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Snooker Betting: 219-1 Carter sets up Ronnie final
'Captain' Carter huge outsider for clash with O'Sullivan... Read more
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Crucible Semi-Final Preview: Ronnie's the betting banker
O'Sullivan can down his old rival once again says snooker punter Paul Krishnamurty... Read more
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Hendry banking on experience as dream of an eighth title lives on
Snooker's greatest ever player has surprised us all by making the semis - but can he go on to win it? Paul Krishnamurty on the unexpected comeback of Stephen Hendry... Read more
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Second maximum nobbles the O'Sullivan highest break backers
Ronnie matched at [1.01] to score the Crucible's biggest score - but Carter's 147 scuppers the money buyers... Read more
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Etiquette still exists in snooker, at least most of the time...
Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo looks at the concept of etiquette across different sports and finds that snooker still has plenty of it, though a few individuals have let themselves down over the years...... Read more
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Love him or hate him, we give you ... Peter Ebdon
Described as being a "grinder" and "determined" and once accused of "cheating" and "slow play" the 2002 World Champion Peter Ebdon is one of the hardest men in the world to beat, here's why...... Read more
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Just what does it take to be a snooker world champion?
Break-building, temperament and "bottle" are just three of the qualities needed to win the 888.com World Championship but who possesses these qualities amongst the players still left in the competition?... Read more
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Crucible Quarter-Final Preview: Grinder Ebdon can edge Carter out
Paul Krishnamurty sees 2002 champion winning a tight one as 888.com World Championship gets serious... Read more
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Crucible Quarter-Final Preview: Hendry's tournament ends here
In latest his assessment of the 888.com World Championship odds, Paul Krishnamurty can't see the game's best ever player advancing past Ryan Day... Read more
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Is O'Sullivan a worthy 4.0 favourite for Crucible glory?
Paul Krishnamurty doesn't doubt the Rocket's ability to turn it on when it matters but wonders whether with question marks over his temperament and desire, he should be the [4.0] jolly....... Read more
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888.com World Snooker Championship Betting: Betfair's Big Interview
It's a second week talking to one of the stars of the snooker world. This time we caught up with the conqueror of the Nugget in this year's first round. Step forward, Stuart Bingham.... Read more
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The Betfair Contrarian: Why the World Snooker Championship won't be won by an Englishman
The Betfair Contrarian is back: this time he's telling us why the winner of the 888.com Snooker World Championship will... Read more
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Welsh snooker on the decline but it will live to fight another Day
Pablo Luna - Moonlighting for Betfair. Pablo is sad to see Mark Wiliams and Matthew Stevens struggle for form but thinks Ryan Day will lead the charge for the next generation of Welsh snooker players...... Read more
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Is this the last time we'll see Stephen Lee at The Crucible? And what about Ronnie?
Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco wonders whether we've seen the amiable Stephen Lee play his last pot at The Crucible and thinks about who else may be bowing out from snooker... Read more
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Around 130 hours of TV coverage coming up, but how good is it?
David Croft has done his fair share of hours as a BBC commentator having covered the darts over the last few years, but what does he make of the likes of Clive Everton and Dennis Taylor?... Read more
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Betfair's Big Interview: 'The Melbourne Machine', Neil Robertson
It's the highlight of the snooker calendar again when the 888.com snooker World Championships start in Sheffield this weekend. Betfair interrupted the practice of world number seven and last season's Player of the Year Neil Robertson to get some exclusive... Read more
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Watching snooker on TV provides something for everyone
Pablo Luna - Monlighting for Betfair. Pablo tells us why despite chaos within the governing bodies and in-fighting amongst players, we all still sit down and watch snooker on the BBC when it comes around... Read more
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How snooker almost cost me my degree and why I still love it
Jamie "The Pacman" Pacheco tells us how his revision books were put to one side back in 2001 and why he looks forward to snooker's blue-riband event every year... Read more
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That 1985 final and learning to appreciate the game of snooker
Morgan in the driving seat - Allsy recalls watching Dennis Taylor take out Steve Davis in one of the greatest comebacks ever and thinks about the qualities needed to excel in the game of snooker... Read more
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Being Ding Junhui - 110 million plus viewers back home expect...
The BBC's David Croft wonders whether the pressure of being China's great snooker hope is too much for Ding or whether this time round he'll show his true potential... Read more
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Bet Bites
Second favourite out as Perry pulls off an upset... Read more
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The Crucible betting didn't see this one coming, but now Perry's there Paul Krishnamurty says: Bank on Gentleman Joe to hold his nerve once more... Read more
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...and winners on Betfair too as maximum break is backed at [4.8]... Read more
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Paul Krishnamurty goes through the Crucible second round odds... Read more
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Ryan Day is one of the bets of the second round, says Paul Krishnamurty... Read more
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King conquers would-be-champ in first round's big upset... Read more
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Scotsman rolls back the years to haul in young opponent and make the second round... Read more
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'Shotgun' matched at 1.1 on way to 10-9 defeat... Read more
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Snooker punter Paul Krishnamurty has scrutinised the Sheffield odds to come up with these first round gems... Read more
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Many punters are eyeing up Betfair's 'next frame' markets, where apparently there is easy money to be made. But is it, as is often the case with betting systems, too good to be true? Jack Houghton investigates.... Read more
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Nine former champions and the vagaries of the draw lead Paul Krishnamurty to suspect a player with Crucible 'previous' will lift the trophy again... Read more
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Paul Krishnamurty recommends a favourite and two outsiders in what can be an unpredictable market... Read more
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Paul Krishnamurty has an interesting system for playing the 147 market... Read more
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