Snooker Tournament - Stephen Maguire vs Barry Hawkins Snooker betting preview

Since betting on snooker sometimes can't be very profitable, because you never know how does the player feel that day :D. It seems kinda funny but its true. Let's take for example today O'Sullivan. He was a big favorite today, and he was expected to win easily since Fu had problems in the wild card round. But guess what, he didn't feel like playing for real, instead of safeties the played impossible shots, and of course lost. Because of that I would like to try something tomorrow. I'll make some kind of a "system" ticket. Since 5:3 is the most common result in best of nine frames, I'll bet on each my favorite to win 5:3. The odds are very nice, all > 5.00 so if I win one of five I will get my stake back.

This is the match between Stephen Maguire and Barry Hawkins.

Stephen Maguire is better and better every year. He is 27 years old so there is a plenty of time in front of him. He is great player, one of the best and what's very important in very good form. He is as well all round player, maybe his weaknesses are tactical play and patient but that comes with years and experience. In the first round he won Fergal O'Brien,player in a decent form, 5:3. Maguire played well but at the end of the match he lost some of his patience so he did few mistakes. However, Maguire is big favorite here so I believe in his win.

On the other hand, this wasn't very good year for Barry Hawkins. Mostly of the year Barry was out of form, doing to great amount of mistakes in matches and finally losing confidence in himself. I must say it surprised me cause I believe he is a player with big capacity. In the first round he won Steven Hendry 5:1 but Hendry is last 2 years absolutely out of form and it seems to me without motivation. It wasn't a very big surprise that Barry won it that match, well the result is maybe surprisingly, but Hendry played terrible. However, Hawkins will have to play his best snooker if he wants to win Magiure and watching him over the season I don't quite believe he will do that so my favorite is Maguire. Hopefully he will win 5:3.



Pick : Stephen Maguire to win 5:3
Odds : 6.00
Stake : 6 / 10
Bookmaker : Bwin
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