Shanghai Masters Snooker Betting 2011
The Shanghai Masters is one of the newer tournaments to have developed from Asia over the last few years. It is one of the first ranking events on the calendar which means an early chance for European and Asian players to get up the rankings ahead of some higher profile events.
Shanghai Masters snooker betting 2011 could be a little difficult to predict because there are no guarantees over which of the top 16 players are going to be up for travelling to Asia so early on in the season. There is nothing which makes the event compulsory for the top players.
Shanghai Masters Snooker Betting
Due to the geographical location of the tournament and the difficulty of logistics, the Shanghai Masters has produced some winners that barely feature in a lot of the ranking events held in the United Kingdom.
This creates real value when looking at Shanghai Masters snooker betting because the eventual winner could be a player that no one would predict in a million years of gambling. Generally it’s the more disciplined and passionate players who travel all over the world to take part in every event possible.
Shanghai Masters Favourites
The Shanghai Masters favourites are going to be the players who are based in Asia or the players from Europe who can be bothered to travel for the event. Ding Junhui has to be one of the strongest shanghai Masters favourites at the moment because he is from China and is inside the world top 16.
John Higgins seems to be enjoying a new lease of life in a snooker sense which could make him one of the Shanghai Masters favourites to win. Higgins is the current world champion and has admitted a fear that he may have never played again following a ban for failing to report an approach to throw a game.
Shanghai Masters Outsiders
The Shanghai Masters outsiders is a little more difficult because it isn't possible at the moment to guarantee which of the top 32 players in the world will play in this event. The likes of Dominic Dale and Ricky Walden have won the Shanghai Masters in the past.
Neither of these professionals have a lot to shout about in terms of their careers but they have held good world rankings and made the effort to travel for the event. They are both living proof that it is possible to succeed when no one thinks it possible.
Shanghai Masters Wildcards
It could be worth a little bet on one of the Shanghai Masters wildcards that will take part in this event. These wildcard entries are commonly given to budding young talent or an old pro that is struggling through the sporting world.
Some of the Chinese players coming onto the snooker scene are extremely talented and driven by a disciplined mentality. These Shanghai Masters wildcards will naturally raise their game and will have good value betting odds because few people outside of snooker would have ever heard of them.