Bettors then need to predict if the bookmaker has set that number too high or too low. Of course, over the course of a snooker tourney, the number of frames in a match varies.

For instance, in the World Grand Prix, the first round matches are played over a best of seven match, while the final is best of We mention this purely because, with a total frames bet, you must understand the full number of frames played in your chosen game.

Snooker fans among you will already know that is the maximum break that can be made in a frame of snooker. A involves potting all 15 red balls followed by a black ball each time, plus all the colours in their proper order too.

As such, it is quite a rare achievement, far from guaranteed to happen in a match let alone a tournament. Like a hole in one in golf which is rarer or a nine darter in darts, you can bet on one of the players scoring this break in either a game between to players or the entire tournament.

Open Account with Paddy Power. The Coral World Grand Prix runs for six days, normally in early February in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire at the world famous racecourse.

The tournament works by running all early matches as best of seven frames contests before growing to best of nine for the quarter finals.

The tournament is purely elimination based and referred to as knockout. Since , the tournament has been part of Coral Cup. For the first event, The Grand Prix, players need to be in the top 32 in order to qualify, while the Players Championship in Preston is contested by the top 16 but only the top eight will make it to Tour Championship at the Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Wales.

Since , the tournament, which had also previously been staged at the Preston Guild Hall, has been held at the Centaur Room at Cheltenham Racecourse.

Shaun Murphy was the victor in when the event became a world ranking tourney for the first time. The World Grand Prix moved once again in when Cheltenham Racecourse became the venue of choice after the event had become one part of a trio of events that make up the Coral Cup.

Yes, a very famous one, and The Centaur is actually part of the racecourse - home to the world famous Cheltenham Festival.

Absolutely, there are loads of ways to bet on snooker from tournament and match outrights, over and under frame betting, maximum breaks and many more.

While this might indeed be a relatively new event for the snooker community, it has, over its short lifespan, established itself as a tournament of reputable pedigree.

This is also helped by the fact that it makes up one third of the Coral Cup, for which no one had ever been crowned victor. Ian Burns. Dominic Dale.

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