Snooker: Welsh Open

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The Welsh Open starts tomorrow morning. This is a normal ranking event with matches being best of 9 in the early stages and then 11 in the semis and 17 in the final.

O'Sullivan, R 4 4 3.55 4 4 4.25 4 4 3.5 4 4 3.5 4 3.7 4.1 4.7 Ding, Junhui 8.5 8 7.9 8 9 6.5 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 8.3 10 7.4 Higgins, J 9 11 8.9 11 10 9 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 9.5 12 11 Murphy, S 13 11 9.3 11 12 10 11 11 11 12 11 8 11 9.9 12.5 12.5 Maguire, S 12 12 9.3 12 11 11 11 11 10 11 12 11 13 9.9 12 13 Selby, M 15 13 9.3 13 15 13 12 13 13 15 13 15 15 9.9 14 16.5 Robertson, N 17 17 16 17 19 13 17 19 21 17 17 21 21 17.5 19 16 Doherty, K 21 23 19 23 21 15 19 21 17 19 23 15 17 21 23 18 Ebdon, P 26 29 19 29 26 23 29 26 26 26 29 26 26 21 29 29 Hendry, S 19 34 19 34 21 21 26 26 21 21 34 26 26 21 29 28 Fu, M 34 41 23 41 41 34 29 34 34 29 41 41 34 25 34 44 Day, R 26 41 22 41 41 41 34 34 34 26 41 34 34 24 34 48 Dott, G 34 41 31 41 41 34 34 41 41 34 41 34 41 35 30 48 Cope, J 29 34 43 34 34 34 34 34 41 34 34 26 41 50 60 46 Williams, M 41 34 29 34 34 34 34 41 34 34 34 51 51 32 42 48 Stevens, M 41 51 42 51 51 29 41 51 51 34 51 51 51 49 50 40 Allen, M 41 41 46 41 41 51 51 41 41 41 41 34 41 54 50 - Carter, A 41 51 36 51 51 51 41 51 51 51 51 51 51 40 55 60 Lee, S 51 67 36 67 51 67 51 51 81 51 67 51 51 40 60 85 Hawkins, B 81 67 50 67 81 67 81 67 101 81 67 67 67 60 100 90 Perry, J 81 81 66 81 81 67 81 81 101 81 81 81 81 80 100 90 Dale, D 81 101 66 101 101 51 101 81 126 101 101 81 81 80 100 65 Holt, M 101 126 66 126 126 101 101 126 126 126 126 126 126 80 130 140 McCulloch, I 101 126 82 126 126 81 101 126 151 126 126 126 126 100 130 100 Bingham, S 101 126 82 126 126 101 101 126 151 126 126 126 126 100 130 140 Swail, J 151 126 94 126 126 101 126 151 151 126 126 126 126 118 130 140 King, M 126 67 96 67 151 67 81 151 126 126 67 101 101 120 150 90 Hamilton, A 101 126 118 126 101 81 81 101 151 101 126 81 101 148 160 110 Greene, G 151 126 118 126 151 101 201 201 251 176 126 151 151 148 150 130 Bond, N 201 201 148 201 201 151 201 201 251 251 201 151 201 198 220 230 Davis, S 151 251 148 251 251 126 201 201 201 201 251 201 201 198 250 180 Harold, D 201 301 150 301 301 151 201 151 251 201 301 201 251 200 300 - Place terms 2 1/2 2 1/2 2 1/2 2 1/2 2 1/2 2 1/2 2 1/2 2 1/2

Just 1 outright for me. 2pts ew S.Hendry to win Welsh Open 33/1 Stan James Stephen Hendry looked ok in the Malta Cup and with those matches under his belt he could well come to Newport and play some good stuff. He's maintained all season that he's playing well in practice and if that's the case then he'll come good in one of these tournaments soon. Looking at his draw and the seeds in his quarter are Graeme Dott, Stephen Lee and Ryan Day so there's nothing there that would worry Stephen Hendry if he's on form. Mark Allen is a talented play and could be a non seeded concern but Hendry looks to have a nice path to the semis where depending on his opponent there we can trade out if we need to so Hendry is my pick for success this week.

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Re: Snooker: Welsh Open

Monday 11 February 2008	Player 1	Player 2	BPP
Cope v Michie (12:00GMT)	1.28	4.50	100%	Details »
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Harold v Lawler (12:00GMT)	1.66	2.37	102%	Details »
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Henry v McCulloch (12:00GMT)	2.65	1.53	103%	Details »
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Allen v Gilbert (15:00GMT)	1.44	3.00	103%	Details »
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Bingham v Selt (15:00GMT)	1.44	3.00	103%	Details »
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King v Norman (15:00GMT)	1.61	2.40	104%	Details »
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Bond v Judge (15:30GMT)	2.10	1.83	102%	Details »
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Campbell v Greene (19:00GMT)	2.50	1.61	102%	Details »
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Delaney v Holt (19:00GMT)	2.75	1.53	102%	Details »
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Hamilton v Higginson (19:00GMT)	1.74	2.37	100%	Details »
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Hawkins v Roe (19:00GMT)	1.36	3.50	102%	Details »

I'll take 2 on Monday. 10pts D.Harold to beat R.Lawler 4/6 Boylesports Dave Harold's a solid player who is often tough to beat and while Rod Lawler knows his way around a snooker table, Harold should just be too good for him. They're both similar players, neither score that heavily and both play pretty good safety but for me the overriding difference is that Harold has the ability to score well when he gets the chance. Both these guys have been around the block though and although it won't be pretty to watch, I think the Stoke Potter will prevail here. 10pts N.Bond to beat M.Judge 11/10 Boylesports Nigel Bond is another very solid player and he's had some decent results in the last couple of years to make people remember he can still play this game. Michael Judge is also solid but the thing with him is consistency isn't his strong point. He can be fantastic one tournament and atrocious the next. I always think Judge is most fallible to good match players which Bond is. When players go for their shots and leave Judge with chances he'll take advantage but when players get on top of him he can crumble. Bond's problem recently is his scoring but if he has his scoring boots on here, his safety is usually of a decent standard to suggest he'll beat Michael Judge.