Snooker: UK Championships

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The 2nd biggest snooker event of the season gets under way in Telford on Saturday.

Best odds/All odds O'Sullivan, R 4 4 4 4.33 4 4.5 4 3.75 4.5 4 3.75 4.33 4.5 4 3.75 4.3 Junhui, D 6.5 8 7 7 7 6.5 7 7 7.5 7 7 6 5 6.5 6.5 8 Higgins, J 9 11 9 9 10 8 9 9 8.5 9 9 10 11 9 10 11.5 Murphy, S 9 8.5 10 9 11 9 10 10 8.5 10 10 9 11 9 8.5 11.5 Maguire, S 9 9 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 10 11 11 9 9 11 12 Robertson, N 17 21 17 17 15 21 17 17 19 21 17 21 21 17 21 21 Hendry, S 21 21 17 21 17 21 17 21 19 23 19 21 17 21 21 23 Ebdon, P 19 26 15 19 15 17 15 21 13 19 21 17 15 17 17 25 Selby, M 19 17 17 21 21 26 17 21 21 23 17 17 21 17 21 27 Day, R 29 34 26 34 29 34 26 34 34 29 23 29 26 34 34 34 Dott, G 34 34 29 34 34 26 29 34 29 29 34 34 34 34 34 36 Doherty, K 29 34 26 34 29 34 26 34 26 41 26 34 41 34 34 42 Fu, M 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 34 34 51 51 34 51 51 46 Cope, J 34 41 34 34 41 41 34 34 34 29 34 51 41 34 41 48 Williams, M 51 51 34 41 41 51 34 41 51 51 51 41 51 51 51 48 Allen, M 51 41 51 51 51 34 51 51 41 41 51 51 41 51 51 50 Carter, A 41 51 41 41 51 41 41 51 41 41 51 51 51 51 41 50 Hawkins, B 51 51 51 67 67 51 51 67 67 51 67 67 51 67 51 85 Lee, S 81 101 51 81 81 67 51 81 67 81 81 101 81 81 67 85 Perry, J 67 67 67 81 81 67 67 81 81 67 101 81 67 67 67 85 McCulloch, I 101 67 81 81 101 126 81 101 101 101 67 101 81 101 101 110 Hamilton, A 126 126 101 101 81 126 101 101 81 101 126 126 101 126 126 140 Bingham, S 81 81 81 81 67 101 81 81 101 101 151 126 81 101 81 90 Swail, J 151 151 81 126 126 126 81 101 126 151 151 126 126 126 126 110 Davis, S 151 151 126 151 101 126 126 101 151 126 151 151 126 151 151 160 King, M 126 126 126 126 126 151 126 101 176 126 126 151 126 126 151 100 Holt, M 126 201 126 151 126 126 126 126 126 151 151 151 151 201 151 160 Harold, D 126 151 126 151 101 151 126 126 151 151 201 151 101 201 151 200 Bond, N 251 151 151 201 151 201 151 251 201 126 251 151 201 251 251 110 Each-way terms: 4 at 1/4 2 at 1/2 2 at 1/2 2 at 1/2 2 at 1/2 2 at 1/2 2 at 1/2 2 at 1/2 2 at 1/2 2 at 1/2

Just outright interests for me until Wednesday unless I get bored in Vegas :lol and feel the urge to get involved in the matches. 2pts ew S.Maguire to win UK Championships 10/1 Stan James (1/2 1,2) Stephen Maguire came right back to form in the Northern Ireland Trophy and fully deserved to win the tournament and he comes into this event as the form man. The dangerous thing for the rest is Maguire knows what it takes to win this title having won it before and he couldn't have picked a better draw with his own hands. Joe Swail 1st up which won't be easy but unlike other events, Swail won't have had a game under his belt this week. Then he'll face Ebdon or McCulloch in the last 16 before a potential match with Stephen Hendry or Mark Allen in the quarter finals. I'll happily back Maguire to come through those in best of 17 encounters and should he do so, from the semis onwards the tournament will be anyone's. Maguire's the form horse here and looks back to his best and 10/1 could represent superb value next Sunday. 1pt ew J.Perry to win UK Championships 66/1 Bet365 (1/4 1,2,3,4) Joe Perry seems to enjoy these longer frame matches and has been to the semis twice in this event in recent seasons. He's already made the quarter finals in the Grand Prix this season and is a scrapper who fights all the way. He will very rarely win frames with centuries but he's a good all round player and if it all clicks into place he could have another run here in Telford. He's bigger prices elsewhere but Bet365 pay out on the semi finalists too which makes us go there. Perry's run to the semi doesn't look too challenging if he can see off Neil Robertson in the 1st round and so we'll take a chance on the Cambridgeshire man.

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Re: Snooker: UK Championships heard former snooker player neil foulds tipping up maguire and selby this week. could be good outside value bearing in mind the vulnerability of the seeds. just finding it now