The draw for the 2009 World Snooker Championships has just been announced, with most of the big name players kept well apart from each other.

2009 World Snooker Championship First Round Draw

R O’Sullivan (Eng) v S Bingham (Eng)
M Allen (NIr) v M Gould (Eng)
P Ebdon (Eng) v N Bond (Eng)
R Day (Wal) v S Lee (Eng)
J Higgins (Sco) v M Holt (Eng)
J Perry (Eng) v J Cope (Eng)
G Dott (Sco) v B Hawkins (Eng)
M Selby (Eng) v R Walden (Eng)
S Murphy (Eng) v A Higginson (Eng)
M Fu (HK) v J Swail (NIr)
D Junhui (Chn) v L Wenbo (Chn)
S Hendry (Sco) v M Williams (Wal)
A Carter (Eng) v G Greene (NIr)
N Robertson (Aus) v S Davis (Eng)
M King (Eng) v R McLeod (Eng)
S Maguire (Sco) v J Burnett (Sco)

There’s really nothing to trouble the top players here. Even the match up of six times winner Stephen Hendry and double World Champion Mark Williams ignores the fact that Williams had to qualify for the tournament and that Hendry is no longer a real force in snooker.

WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP ODDS

• Ronnie O’Sullivan : 5/2 at Eurobet – Click To Bet Now
  
• Mark Selby : 8/1 at Paddy Power – Click To Bet Now
  
• Stephen Maguire : 10/1 (11.0) at BetsSon – Click To Bet Now
  
• John Higgins : 14/1 (15.0) at BetsSon – Click To Bet Now
  
• Ding Junhui : 16/1 at Paddy Power – Click To Bet Now
  
• Shaun Murphy : 14/1 at Eurobet – Click To Bet Now
  
• Allister Carter : 16/1 (17.0) at BetsSon – Click To Bet Now
  
• Ryan Day : 29/1 (30.0) at BetsSon – Click To Bet Now
  
• Mark Williams : 29/1 (30.0) at BetsSon – Click To Bet Now
  

See Full Odds at BetsSon – Bet Now Or Open Your Account