Some former world champions may not
like it, but the Coral Snooker Shootout, which gets underway at
Watford Coliseum on Thursday, is a world ranking event for the first
time this year. Entries for the innovative, one-frame knockout
tournament have been extended from 64 to 128 and players will wear
microphones for the first time.
Betting-wise, this probably isn’t an
event where you’d want to take a short price about any player, but
Betfair Sportsbook quite rightly bet 25/1 the field, which brings in
the likes of Barry Hawkins, Mark Allen, Shaun Murphy, Stuart
Bingham and Mark Williams. Barry ‘The Hawk’ Hawkins begins his
challenge against Egyptian rookie Hatem Yaseen, who failed to win a
match in 2015/16, so the world number 7 should at least make it past
round one. After that, anything can happen, of course, but 25/1 about
a talented player – who’s carrying less, er, excess baggage than
some of his counterparts – seems fair enough.
Selection: Barry Hawkins
to win outright (25/1 with Betfair Sportsbook)
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