The biggest snooker tournament of the year started off last saturday. There has been plenty of surprising results so far. Willians, Higgins, Allen, Maguire, ... couldn't avoid elimination after their opening match at The Crucible. This proves it will be very hard to win some bets in this year's World Championship.
Murphy - Dott
Odds: 1.45 - 2.65
Both players struggled in the first few frames of their first match, but eventually they both managed to qualify for the next round. Dott had to face Peter Ebdon but couldn't really impress me. Ebdon is known as a tough player, he knows how to annoy his oppenents because of his very typical playing style. This is probabely the reason why. Personally, Murphy turned into one of the favourites to reach the final due to the unexpected eliminations. Murphy won the last 3 occasions against Dott. The odds and statistics are in Murphy's favour, but anything is possible in The Crucible.
White - Poomjaeng
Odds: 1.60 - 2.25
This is a very interesting game, both debutants managed to survive the first round, which is very exceptional. Poomjaeng is an amazing man, he seems to be quite calm as a debutant and loves to make jokes and interaction with the audience. He played brilliantly, great long-pot percentage, nice safeties and confident potting performance. White did excellent as well, he rather won because of a poor playing Higgins. thought, which wasn't the case in Poomjaeng's match against Maguire. Value is definitely with Poomjaeng, but chances are he won't reach yesterday's performance, the Korean man is ranked #70 and turned pro only 2 years ago. Will he be able to handle the pressure?
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