THE favourites continue to falter at the World Prix of Snooker with defending champ Judd Trump the latest victim.
Trump yesterday crashed out to Stuart Bingham while three-times world champ John Higgins suffered a surprise defeat to Ryan Day.
It's quarter-final action today with Day and Bingham going head to head while Shaun Murphy – who now leads the title betting at 10-3 with Ladbrokes – faces China's Liang Wenbo.
At the Indian Wells Open tennis, British No.2 Heather Watson looks to continue her recent good form and is 10-11 at Skybet in her second-round clash with Monica Niculescu (43-40, Sportingbet).
There's plenty more action worth a flutter including cricket, rugby league and NBA so let's hear all your tips and chat and Jordan will add his basketball picks below.
In December 2020 we sadly 
It appears ‘ The vastly overrated Heather watson’ as described here recently is doing rather well at the moment.
Good on her……
Not defending johnb but she is vastly overrated, if winning a tournament without even beating a single player in the top 20 is doing rather well then good on her. Even at 23 there is younger players out there like bencic who are far superior to her
There are*
If taking Serena Williams all the way at Wimbledon is vastly overrated then what isn’t…
She was ranked outside the top 60 at number 84 when she won last week so I call winning there an achievement and not an overrated performance.
The 5 players she beat were ranked above her
Elvis. Completely agree. But being from Guernsey. I would ;)
Well if taking serena all the way and LOSING in the 3RD ROUND at wimbledon is a great achievememt then i agree she is not overrated, i guess kerber will go down as a great for actually beating serena in a grandslam final. Elvis fair play she has had injuries and she is a decent player but being decent and overrated is 2 different things. when she first came on the scene the way she was being talked up you would think ahe would have won a grandslam by now. All a matter of opinion at the end of the day
3rd round, schmrd round, she wasn’t even expected to win a set.
I’m guessing those saying overrated lost money because of her anyway. Haters gonna hate.
I can only speak for mysef when i say she hasn’t lost me any money and if i wanted to hate on someone i would aim a bit higher up the ladder. Guess all the man utd fans that don’t rate van gaal just hating on him
I think she was being ‘talked up’ as she is a decent British player, something we don’t have much of.
100% agree john, by british standards she is amazing just my opinion
Toronto Raptors -4 @ 1.90 (Bet365) – 2 Points. – *WON*
Raptors win by 8 ?
Pospisil
Muller
Struff
1.2/1 @ paddy
Cycling:
A combination of TA and PA today.
Match-up Tirreno-Adriatico stage 3:
Sagan to beat Nizzolo single @ 1.72 with Betfair
Add match-up from Paris-Nice stage 5:
Matthews to beat Swift
Double @ 2.33 with Betfair
Early NRL bet
Broncos over 4.5 team tries at evens
Small fun bet over 36.5 team total at 4/1
Evening gents. No bet last night so no harm done.
@oriaz never saw your post until now mate so would have been no use either way. Saw he smashed it anyway.
Nice card tonight so will have something up later. Well done to any winners.
Evening? Still p*ssed :D
Evening mate ?
Curry Points and Assists looks really good to me, 38 @ PP.
Revenge spot for the Warriors..
Does look good mate but he wasn’t that hot last time out despite ANOTHER half court shot. To tell you the truth I haven’t looked at anything yet and don’t have work today, so going to mull everything over with 12 cups of coffee :)
No worries @jordan, had a point for interested but might have staked more if you were confirming.
Seems you had a good night of fun :D
Just throwing up a red flag.
A lot of teams have a game tomorrow night so may have an eye on those. OKC especially against the Spurs. Also no DeMarcus Cousins tonight fir Sacramento who is suspended for picking up too many Technicals.
Two I’m liking at the moment is Boston at home to Houston who are on b2b road games so Howard MIGHT rest in one (hopefully tonight). Boston flying at home. Clippers don’t play again until Saturday night (afternoon for them) and play the Knicks at home tonight. Can’t see the Knicks pulling off an upset in LA.
Boston Celtics ML
LA Clippers -4
10/11 @ 365 – 2.2 points
3rd night in a row with a near miss (Mirotic (Bulls) decided to try a 24-foot 3pt jumper and nail it with 0.03 sec left on the clock … double would have landed without that one) but main tip guaranteed profit.
Booker had a big night (35 pts), thought his total points was bit low so had a point on it but not counting it in the stats as I didn’t specify it.
Posted yesterday:
– Raptors -4 @ 10/11 (Betway) – 3 pts *** WIN ***
– Spurs -9.5, Cavs -4.5 @ 10/11 (Unibet) – 1.5 pt ** LOST **
Monthly Record (W-P-L): 10-0-11
Points Staked: 31
Points Returned: 38.93
Profit/Loss: +7.93 pts
Raptors ??
I know it’s easy to say after the fact.. but very nearly took Bulls +14.5. Was kicking myself.
Anyway, Bulls on a b2b.. tough game against Miami, worth a thought ?
Well done on Raptors bet
Zverev to win 1.60
Watson to win 5/6
Madison Keys 6/11
Petkovic 0.75
Paddy power
Mostly Singles a few Doubles and an Acca.
‘Blues +4.5 & Brumbies -6.5’. WON
On to tomorrow and my NAP will be a double on Wales +10.5 & the Lions +16.5 at just over evens with Bet365. Wales could sneak a win here and the Lions have been very impressive so I’m happy to play it ‘safe’ and take them both on handicaps.
My fun treble will be Cheetahs ML, Chiefs ML and the Reds +14.5 at just over evens too.
Won’t be available again tonight so I’ll put this up now. The other night Norris Cole was out for the Pelicans so I posted Jrue Holidays assists @ 7.5 and said his points and assists would also be a good bet @ 27.5. Fast forward to the end of the game and he had 38 point with only 6 assists (sods law). Cole still has a questionable tag and so I’m chancing Holiday but this time will take the points and assists. More than likely he’ll get 8 assists and have a bad shooting night but that’s how my props go at the moment :)
Jrue Holiday (Pelicans) Over 27.5 Points and Assists @ 4/5 @ Paddys – 2.5 points
Tomorrow six nations game Italy +24 evens hills I think handicap too high Italy have been in all the games apart from the 2nd half against England .1pt win.Jordan good luck with your new venture read posts couple of days ago .i for one if you go will miss your knowledge of my favourite game is second to none gl
Match-up Tirreno-Adriatico stage 3:
Sagan to beat Nizzolo single @ 1.72 with Betfair WIN :)
Add match-up from Paris-Nice stage 5:
Matthews to beat Swift
Double @ 2.33 with Betfair WIN :)
I followed thanks man! :D
i couldn’t post earlier for some reason but did another 6/1 treble
ill just post the double as the other one has won
Raptors/hawks Over 200
Georgia tech/virgina Cavs over 128 (college b’ball)
2.7/1 *lost*
so happy raptors finished on 200, since tech/cavs fell under by 2 buckets…nothing worse than losing by 1 point :D
havent had time to research yet but these stood out at first glance:
Hornets ML / Over
GSW/Over
Rockets/Celtics Over’s
Kings -1
Pels ML
Knicks /Clippers Over’s
thoughts?
Petkovic 0.7 additional points added
Basketball bet is grizzlies half time and full time they are in scintilating form 6.4
Singles and a double
Where is @hunter when you need him?
going to go ahead on the euroleague on my lonesome :(
Efes/Darussafaka Over 152 points 10/11
holy schit, did anyone watch that? efes have possession with 0.6 remaining, darussafaka steal the ball with a clear path to the bucket and get fouled….the reff doesnt call it ffs! would of taken it to OT for a win
ah well
Been giving the tennis a miss the last few days because the courts are playing a little different this year but back with one tonight
Tennis
WTA Indian Wells
Barbora Strycova v Andrea Petkovic 10pm
STRYCOVA 11/10 paddy power NAP/NB (double stake)
It also seems my comment about Heather Watson is going down well but I stand by them as she is the most overrated female player ever,
Laura Robson is by far a better player and but for injuries she would be British No1
Getting worried a bit there johnb thought you weren’t coming back and I need a new pair of shoes
haha @johnb when have we ever had a british woman more overrated before Watson, than Hingis? ;)
Interesting request a bet on Skybet.
Harden, Thomas, Davis, Durant, Lillard, Klay and Anthony all over 19.5 points
It’s only 2.5, which isn’t too great considering most of their main lines are in the low 20s!
St Helens -19.5 at 8/13 and Wigan outright 2/5 both with hills pays just over 5/4 1 point double good luck
Early NRL bet
Broncos over 4.5 team tries at evens
Small fun bet over 36.5 team total at 4/1
***lost***
Main bet let down by 1 try!
On to tonight, Wigan vs Leeds I fancy Wigan to get some revenge tonight, Leeds have been poor so far but this is a big game, I’m going for wigan over 4.5 team tries at 11/10
Also a small fun bet
Wigan over 30.5 team points
Wakefield over 2.5 tries
4/1
Charlotte Hornets -3.5 @ 1.90 (Bet365) – 2 Points.
Good luck.
I know Cousins is out for the Kings but apart from that are they at full strengh? I think there a good price tonight at home, magic aren’t doing great
Not even looked at that game tbh. Cousins out is a big deal. Plenty of other, better games imo.
On to tonight, Wigan vs Leeds I fancy Wigan to get some revenge tonight, Leeds have been poor so far but this is a big game, I’m going for wigan over 4.5 team tries at 11/10
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shotty 3 hours ago
Also a small fun bet
Wigan over 30.5 team points
Wakefield over 2.5 tries
4/1
Main bet won! Wasn’t looking good at half time but a great second half!
No big write up as I’m on my phone.
NBA tonight:
– Celtics +3.5, Hornets +2.5 @ 1/1 – 2 pts
– Bulls ML @ 27/20 – 1 pt (I think they’ve played a great game yesterday against the Spurs and this game is more important for them than for the Heat) – 1 pt
– Wizards +4.5 @ 10/11 – 1 pt
– Blazers +13.5 @ 10/11 – 1 pt
– Clippers -5.5, Thunder -7.5 @ 1/1 – 2 pts
GL tonight!
Main bet is Celtics +1.5 and Hornets +2.5 at evens, liking all your picks Oriaz
GL Shotty, got a bit more points for same odds on Unibet for Hornets/Celtics.
I was originally going to go with a ML double for them 2 but when I saw you giving them a few points head start I thought why not haha, good start for us mate!
i like philly game for the over’s (two of the worst defences in the league) and hornets ML
mad acca
Hornets -4
Kings -1
Pels ML
Knicks/Clippers over 203
OKC -12
GSW -12
42/1
GAA FOOTBALL BET SATURDAY
Down v Dublin..Dublin -8 pts @ 10/11 paddypower
Dublin with 4 wins from 4 sit top of Lg 1 and play away to a Down sitting bottom with zero wins from 4, All Ireland champs in 3/5 years and chasing a 4th Allianz lg title in a row Dublin should have very few problems in Newry tomorrow @ 7pm.
Down are on the brink of relegation with defeats to Donegal 3-15 to 0-7 {17 pt loss}Monaghan 0-13 to 0-11,{2pt loss} Kerry 0-22 to 0-6 {14pt loss} and last weekend to Roscommon 1-12 to 0-6 {6pt loss} leave the Mourne County adrift on zero points at the bottom of the table with a scoring difference of -44, the worst in all four divisions.
Dublin are far and away streets ahead of Down both in personnel and form and beat Kerry by 2 goals {6 pts},the same Kerry side you will note beat Down by 14 pts, Down sitting -44 averages at -11 per game and thats against sides not at the same level as Dublin. Dublin -8 @ 10/11 screams GET ON IT!!! to me.
GOOD LUCK.
INPLAY – nets/philly over 204 10/11
Going to post a NRL treble for the early morning, pays 4/1 so I’m going small stakes
Canberra +4.5
Rabbitohs -9.5
Cowboys win
Also having a go on Canberra over 26.5 team points doubled with Rabbitohs over 32.5 which pays 10/1
Just 2 fun bets hopefully wake up to a bonus!
Pospisil
Muller
Struff
1.2/1 @ paddy
*win*
Huggys late nba
Ptb +13.5
Add over 227.5 pays 2.72/1
Add clippers -10.5 pays 6.71/1
ALL 3 POINTS ….