THERE was a big shock at the Crucible yesterday as Neil Robertson become the fifth former winner to crash out at the first hurdle at this year's World Championship.
The Aussie ace – who started the match as second favourite for the title behind Ronnie O'Sullivan – lost 10-6 to qualifier Michael Holt.
Judd Trump is now O'Sullivan's closest challenger in the betting after being cut to 5-1 at Unibet and opens his glory bid today against Liang Wenbo.
At the Barcelona Open tennis Rafa Nadal begins his quest for back-to-back titles against fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers while Kei Nishikori is also in action.
There's three NBA play-off games and plenty of Major League Baseball matches among the other sporting highlights so post your tips and chat here and good luck with your bets.
In December 2020 we sadly 
Ipl Bangalore v Mumbai 2pt win Bangalore 8/11 hills . Total bets before this 2 stakes 4 pts returns 3.06 good luck ?
Down slightly on today, though I did have a saver on Uthappa for MOTM which brought me some profit but as I didn’t post it, I won’t include it in my figures.
IPL Punjab vs Kolkata
Over 30.5 Fours – 5/6 Paddypower – 1.5pts – LOST
Under 10.5 Sixes – 4/5 Bet Victor – 1.5pts – WON
Most Sixes – Punjab – 11/10 Bet365 – 1pt – WON
A Russell Over 38 Performance Points – 10/11 Bet365 – 1pt – LOST (only bowled 1 over grrr)
Top Punjab Batsman – Vijay – 10/3 Skybet – 0.5pts – LOST
Top Kolkata Batsman – Gambhir – 11/4 Skybet – 0.5pts – LOST
Top Batsman Double – Above – 12/1 Stan James – 0.25pts – LOST
Kolkata to win – 4/6 Hills – 1pt – WIN
MOTM – Gambhir – 13/2 Bet365 – 0.5pts – LOST
Match pts staked = 7.75pts
Match pts returned = 6.47pts
Mumbai vs Bangalore
Highest Individual Score – 70+ runs – 6/4 Stan James – 1pt
Over 28.5 Fours – 5/6 PP – 1pt
U15.5 Sixes – 5/6 Stan James – 1pt
S Watson O44 points – 10/11 Bet365 – 1pt
O8.5 wides – 5/6 Hills – 1pt
Top Bangalore Batsman – AB de Villiers – 3/1 Stan James – 0.75pts
Top Mumbai Batsman – K Pandya – 16/1 Hills – 0.25pts
Match pts staked = 6pts
Match pts returned = 0pts
plus (post coin toss)
Bangalore to win (1.5pts if bat first, 2.5pts if chasing)
2 x 0.5pts on the chasing teams’ opening batsmen for MOTM
Total pts staked = 54.00pts
Total pts returned = 47.03pts
Worth noting that after today 12/13 match winners have been chasers (Bangalore were the only team to buck this trend when scoring 227).
My angle for the MOTM is linked to this – 10/13 MOTM awards have been one of the opening batsmen for the chasing team (and 1 of the other 3 went to de Villiers who came in at no.3 early in the innings).
GL all
Boston Celtics +6.5 @ 1.90 (PP) – 1.5 Points. – *LOST*
Playoff Totals: 2-1
Mlb..
Texas +1.5 @1.45 *win*
Arizona +1.5 @1.45 *win*
Pittsburgh @1.75 *lost*
Clearly gave the +1.5 handicap to the wrong team.. #sad #cry a river..
NBA bet number 4, hoping for a bounce back
Hawks ML
Spurs vs Grizzlies under 193.5
Evens with 365 good luck all!
**WON**
Play off bets total 4
3 wins
1 loss
Last night was a bit of a disaster as the Celtics played terribly and got mauled. We move on.
Lean for tonight:
Hornets @ Heat.
Heat stomped all over the Hornets in the first game winning 123-91, and Hornets coach Steve Clifford has spoken about this poor result, explaining that big improvements need to be made on their defence. “Heat averaged 1.42 points per possession, more than any team in any NBA game this year”.
These stats are pretty embarrassing for a team with a defence ranked no.9 in the NBA, and no doubt Clifford would have spent this week analysing and addressing the issues.
This doesn’t however mean that I think Hornets win tonight, I don’t. I still prefer the experience of Heat, with home court advantage and a potential Wade vs LeBron Eastern Final is too much of a money spinner to ignore! Far more commercially viable for Miami, and a much bigger incentive for the NBA as a whole.
I think the Heat win, but this could be a bit of a brawl, and a much closer game that could go down to the wire.
For this reason I quite like:
Heat ML & Under 207 Points @ 2.12 (Bet 365).
This is just a lean at the moment, I have no money down yet just airing thoughts/ideas and keeping 1 eye on line movement.
IPL
1pt Bangalore win Evens
0.5pt MOTM Sharma 8/1 PP
0.5pt MOTM Guptil 9/1 PP
GL all
Heat half time full time evens for Me.
Add petkovic to beat madlenovic in the Stuttgart wta match.
Karlovic to beat pouille is unlikely but the odds are tasty and he is the king of aces.
Murray and soares to win their impending game is a good banker 4/9.
Bryan and Bryan to win their Barcelona atp match and heat to win tonight.Evens.Good luck.
Based on my above write up, I have found a decent point’s total at Coral.
Hornets @ Heat – Under 201.5 @ 1.90 (Coral) – 2 Points.
Every where else this total is set at 199.
I may still have a double later, but the under is my main bet this evening.
Good luck.
Miami Heat -4.5 @ 1.90 (Bet 365) – 2 Points.
Changed my mind, I’m betting them both even stakes.
Too good to ignore *Write up above*
Good luck.
*Posted Yesterday*
MLB Bets For Tonight
5 Fold @ 13.92/1 (£10) LOST
Indians ML Win 3-2
Blue Jays ML Win 4-3
LA Dodgers ML Lost 8-1
Rangers ML Win 7-5
Pirates ML Lost 5-4
underdogs
4 Fold @ 15/1 (£5) LOST
Phillies ML Lost 11-1
Red Sox ML Lost 3-0
Cubs ML Win 2-1
Diamondbacks ML Win 3-0
NBA play off bet number 5
Heat ML
Pistons +17
Evens with 365, good luck all!
Double stakes on this one tonight for me
No luck from Big Gay Al Horford last night on the board front. I am tempted on the Heat/Clippers ML Double which pays 46/50 @ 365, but you’ll notice other than the Warriors and Spurs games, every other one has been different. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Miami or LA lose tonight. I backed Griffins’ PR&A in game 1 and he has gone up to 32.5 @ Paddys/Betfair, but one market I like the look of is Rebounds & Assists Over 13 @ 17/20 @ Bet Victor. This total was 18 in the first game, and 14 in his other two games against Portland in the regular season.
Blake Griffin Over 13 Rebounds & Assists @ 17/20 @ Bet Victor – 2 points
Blake Griffin Over 32.5 PR&A @ 5/6 @ Paddys/Betfair – 1.2 points
Heat ML and under 201.5
Pistons +17
Clippers -4
4/1 @bet365
MLB Bet For Tonight
4 Fold @ 7.88/1 (£10) skybet
NY Mets ML
LA Dodgers ML
Nationals ML
SF Giants ML
Couple of my angles proved fruitful today but struggling to pin down the boundaries bets which are usually my bread and butter.
Mumbai vs Bangalore
Highest Individual Score – 70+ runs – 6/4 Stan James – 1pt LOST
Over 28.5 Fours – 5/6 PP – 1pt LOST (28…)
U15.5 Sixes – 5/6 Stan James – 1pt WON
S Watson O44 points – 10/11 Bet365 – 1pt LOST
O8.5 wides – 5/6 Hills – 1pt WON
Top Bangalore Batsman – AB de Villiers – 3/1 Stan James – 0.75pts LOST
Top Mumbai Batsman – K Pandya – 16/1 Hills – 0.25pts LOST
Bangalore to win – Evens PP – 1pt LOST
Sharma MOTM – 8/1 PP – 0.5pts WON
Guptil MOTM – 9/1 PP – 0.5pts VOID
Match pts staked = 8pts
Match pts returned = 8.67pts
Total pts staked = 54.00pts
Total pts returned = 55.70pts