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Re: Snooker: Welsh Open Cheers It was a good shot in the dark. O'Sullivan & Hendry had been already knocked out of his half in the draw so it looked wide open and at 50/1 Lee looked worth a shot e/w. I definetly didn't expect Lee to beat Murphy. I had Lee down as a choker but Murphy wasn't really at the races in the final, though Lee did play well.
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Re: Snooker: Welsh Open I would favour Hamilton over Lee. Hamilton mostly played well in the QF , more so the frames I missed I belief and is the better break builder. Lee not really been playing well but has been doing enough to get through. I don't mind too much who goes through and I will be cheering for Hamilton who used to live locally to me and play at my local snooker club. If Hamilton loses than I have my e/w Lee bet to fall back on.
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Re: Golf: Ford Championships 2nd-5th March Don't get the inside edge, but I see we have gone for some similar picks so will be cheering on the same guys.. For my matchbets I will do my usual tactic of opposing people making their debuts at events, apart from Garcia who has played here twice:
Sport Golf Event Ford Selection Cabrera to bt D Howell Strength 8/10 Date 05/03/2006 Bookmaker/Price Skybet @ 2.00 (Back) Reasoning It is Howell's first appearance here and one of his first ventures on the PGA Tour. Cabrera has finished 5th, 17th & 10th here in the last 4 years so with his experience and knowledge he will look to have the beating of Howell. Sport Golf Event Ford Selection Z Johnson to bt Holmes Strength 8/10 Date 05/03/2006 Bookmaker/Price SportingOdds @ 1.91 (Back) Reasoning Z Johnson finished 3rd on this course last year and finished 3rd in the matchplay last week so is in good nick. This will be Holmes first appearance here and he may struggle not being used to the course, layout or location of Florida.
Good luck!Sport Golf Event Ford Selection Toms to bt Garcia - match bet (draw = stake back) Strength 6/10 Date 05/03/2006 Bookmaker/Price Expekt @ 1.83 (Back) Reasoning Toms finished 5th here the past two years, and won the Sony Open in January this year so is in good nick. Garcia has only played here twice where he finished 33rd in 2002 and 64th in 2005. Garcia missed the cut in his last event and opted out of the matchplay. -
Re: Snooker: Welsh Open Any picks for today? I think Stevens, Mcmanus look vulnerable as there are bound to be more upsets today. I have taken Stephen Lee in the outright market:
Sport Snooker/Pool Event Welsh Open Selection Lee (1/2, 1,2) (Each-Way) Strength 1/10 Date 05/03/2006 Bookmaker/Price BetFred @ 51.00 (Back) Reasoning His odds look value seeing as O'sullivan and Hendry have been knocked out. He reached the Semi's of the Masters not long ago, so although his ranking is slipping he is still very capable of putting in a few good performances. He plays D Hendry first up who struggled in his victory over Fu, then would be due to play Maguire who is not in the best of form. -
Re: Snooker: Welsh Open Great picks Paul which look to have clinched you 2nd spot ahead of me in the Sports-punter comp. :eek :eek Following the Pinches match on the live scoring. Makenzie looks to have the final frame in the bag, but I need my beauty sleep so will have to leave it with Makenzie leading 49-7. If it goes on another 18 minutes I would want a stewards enquiry along with The Hendry match. I didn't see it but Kevshat pointed out that the ref scored it wrong which led to a respotted black. ;)
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Re: Indonesian Open My picks include Mendoza too and so far i have gone for Zhang as well:
Sport Golf Event Indonesia Open Selection Lian-Wei Zhang (Each-Way) Strength 1/10 Date 05/03/2006 Bookmaker/Price Ladbrokes @ 67.00 (Back) Reasoning His current form is not the best with a couple of missed cuts, but previously he had a 12th & a 14th. He has fond memories of this course, which was where he won the first of his Asian titles 10 years ago. Sport Golf Event Indonesia Open Selection Minoza Strength 1/10 Date 05/03/2006 Bookmaker/Price Ladbrokes @ 101.00 (Back) e/w Reasoning Will take a chance on this popular local veteran. He finished joint 4th at this event last year be it on a different course, though he should still have good knowledge. He just lost out in a play off at a local event last week so will be keen for another good showing in front of his fans. -
Re: Golf: Ford Championships 2nd-5th March Should be a good event with all the big guns taking part. I am going for VJ Singh & Furyk:
Sport Golf Event Ford Selection VJ Singh (Each-Way) Strength 2/10 Date 05/03/2006 Bookmaker/Price BetFred @ 15.00 (Back) Reasoning Singh lives in Florida and not too far from where the event takes place. He has finished in the top 5 in his last 3 appearances here. He has finished in the top 10 in 7 of his last 9 events. Sport Golf Event Ford Selection J Furyk Strength 1/10 Date 05/03/2006 Bookmaker/Price Interwetten @ 23.00 (Back) Bet Direct @ 6 (top 5 finish) Reasoning He ia a Florida resident with good course knowledge. He won here in 2000 and just missed out after a play off in 2003. He has posted top 30 finishes in his last 8 stroke play events, with 7 of those being top 15 finishes. -
Re: ATP Dubai/Las Vegas/Acapulco 27th Feb - 5th Mar I have plumped for Monfilis:
Sport Tennis Event Las Vegas Selection Monfilis 1/2 , 1,2 (Each-Way) Strength 2/10 Date 05/03/2006 Bookmaker/Price Skybet @ 21.00 (Back) Reasoning Monfilis looks a value selection in an event where a lot of the top seeds are not in good form. He is in the easier half of the draw which contains the likes of Kiefer is recovering from illness, Blake out of form, Murray is dangerous but may be a little tired after recent exploits. Monfilis was beaten in the final in Doha at the start of the year and is capable of reaching the final again. -
Re: Accenture Match Play Golf unlucky kev, great 66/1 which very nearly came off with the outright win.
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Re: Rugby League: Super League - Round 3 Todays pick siding with HUll:
Sport Rugby Event Rugby Superleague: Warrington v Hull Selection Hull -4.5 (Asian Handicap) Strength 6/10 Date 25/02/2006 Bookmaker/Price Betfair @ 1.90 (Back) Reasoning Hull have played well in their first two matches scoring 40+ points in wins against Castleford & Wakefield, while Warrington have lost their first two matches dissapointingly at home to salford and narrowly away to Huddersfield. -
Re: Six Nations I fancy Scotland to cover the h/cap
Sport Rugby Event 6 Nations: Scotland V England Selection Scotland +12.5 (Asian Handicap) Strength 5/10 Date 25/02/2006 Bookmaker/Price Betfair @ 2.02 (Back) Reasoning Roared on by the home ground I think Scotland will run england very close. Scotland played impressively to beat France and battled bravely against Wales when reduced to 14 men. England played poorly against Scotland and are going to have to improve if they are going to cover the h/cap. -
Re: Accenture Match Play Golf Lucky for me Weir bottled it! 4 up with 4 holes to play Weir was up. Shocks galore with Goosen the only higher seeded player to win through in the 8 matches. Haven't got any picks for the QF's, but if you blindy back all the outsiders then I think you will end up in profit.
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Re: Fantasy Football: http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ Am I too far in front to get a mention anymore blue bucko. ;) Slipping down the overall standings as I have been picking the wrong captain and making a few errors in my transfers. Struggling for players this week as have 3 spurs players in my squad + carragher suspended, Gallas out, Warnock probly won't play. :wall Its tough at the top..
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Re: Rugby League: Super League - Round 3 whoops did mean st helens v leeds. It was tight just as I expected with St Helens just about covering the h/cap offered by most firms. I fancied Wigan & Bradford to cover their h/cap but didn't put any money on. Hull -4 looks the call for tomorrow.
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Re: Rugby League: Super League - Round 3 6 pts wigan v leeds under 50 pts 1.9 @ williamhill The two favourites for the title will battle it out in this the 3rd week of the season. Neither team will want to give an inch, and on what could be a fairly wet surface I can't see it being too high a scoring game.
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Re: Accenture Match Play Golf I thought about Howell & Harrington as they are both playing well and are capable of causing upsets, both priced at around 2.5. Donald if he can make it pass goosen has a good chance of reaching the final. These are my two picks for now for round 3: 5pts Donald to bt Goosen 2.16 @ betfair Donald made 6 birdies and no dropped shots in his 2nd round victory. Goosen made 6 bordies and a couple of dropped shots in his 2nd round over Crane. Donald is in good form with a 7th & 12th in his last two events, so at odds against looks a good bet. 5pts Oglivy to bt Weir 2.16 @ betfair This is Oglivy's first time in the event but he is playing well and made 7 birdies in his 2nd round win against O'Hern. Weir made a slow start in his 2nd round match and didn't pick up any birdies until the back 9 and his 18 hole round only equated to a 71.
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Re: Accenture Match Play Golf A couple of value selections for today: 5pts katayma to bt Montgomery 2.25 @ betdirect For their 1st round matches, Katayama went round in about level par, while Monty went around about 5 over for the first 18 holes so was lucky to progress. He also played 5 extra holes so he might be a bit tired for the 2nd round today, so Katayama looks the value selection. 5pts Lehman to bt A Scott 2.46 @ pinnacle This looks a good price seeing as Lehman played solid golf and didn't bogey any holes in his first round match. Scott played inconsistently in his 1st round match making 4 bogeys, with his round equating to a one over score.
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Re: Accenture Match Play Golf I have a shortlist drawn up looking up on the monday/tuesday each week looking at current form & past form. I have a quick read of one or two sites such as the Racing post to see if they agree with my thoughts. I was aware of Daly's problems but was a bit hesitant on Bryant being his first time in the event so on the course. In reflection the price especially when shortened from 1.83 was too skinny to take! I was also torn between going for Clarke & Donald who were on my shortlist but were both in the same quarter so was only going for one of them. Sided with Clarke in the end which as it happens was one of the Racing post's picks. Should really have taken Donald looking at current form and more recent form i.e. last years. I didn't see any of the action yesterday so am trying to get a breakdown of the scores each player shot as a guide. the offical site which gives a breakdown is http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/scoring/r470 though you have to add up each players round. So tiger birdied his 1st 6 holes and the 8th in the 10 holes played and looks like will take some beating. I need to stop dithering and take the prices quicker. For example Nick O'Hern was 80/1 @ stanjames outright but missed out and was cut to best price 50/1 so didn't back him. Think I may end up backing him in each round instead. I have noticed the prices shorten very quickly after the racing post tips them, they must have a lot of followers. A good start to this year but I think they had about a 90 pt loss last year.
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Re: Accenture Match Play Golf my selections are: 2 pts e/w Toms 26 @ williamhill Won the tournament with a 6 & 5 win in the final over Di Marco. In the 4 years the event has been held at this course he has finished 1st, 2nd, t5th & t9th. He has also won the sony open this year and finish in top 20 in his other two events. D Clarke 2 pts e/w 34 @ williamhill Won this event in 2000, was 3rd in 2004 and t5th in 2003. He finsished 7th in his last outing in Dubai. Pettersson 1 pt e/w 126 @ tote He is in what looks to be the most open quarter with the likes of Vj, cabrera & perry not having a good record here. He has had two top 10 finishes this year including a 7th last week. In his previous outing here he was only narrowly beaten by tiger woods. 1st round selections: 7pts Bryant to bt Daly 1.74 @ pinnacle Bryant form is decent with a 23rd at Nissan and top 10 at Mercedes. He was twice a winner last year. Daly missed the cut by miles last week and withdrew the week before, his head is probably a mess with his family problems. 8pts O'Hern to bt Funk 1.62 @ pinnacle O'Hern is in good form with 6 top finishes in last 7 events. He has also finished 5th here in both his two appearances. Funk has never made it past the 1st round here in 6 attempts. 5 pts Lehman to bt Appleby 2.25 @ centrebet Appleby's form has been on the slide since the Mercedes and doesn't like the course, with only two 2nd round appearances to show on this course from its 4 outings. Lehman has had two top 10's in his last two outings.
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Re: Nissan Open sorry about my last post, was a bit drunk last night, though I seemed to put the mockers on Couples. Sabbatini showed nerve and great determination to retake the lead and clinch the title. Great approach shot at 16th, and left himself with just a couple of feet putt to clinch the title on the 18th. I hardly saw any of Rollins play despite him looking like he could challenge for the title, with the American producers just seemingly wanting show the final group for the last few hours. Great tipping by the PL golf tipping team, we must be combined nearly 500 points up so far this year! :D :D :D
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Re: Nissan Open another bottler, sabbatini lead has completely gone, well done Fred couples I nearly went for you e/w but match bet only, oh well still good profit I guess.
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Re: ATP Marseille/Buenos Aires/San Jose & WTA Antwerp 13th-19th Feb Great performance by Murray to beat Roddick. He will be officially the UK no 1 very shortly. Will oppose him in the final but will still be cheering him on. 8 points lay of Murray @ 3.35 on betfair Hewitt looks like he is getting back to his top form after an impressive semi final win against Spadea. I think it will be a big game too far for Murray, who will find it tough to raise his game once more against Hewitt.
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Re: Nissan Open cheers Billyhills I am hoping Rollins repeats his round 3 score of 64 which would definetly make things interesting. 1st hole an easy par 5 so most players expect to make birdie and everyone near the top apart from Tim Clark did. I think a score of 69 would be good enough for Sabbatini to win it, as would need one of his main challengers to shoot 65 or better which will be difficult.
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Re: Ice Hockey - Uk Elite League 18-19 February cheers guys Plenty of ice hockey to watch on the TV at the moment with the winter Olympics. I don't have any knowledge on other European Leagues, but we can get news/views off each other for the different leagues so that should be good.
Golf: Ford Championships 2nd-5th March
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Re: Golf: Ford Championships 2nd-5th March Good call on Toms KOPT, he nearly had a play off with Woods as well. It was a bit of a toss up between Toms & Furyk for my 2nd pick outright and he wouild have been my 3rd pick but decided to stick with just the twol. At least I pick him for a match bet.