Snooker: PTC Events

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The PTC events which were introduced to the snooker tour last year have continued this year and the second one begins on Monday with there being a total of 12 tournaments in all. World Snooker launched their live streaming service last week so there's a chance to watch these events online. Bookmakers with live streaming service also have access to the coverage and because of that there's more interest with prices being put up. All PTC events have 128 runners and all matches are the best of 7 frames and money won in the 12 tournament qualifying series is added together at the end with the top 24 in the money list playing out the finals which we'll have a new thread for when the time comes. On the face of it with accessible coverage and more variety in prices and with each event having a pre-determined draw there should be some cash able to be made in these events :hope.

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Re: Snooker: PTC Events Ok the 2nd PTC event takes place between Monday and Wednesday and the way it works is the top half play down to the last 16 on Monday with the bottom half doing the same on Tuesday and then the last 16 onwards is on Wednesday with the tournament finishing on Wednesday night so whoever wins will play 7 matches over two days. 3 for me in this event. 1.5pts ew M.Williams to win PTC2 9/1 VC (1/4 1-4) Mark Williams arrives in Gloucester in decent form having made it to the final of the Australian Open which was an event he should have won really. The couple of weeks off won't have done him any harm and I think he comes here with a real chance. His draw is almost perfect really with only Jamie Cope a top 16 player at the start of the season, in his quarter of the draw. Williams won the opening PTC event of the season last year and was 6th on the overall money list so we know he takes these events seriously and when he turns up he turns up to win. He probably won't have seen a draw like this for many a while and if he turns up in decent nick then I expect Williams to go very well through the course of this event. We're paid out to the semi finals with the place money here and given the lack of big names in his quarter I think Williams is a fantastic each way bet in this event. 0.5pts ew D.Dale to win PTC2 80/1 Skybet (1/4 1-4) Dominic Dale is another who is a big price here. The Spaceman is enjoying a very solid start to the season and having moved to Gloucester now he's on home soil in this event. Mark Williams ended Dale's run in Australia in the quarter finals but Dale should really have won that match having only been behind in the match after the deciding frame. Like Williams he's also won a PTC event last season so we know he has what it takes to win one of these things and although his draw is slightly harder with the likes of Selby, Murphy (they could both meet in round 2 so one will go early), Robertson, Trump and Allen (Trump and Allen also meet in round 2 if both get that far so one will go early) in his quarter, I think Dale is playing well enough to have a bit of a tilt at the title here. He's often a quick starter in matches and will be looking for as many ranking points as he can find to boost his ranking. At 80/1 and having qualified for the Shanghai Masters last week Dale is playing well enough to give us a run for our money here. 0.5pts ew T.Ford to win PTC2 125/1 Sportingbet (1/4 1-4) Tom Ford is another who is playing well at the minute although he won't want to see Stuart Bingham again in a hurry. Ford qualified for Australia and then beat Jamie Cope when he was there before being wiped out by Bingham in the second round. Bingham went on to win that event though so that was no bad result as it turned out. Bingham then beat Ford in the final qualifier for Shanghai last week but luckily for Tom Ford and his fans Bingham is in the other half of the draw in this tournament. Like Williams and Dale, Ford also won a PTC event last year and he finished 9th in the Order of Merit so these seem to be events which suit him. Ford made the 3rd round of the opening PTC event where he lost a deciding frame to Joe Perry who went on to finish runner up in the event so he's being beaten only by form players at the minute. For someone as confident as Ford is he hasn't got an overly tough draw. Top 16 players in his quarter are Graeme Dott along with Ding Junhui and Peter Ebdon who are scheduled to meet in the second round. If his form keeps up the way it has been Ford is more than capable of coming through that and giving us a real run for our money at 125/1.