German Masters

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The German Masters gets underway today. 4 afternoon matches and 4 evening match (3 as Yang has visa issues and Trump has a walkover) 

I am going to take 2 outright bets here before we look at the matches and the first is Mark Allen, who looked to be playing well at the Shootout and has the bottom of the draw, which looks abit more appealing. Allen would have Haotian, likely Murphy, following by Higginson or Highfield and then likely Selby in a semi-final. Trump, Robertson, Williams are all in the other half and it's Williams who is my 2nd outright punt. Williams played well at the Shootout and is looking more and more likely as of late. He is a big price at 22s.

3pts M. Allen to win German Masters 8/1 paddypower
1pt e/w M. Williams to win German Masters 22/1 paddypower

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Matches wise I was tempted with Brecel on the handicap but -2.5 is quite a big handicap to cover. In the evening matches, I'll take Georgiou to beat Steadman. Whilst qualification for the German Masters was in October, Georgiou beat Donaldson 5-0 and Barry Hawkins 5-3. He also made the Last 16 of the Shootout. Steadman is a good player on his day but the scoring doesn't look to be there in recent matches.  Out in Round 1 in 5 out of 7 tournaments and his only win, away from this event, was beating Zifan at the Scottish Open, where he then lost 4-0 to Trump. In the qualification for this event he beat Ng On Yee and Jiankang. Just a 57 highest break against Yee and 51 against Jiankang.

5pts Georgiou (-1.5 handicap) to beat Steadman 11/10 paddypower
2pts N. Robertson, Maguire & Georgiou all to win 3/1 paddypower