Australian Open - 29 Jun - 5 Jul

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The first ranking event of the season begins in Australia on Monday. Some of the very big names have given this a miss but it is still a decent enough line up. Draw, format and schedule here: http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=396

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Tournament preview: 1pt ew J.Higgins to win Australian Open 20/1 Coral (1/2 1-2) In years gone by Higgins probably wouldn’t have cared much for this tournament, in fact it is only the third time he has entered it, but he does so knowing he needs some ranking points and with some big names missing this is as good a chance as any to pick some cheap ones up. 4pts G.Greene to beat M.Holt 6/4 Stan James Gerard Greene played five days out in the World Cup and also came through qualifying for this tournament before that so he should be match sharp and at 6/4 he looks good value to take care of a Michael Holt who is playing his first match in almost three months. Full preview here: https://www.punterslounge.com/australian-open-betting-the-first-ranking-event-of-the-season-takes-place-down-under

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Monday odds: [TABLE=class: couponTable, width: 617] [TR] Monday 29 June 2015 Player 1 Player 2 BPP [/TR] [TR=class: row0] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Selt, M v Judge, B (00:00 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.16[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]7[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]100.00 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR=class: row1] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Woollaston, B v Ridley, A (00:00 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.16[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]6.3[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]101.59 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR=class: row0] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Higgins, J v Georgiou, M (03:00 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.25[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]5.5[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]98.18 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR=class: row1] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Maguire, S v Walker, Joel (03:00 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.35[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]4[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]99.07 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR=class: row0] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Bingham, S v O'Brien, F (04:00 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.33[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]3.75[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]101.85 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR=class: row1] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Walden, R v Higginson, A (04:00 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.42[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]3.5[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]98.99 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR=class: row0] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Trump, J v Lisowski, J (10:00 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.25[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]4.5[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]102.22 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR=class: row1] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Xiao, Guodong v Burns, I (10:00 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.42[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]3.5[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]98.99 %[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Tuesday odds: [TABLE=class: couponTable, width: 617] [TR] Tuesday 30 June 2015 Player 1 Player 2 BPP [/TR] [TR=class: row0] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Perry, J v Burnett, J (02:30 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.35[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]3.6[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]101.85 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR=class: row1] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Allen, M v Joyce, M (03:30 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.31[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]4[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]101.34 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR=class: row0] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Selby, M v King, M (03:30 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.22[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]5[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]101.97 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR=class: row1] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Holt, M v Greene, Gerard (10:00 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.61[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]2.57[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]100.82 %[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Wednesday odds: [TABLE=class: couponTable, width: 617] [TR] Wednesday 1 July 2015 Player 1 Player 2 BPP [/TR] [TR=class: row0] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Fu, M v Gould, M (02:30 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.58[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]2.75[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]99.65 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR=class: row1] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]White, M v Vafaei Ayouri, H (02:30 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.33[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]4[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]100.00 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR=class: row0] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Davis, M v Jones, Jamie (03:30 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.61[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]2.7[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]99.15 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [/TR] [TR=class: row1] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: firstColumn]Murphy, S v Carter, A (03:30 BST)[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]1.4[/TD] [TD=class: selectionBestOdd]3.3[/TD] [TD=class: bppWidth bpp]101.73 %[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

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Couple of bets for me on Monday. 4pts F.O'Brien (+2.5 frames) to beat S.Bingham 4/5 Coral Fergal O'Brien is a tough nut to crack at the best of times but he could be even harder to crack here. This is Stuart Bingham's first official match since he won the world title and it will be interesting to see how he settles down to the added expectation that is on his shoulders. He likes a fluent game anyway but he's unlikely to get that here. Fergal has been up and running for the season for a while having had to qualify for this tournament and then playing in the World Cup so he'll be extra prepared for this. I'd still be surprised if Bingham didn't come through but I think it is a bit early in the season for Bingham to be covering these sorts of handicaps given the changes that will have without doubt taken place in his life since he won the world title and of course the extra demands on his time. 4pts J.Lisowski (+2.5 frames) to beat J.Trump 10/11 Paddy Power Jack Lisowski has actually won the last three meetings against his friend and former stablemate and you've got to think he has every chance of winning again. This is Trump's season debut and being the defending champion he will probably have had a bit of promotional work to do since he touched down in Australia. Lisowski had to come through a couple of qualifying matches which he did so without too much fuss so he would've been on the practice tables for a while. It was interesting that he is one of the six that Terry Griffiths is going to coach this season and when he was in demand by a lot more than those six players he must see something he likes in Lisowski and that is enough for me to think Lisowski has enough in him for three frames here given that it is Trump's first match of the year.

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Thank you Kevshat for the Higgins bet :)