The Welsh Snooker Open odds typically have Ronnie O'Sullivan as favourite to win the title for the third time in his career, with last years winner Mark Selby next best in the betting. O'Sullivan last won the tournament in 2005 when he beat Stephen Hendry in the final; this gave him a second successive win in the event as he had beaten Steve Davis the year before.
He made the final again last year but was beaten by the form player at the time, Selby in an epic final which Selby won by 9 frames to 8. The two do not Selby gets his defence underway on Tuesday when he plays Welshman Paul Davies. O'Sullivan begins on Wednesday when he plays Steve Davis. It appears that O'Sullivan/Selby is becoming quite a rivalry as the two men contested the Masters Final last month where O'Sullivan was triumphant, winning 18-8, it would surprise no-one to see them contest the final this year again.
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Others who are fancied to do well this week are the world number two, Stephen Maguire, who plays qualifier, Ian Preece in the opening round and former world champion, Shaun Murphy who takes on Barry Pinches. In adition to the outright win market, there are other markets that may interest the snooker punter. For instance O'Sullivan is favourite at 8-1 Boylesports to record yet another tournament 147. They are quite reasonable odds considering his record. Another good looking bet is to take the 9-1 odds on offer again fromBoylesports for Maguire to get the highest break. He has achieved this in several tournaments over the last three or four years. It is also worth suggesting to the snooker sentimentalists that Paddy Power are offering 200-1 on wild card entry, Jimmy White to win
11-4 O'Sullivan, 13-2 Selby, 9-1 Maguire, 12-1 Murphy, 14-1 John Higgins, Ali Carter, Ding JUnhui, 16-1 Ryan Day, 20-1 Neil Robertson, 25-1 Mark Allen, Mark Williams, 28-1 Joe Perry, Marco Fu, 40-1 Stephen Hendry, Matthew Stevens, Graeme Dott, 50-1 Bar.
Posted: Monday, 16th February 2009
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