IT'S a another busy sports day with the likes of World Championship snooker, Premier League darts, IPL cricket, golf, tennis, basketball and baseball.
Ronnie O'Sullivan continues his quest for the world title against Joe Perry and is no bigger than 1-8 so check out the handicaps for some value.
The Betway Premier League darts starts with Peter Wright v Robert Thornton followed by Gary Anderson v Phil Taylor, Michael van Gerwen v Dave Chisnall, and Anderson v Thornton.
Johnb's tipped two defeats for struggling Thornton – just one win all season – and I can't argue with that but for me best bet is Taylor at 4-7 with Betway. He has won five and drawn one of his last six after a terrible start and is back on course for the semi-finals.
Later we have basketball and baseball and Rustychest's tips and so good some joker's nicking them and selling them online. You'll get them free here and if he tries to flog you Rustytreasurechest's selections let's name and shame him here.
As usual put up your sports tips and chat here.
What do you think about Dallas Mavs to win series against Spur. Dallas should have lead the series 2:0 by now but its 1:1, didn’t watch yesterdays game but they win by 21pts though were watching first game and Dallas were clearly better besides those last 8 min. In first game they were leading by 81:71 and should have hold on like they did yesterday. Now series goes to Dallas and @ odds 3/1
Dallas to end in series @ 3/1
Dallas/Portland/Washington to win series @ 5/1
Chris F, I know you love your high odds, but I don’t really see that happening. San Antonio won’t let a seasons hard work slip just because they lost the second at home. Spurs are road warriors, they will clinch the series :)
Rustytreasurechest’s MLB Picks Thursday 24/04:
5* STL Cardinals /w Lynn -1.5 RL (5/4)
5* OAK Athletics /w Kazmir -1.5 RL (Evens)
4* DET Tigers /w Scherzer -1.5 RL (Evens)
3* KC Royals /w Chen ML (29/25)
Top Picks Money Line Treble:
STL Cardinals /w Lynn ML
OAK Athletics /w Kazmir ML
DET Tigers /w Scherzer ML
3.28/1
:D
The St. Louis outfit is my highlight pick of the week. No side messes with the Cardinals and gets away with it. Cardinals win easy as Top 5 starting pitcher Lynn gets his 5th and sits on top as the only pitcher with 5 out of 5 starting wins for the season.
Everybody loves accumulators. Adding the following Game Totals trebles for those who like to play a bit extra (like myself). Apologies Honda ;).
MLB Unders Treble – Straight Lines:
STL Cardinals(L Lynn) @ NY Mets(B Colon) – Under 7.0
OAK Athletics(S Kazmir) @ HOU Astros(B Oberholtzer) – Under 7.5
CHI White Sox(J Quintana) @ DET Tigers(M Sherzer) – Under 8.0
6.20/1
MLB Overs Treble – Straight Lines:
KC Royals(B Chen) @ CLE Indians(C Kluber) – Over 8.5
MIN Twins(R Rolasco) @ TB Rays(E Bedard) – Over 8.5
SD Padres(E Stults) @ WAS Nationals(J Zimmerman) – Over 7.5
7.00/1
Darts tips chief son?
i am goin to try & keep my 100% darts record going
i have tipped two doubles at 4.2/1 & 6/4 & i tipped a single last week at 17/10 & all have won so pressure on tonight :)
Premier League Darts (tonight)
Robert Thornton v Peter Wright
PETER WRIGHT to win 1/1
Robert Thornton v Gary Anderson
GARY ANDERSON to win 10/11
Double pays 2.8/1 (just over 11/4)
Good luck everyone
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Glued to your darts tonight sir.
Taylor win v Anderson 4/7
Lewis most 180’s v RVB 5/6
Thornton win or draw double chance v Wright 8/11
Taylor absolutly flying at the moment,won the German Masters on Sunday with some increadible darts.Back to the Taylor we all know.In the QF,semi’s and final his averages were 109.98,102.90 and 107.12 respectively.
Lewis most 180’s v RVB i’m surprized with the odds here.Lewis is a 180 machine along with ‘Chizzy’ and the odds of 5/6 look very generous here given that Barneveld goes down for 19’s quite alot for cover.
Last one i’m taking a chance on Thornton against an out-of-sorts Wright.Thornton won a players championship 2 weekends ago so clearly confidence is high and the fact Wright keeps changing his darts every week is never a good sign and clearly indicates he hasn’t quite found the suitable weight/thickness dart to suit him.Thornton to win or draw looks good at 8/11 but this out of the 3 is the one i’d be cautious about.
thanks johnb son
Match isn’t until Saturday, but Judd Trump is playing Ryan Day and anyone who watched Judd in the last round saw how much he struggled. Been really impressed with Ryan Day this year and he is about 9/4 to win, but I’d advise looking at the handicaps. +2.5 and +3.5 frames looks good value at about 5/6 and 8/11 respectively depending on where you like to bet.
Good shout Jonathan. Trump is definitely way below his top form and that handicap bet looks well worthwhile mate, cheers,
JohnB, will be with you and the chief on the darts, Rusty, thanks for the tips tonight, easy to play, will also have a small dabble on your trebles ;) Also, whoever tipped Dale in the snooker, many thanks for the top tip, any more would be greatly appreciated :)
Afternoon Guys,
Thornton v Wright
Thornton will need 4 points tonight to keep his outside chances of making the O2. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago Wright consistently changing his darts make come back and bite him and that is what as happened. He is struggling for form and went out first round again at the weekend. This match is two players badly out of form and whoever makes the least mistakes wins. A draw would not surprise me here as they shared the spoils in the reverse fixture, but I’m going for both players to win 5 legs 11/10 Betway.
BOTH PLAYERS TO WIN 5 LEGS 11/10
Anderson v Taylor
The flying Scotsman is literally flying at the moment and this promises to be the match of the night. Taylor is now getting back to his best and winning the German masters were from the last 16 onwards he averaged over a 100. Taylor has won 4 of the last six matches, yet Anderson as won the last two meetings. I’m sure Anderson would take two points from his nights work, so the pressure is slightly off in this game. I think Taylor will win but Anderson can hit the more 180s 10/11 Stan James.
ANDERSON TO HIT MOST 180s 10/11
Barneveld v Lewis
Lewis will be hoping a run to the semi finals at the weekend will have set him up here for a must win game. Lewis lost both his matches last week and his top four ambitious could end with defeat. Barneveld is flying under the radar for me, everybody is talking about MVG, Wright’s debut season and the resurgent Taylor. RVB has only lost once since week two against the now relegated Wes Newton. It looks like another close game, they drew the first encounter and I will be on both players to win 5 legs again 11/10 Betway. RVB has been the best player in the league on his checkout, averaging just under 50%. The checkout line for Barney tonight is 103.5 at William Hill and that looks pretty low to me. I’m snapping up the overs at 5/6 William Hill.
BOTH PLAYERS TO WIN 5 LEGS 11/10
RVB OVER 103.5 CHECKOUT 5/6 (BEST BET)
Anderson v Thornton
The last match of the night see the two Scots going head to head, normally it is best to see how they get on in the first match, however I like Anderson here. In their previous match up Thornton won 7-2 but that doesn’t tell the whole story. Anderson only hit 2 out of 11 doubles that night and Thornton averaged 105, he also hit 8 maximums, however I think their is a bit of value in siding with Gary in this market at 11/8 Bet365. As I said I like Anderson here and he is 21/10 at William Hill to win and both men win 4 legs. If you don’t have a William Hill account then Anderson is still a good bet at 10/11 various.
ANDERSON TO HIT MOST 180s 11/8
ANDERSON TO WIN & BOTH WIN 4 LEGS 21/10
DOUBLE TOPS
TAYLOR & MVG BOTH TO WIN 1/1 OR BETTER VARIOUS
Good luck if your having a bet
Double tops :) I like it Chief top stuff :)
Lynn’s catch from De Villiers? Best catch I have seen in many a long year :)
I like those too Honda son. Cmon Chief son bring the Bacon home for burt
Damn that was close :)
I was cringing Honda – Literally didnt know which way that was going to go – wanted Wright to win but so easily could have been a draw!
Phew!
Yeah when its 5-5 and you need your guy to get 2 legs in a row I don’t usually hold much hope!
C’mon Anderson later on now!
Anderson do you know what 180 is tonight? Ffs throwing like a girl
Why cant these guys hit 180’s. Only taylor and ghotnton have hit over 2
Taylor u numpty blew my double, burst his score cent believe it
Gary Anderson what is your boggle! Treble up in the air cause you cant be arsed…mentality is right awfull. Froyd struggle wae him.??
Cracking tip last night @Rusty!! Thanks for the over 5.5 in the NHL tip. Never in doubt :) Well done!
Atletipool, I don’t remember posting an NHL tip last night.
Two out of 4 on the mains last night. Poor. I’ve learnt that Cardinals are not themselves when playing early in the day. They’re a better night team.
Today’s tennis tips
Mens matches
NISHIKORI v cilic 8/13
KOHLSCHREIBER v Giraldo 4/9
Womens
IVANOVIC v kuznetsova 4/9
PENG v hantuchova 5/6
4 fold pays around 5/1
I am around 4* on these picks so confide they should all be winners
Cycling classics
Next up: Liege-Bastogne-Liege (263 km – Start Sunday morning)
The 100th edition of this race and the last cycling classic before the first grand tour begins. This is the fan favorite of the season and the hardest of the series. All big names will start here and some grand tour riders will come from their high alititude training mountains for this one.
Last year LBL was won by the skinniest man of Ireland, Daniel Martin. He was second in the Fleche Wallonne on Wednesday and I think he will be among the riders in the final of the race again.
I’m a bit concerned about the weather. If there is a lot of rain, we will see crashes and anything can happen. But I will be positive and be on these:
Winner:
Valverde @ 4.50
Martin for a place 1-3 @ 2.50
Mollema for a place 1-3 @ 6.00
Match-ups:
SLAGTER v Kreuziger
Single @ 2.30
MORENO v Poels
VANENDERT v Bardet
Double @ 1.93
Prices with Unibet
Unlucky last night Rusty. Good luck with tonight’s, your still well ahead :)
Looking around at results, it was a night of shocking outcomes for almost all MLB tipsters and bettors alike. Luckily I broke clean with 2 out of 4 for my main bets.
Tonight we get back on track and at high paying odds.
MLB 25/04 Picks:
4* DET Tigers /w Porcello -1.5 RL (6/5)
4* TOR Blue Jays /w Buehrle -1.5 RL (8/5)
4* TB Rays /w Archer -1.5 RL (6/5)
4* OAK Athletics /w Chavez -1.5 RL (4/5)
3* TEX Rangers /w Ross ML (25/27)
Good luck if you’re with me :)
FUSTY how many games are there in MLB tonight?
Could you also post a few NBA and NHL tips.
I think you are getting close to a full house – been close a few times now, plus like to combine a few of your US tips into accas.
Iddy, there are 15 MLB fixtures tonight. Some are minefields, I picked my favourites but I don’t want to jinx them by stating how confident I am in them… ;)
Haha cheers Fusty :)
Rusty, may I ask how you are playing these tonight? Just 5 singles?
Rusty (or anyone else that has an opinion) what r your thoughts on following NBA picks for tonight?
TORONTO Over 92.5 points 10/11
WASHINGTON Over 93.5 points 10/11
2 singles and a double??
with ya, trebbles at 50 and pound on full house. gl all
trebbles 50p of course, late nighter jamble :)
Rusty u about.went for the overs in padres cin reds astros yankees marlins diamondbacks. 20 combination trebles only one gubbed me for fulhouse mia marlins.diamonbacks still in play over 9 plz smal stakes
Not feeling confident on this over 9 diamondbacks
Neef this marlins over 7 dodat think was gettin už maybe not
Arghhhhh so cloose no wouldnt get it.7 runs needed over 7
My luck has been damned. My picks have been getting hammered in the final innings (Rays allowed 5 runs in the 9th, Rangers allowed 4 runs in the 8th). I’ll spare you gentlemen my plays for a while.
Hi Rusty u are not forcing us to back your selections so keep them coming if u would and we can decide on betting them. Thanks mate.
Rusty, dont be like that :) you were one pick off profit pal they are very much appreciated. You went on a great run and only the last 2 days has there been a loss. Keep a clear head, put you picks up and soon enough we shall be back to profiting. Keep them coming rusty please for me :) dont let 2 days change things :)
Noo Rusty! Please keep posting! I have made a nice amount of cash from your picks during this week. All that it requires is a bit of research and baseball intelligence of our own. Today I picked out Detroit and Oakland and was in profit once again! :) I think you are doing great, but you would do even better if you were a bit more selective with your picks! The people following you cannot expect to profit from baseball if their own baseball iQ is near to 0 :D that’s just the way it works. For me, the only loosing MLB pick during this week were the St. Louis Cardinals a few days ago (5*), who were a huge surprise…but otherwise it has been profit profit and profit!
Arghh so cloose last night.needed one more run in diamonds and marlins had over 7 & 9 for all overs.20 combination trebles.