Snooker Lucre 4

Anthony Hamilton 7-13 Stephen Maguire
Finally, quality showed through in an Anthony Hamilton match. He was lucky to get 7 I thought.

Semi Final:
Shaun Murphy v Mark Selby
Both players will be relieved to sneak through 13-12 to get this far and it should be a fairly even match. Murphy has been here and done it before, but is looking unconvincing so far. Selby's temperament has proved good through some tough tests and his form has looked better than his opponent's. Selby should be a small favourite providing he adapts well to the crucible semi-final one table format.
Selby current Betfair odds 2.62 - my fair odds 1.86 or shorter

Snooker Lucre 3 - At war with the Hamilton

Ian McCulloch 8-13 Anthony Hamilton
I was scuppered by Hamilton once again. Despite Hamilton being pretty hopeless during the first two sessions, McCulloch defied belief by matching his abysmal level of play to leave the match level at 8-8. Hamilton then played the final session pretty well to my growing anger! It has been suggested that McCulloch was quite keen for Hamilton to beat him as it made Dott (who McCulloch beat in the first round and who McCulloch strongly dislikes) look bad and appear to be worse than Hamilton. Then again that may just be me making excuses.
Quarter finals
Anthony Hamilton v Stephen Maguire - I hesitate to write this after the last two rounds ... but ... Hamilton is the one poor player left in a high quality quarter final line up and I feel I must remain true to my ratings systems by flagging up the value bet once again.
Stephen Maguire currently 1.41 on betfair - fair odds 1.21 or less.
Other than this I have had a small dabble on Mark Selby who should be a warm favourite to beat Ali Carter although you may be able to back him at about evens. However, not big enough value to be a bona fide tip.