Gentleman fancied to see off the Nugget

Off to see my first live snooker of the current season so far tomorrow night in Derby as the latest round of Premier League snooker matches come to town.
Although John Higgins was originally on the bill as Joe Perry's opponent, there seems to have been a switch around for whatever reason and Perry now faces veteran legend Steve Davis, now 50 years of age.
Gentleman Joe's form has been much improved over the last 12 months or so, hard to pinpoint why at such an advanced stage of his career but perhaps seems to have got some new found confidence after a string of decent results, and playing regularly in the Championship League, a competition designed as a feeder for this, no doubt helped him enormously.
The Nugget meanwhile has maybe struggled a bit to keep his motivation levels since dropping out of the top 16 and perhaps now plays more for the enjoyment factor.
Its also interesting that Davis has to play a Grand Prix qualifying match with Tom Ford at Prestatyn in the morning of this event before travelling to Derby so he may not be in the greatest frame of mind by the time the second match gets underway.
Anyhow with Perry available at 20/21 couldnt argue with a bet at that price.
That said however, he still needs to win four out of six frames so as is often my preferred option, I took the 1/2 in the draw no bet which is often a good safety net in this competition formula (though I see that has now been cut to 4/9).
The other match sees Mark Selby take on Stephen Hendry; Hendry has seen little action so far this season, with this being his first Premier League outing and also losing 5-1 to Stephen Lee early on in Northern Ireland so might be a little on the rusty side.
Selby for his part took to the shot clock like a duck to water with his new style quicker cue action so perhaps he should have the edge but the odds do seem to reflect this and will probably abstain from having a punt there.
In the Grand Prix last night I pulled back to be about level with a 3/1 winner through Aditya Mehta and Vinnie Muldoon obliging at 15/8 though with the takeout restricted to £120 on those markets at Sporting Bet, didnt get as much on as I would normally have done.
Today gone with Gerard Greene 8/15 (currently 2-3 down to Jin Long as I speak!), Muldoon again 7/4, Matthew Selt 13/8, Jamie Burnett 5/6 and Mark Davis evens.
Also have Greene, M Davis and Ricky Walden in my "to qualify for last 32" picks though lost Barry Pinches and Liu Song yesterday from this market, both of those players seemingly struggling this time around so far.
As I said before almost added Jimmy White to this roster at 20/1 and half wish I had done now as he is currently 3-3 with Michael Holt so every chance with one more match to play if he is successful here.
Will let you know the outcome of this and more tomorrow
All the best
Rick