Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Sports World |
- Selby seals stunning win
- Hodgson reveals full control at West Brom
- Martinez keeps faith in Wigan
- Premier League Darts Week Two: Taylor looks for Revenge against Webster
- Online casino or land casino?
| Posted: 16 Feb 2011 06:23 AM PST Mark Selby played a stunning decisive frame to beat Stuart Bingham by four frames to three at the Wyldecrest Park Homes Welsh Open on Tuesday. The Leicester-based player looked like crashing out of the competition but a brilliant clearance of 52 resulted in him securing progression by potting the very last black of the match. Selby won the first frame with a break of 95 before he went 2-0 up with a superb clearance of 74 after finding himself 64 points in arrears. However, Bingham was not to be deterred and won the next two frames to level the match. A break of 96 gave Selby a 3-2 lead but Bingham responded with a 77 in the sixth frame to level matters once again and at that point all snooker bets were off. Bingham opened the final frame with a break of 52 but missed a straight red that he should have easily potted. A safety shot from Selby then earned him the chance to pick off his opponent and he did this with aplomb, despite the balls not being in the most favourable of positions. Speaking after the match, a clearly relieved Selby said: "In the last few events I've been concerned about whether I can produce my best under pressure, so it was nice to do that today. "I expected Stuart to win the last frame in one visit so I was delighted to get a chance and take it." The Welsh Open is Selby's only ranking title to date and if he claims it for a second time, he will gain significant confidence going into the China Open and the World Championship later in the year.  |
| Hodgson reveals full control at West Brom Posted: 16 Feb 2011 04:01 AM PST West Brom's sporting director has stressed that head coach of the football club Roy Hodgson will have the final say on any new signings. Dean Ashworth will be working closely with the former Fulham and Liverpool boss to identify potential targets for the summer. However, he stresses that it is Hodgson and not him who will have the final say on who will come to the sport side. Ashworth confirmed: "My job is to line up players, in conjunction with Roy, helping with transfer fees, wages, and maybe doing a bit of groundwork. "But ultimately there is no point in bringing in a player Roy doesn't like because he won't play. "Roy has the ultimate say." For his part, Hodgson admits he will be working closely with Ashworth and knows he has an important role within the club. Hodgson has also stressed that even though his job title is now 'head coach' and not 'manager', he has still got the same job he has enjoyed since 1976. He said: "I'm the man who works with the players every day, works with the team, picks the team and tries to get them playing in a certain way. "I know West Brom do tend to make a bit of a thing about the word 'coach' instead of 'manager' but it doesn't make any difference to me and the job I'll be doing."  |
| Posted: 16 Feb 2011 03:54 AM PST Roberto Martinez is convinced that his Wigan side can end the season in strong fashion. The club currently sits in 18th position in the Premier League table but they are unbeaten in four matches, including claiming a credible point against a resurgent Liverpool at Anfield last Saturday. Their next match is an FA Cup replay against Bolton Wanderers on Wednesday night and although the league is undoubtedly paramount, Martinez is hoping to breed a positive mentality within the team. The Wigan supremo stressed: "The more experience they have the stronger they get mentally and it makes you capable. "The group is in a very good moment mentally and it is very important that we understand we want to win every game we play in. "We are going to carry on progressing and that is always a good mentality to have. "The team is showing great maturity, the way we played at Anfield showed that, and that means it should give you a lot of [league] points." Martinez admits he will rest some of his regulars for the match against the Trotters due to the importance of the league but he denies he is taking the cup lightly. Mentality is the key to getting out a relegation battle and the former Swansea boss will know that a win over Bolton could keep the momentum going.  |
| Premier League Darts Week Two: Taylor looks for Revenge against Webster Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:16 AM PST Phil Taylor is an incredible talent, no sooner had he lost his world crown to his protégé Adrian Lewis he was being pronounced the winner of the prestigious Players Championship just at the Doncaster Dome a few weeks later. While Taylor was winning the tournament for the second time in the three years since its inception, Lewis floundered, knocked out in the first round by former BDO World Champion, Steve Beaton in his first competitive match since being crowned world champion in January. Taylor defeated world final runner up, Gary Anderson 13-12 in an epic final, the Scot proving that he has lost none of his form since losing to Lewis in the World Final at the 'Ally Pally' six weeks ago. The scene was set therefore for the two to meet on opening night in the hugely popular Premier League of Darts at O2 Arena in London last week, a title that Taylor has won five times from the six years it has been played and who went totally unbeaten last year, winning twelve and drawing two of his fourteen league matches. On Play-Off night he dispatched Mervyn King 8-1 in the semi finals and then won the final 10-8 against James Wade, scoring two nine dart finishes in the process. With such a record it was surely too much for even the new world champion to cope with. However, 26 year old Lewis appeared to cast aside reputations, clearly not letting Taylor's pedigree in the tournament faze him in any way and proceeded to do a demolition job on Taylor running out an 8-2 winner, inflicting the heaviest defeat on Taylor in this competition that he has ever known. Lewis's victory immediately raised question marks concerning Taylor's fallibility particular from those with short memories who had already forgotten Taylor's Players Championship win. Taylor like any true champion, took the defeat like the champion that he is admitting that he played second string to Lewis who clearly had rekindled the form he showed to win the World Crown and had, very professionally forgotten his poor display in Doncaster. After one round then the Premier Darts League looks strange reading with Phi Taylor's name at the bottom for the first time ever. He will not be there for long however, that is for certain. That said he next faces the man who dumped him out of the world championship, Mark Webster, who comes into the match, having beaten James Wade 8-3 in his first ever Premier League match last week. This week's matches take place at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham. Should Webster win, particularly if wins in the same emphatic style as Lewis achieved last week, then it would certainly 'put the cat amongst the pigeons' and possibly persuade the Bookmakers to remove Taylor from the top of the Premier Darts League betting. In the other three matches Simon Whitlock takes on Raymond Van Barneveld, who both last week, Whitlock 5-8 to Anderson and 'Barny' 6-8 to outsider, Terry Jenkins. Lewis will take on 2009 Premier League champion and runner up last year, Wade, while Anderson is the favourite, as short as 4/9 with Victor Chandler to win against Jenkins.  |
| Posted: 16 Feb 2011 01:31 AM PST The rise of online casinos has resulted in greater competition for the traditional brick-and-mortar establishments. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Live casinos contain people with whom you can interact. This makes them far more socialable than their online equivalents but perhaps less comfortable as there is no place more relaxing than home. Connoisseurs of online gaming may find live casinos a little inconvenient as you cannot change games instantaneously. To go from the craps table to the roulette wheel takes more effort than just a click of a mouse. Free drinks are often included when you are gambling in a traditional casino but these can impair your judgment, forcing you to make rash decisions. The same is true of time limits and the pressure you may feel when playing with others. Meanwhile, online, there is rarely a time limit in the casino games and it is often just you against the dealer. You can also control your drinking and thus are more likely to make calculated decisions. This means online gaming may be better for novice gamblers.  |
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