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Bet 53. Tottenham v Man City Over 0.5 goals @ 1.05

Schauffele was looking good two shots clear at -13 under, then McIlroy turned on the burners and ran away with it. Gotterup was a comfortable enough winner after a slow start.

Schauffele looking good and I'll be on him with a round to go. He's 2.02 on the exchanges - once commission is accounted for - and that looks good to me with a one shot lead. I don't think there's a thread for the Myrtle Beach tournament - apologies if I've missed it - so I'll put my pick here and that's Gotterup. Four shots clear and available at 1.73 - again that's on the exchanges and the price quoted is what it would be if there were no commission to pay. Win or lose, yes please - that's a value price.

He nearly mucked it up against Jones. It was fortunate he had so many frames in hand from the start of the match. He got so tight at the end and against a better opponent in a closer match I don't see how he would win.

I'll stick my neck on the block - no - with the caveat of another dream draw.

The post wasn't for your benefit. There are people who read about 'locks' from someone experienced such as yourself and think that means a guaranteed win for whatever reason and bet accordingly. That's who I was aiming at. As for your success in parlays I'm glad for your success and I'm certainly not looking to teach you anything.

Definitely. When you think about the players he could have faced - the stars definitely aligned for him.

It's great to read your thoughts @Grass Cash but there really is no such thing as a lock. No player is guaranteed to win, even if there's a very high chance that they will.

Not a bet I'd be taking but good luck. Botic is so up and down he could either win easily or lose easily. Personally I'm not convinced by Moreno De Alboran and even less so outside the US as there's really not a lot to go on in that respect. You've got plus money though so I can see the appeal.

Cheers Tony. It really should have been a loser with Pendrith a shot behind at the 18th. At that point even a play-off wasn't looking too likely, but after Kohles bogeyed and Pendrith birdied they swapped places. You'd have got good odds on Kohles not to win and no play-off when he stood at the 18th tee that's for sure. I'll take some good fortune though as it very often goes the other way. I've lost count of the times this season already where I've backed a player that's leading or in contention ahead of the final round, only for that player to shoot the worst score on the leaderboard - a feat that Pendrith was on course to match at one point.

If Wilson wins, which looks highly likely, then it's got to be up there with the easiest. Should have played Selby, Allen and Brecel but missed them all.

I'm not a regular poster here but I do post from time to time and this is a friendly part of the forum. I tend to focus on the head of the market and I've been doing that for a few years now with success - the rationale being that most are looking for a big price winner which means it's sometimes worth backing shorter albeit for a smaller return. I'll be doing the same in this tournament with a bet on Pendrith who's currently in the lead. I'm backing him at 3.16 on the exchanges - which is the price once commission is taken into account.

Good start by Wilson. One thing's for certain - there'll be a lot of players kicking themselves today that they aren't out there. This has been a real missed opportunity for the likes of Allen in particular.

I won't be surprised if Jones ends up winning it now. His temperament could end up being the difference - Gilbert was all over the place with his emotions and I think that was to his detriment against Wilson, who also flunked badly the last time he was here and Jones doesn't have that baggage. He also won't have to deal with being the favourite which should help him and even more so as I don't think Wilson is equipped to deal with the expectation that's now on his shoulders at the biggest tournament of all.

That's quite possibly the longest post I've ever seen on here. Hats off @Darran

It'll be interesting to see how long you can carry on with this before the email comes through. If there's one thing bookies hate more than losing money it's taking money from someone who looks like they know what they're doing.

This is like the final against Williams the other week now. Ronnie going for everything - head has gone. Can't see past Bingham now.

Over the line easily in the end. Must admit I didn't see that one coming.

Early days yet but Ronnie's long game doesn't look like it's where it needs to be - apart from a great opening red in the first frame. It was the same against Day, or at least it was in the latter part of the match and you just wonder if that could cost him in the end. Bingham won't be intimidated, he's beaten Ronnie here before at this same stage and you could make the argument that if he could beat Lisowski without scoring he can certainly beat O'Sullivan if the scoring that he's renowned for returns.

He said as much himself. That's my interest in the outrights over in any case - I'd backed Allen without putting it up here as well as Page. It looks like it's O'Sullivan's to lose now but I'm not so sure. I didn't think he was that great against Day and he looked vulnerable to me.

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Agree. Maguire is flaky as anything and is liable to have a sulk at some point if things aren't going his way.

Finally he's on the board and the break of 142 and the way he compiled it just confirms he was bottling it before. If he'd played like that from the start then we'd have a match. As it is it's game over. O'Sullivan isn't losing from 6-1 up.

No. Complete bottle job. He's missed almost everything he's played and he's had chances in every frame. And 4-0 down. If it's not a bottle job then I don't know what is. It makes me wonder what's gone through his head - beaten before the first break-off. Surely what you do is remind yourself of some of Ronnie's poor first matches down the years and then that gives you the confidence to believe you can give him a match. The first thing I'd have done is shown Page the O'Sullivan - Cahill match where Cahill won and then from there the mindset should have been if Cahill can do then so can I.