Snooker: World Championships

[MARTINLAURSEN]

Starts in a few weeks, who's peoples picks? Ive backed Shaun Murphy at 9/1.

[Chapman]

Re: Snooker: World Championships

Starts in a few weeks, who's peoples picks? Ive backed Shaun Murphy at 9/1.

You can get 14/1 on Murphy at Betfair, quite a difference. ;) Here is the 1st Round draw with the Championship running from 17th April - 3rd May, if anyone knows the bracket for the draw it would be helpful. :ok

John Higgins v Barry Hawkins Mark King v Steve Davis Neil Robertson v Fergal O'Brien Marco Fu v Martin Gould Ali Carter v Jamie Cope Joe Perry v Michael Holt Ding Junhui v Stuart Pettman Shaun Murphy v Gerrard Greene Stephen Maguire v Stephen Lee Peter Ebdon v Graeme Dott Mark Allen v Tom Ford Ryan Day v Mark Davis Mark Selby v Ken Doherty Stephen Hendry v Anda Zhang Mark Williams v Marcus Campbell Ronnie O'Sullivan v Liang Wenbo

I love the World Championships and will have more to say closer to the time but as usual, much will depend on which Ronnie turns up to play this year because if he can stay motivated and find the form we all know he's capable of it's difficult to look past him - but if the "I don't care so much" Ronnie turns up he could be sent on his bike in the 1st round because Liang Wenbo has the potential to make it uncomfortable, not the best draw for Ronnie in R1. John Higgins, he just know's how to prepare for the two week's and is most likely to stay consistent throughout because his game is made for the long session's required, never easy to beat. My early pick outside of Ronnie is Mark Selby, more experienced and getting better and better, will be full of confidence still after that epic Masters final back in January and well worth an early punt at 9/1 you can get on Betfair. :hope