RAFA NADAL sealed his ninth Monte Carlo Masters title yesterday and the king of clay is favourite to follow it up with more glory at the Barcelona Open this week.
The Spaniard, who has won the event eight times, is evens at BetVictor while Kei Nishikori is 4-1 at bet365 to land the crown for a third successive year.
The first-round action gets under way today as does the women's Stuttgart Open where British No.1 Johanna Konta is 4-9 at Sportingbet to make it past Germany's world No.52 Anna-Lena Friedsam (2-1, Coral).
At the snooker World Championship, last year's finalist Shaun Murphy has followed reigning champ Stuart Bingham in crashing out at the first hurdle and today title favourite Ronnie O'Sullivan, who leads 6-3, looks finish the job against David Gilbert while Mark Selby and John Higgins are also in action.
There's also the likes of cricket and NBA play-off games worth a punt so post your tips and chat below and good luck with your bets.
In December 2020 we sadly 
IPL Hyderabad vs Mumbai
Top Hyderabad Batsman – D Warner – 11/5 Paddypower – 1pt
Top Bowler Double – M Rahim & M McClenaghan – 14/1 Stan James – 0.5pts
Over 10.5 Sixes – 5/6 Betway – 1pt
Over 27.5 Fours – 19/20 Coral – 1pt
Highest Individual Score – 55-70 runs – 6/4 Stan James – 1pt
Over 7.5 Wides – 11/10 Coral – 1pt
Match pts staked = 5.5pts
Match pts returned = 0pts
Total pts staked = 41.75pts
Total pts returned = 35.26pts
GL all
Miami Heat -4.5 (Bet 365) – 1.5 Points. – *WON*
Comfortable win for Heat.
Playoff Totals: 1-0-0.
Well done Raoul
Cheers bud ?
Nba play off bet number 2, I’m going to keep a tally of how I do this play off series and keep track of my wins/losses
Cavs -4.5
Heat ML
Evens with 365, good luck all!
**play off record
Bets 1
Wins 1
Losses 0**
**Bet won**
Cavs scrape through and Heat smash it
Play off total
Bets 2
Wins 2
Losses 0
Blake Griffin (LA Clippers) Over 30.5 PR&A @ 5/6 @ Betfair/Paddys – 2.4 points **WIN** 37
Tonight (Posted yesterday)
OKC Thunder -6
Atlanta Hawks ML
41/50 @ 365 – 5 points
Indiana Pacers @ Toronto Raptors.
Pacers lead the series 1-0, but I don’t think this is reason to worry about backing the Raptors tonight, in fact they’ve been a great bounce back team this season going 17-9 (65.4%) after a loss.
What we saw in the previous game was a brilliant individual performance from Paul George, against an underperforming Raptors team on the night. And I cannot see that happening twice!
Raptors have to show up, as they cannot afford to take a 0-2 record to Indiana.
I fully expect them to bounce back tonight and tie the series 1-1, lines are currently +/- 7 points, which really isn’t a lot for a home favourite like the Raptors (28-8, 77.8% at home all season), at a time when they could really do with a win.
I’m happy to take -7, with the thought that Raptors win comfortably by double digits.
Toronto Raptors -7 @ 1.90 (Bet 365) – 1.5 Points.
Good luck.
First couple of bets posted here didn’t go very well with Dodson and Teixeira both knocking their opponents out and Toronto going down at home to Indiana in the first game of the series.
I agree with Raoul on this one i can’t see Toronto under performing twice, this is a real test of character for them and a crucial game.
Toronto -7 10/11 2 points
Double:
OKC -9.5 4/9
GSW -9.5 8/15 2 points
*Posted Yesterday*
MLB Bets For This Evening
4 Fold @ 5.4/1 (£10) LOST
Over 3.5 Washington Nationals Runs Lost 3-2
Over 3.5 St Louis Cardinals Runs Win 4-3
Over 3.5 Chicago Cubs Runs Lost 2-0
Over 3.5 Kansas City Royals Runs Lost 3-2
6 Fold @ 19.46/1 (£5) LOST
Indians ML Lost 6-0
Blue Jays ML Win 5-3
Nationals ML Lost 3-2
Cardinals ML Win 4-3
Cubs ML Lost 2-0
Royals ML Lost 3-2
Nice one doontown was on warner top bat ?
Bit of info on Curry just in:
Stephen Curry (ankle) did not participate in the Monday morning shootaround.
Rockets to win the series against the Warriors 50/1. Unlikely to win but has value
Lol mate, that is just never going to happen in a million years. No value, it’s just throwing money away bro!!
The team that just beat the Bulls 95-96 record goes out in the first round, to 8th seed Rockets!? ?
They MIGHT steal 1 win off them and that’s a big ‘MIGHT’. You’re better off chasing a Rockets ML, than taking a series bet.
Raoul, Id give them once in a few decades and if Curry isn’t fully fit that will make 50/1 big. Anyway don’t have to put much for a good return.
no it doesn`t !!! i`ll give 500 /1
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Speculative couple of quid raptors -13.5 thunder-19.5 warriors -19.5 pays 36/1
cska moscow over 78.5 team points
£30
add stoke/tott btts
2.3/1
thunder over 106.5 team points / pacers over 93.5
£40 double
thats my arse 4 tonight
MLB Bet For Tonight
Underdogs
Treble @ 9.97/1 (£5) skybet
Rockies ML
Nationals ML
Diamondbacks ML
4 Fold @ 7.2/1 (£10) skybet
(MLB) NY Mets ML
(MLB) White Sox ML
(NBA) OKC -12.5
(NHL) Stars ML
Break even match today. Pleased with Warner top scoring as I doubled the stake today (and for my tournament run scorer bet too). Shame they couldn’t eek out another 6 between them though.
IPL Hyderabad vs Mumbai
Top Hyderabad Batsman – D Warner – 11/5 Paddypower – 1pt WON
Top Bowler Double – M Rahim & M McClenaghan – 14/1 Stan James – 0.5pts LOST
Over 10.5 Sixes – 5/6 Betway – 1pt LOST
Over 27.5 Fours – 19/20 Coral – 1pt LOST
Highest Individual Score – 55-70 runs – 6/4 Stan James – 1pt LOST
Over 7.5 Wides – 11/10 Coral – 1pt WON
Match pts staked = 5.50pts
Match pts returned = 5.30pts
Total pts staked = 41.75pts
Total pts returned = 40.56pts
William Hill and Betfair have prop bets available for the Warriors game without the confirmation of whether Curry will play, so be ready for some possible value
Props to consider
Klay Thompson Over 22.5 Points/Over 29.5 PR&A (Betfair)
Draymond Green Over 23 Points and Rebounds/Over 30.5 PR&A (Betfair)
IPL (19/04/2016) Punjab vs Kolkata
Over 30.5 Fours – 5/6 Paddypower – 1.5pts
Under 10.5 Sixes – 4/5 Bet Victor – 1.5pts
Most Sixes – Punjab – 11/10 Bet365 – 1pt
A Russell Over 38 Performance Points – 10/11 Bet365 – 1pt
Top Punjab Batsman – Vijay – 10/3 Skybet – 0.5pts
Top Kolkata Batsman – Gambhir – 11/4 Skybet – 0.5pts
Top Batsman Double – Above – 12/1 Stan James – 0.25pts
Match pts staked = 6.25pts
Match pts returned = 0pts
Total pts staked = 48pts
Total pts returned = 40.56pts
I’ll also probably have a point on the chasing team to win but will need to wait for the toss for that. Amazingly, 11/12 games this year have been won by the team batting second.
GL all
Nba play off bet number 3
Raptors -3.5
Thunder -7.5
Evens with 365
Good luck all!
No official word on Curry but somebody knows something we don’t as the total is reducing
Warriors/Rockets Under 225
OKC Thunder -6
4/5 @ 365 – 2.5 points
Still going to wait on props just in case. Andre Iguodalas’ Points total is set at 7 @ 5/6 @ Betfair. When they played the Rockets in Houston without Steph. Iggy had 20 points, Green triple-doubled and Klay had 38 points alone. So all props probably worth small stakes if the MVP sits.
Raptors -6
Thunder-9
Warriors -7.5
Pacers v Raptors Over
Pays approx 5.5/1
Also done a big 14 fold for the play-off games from tonight through Thursday but ill see how tonight goes first eh ?
GL lads
Mlb tonight
St louis to win
Minnesota to win
Singles and a double
Best of luck
All 1.2 points on each. All 5/6 @ Betfair
Andre Iguodala Over 7 Points
Draymond Green Over 30.5 PR&A
Klay Thompson Over 22.5 Points
Klay Thompson Over 3 Threes