Irish Open champion Neil Channing is 16-1 favourite with PartyBets to win the forthcoming PartyPoker.com World Open IV title.

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“Bad Beat” scooped 801,400 – by far the biggest win of his career so far – and has been installed as the favourite for the event that is filmed in London from April 25 to May 2 ahead of a stellar field.

“Gentleman” Ben Roberts is second favourite at 20-1, with the group at 25-1 consisting of Ian Frazer, Surinder Sunar, Andrew Feldman, John Tabatabai, Thomas Bihl and Premier League I champion Juha Helppi. WSOP Tournament of Champions winner Mike Sexton is at 28-1, with Tim Flanders, Ian Woodley and Barny Boatman in the group at 33-1.

Defending champion Anthony “The Booky” Hardy is 40-1 do retain his title, the same price as European Open IV winner Nick Slade and “Takeaway” Dave Gregory. Pippa Flanders, Liam Flood and Mick McCool are at 50s, with Jan Jachtmann, Christoph Haller and David Johnson at 66-1. Finally, there’s a large group at 80-1 including European Open IV runner-up Craig Burgess and Dave Broadhurst.

The PartyPoker.com World Open IV will be televised on Channel 5 later in the year.