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Yeah, we've made it through Day 1, atleast. Also, atleast the Maguire match is close, so plenty more frames in that one, tomorrow.

Why would he be any more tired than the others?

gotta laugh. That potted red foul would never have happened if I didn't need him to go 2-0 up

Tomorrow morning then, the start of the World Championship. The main event gets going at 10am when Ronnie takes on Mark Joyce. Tomorrow's line-up : 10am R O'Sullivan Vs M.Joyce Y.Bingtao Vs M.Gould 2.30pm S.Maguire Vs J.Jones N.Robertson Vs L.Wenbo 7pm R.O'Sullivan Vs M.Joyce (to completion) D.Gilbert Vs C.Wakelin Hopefully, we see a century in every match. I think we'll see plenty of centuries in the event, so much so that I've had a small punt on there also being over 100. The highest break is also a very interesting market, as it's likely that somebody makes

Bowling from primary school does the job for Raja. I have to admit, I think I'm once again done with IPL. I just don't see it as a profitable market. I feel like it's betting on heads or tails and so I'm unlikely to bet much on it much more and hope for RCB to do the business.

I've gone for Berger and Harman with Paddy. Berger 22/1 / Harman 33/1.

Nice and simple for today. I'll be taking Delhi Capitals to beat The Royals. Delhi looked really good in their first match, with a 7 wicket win. I feel like Raja rely on Samson pretty heavily and although they have Jos Buttler, also, he is prone to go early. Where as, if Delhi lost Dhawan and Smith early, you'd feel like the likes of Pant, Shaw and Rahane would still do a job to get them over the line. 5.5pts Delhi Capitals to beat Raja Royals 8/11 betfred IPL -8pts

3 Serious contenders that are worth their price for me, in this. Obvious chances to go deep for players bang in-form, such as Jamie Jones, Craigie, Wakelin, Selt. I think though, once we get to the latter stages, the nerves will get to a few of them. Robertson hasn't done it, at the worlds for a while now. I think the value at the top half seems to be Bingham. It's hard to know what Mark Allen will turn up but he has a decent record against Selby and if one of these guys can beat Ronnie, then the price looks big. Bottom half, I like Hawkins recent form. 9-6 up on Ronnie at the Tour Champi

Full draw : O'Sullivan Vs Joyce McGill Vs Walden Ding Vs Bingham Maguire Vs Jones Higgins Vs Pengfei Williams Vs Craigie Allen Vs Haotian Selby Vs Maflin ------------------------------------- Robertson Vs Wenbo Lisowski Vs Carter Hawkins Vs Selt K.Wilson Vs G.Wilson Murphy Vs Davis Bingtao Vs Gould Gilbert Vs Wakelin Trump Vs Highfield

Yeah, I did fancy Craigie's chances too, to be fair, but decided to stick him in the accy. +12.5pts but take away the poor showing of the outright bets that leaves me at +2.5pts. The main draw is at 11am, on Eurosport.

West Ham (2) 1.95 Arsenal (1) 1.75 Wolves (1) 1.65 £10 treble please

Yeah, atleast 9/1 I saw.

Never in doubt, right? blimey, every match is full action. It's an in-players dream.

I'm going to stick with my pre-tournament pick and pick RCB to win again, today. They look like they have Padikkal back and with ABDV, Kohli and Maxwell also in that line-up, I just feel like they have a potent batting line-up with a solid bowling mix. I think Hyderabad may have to look to Bairstow once more for the majority of their runs. 5pts RCB to beat Hyderabad 4/5 bet365 1pt Bairstow top Hyderabad batsman 4/1 paddypower 1pt ABDV - Man Of The Match 8/1 paddypower

One thing that annoyed me in the match was Morgan going for a big 6 when they were fully in control. It just wasn't necessary and it started the capitulation.