and if he gets in the groove he will take serious beating. Dunno who to go for an outsider, might go for Robertson but he has a very tough opener against Selby.

giant_midget

clanard wrote: »

Think I will go for Murphy this year, very solid over the longer format and if he gets in the groove he will take serious beating. Dunno who to go for an outsider, might go for Robertson but he has a very tough opener against Selby.

Think Robertson has Trump in 1st round.

clanard

Sorry Giant midget I meant to say Jimmy Robertson.
Dont think we could put Neil Robertson in the outsider bracket:D.

Glenman

celticfc wrote: »

We won't (not playing anyway) he got destroyed 10-2 by a resurgent Stephen Lee in the final qualifying round last week.

Ironically, if he had won that match he would have come up against John in the first round proper. :rolleyes:

Sorry, meant to say, we probably won't see Davis playing at the Crucible ever again, I hope I'm wrong

Arthurdaly

Whos my money on? I remember getting excited about the worlds 10 years ago, I always had a sly bet on stephens/hann/mcguire. Loved it!

Snooker for me has fallen away, im just not interested when a blob (a possibl cheat) like stephen lee is fighting away against jonh higgins (another possible cheat).

clanard

Dunno about fallen about Art but there will always be a question mark over him now. Met him and played him myself in exhibition and a true gent but its a pity what happened. Think his managet might of taken the hit, its hard to know.
But anyway am still looking forward to the World's.

the groutch

imo whoever wins the Selby-Junghui quarter final will win it, with slight preference for Ding

SarahBM

did Graeme Dott qualify? I was gutted for him last year, but Robertson was brilliant.

I dont bet, mainly because I dont understand it, but I really enjoy watching other people shout tips at eachother and curse the people who give them bad ones. LOL

mookie2007

Ive gone with
1) Williams E/W to win (In fantastic form, got beaten by an on fire Stephen Lee in China Open)
2) Selby to Win (Likes the longer format, will definitely win one and is on the easier side of the draw)
3) Stephen Lee E/W to win (Fantastic win over Williams in China Open and hammered Davis in qualifiers but is probably too inconsistent to win this marathon but worth an outside punt)
4) Trump to win quarter 1 (Robertson in poor form - Trump nothing to lose)
5) Trump to be furthest progressing qualifier. (Once he beats Robertson - has a handy enough route to the semi's)

califano

Williams is a lock