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With ten-minute frames and a shot clock after the opening five minutes, combined with “ball in hand” as the penalty for a foul shot, why would you bet the Snooker Shoot Out?
Well, past results suggest there is an order in the chaos of this unique event and that is the reasoning behind our picks.
This year sees Neil Robertson entered as the Aussie chases ranking points along with Mark Selby and Mark Allen. This brings betting value lurking in the market in an event where anything is possible
To balance our perm there is a selection from just below the top of the market for followers and listeners of Betcave.
We are looking to China’s Xiāo Guodong, this year's Wuhan Open winner who has twice been runner up in the event and is attractively priced at 28/1.
Michael Holt
Seeing Nottingham’s Michael Holt back to form in last week’s UK Championship, was a hint to bettors that the popular journeyman is once again finding his feet at the top table after several years in the wilderness.
That wilderness was bleak for Holt when he lost his tour card but he the thirty-nine-year-old turned it into a positive with a YouTube Coaching Channel and Eurosport appearances.
The icing on the cake of Michael Holt’s chance this week, is his remarkable Shoot Out record which shows him as the champion of 2020 after being runner up the previous season.
Ladbrokes and Coral opened at 90/1 about Michael Holt and at Betcave he is the main each-way selection for listeners and followers at prices of 50/1 and above.
Oliver Lines
Leeds professional Oliver Lines has been simmering away under the surface of events so far in this 2024/2025 snooker season.
The recent UK Championship saw Lines unlucky to lose a deciding frame versus Neil Robertson in qualifying after a solid start to the season with a maiden semi-final appearance at the British Open.
Historically, the Shoot Out is the perfect event for a promising professional to make their breakthrough like, Chris Wakelin, the 2023 winner who is now ranked in the elite top-16.
Last year’s Shoot Out last 16 finish and loss to the champion, Mark Allen offers encouragement that the light-hearted convivial event could be just the tonic for Oliver Lines who is the final Betcave selection at 66/1 Ladbrokes or Coral.
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