Kambi Republishes G1 Climax Outright Markets Plus Odds For Nights 3 & 4

Kambi's oddsmakers have republished their outright markets for the G1 Climax. As well as that, match markets for the next two events have also gone live.

In this post, I'll take a look at the A Block markets, then cover B Block before focusing on the tournament specials.

A Block

The A Block winner market still lists Tetsuya Naito as a favourite despite his opening round loss to Zack Sabre Jr. However, his price has been increased from 5/4 to 13/10.

Current IWGP World Champion - Shingo Takagi - has had a price reduction following his night one main event victory over Tomohiro Ishii. He is now 8/5 to top the block. He was most recently 19/10.

As you can see, three other selections have had their prices trimmed following the opening batch of matches.

ZSJ, who - as noted - beat Naito, is now 11/1 from 12s, The Great-O-Khan, who was victorious against Tanga Loa and is set to meet one of his nemesis' - Toru Yano - on Thursday, has had his odds halved from 50/1 while Yujiro Takahashi is now 50/1 after starting out at 66/1 before beating Kota Ibushi in the first match of the tourney.

For Thursday, Kambi had the following prices available when night three match markets were released this morning:

Night 3
Toru Yano 13/10
Great-O-Khan 11/20

KENTA 7/20
Yujiro Takahashi 19/10

Tetsuya Naito 1/3
Tanga Loa 2/1

Kota Ibushi 17/20
Tomohiro Ishii 17/20

Shingo Takagi 2/5
Zack Sabre Jr. 7/4

B Block

For the second round of matches for B Block, Kambi has:

Night 4
Hiroshi Tanahashi 1/3
Hirooki Goto 2/1

Tama Tonga 11/25
Chase Owens 8/5

YOSHI-HASHI 2/1
Jeff Cobb 1/3

SANADA 13/20
Taichi 11/10

Kazuchika Okada 17/20
EVIL 17/20

There is a new favourite in the market for the B Block winner.

Kazuchika Okada, who defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event of B Block's opening night, has had his price drop into 23/20 from 7/4. The selection leapfrogged SANADA, who has now been moved into 8/5 second-favourite from 7/5.

The only other wrestler whose price has shortened following Sunday's event is Taichi, who has two points following a decision over Hirooki Goto.

Taichi is now 14/1. He had started out at 25/1 on September 6th, but was most recent 22/1.

If you've been following my posts about the G1, you should be aware that I have swayed away from my initial pick of tournament winner (SANADA) and gone with a scenario in which A Block's Shingo Takagi goes on to win the G1 and - as he is IWGP World Champion - he'll get to choose his opponent for Wrestle Kingdom. The choice will end up being Will Ospreay who had to relinquish the strap due to injury early this year and has since returned claiming to be the rightful champ because he didn't lose the title in competition. 

The reason why I am mentioning this scenario now is because, while watching yesterday's show, one of New Japan World's English commentators- Chris Charlton - said that Joe Cobb was his pick to win B Block. After the host said that, I thought how that could fit the Takagi/Ospreay scenario and I once again came up with a narrative that fits.

Cobb is part of Ospreay's United Empire stable, so - if Takagi were to be booked to win the tournament - I could absolutely see Cobb opposing him at the final considering the Ospreay and UE link.

Outright Markets

After deciding Jeff Cobb was worth a gamble to win B Block, I was looking forward to the republication of Kambi's 'Exact Combination of Finalists' market because - when it was first installed - a 'Shingo Takagi .vs. Jeff Cobb' final was being offered at 12/1.

As you'll be able to see by clicking on the image, the bookmakers still had the potential match-up at 12/1 in their book, so I had a punt.

The price for the early favourite has decreased with 'Okada .vs. Naito' down from 4/1 into 5/2. An Okada meeting with the current IWGP World Champion is now a 13/4 second-favourite from 11/2.

Two other Okada finals have shortened with a match against Kota Ibushi now 7/1 from 9/1 and one against KENTA dipping from 14/1 into 12/1.

A Shingo Takagi versus EVIL tournament conclusion - which is one I had a bet on when the market was first installed - is now 8/1 from 10s.

With Okada versus Naito being Kambi's favourite to be the final, it's understandable to see both of those names at the top of the tournament winner market.

Okada is now a 7/4 favourite to be the last man standing when all is said and done on October 21st. When last available, the market listed him as a joint-favourite along with Naito - who is now 9/4. 

Early favourite - SANADA - has now drifted out to 11/4. He was most recently 9/4, but had started at 2/1.

Other selections with shorter odds than previous updates are: Kota Ibushi (7/1 from 15/2), Zack Sabre Jr (20/1 from 33/1), Taichi (25/1 from 50/1), Great-O-Khan (40/1 from 80/1) and Yujiro Takahashi (100/1 into 80/1).

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