18 April - World Snooker Championship

The Bet

£5 e/w Mark Selby at 11/1

Placed By: P

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Round 1 - Despite leading 5-1 and 8-4 against Michael White it takes a final frame decider to see Selby into the last 16.

Round 2 - Selby establishes a 5-1 lead in this one too but Ali Carter pegs him back to 7-5 before the 'Jester from Leicester' takes control and wins 13-9.

Quarter-finals - After falling 3-2 behind to Alan McManus, Selby cruises into the last four with a 13-5 win.

Semi-finals - Paired against Aussie World number one Neil Robertson our man takes the first session 5-3. Well poised to win the second session by the same score a missed black halts his progress and it's 9-7 overnight. The Aussie had the best of the third session to tie it up at 12-12 but Selby has the best of the evening play to edge home 17-15 and will play defending champ Ronnie O' Sullivan in the final.

Final - O'Sullivan is quickest out of the blocks, racing to a 3-0 lead but Selby fights back to 3-4 only to a miss a black off the spot to give the defending champ a 5-3 lead after the first session. The Rocket starts the better in the evening too and races to an 8-3 lead but Selby digs in to reduce the deficit to 7-10 at the end of play. Monday afternoon sees the Leicester man back in it. He takes the first four frames to lead for the first time. O'Sullivan takes the next but Selby wins the last of a curtailed session to take a 12-11 lead into the evening. The champion starts with a century to level the match but Selby wins the next three to go into the mid-session interval 15-12 ahead. O'Sullivan takes the next two to narrow the gap but Selby is now playing his best snooker and takes three frames in the row to take the title with an 18-14 scoreline.

We have a winner! £92.50 - one of our biggest!

9 April 2014 - The Masters

The Bets

Rory – £2 e/w at 12/1

Kuchar - £2 e/w at 22/1

Stenson – 50p e/w at 28/1

Delaet – 50p e/w at 80/1

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Day One

McIlroy started with a 71, three shots off the pace, Kuchar and Stenson shot 73 while the 80/1 shot Delaet shot 80! Bill Haas led after a 68.

Day Two

Delaet markedly improved with a 72 but won't be back for the weekend. Stenson improved to a 72 while Kuchar went one better with a 71, both safely inside the cut mark. McIlroy struggled to a 77 to make the cut by one shot but fall out of contention.

Day Three

A 71 from McIlroy was a better effort but he finishes the day eight shots adrift. A 74 from Stenson sees him level with McIlroy on +3. Best placed of our selections is Kuchar. A Saturday 68 sees him just one shot off the pace.

Day Four

A closing 69 for McIlroy sees him finish tied for eighth, eight shots behind.
A 70 from Stenson left him a shot further back on +1
Kuchar closed his week bogey, bogey to end two under in a tie for fifth and deliver £6.50 to the pot.

5 April - The Grand National

The Bets

£2.50 e/w Chance Du Roy 33/1
£1.50 e/w Burton Port 18/1

£1 e/w Last Time D’Albain 50/1

Placed by P

The outcome

Burton Port only got to the second before unshipping Brian Harding.

Last Time D'Albain unseated Robbie Colgan at Becher's Brook first time round.

Chance Du Roy got involved in the shake-up with four fences to go but never got to the sharp end and was beaten a short head into sixth so no each-way pick-up.