THERE'S a blockbuster quarter-final at the Masters snooker this afternoon as world No.1 Mark Selby and Ronnie O'Sullivan go head to head.
The pair last met in the 2014 World Championship Final where Selby prevailed 18-14 to avenge his 10-4 loss to the Rocket in the Masters final four months earlier.
Selby has been in scintillating form this week, whitewashing Ricky Walden in the previous round, but is 13-10 underdog today at the likes of Boylesports and BetVictor.
O'Sullivan wasn't as convincing in his first-round win, edging out Mark Williams 6-5 in his comeback to the major tournament stage, but his reputation goes before him and he's chalked up at 10-13 favourite (marathonbet).
With both players capable of mercurial snooker it could be a close affair so the over 9.5 frame line in the best of 11 showdown looks decent at 10-11 with bet365.
The later match sees Mark Allen start as 8-13 favourite (Ladbrokes) in his last-eight battle with Barry Hawkins, an 11-8 chance at Totesport.
England's cricketers, who lead 1-0, begin the third Test against South Africa in Johannesburg this morning looking to clinch victory in the four-match series.
The tourists are 19-10 at bwin while the Proteas are 7-4 at 10bet and the draw pays 9-4 at Betway.
Other sporting highlights including tennis and NBA so as usual let's hear your tips and thoughts and good luck with your bets.
In December 2020 we sadly 
Zaza Pachuila Over (11.5) 5/6 POINTS ( mavs vs thunder ) PP ** VOID**
wizards -5 vs bucks 5/6 PP 106 – 101 ** VOID**
Dirk Nowitzki Total Points OVER 17.5 MAVS ** VOID **
Dwyane Wade Total Points OVER 18.5 HEAT **INPLAY**
Danilo Gallinari Total Points OVER 21.5 NOUGATS **WINNER !!!**
wade gets benched coz heat got smashed , cheers wade
4 from 9 free throws also contributed ( PILLOCK )
pacers over 99.5 ARSEHOLES !!!
hornets over 101 WON
gsw under 111.5 WON
just over 5`s
GEE THANKS PACERS FOR SCORING 4 IN THE LAST 5 MINUTES , TOSSERS BLEW A 5/1 TREBLE
Danilo Gallinari, SF 16-17 FROM THE LINE beast !!!
OK Thunder -4.5
LA Clippers -2.5
19/20 @ 365 – 2.5 points **WIN**
Well done jordan was on!
Aussie Sports Double
Twenty 20 Cricket
Melbourne Stars ML
Melbourne are missing a few of their stars but should still beat a bottom of the league, nothing to play for Brisbane.
Sydney ATP
Tomic ML
Tomic in good form leading upto his home major and is favourite for this tournament. He beat Nishakori in the quarters of the Brisbane ATP losing to Raonic in the semis. Should be too much for Gabashvli with some strong home support.
Just under evens @ bet365
1.5pts staked.
GL if you follow
Ouch (3rd night) ! Bookies must have made a fortune last night.
Not everything was lost thanks to Jordan’s double.
– GSW -9.5 ** LOST **
– Mavs/OKC over 206.5 pts ** LOST **
– Hawks -2.5 ** LOST **
– Knicks over 97.5 team pts *** WIN ***
– Challenge Bet 6 : Kings ML (39.25 returns 49). ** LOST **
Like previously said, that’s me done with challenge bets after 5 attempts :D
January Singles: W12 – P0 – L14
Cheers @thewetlettuce for his tennis double (just seen it came in), covers the NBA losses.
Stayed away from betting yesterday with all the team news of players being left out.
GREAT BET
Bulls at 76s
76s Ish Smith , over 15.5 points , tipping him again as his points should be higher,. have watched the last two games of the 76s and he has been getting this quota easily and expect him to do this again, in his last two matches he has scored 3 out 3 , 3 pointers , dont know why he doesnt shot more from out side the arc. Really expect him to get this as long as he doesnt get rested.
£100 returns £180.00
Only bet for today.
Forgot to bet last night as I was busy.. I’m not even going to mention my leans, it’ll make me sick.
Tonight we have some interesting matchups.. Raptors @ Magic which is actually being played at the O2 in London.
My early lean for this game is Over 192.5.
Total seems rather low to me, considering the commercial aspects they will want to put up a show tonight and I’d expect a fairly high scoring game.
Cavs @ Spurs… big one and wish I could stay up to watch this (work gets in the way), early lean Spurs -5.5.
Other lean… Lakers +16.5
Haven’t had a chance to look at other games yet, and doubt I will until later this evening.
Early thoughts guys?
Thx Jordan was on double ammo for weekend nfl games were as last week all road teams won thinkin at least three maybe four home teams any thoughts ?
I actually took a ML double of two home teams last night. Fourfold of three home teams and a road team. Will post later today.
gone for a double
o’sullivan
panithinakos to win
odds 2.04/1 @888
Had the worst day of the Basketball season yesterday…..Apologies to those who followed. Looking to bounce back today with a Fivefold.
EuroHoops Fivefold
Antibes (-5.5)
Malaga (-3.5)
Leiden (-19)
Fenerbahce (Money Line)
Barcelona (+11.5)
Fivefold @ 6/1 Bet365 – 1pt staked.
Good luck!
It happens @hunter don’t worry! We move on, you will get it back in no time, and still must be way up on the season!
Lets be honest, it was about time.
Ha ha jordan :) got to have the odd bad day here and there to keep the bookies in business
@jacksonator Hope you’re right bud. Gonna need this to pay the Tax man soon!
haha you gonna put up any singles today or sticking with the fivefold?
Prob not, although Fenerbahce game looks good for unders. Also like the look of the big German Zirbes (Zvezda) to go over 6.5 boards as a prop.
Hunter antibes playin today ?
Sorry, should have put that in the post. Was tempted by a few others but it’s a small card and thought Anitabes looked like the safer option.
Australian Qualify Mens Tennis
Double
Daniel Evans Win
Taylor Fritz Win
Evens bet365…50 points on…WIN
welldone
Well done bud….keep them coming!
No probs @oriaz mate.
Thought Evans bottled it at 3 match points in 2nd set, but he came through in 3rd.
cheers that £150 in the bank
Aussie Sports Double
Twenty 20 Cricket
Melbourne Stars ML
Melbourne are missing a few of their stars but should still beat a bottom of the league, nothing to play for Brisbane.
Sydney ATP
Tomic ML
Tomic in good form leading upto his home major and is favourite for this tournament. He beat Nishakori in the quarters of the Brisbane ATP losing to Raonic in the semis. Should be too much for Gabashvli with some strong home support.
Just under evens @ bet365
1.5pts staked.
GL if you follow
**LOSER**
Melbourne were fucking useless, especially the two English boys KP and Luke Wright. The pressure was off Brisbane with nothing to play for and they swung heir bats with gay abandon. Might still use Tomic in another double.
So it’s a snooker/tennis double
Masters Snooker
Allen vs. Hawkins
Allen had an impressive win over Murphy in the previous round with 3 x 90+ breaks. Hawkins struggled through against Perry and often needs a few bites at the cherry to win a frame. Allen holds the h2h 9/13 and is finally showing some consistency.
Allen ML
Tomic ML (reasons stated previously)
Just under EVENS @ bet365
GL if you follow
sochi vs podolsk
over 4.25 @1.85 (AH)
russian ice hockey khl
sochi are much better team should prevail comfortably, h2h at sochi are 5-0, 5-2, 5-2, 5/7 h2h meetings over 5.5
Sochi ML is 1.90 on bet365 at the moment?? Am I missing something?
NFL Divisional Round
New England Patriots ML
Arizona Cardinals ML
@ 97/100 – 15 points
Add;
Denver Broncos ML @ 43/25 – 3 points
Add;
Seattle Seahawks ML @ 5/1 – 2 points
At this stage of the season, two weeks off and a home field advantage is huge. It also helps when you have a host of your players healthy and probable, which is now the case for the Patriots. There are a few unwritten rules when it comes to betting in the NFL. One of them is not to back against Brady and Belichick in Foxborough in the playoffs. For me, Bill Belichick is the best coach in the league right now, and could go into the HOF as the best coach in NFL history. For him to have two weeks to prepare against any team is a big advantage. The Chiefs come into Foxborough as the most in form team in the NFL with 11 wins in a row, but last week there star receiver Jeremy Maclin went down in Houston with a knee/ankle injury and hasn’t practised all week. That could be bad for KC as that’ll leave tight end Travis Kelce and the two running back West and Ware with a lot of work to take on. You don’t want to be one dimensional against the Patriots. They also have two starting offensive linemen in the concussion protocol. The Patriots themselves will be glad to have names such as Edelman, Hightower, Freeny, Vollmer and Jones all probable. The Chiefs may be hot here but for me they haven’t beaten too many ‘good’ teams this season. Brian Hoyer gifted them the game last week with his multiple turnovers, a week beofre that they narrowly slid past the Cleveland Browns 17-14, beat a decimated Ravens team in Baltimore with a QB signed a couple weeks before hand, only managed a 10-3 win against the Chargers at home a week before then. Basically, they’ve had an easy run, much like the Redskins did. Their only real wins against teams to note were in Denver when Peyton threw 4 picks and was benched for Brock Osweiler, and a Steelers team led by Landry Jones when Big Ben was hurt. I will take a healthy Brady at home everyday of the week.
The next game in the double takes us back to Phoenix, Arizona where my Packers were absolutely destroyed a couple of weeks ago 38-8. They did have problems on the offensive line though with three starting linemen out. That won’t be the case this time round, however, they might be without their best corner back once more in Sam Shields who seems to be taking a lifetime to come back from a concussion. Rookie corner back Quinten Rollins is also a doubt after suffering a quad injury after making a good play in Washington. So that’s two starting defensive backs out, not what you’d like coming up against one of if not the best vertical offenses in the league. We’ll also likely be without wide receiver Davante Adams, aka Mr January as Aaron Rodgers dubbed him. Seems to not exist in the regular season then all of a sudden comes alive in the playoffs, exactly like he did last year, and exactly like he did in Washington last week. Obviously if my Packers pull off the unthinkable and get to their second NFC Championship in two seasons I will not mind losing my money, but the fact of the matter is I can’t see it against a team I have to win it all.
I’ll be short and sweet on the next two games, but a lot of bookies aren’t giving many markets for the Steelers/Broncos game as nobody knows if Big Ben or Antonio Brown will play after both suffering injuries last week in Cincinnati. Big Ben has apparently torn tendons in his shoulder, and Antonio Brown took a nasty hit which looked to knock him out cold, and resulted in Vontaze Burfict receiving a suspension for the first few games next season. There was words said that Antonio Brown was fine after the game and supposedly winked towards somebody, but I’d be surprised if he can go with the strict protocol the NFL have on concussions. He or Big Ben are yet to practise this week along with a few other key players. I’ll take Denver who have Peyton Manning back under center and could really expose the Steelers extremely poor secondary. The Steelers did beat the Broncos a few weeks ago, but that was in Pittsburgh with Osweiler under center, who still managed to throw for 3 touchdowns and just under 300 yards.
The final game I’m taking is just a hunch. The team with the best record in the NFL this season is only being given a -2.5 against the Seahawks, which is a tip of the cap towards the team that has appeared in the last two Super Bowls. Some will argue that the Seahawks shouldn’t be here, @lee-cunliffe and Vikings kicker Blair Walsh are two examples. But the fact is they are. This one is really a flip of the coin for me, but I’ve seen enough of the Panthers this season to think that they got lucky on more than one occasion. My Packers could have tied the game in Carolina with a big comeback in the second half, the Saints nearly beat them in New Orleans in a shootout, the Giants came back from big deficit to tie it late on, only to lose out to a field goal, the horrible, horrible Falcons giving them their only loss of the season, and probably their most significant win in the season was in Seattle on a blown coverage with under a minute to play. The Panthers will be getting Jonathan Stewart back which is good for them, but in the last couple of games they lost two of their starting corners for the season. That leaves Josh Norman on his own, which is ok for cover on Doug Baldwin, but bad for those who are likely to be in cover against Lockett and Baldwin. Marshawn Lynch is still a game time decision, and if he plays then that’s even better as it’ll be one more player who the Panthers will be drawn to on offense.
As some of you saw last week, anything can happen in a matter of minutes, so if you follow, bet what you can afford to lose. Good luck.
GSW -11.5
Bulls ml
Tsonga (tennis)
Treble 1.6/1 – 8 points
Snooker:
Allen -1.5 1/1 – 3 points
LeMarcus Aldridge (San Antonio Spurs) Over 26.5 Points and Rebounds @ 5/6 @ Paddy Power – 2.4 points
Raptors -4 @ 1.90 – 1 Point.
Cavs +7 @ 1.90 – 1 Point.
good to see your on the same mate.
also like the overs in the raptors magic game, i like the ‘putting on a spectacle for the fans’ theory, you could also say they could be fatigued…
also taking Bulls -7
even if butler doesnt play they still are good enough defensively / good enough backup players to beat the worst team in the league by 8..
sochi vs podolsk
over 4.25 @1.85 (AH)
russian ice hockey khl
sochi are much better team should prevail comfortably, h2h at sochi are 5-0, 5-2, 5-2, 5/7 h2h meetings over 5.5
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sochi vs podolsk 5-3 after 52min, WIN
W 60, L 41, P 6
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Cycling: Tour Down Under 2016
The cycling season kicks of next Tuesday with the Tour Down Under race in and around Adelaide. The uphill sprint in Stirling and Willunga Hill are the places were the race is won the last couple of years. This year they included the Corkscrew climb in stage 3 which also can help to win some seconds for the main contenders. The 6 stage race is always won by a couple of seconds and I think we will see the same this year. Australians Gerrans, Porte and Dennis are leading in the betting with Welshman Geraint Thomas just behind them. But I like a Columbian who is capable to win it or end on the podium.
Henao is a team mate of Thomas and I think the team see Henao as the best contender in this race. Thomas wants to be at his best in the Belgian classics and I think he is in Australia to get kilometers in his legs instead of winning. Henao is really suitable for this race and is very fast on short climbs, that’s make him a serious contender to win this race.
Tour Down Under outright:
Sergio Henao each-way @ 26.00 with Coral
(others have already shortened him to 12.00 & 15.00, making him the 4th favourite)
365 opened 9.00 for Henao. Paddy just cut him to 10.00
I think the referees are gonna need an escort out the stadium in the Fenerbahce game!!!
What a 4th quarter from fenerbache! noisy crowd, 5fold is looking good!
Different class in the 4th. Not a pretty game but quite a spectacle! You can always rely on the Turks for an atmosphere. Bobby Dixon had an absolute stinker of a game….glad they stuck him on the bench in the 2nd half.
Kuban are now my fav team to hate….falling to the floor everytime someone went near them!
Thanks for the tips mate I cashed out of your fivefold as I’ve had a crap few days and made some good profit! Awesome tipping once again
Ya thought they were very soft with the freethrows! Great tipping again hunter!
Jordan great write agree with your three home teams just hope the panthers win as my pre playoff tip at 4/1 still think they being underated this season .cam newton like Russell Wilson can run like running backs .and josh Norman is making things happen as corner .panthers are not a high profile team but think it could be their year .
Raptors show going on in the London game, great to watch.
Took the over 192.5 mentioned by @raoul earlier and total is now at +199.
Nothing is guaranteed but if they keep it going they’ll cover easily.
Do they actually travel to London with their whole break-time dunk team and cheerleaders?
I wanna know how many times the commentator has said “here in london” must be a good 50 haha
Well … very poor 2nd half tho +192.5 is in and we’re having an OT.
Had the worst day of the Basketball season yesterday…..Apologies to those who followed. Looking to bounce back today with a Fivefold.
EuroHoops Fivefold
Antibes (-5.5) **PENDING**
Malaga (-3.5) ***WON***
Leiden (-19) ***WON***
Fenerbahce (Money Line) ***WON***
Barcelona (+11.5) ***WON***
Fivefold @ 6/1 Bet365 – 1pt staked.
Good luck!
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Just waiting on the Anitabes game tomorrow for the last leg of the fivefold.
Was a little lucky with the CSKA / Barca leg. CSKA were a different class….AGAIN! I presumed the +11.5 would be easily covered but it was from from that. CSKA hardly missed till the 4th. Very impressive display from them and I really can’t see past them taking the title home to Moscow. They are available at 2/1 which is short but I’m sorely tempted to throw a large chunk of profit at it.
So it’s a short wait until tomorrow to see if the fivefold lands. Anitabes are 7 wins from 8 at home. Rouen are 1 win from 7 away. With any luck the trend will continue tomorrow.
Good luck with the rest of your night guys.
Fingers crossed @hunter!
Offft you boys on the over just caught a big break. Nice one Raoul.
Got lucky there haha.. now I need Raps to go on a good run…
Third time lucky!! Allen was just as useless as the Melbourne stars this morning.
Tennis double
Tsonga ML
Tomic ML
1.83 @ bet365 8pts staked
Also sticking 8 points on Jack Sock as he is great form at the moment. He’s won me a fair few squids in the last week.
GL if you follow.
huggy going for it
£150 from the lettuce , all on cavs plus 6.5 and over 195
2.64/1
With you on Cavs, good luck
Raptors -4 @ 1.90 – 1 Point. *LOST BY 1*
Was hoping for at least a void when Lowry stepped up for 2 free throws… but missed one.
Entertaining game anyway
unlucky bud. my heart sank when oladipo sank that 3. only needed cavs +6.5 and my 8 fold had won :(
onwards and upwards
the oracle does it again well done hunter ,I left Antibes out cause tomorrow
Anyone object to a klay Thompson over 21.5 points, and Aldridge over 17.5 double odds of 19/10…???very tempted….
Decided on a points double tonight
Over 187.5 in the Spurs game
Over 209.5 in the GSW game
Exactly evens
Ok my treble tonight …
Cavs +12
GSW -11
bulls -3.5
1.67/1 bet 365…
Surely Bulls will win by at least 4 tonight ..??
Goodluck all…
Baggio agree Sock is great value at 7/4..worth a few of anyone’s toe nails..he wins then Toe Nails turn into Golden Boots.
One I like is Belinda Bencic
2/1 bet365
She is 4-0 down in 1st of rain stopped game.
I believe this rising star can turn it around.
Gl all
Lettuce …what u think of jack sock to win a set
Tsonga win
@ 1.27/1 skybet…
Jack sock
Bencic
Double 6/1 on bet 365..
Worth a punt I think..?
Have £50 on your Bencic tip mate..hope the rain delay cleared her head abit and come out all guns blazing !???
Won the St Bonaventure -1 bet last night, going to try my hands at the college ball again tonight with UConn.
Playing away with a +1 handicap, but are scoring and rebounding a lot better than tonight’s opponent.
Huskers ML – 20/21 @Bet365
No Derrick Rose or Pau Gasol tonight for the Bulls. Jimmy Buckets should have a big night.
Started ok 25 by HT lol
Haha shame I didn’t check earlier. Eyes lit up when I saw they were out.
Oops, already started.
Makes me sick watching the bulls play recently Jordan..they getting battered by the phillys..think I’m gonna go bed lol
Should always check team news mate. Philly a much different team since the turn of the year with Smith at point guard. Is surprising to see them up so much though.
??..yeah I know Mate..over 20 points ..flippin buttheads!!lesson to be learnt here and defo will check team news next time..???
Out could happen @the-lucky-filipino as it’s Tennis ha.
Your bets have a good chance in my opinion tho.
Gl
Cheers mate..gone for Bencic as a single and the double I mentioned earlier tsonga win and sock win a set…
GL mate…
JR alert! ?
He was o12.5 on 365 as well!
Horrible price though Nick. He was 13.5 @ 5/6 @ PP but I thought Aldridge would have a nice game. Yet to ignite though.
Might put a bit on cousins o26.5, last 6 games he’s been on fire!
Yeah I’d be inclined to take Points and Rebounds. I was looking at Lillards PR&A last night but left it because the Jazz are back to their defensive ways and he went off!
See, he’s effin nailing it on the points and boards haha
Gutted I didn’t take it, been trying not to chase losses recently and the later bets have been winning more than not :(
That’s it mate. Trouble with picking one bet is that you always feel sick when the others come in. That’s the trouble with 50/50 betting though. Good to hear you’re showing some discipline young man haha
I’m learning haha
I’ll look through the props tomorrow and pick out a few, I just really struggle to pick between them as I’m not willing to stake enough for them all.
Then usually pick wrong :(
Has Tomic’s game been called off? My bet has been voided.
Jimmy Buckets 20-23 free throws at the end of the 3rd haha
Well, unless Aldridge goes off second half I can’t see my bet landing!
How sickening. Jimmy B on 48 points and the Bulls lead…
butler is INSANE.
butler is INSANE.
Probably not the wisest bet i will ever make but here goes.
Gsw/lakers under 217.5 points £100
£400 gone by FOUR points
Not to worry…
93 – 99
Actually lost by 2 points
That’s disappointing LOL
Unlucky bud.
I’ll land 1 soon
No doubt!