The snooker circuit changes style for the next week as professionals and amateurs head to Thailand for the Six Red World Championship. As the name of the tournament suggests this tournament sees each frame played with six reds rather than the usual 15, snookers T20 format if you will.
I quite like these different events which opens up a bit of change and a bit of a different skill set and it also takes a different approach for us punters as well which is a nice break from the ever increasing monotony of the best of seven frame events.
Recent Winners
2015 – Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
2014 – Stephen Maguire
2013 – Mark Davis
2012 – Mark Davis
2010 – Mark Selby
The Format
There will be 48 men starting the tournament in total with those players split into eight groups of six in the first stage. Everyone plays each other in the group and at the end of the league phase the top four will go into the knockout stages where the tournament is played out over the final two days of the event.
Each match in the group stage is the best of nine frames and that moves up to the best of 11 for the last 32 and last 16. The quarter finals and semi-finals are both the best of 13 frames and then the winner will be crowned in a best of 15 frame final.
The Field
We have some of the best players in the world in the field this week including the star attraction Ding Junhui. The current world champion Mark Selby is also here while the champion before him Stuart Bingham also takes part this week.
Former winners of this tournament Stephen Maguire, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Mark Davis also compete while Mark Williams and Michael White head a strong Welsh contingent competing in the tournament.
Betting
I’m going to go with three outright. They all have the same profile which is the profile I have used to success in this tournament through the years. That is the ability to get in front distance, which attack the balls and get them open and then score heavily. This tournament is all about being aggressive and attacking.
The first pick is Martin Gould. I quite often take Gould in these different format events because his style is great. He can attack the balls and we’ve seen for probably two years or more how well he scores when he is in. You would expect Gould to come through a six man group and if he can build up some confidence his long potting should see him very hard to beat.
There might not be a more naturally talented man in the field this week than Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and it was no surprise to me that he won this tournament last season. He can be relentless with his long potting and if he gets his eye in early this week he’s a danger to anyone. We saw in Shanghai qualifying last week how good his scoring is and on home soil he’s a major threat as he bids to defend the title. This format looks made for him.
A couple of years ago Kritsanut Lertsattayatthorn made the semi-final of this tournament before he ran into the eventual champion Stephen Maguire. On his way to the last four he beat Ryan Day, Mark Davis and John Higgins so he can clearly thrive in this format. With two years more experience and a fairly decent run in the Shanghai qualifiers last week where he scored really well behind him it could be worth paying to see how deep he can go this week. He is seeded to qualify from his group and this is anyone’s once the knockout stage begins. At 100/1 he’s worth a few pennies.
Tips
Back M.Gould to win Six Red World Championship (e/w) for a 1/10 stake at 23.00 with NetBet (1/2 1-2)
Back T.Un-Nooh to win Six Red World Championship (e/w) for a 1/10 stake at 26.00 with NetBet (1/2 1-2)
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Back K.Lertsattayatthorn to win Six Red World Championship (e/w) for a 0.5/10 stake at 101.00 with Boylesports (1/5 1-4)
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