SportyStuff Champions Cup, Tuesday 18th January – the Final of Event One

Pool is on our screens again tonight on Channel 437 (Sky), Freeview, and via the SportyStuff website, and whether you like your pool, or just fancy having a punt, we have reached out to Marc Pickworth once again to put his neck on the line ahead of tonight’s matches. As a professional player, he has a better idea than me about who will or won’t handle the pressure, who has won the recent head to heads, who is best suited by conditions, and who is the value call – listen to him if you want, or draw your own conclusions – either way, 8ball pool is an up and coming fast and furious sport that sems to have the nation hooked, with the IPA leading the way, as you would expect. 

 

Event 1 Final:
Tuesday 18th January 2022

 

Odds To win Event 1: -

Liam Dunster 5/4, Cory Rees 5/2, Dan Davy 3/1, Tom Barley 11/2

 

Well we are down to the last four of event one, and who is going to make it to the Grand Final on 20th March? I am sure that this will be pretty dramatic stuff all evening, and I'm expecting this to go down to the last match where I'm sure there will be even more tension to keep us on the edge of our seats.

 

Dunster is the clear favourite and being the World Number One is rightly expected to come home in front, but does this new format suit his style? With some of the recent group matches suggests he hasn't quite “clicked” yet he needs to be at his very best here, but knowing Liam, when the final commences I'm sure we will see him step it up a gear. 

 

Rees, who is also unbeaten in this Champions Cup with the same record as Dunster (they drew in the Semi Finals is very capable of winning this event on his day, and his recent form suggests he might be ready for the big stage. 

 

Davy who got through by a slice of luck last night is no stranger to winning IPA titles, but the question is has he used up all his luck, though in a very tight group, he does look a great bet to progress with the way he handled the pressure that was chucked at him last night.

 

Barley, who I have backed all the way to this stage, has a great style that really suits this exciting format but last night we saw glimpses of poor errors by Tom, and he will need to cut them out if he is going to win this event. I personally think he's had a great run, and this might be just a stage too far against the cream of the crop.

 

Match 1: Tom Barley 7/4 v Cory Rees 2/5 - Draw 9/4 - Pickers Picks – Rees @ 2/5

Match 2: Liam Dunster 4/9 v Dan Davy 13/8 - Draw 9/4 - Pickers Picks -  Draw @ 9/4

Match 3: Dan Davy 8/15 v Tom Barley 11/8 - Draw 11/5 - Pickers Picks – Barley @ 11/8

Match 4: Liam Dunster 4/7 v Cory Rees 5/4 - Draw 11/5 - Pickers Picks – Dunster @ 4/7

Match 5: Cory Rees 4/6 v Dan Davy 11/10 - Draw 7/4 - Pickers Picks – Davy @ 11/10

Match 6: Liam Dunster 3/10 v Tom Barley 9/4 - Draw 12/5 - Pickers Picks – Dunster @ 3/10

 

Pickers Picks to get to the Grand Final:
Liam Dunster
Pickers Picks best Value Bet: Dunster/Davy - Draw @ 9/4

 

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