World Championship - 18 Apr - 4 May

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The big one is only a couple of days away now :nana. The draw for the tournament takes place on the World Snooker Youtube channel at 10.30 on Thursday morning and then the tournament starts on Saturday with the whole event live on BBC and Eurosport. Draw, schedule and format here: http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=367

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Re: World Championship - 18 Apr - 4 May Tournament preview: 1pt ew J.Higgins to win World Championship 33/1 Skybet (1/2 1-2) John Higgins has looked back to his best in recent weeks and he is a man who knows how to prepare for this tournament and perhaps more importantly pace himself for it too. He goes into the competition as the 14 seed which isn’t ideal in terms of the fact he’s in the bottom half of the draw but as I said nobody is going to win this without playing their best snooker so I’m ok with that. What I like about Higgins’ seeding is he gets a nice schedule. He plays the first and second rounds early enough to get good rest time going into the quarter finals from which it is a mentally taxing seven days of flat out snooker so rest time before hand is so important. Higgins has won the Welsh Open and looked in great form in Beijing earlier in the month and at 33/1 looks a very big price in what looks a really wide open tournament this year. Full preview here: http://www.punterslounge.com/world-championship-betting-former-champion-can-win-a-fifth-title-at-the-crucible