Snooker: World Championships

[Paul Ross]

Best odds/All odds
O'Sullivan, R	2.87	3.25	3.25	3.25	3.25	3.25	3.25	3.25	3.25	3.3	3.45
Higgins, J	4.5	4.5	5	5	5	5	5.5	5.5	5	5.7	6
Murphy, S	7	6	7	7	6.5	8	7.5	6.5	6	7.1	7.6
Hendry, S	10	11	9	10	10	8.5	9	9	10	10.5	11
Stevens, M	13	11	13	15	15	13	15	13	12	16	17
Maguire, S	11	15	13	15	11	11	15	13	13	16.5	17.5
Williams, M	17	26	17	21	26	26	17	21	26	23	25
Doherty, K	17	21	21	21	21	29	26	26	17	32	34
Ebdon, P	34	34	34	26	29	21	29	34	29	31	38
Hawkins, B	34	26	26	34	29	34	34	26	34	-	44
Lee, S	34	41	41	34	34	41	34	34	41	40	55
Robertson, N	41	41	41	51	41	34	41	51	41	40	60
Dott, G	67	51	67	51	51	34	51	-	67	47	70
Carter, A	51	67	67	81	67	81	81	67	67	50	160
Day, R	101	81	81	81	81	101	81	101	81	50	130
Davis, S	81	126	81	101	126	151	101	81	101	70	110
McManus, A	151	126	81	67	151	81	126	67	101	86	110
Hunter, P	67	151	81	151	126	151	151	81	151	90	140
Perry, J	81	101	101	151	126	151	151	151	126	90	140
White, J	151	151	126	101	151	126	151	101	126	80	140
Hicks, A	151	126	151	151	126	151	151	151	151	-	150
Swail, J	151	101	101	81	151	126	126	126	101	50	170
King, M	101	101	101	101	126	81	126	151	101	50	180
Gray, D	151	151	151	151	201	67	201	126	151	50	210
Holt, M	201	126	126	151	151	67	101	151	101	50	230
Selby, M	151	126	126	126	126	201	126	126	126	-	230
Hamilton, A	81	101	101	126	101	251	151	151	126	50	150
Fu, M	101	126	151	126	151	251	126	151	151	50	170
Wattana, J	201	201	201	201	201	251	201	151	201	-	220
Harold, D	201	301	301	501	401	501	301	401	501	-	310
Parrott, J	501	501	401	501	501	501	401	401	501	-	510
Bond, N	301	251	251	301	401	501	401	251	501	-	530
Allen, M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	-
Greene, G	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	-
McCulloch, I	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	-
Bingham, S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	-
Pinches, B	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	-
Each-way terms:	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

[Paul Ross]

Sport	Snooker/Pool
Event	World Championship Outright
Selection	Mark Williams (1/2 odds 1-2) (Each-Way)
Strength	2/10
Date	01/05/2006
Bookmaker/Price	Blue Square @ 26.00 (Back)
Reasoning	Williams has himself gone on record earlier in the season and said "I can't be bothered practising." This would of course explain his early season form and slide down the provisional rankings. However, 25/1 now looks a very big price for this twice world champion on his recent form. I'm a little surprised that 25/1 is still available after his first round match in China, where he he hit 71 ,116 & 133 in 3 frames, which clearly shows he's in top form. He said about a month ago that he had to start practising hard now because his ranking was suffering, well he clearly has and that makes 25/1 an exceptional price.

[davidmphill]

Looks a very wise selection Paul following Williams' form in China this week.

[Paul Ross]

Down to 12/1 now.

[kevshat]

Certainly does look a good bet now boss. It could just be that the winner of his clash with Higgins in round 2 (draw permitting) could be the champion.

[sensibleboy]

Cant see past the Wizard Of Wishaw ... JOHNNY HIGGINS!

[ZuluWarrior]

Here's a thought, it's defo one for the form guru's out there!

I've got to thinking that the 2 favourites from the China Open are Higgins and Williams, there long drawn out performance on Sunday shows they are both ready to fight it out over long frames and down to the last ball. So it's no suprise to see their outright bets going in, I can easily see why.

However I wonder, what are the chances of seeing either of these 2 in the final of the next tornament?? How often does one of the finalists of the previous tornament make it to the final of the next tornament??

Nice to see the early doors Championship thread! To Paul Ross many thanks for the effort of posting the odds, he does it all the time and rarely recieves gratification for it, so thank you Paul!

As it's early doors, How about a little World Championship points competition?? If anyone would like to take part, please shout up, we had (very) little one on the China Open and it would be good if we could have a few more players for this one. I would be happy to run it, if enought are interested. C'mon guys, Mullet, Kevshat, Paul Ross, I know your up for it really...

ZuluWarrior

[mullet1984]

Thankyou zulu for your kind words. As reigning champion i'm happy to defend my title. As i've said before i'm taking the Murphy price this week e/w. In the world's i love it where you call who's gonna win each quarter. I'll look into it more this week cos i'm away next two weeks so gotta do my ets b4 then so i 'll post my early prices in next couple of days. Robertson as the outsider this year????

[sensibleboy]

As I said I fancy John Higgins for the win but at the odds above I think Joe Perry is hugely overpriced at 150/1 with Ladbrokes. I may back him on betfair and hope to lay off should he advance through a few rounds.