Hi tikay, would you mind if we built up a portfolio on the Wolrd Snooker Championship in April?
a) I'd like to suggest £2 each on three rank outsiders , with a view to trading back on any that give us a run?
These are
Jack Lisowski 200-1 in spots (BlueSq to save you searching)
Anthony McGill 680 Betfair
Kurt Maflin 550 Betfair
http://www.betfair.com/exchange/snooker/market?id=1.105777117&mpch=ads&rfr=63All have to qualify for the Crucible, but all are very talented and in my mind top 16 players on a 1-2 season view
Lisowski's odds reflect that he has today beaten Trump 5-3 in China in a sensational game, and is I think guaranteed to only have to win one game to get to the Crucible.
Of the other hotpot, Luca Brecel he's at 80 and we've missed the price a bit
The aim is to get a run to the Crucible from 1 or more then hope they win a game..at which point we are laying back at 33s or running it, take a view then
2 Since last year we have been periodically discussing Trump for the Crucible
We know he tends to struggle to get motivated for minor tournaments, and his recent form has been poor by his standards
Today though he played well, just outdone by his training partner in a match where neither really missed a ball
Because of this form and results his price has drifted from 11-2 and 6-1 generall out to 7-1 in places and 8.2 on Betfair
http://www.oddschecker.com/snooker/world-championship/world-snooker-championship/winner There are no more tournaments between China and Sheffiled, so this should be the extent of the drift.
Recommend £50 win Trump 2013 World Championship, taking the current minor liquidity above that 8.0 on Betfair and leaving the rest up to be matched
3 Notes
The 16 Qualifiers who get to the last 32 are random drawn to face one of the sixteen seeds
O'Sullivan has stated he is playing, so auto goes in as No 1 seed and is priced at a (barmy, I think) 15/2 having been out for year, albeit with tonnes of natural talent
At the end of the current China Open the seedings are calculated for Sheffield
Currently it would be
1 Ronnie
2 Selby
3 Trump
4 Higgins
5 Robertson
but this could change, with Trump and Higgins already out of China. Ideally Trump would go into Ronnie's half, if we are to back him, but this probably requires Robertson to go deep in China