Mark Allen v Ryan Day - Snooker & Pool - Snooker Tournament - Tip Preview

Allen to win.

I am quite surprised at these odds given how well the young N Irishman played in the last round when beating the favourite for the tourney and the best snooker player ever to play the game. Allen did not get lucky, he did not face Ronnie off form and he didnt do it by playing cautious snooker. He took the Rocket on in attacking battle and deserved the win.

Ofcourse there is an argument for saying that game took a lot out of young lad who does not have a lot of experience at this level. But i expect his confidence to be sky high and this is a good draw because he will face a player that has previous for bottling it at this stage.

There is no doubt that Day is a class act. He is a superb long potter and break builder, but his main problem is in his mind. He simply does not believe in himself enough and over the last few years has looked like a possible champion in the earlier rounds but caved in when it gets to the semi final stage.

This is going to be a terrific game and it may be worth betting on the amount of hundreds in the match to be high. But the best value is with Allen. If he performs anything like the way he did against Osullivan he will win this. As i said Day has a horrible knack of getting to the business end of tourneys and totally losing his form at the most important time.

Allen to beat Day with sj at 2.10