This shot alot of people play in pool, its getting alot of hype. He didn't mean to pot it just hit it. Great shot but i think people have gone way OTT in my opinion, what was more annoying Day fluked one in the decider and went on to which means Louis will now have to qualify via Q school i believe.
Just saw this so thought I would quickly let you know that Louis should be fine as he is currently 4th on the 1 year list and top 8 stay on.
This shot alot of people play in pool, its getting alot of hype. He didn't mean to pot it just hit it. Great shot but i think people have gone way OTT in my opinion, what was more annoying Day fluked one in the decider and went on to which means Louis will now have to qualify via Q school i believe.
Just saw this so thought I would quickly let you know that Louis should be fine as he is currently 4th on the 1 year list and top 8 stay on.
It was a bit of a guess tbf, cheers Paulie thanks for letting me know. I hope so he has started to find his feet of late so good news.
Agreed. Have often seen them use the middle jaw, not so much the corner when that much distance though.
with the distance involved,its a brilliant shot but i've seen it pool and snooker so to me doesn't feel as good as social media has made out. I have seen it going around alot lol
I don't think he would hit that very often, maybe one in twenty. The yellow wasn't all that close to the cushion and the white normally stays closer to the rail when you use the jaws. You don't really have much control and he was lucky just to hit it, but to pot it was ridiculous.
Agreed. Have often seen them use the middle jaw, not so much the corner when that much distance though.
with the distance involved,its a brilliant shot but i've seen it pool and snooker so to me doesn't feel as good as social media has made out. I have seen it going around alot lol
I don't think he would hit that very often, maybe one in twenty. The yellow wasn't all that close to the cushion and the white normally stays closer to the rail when you use the jaws. You don't really have much control and he was lucky just to hit it, but to pot it was ridiculous.
fair point, i think hitting it closer to 1 in 10. Although the pot is slightly irrelevant for me its a fluke, bit of a brucie bonus if you ask me.
First 8 through to the crucible to face a top 16 player: Maflin 10-4 Milkins Selt 10-3 Donaldson Jamie Jones 10-5 Li Hang Haotian 10-6 Bingyu Mark Davis 10-8 (from 7-2 down) Tian Pengfei 10-7 Dott (Dott was 8-1 down, so nearly some fightback) Liam Highfield 10-7 Yuelong (the 17th seed is out, big shock for me) Liang Wenbo 10-7 Lu Ning
Todays line up for judgement day part 2, draw tomorrow AM Figuiredo v Joyce Day v Walden Bai Langning v Martin Gould (Bai is the lowest ranking to get to this point, impressed me so far but big task today) Hallworth v Wilson (potential shock for me, Wilson hasn't been firing yet if he does he goes through) Carter v Ursenbacher Xintong v Sam Craigie Wakelin v Guodong Brecel v Bingham (potential for tie of the round, although Bingham should make it through)
Shows how tight snooker is these days, no formality games there. You can watch showdown day on World Snooker Tour social media Youtube or Facebook, or alternatively for a specific game i usually find betting sites better.
Half time update: Figuiredo 3 v 6 Joyce Day 3 v 6 Walden Bai Langning 5 v 4 Martin Gould Hallworth 2 v 7 Wilson Carter 6 v 3 Ursenbacher Xintong 5 v 4 Sam Craigie Wakelin 5 v 4 Guodong Brecel 3 v 6 Bingham - Bingham has hit 3 centuries, i think he could be the one to avoid in the first round.
We could have a few close ones , equally a few 6-3 could turn into a quick affair. Kick off T - 2 Hours (1700 hours UK time)
This shot alot of people play in pool, its getting alot of hype. He didn't mean to pot it just hit it. Great shot but i think people have gone way OTT in my opinion, what was more annoying Day fluked one in the decider and went on to which means Louis will now have to qualify via Q school i believe.
Just saw this so thought I would quickly let you know that Louis should be fine as he is currently 4th on the 1 year list and top 8 stay on.
Alright @paulie8290 Didn’t realise you were back on here. Hope all is well with you. Even if it’s just a flying visit, keep looking after yourself. 👍🏼
So the final 8 that went through are : Sam Craigie (Great win 10-9 v Xintong) Mark Joyce Chris Wakelin (Debut) another nice win against a top china player Guodong Gould (beat the one i was following Bai Langning. still one to watch out for i think he was 4-2 up but Gould kicked into gear and is a top player on his day won 10-5) Carter beat Ursenbacher Bingham solid win v Luca Brecel Walden beat Day Gary Wilson beat Steve Hallworth
Quite a few of those could be tricky openers, depending on the draw i have a feeling Ronnie will be out early maybe first round this year. I'll have a look to see who he draws first.
draw today at 11am, i will try and post if i can. Unless @clive or @paulie8290 are on the ball...
Currently i have backed Robbo, Kyren Wilson, Maguire (ew) Yan Bingtao (ew), two small punts on 200/1 Davis + Craigie (before yesterday he is now 150) both have the game to beat anyone but still dont feel they will do it just seemed decent value.
This is not the order of play, just the order drawn. Ronnie will get us underway on Saturday as the defending champ. Some crackers in here and as normal you would expect a few seeds to go out at least..
Murphy v Davis Allen v Haotian Trump v Highfield Ding v Bingham Mcgill v Walden Williams v Craigie Maguire v Jamie Jones Selby v Maflin Wilson v Wilson Higgins v Tian Peng Gilbert v Wakelin Lisowski v Carter Ronnie v Joyce (best draw for him so no shock here) Hawkins v Selt Robertson v Wenbo Yan Bingtao v Gould
i have on a pool table its alot easier over the pocket or away from it. I will give it a go on a snooker table at some point as a i want to get back into snooker, the last few years my main focus has been pool, now i am up to speed and the required standard i can go back to snooker and hopefully it should help. Could be interesting.
Thanks Clive, i am looking forward to this world champs. I predict a few shocks (Standard), high quality, recently it feels like alot of the top guns are on form so its very open.
Ronnie, good draw but will be surprised (pleasantly if he makes Semis +, its possible but i dont feel he is that interested at present. Trump is probably the man to beat, he does have some weird results though so hard one to back.
My list: Robbo Wilson Yan Bingtao EW Maguire EW Davis small ew Craigie ew
Predicted first round winners: Ronnie Yan Bingtao Maguire Robertson Bingham Kyren Wilson Allen Carter Walden Higgins Williams( Craigie can win this one but i feel percentage game MJW wins if he is playing well) Murphy Hawkins Trump Selby Gilbert
only a few seeds there but i do feel there could be anything from 3-6 shocks there
I'm not sure Clive's draw is correct. This is what I've seen.
Ronnie O’Sullivan (1) vs Mark Joyce Ricky Walden vs Anthony McGill (16) Ding Junhui (9) vs Stuart Bingham Jamie Jones vs Stephen Maguire (8)
John Higgins (5) vs Tian Pengfei Sam Craigie vs Mark Williams (12) Mark Allen (13) vs Lyu Haotian Kurt Maflin vs Mark Selby (4)
Neil Robertson (3) vs Liang Wenbo Ali Carter vs Jack Lisowski (14) Barry Hawkins (11) vs Matthew Selt Gary Wilson vs Kyren Wilson (6)
Shaun Murphy (7) vs Mark Davis Martin Gould vs Yan Bingtao (10) David Gilbert (15) vs Chris Wakelin Liam Highfield vs Judd Trump (2)
I think you have the same draw just wrote down different order, his one is by quarter. I cant spot any mistake with either
The quarters are as per this draw and the BBC order that Clive put up.
Anyway, I reckon the seeds to fall in round 1 will be McGill, Ding, Lisowski and Gilbert.
Decent shouts for the seeds to lose, i think lisowski feels like he needs to play his best as Carter is in good form. Ding again tough draw with Bingham who is also in good form. Gilbert and Mcgill both not in great form and there for the taking, not far off my underdog bet i think.
Happy crucible day! Very interesting (bad) opening frame in ROS v Joyce. After a few shots they changed the white, both missing alot of chances and no control over the white ball. Looks like the table is lightning and they can't get the pace, good to see fans back (33%)
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Maflin 10-4 Milkins
Selt 10-3 Donaldson
Jamie Jones 10-5 Li Hang
Haotian 10-6 Bingyu
Mark Davis 10-8 (from 7-2 down)
Tian Pengfei 10-7 Dott (Dott was 8-1 down, so nearly some fightback)
Liam Highfield 10-7 Yuelong (the 17th seed is out, big shock for me)
Liang Wenbo 10-7 Lu Ning
Figuiredo v Joyce
Day v Walden
Bai Langning v Martin Gould (Bai is the lowest ranking to get to this point, impressed me so far but big task today)
Hallworth v Wilson (potential shock for me, Wilson hasn't been firing yet if he does he goes through)
Carter v Ursenbacher
Xintong v Sam Craigie
Wakelin v Guodong
Brecel v Bingham (potential for tie of the round, although Bingham should make it through)
Shows how tight snooker is these days, no formality games there. You can watch showdown day on World Snooker Tour social media Youtube or Facebook, or alternatively for a specific game i usually find betting sites better.
Figuiredo 3 v 6 Joyce
Day 3 v 6 Walden
Bai Langning 5 v 4 Martin Gould
Hallworth 2 v 7 Wilson
Carter 6 v 3 Ursenbacher
Xintong 5 v 4 Sam Craigie
Wakelin 5 v 4 Guodong
Brecel 3 v 6 Bingham - Bingham has hit 3 centuries, i think he could be the one to avoid in the first round.
We could have a few close ones , equally a few 6-3 could turn into a quick affair. Kick off T - 2 Hours (1700 hours UK time)
Didn’t realise you were back on here. Hope all is well with you.
Even if it’s just a flying visit, keep looking after yourself. 👍🏼
Sam Craigie (Great win 10-9 v Xintong)
Mark Joyce
Chris Wakelin (Debut) another nice win against a top china player Guodong
Gould (beat the one i was following Bai Langning. still one to watch out for i think he was 4-2 up but Gould kicked into gear and is a top player on his day won 10-5)
Carter beat Ursenbacher
Bingham solid win v Luca Brecel
Walden beat Day
Gary Wilson beat Steve Hallworth
Quite a few of those could be tricky openers, depending on the draw i have a feeling Ronnie will be out early maybe first round this year. I'll have a look to see who he draws first.
draw today at 11am, i will try and post if i can. Unless @clive
or @paulie8290 are on the ball...
Currently i have backed Robbo, Kyren Wilson, Maguire (ew) Yan Bingtao (ew), two small punts on 200/1 Davis + Craigie (before yesterday he is now 150) both have the game to beat anyone but still dont feel they will do it just seemed decent value.
Draw on here
World Championship draw
Quarter one
Quarter two
Quarter three
Quarter four
Murphy v Davis
Allen v Haotian
Trump v Highfield
Ding v Bingham
Mcgill v Walden
Williams v Craigie
Maguire v Jamie Jones
Selby v Maflin
Wilson v Wilson
Higgins v Tian Peng
Gilbert v Wakelin
Lisowski v Carter
Ronnie v Joyce (best draw for him so no shock here)
Hawkins v Selt
Robertson v Wenbo
Yan Bingtao v Gould
I'm not sure Clive's draw is correct. This is what I've seen.
Ronnie O’Sullivan (1) vs Mark Joyce
Ricky Walden vs Anthony McGill (16)
Ding Junhui (9) vs Stuart Bingham
Jamie Jones vs Stephen Maguire (8)
John Higgins (5) vs Tian Pengfei
Sam Craigie vs Mark Williams (12)
Mark Allen (13) vs Lyu Haotian
Kurt Maflin vs Mark Selby (4)
Neil Robertson (3) vs Liang Wenbo
Ali Carter vs Jack Lisowski (14)
Barry Hawkins (11) vs Matthew Selt
Gary Wilson vs Kyren Wilson (6)
Shaun Murphy (7) vs Mark Davis
Martin Gould vs Yan Bingtao (10)
David Gilbert (15) vs Chris Wakelin
Liam Highfield vs Judd Trump (2)
Draw in full:
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Mark Joyce
Anthony McGill v Ricky Walden
Ding Junhui v Stuart Bingham
Stephen Maguire v Jamie Jones
John Higgins v Tian Pengfei
Mark Williams v Sam Craigie
Mark Allen v Lyu Haotian
Mark Selby v Kurt Maflin
Neil Robertson v Liang Wenbo
Jack Lisowski v Ali Carter
Barry Hawkins v Matthew Selt
Kyren Wilson v Gary Wilson
Shaun Murphy v Mark Davis
Yan Bingtao v Martin Gould
David Gilbert v Chris Wakelin
Judd Trump v Liam Highfield
Daily schedule at the Crucible
Saturday April 17
First round - best of 19 frames
Morning session (1000 BST)
Afternoon session (1430 BST)
Evening session (1900 BST)
Sunday April 18
First round - best of 19 frames
Morning session (1000 BST)
Afternoon session (1430 BST)
Evening session (1900 BST)
Monday April 19
First round - best of 19 frames
Morning session (1000 BST)
Afternoon session (1430 BST)
Evening session (1900 BST)
Tuesday April 20
First round - best of 19 frames
Morning session (1000 BST)
Afternoon session (1430 BST)
Evening session (1900 BST)
Wednesday April 21
First round - best of 19 frames
Morning session (1000 BST)
Afternoon session (1430 BST)
Evening session (1900 BST)
Thursday April 22
First round unless stated - best of 19 frames
Morning session (1000 BST)
Evening session (1900)
- Mark Selby v Kurt Maflin (to a finish)
https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/world-snooker-championship-2021/178241Ronnie, good draw but will be surprised (pleasantly if he makes Semis +, its possible but i dont feel he is that interested at present.
Trump is probably the man to beat, he does have some weird results though so hard one to back.
My list:
Robbo
Wilson
Yan Bingtao EW
Maguire EW
Davis small ew
Craigie ew
Predicted first round winners:
Ronnie
Yan Bingtao
Maguire
Robertson
Bingham
Kyren Wilson
Allen
Carter
Walden
Higgins
Williams( Craigie can win this one but i feel percentage game MJW wins if he is playing well)
Murphy
Hawkins
Trump
Selby
Gilbert
only a few seeds there but i do feel there could be anything from 3-6 shocks there
Anyway, I reckon the seeds to fall in round 1 will be McGill, Ding, Lisowski and Gilbert.
Full BBC TV and online listings for day one of the World Snooker Championship.
Live coverage
13:00-17:30 - BBC Two
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Sunday, 18 April
10:00
Anthony McGill v Ricky Walden
Yan Bingtao 4-4 Martin Gould
14:30
John Higgins v Tian Pengfei
David Gilbert 7-2 Chris Wakelin
19:00
Stephen Maguire 4-5 Jamie Jones
Neil Robertson 6-3 Liang Wenbo
Live coverage
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Highlights
23:55-00:45 - BBC Two
03:30-04:20, 06:20-07:10 & 09:10-10:00 - BBC Red Button (repeat)
World Championship Extra
00:45-02:45 - BBC Two
04:20-06:20 & 07:10-09:10 - BBC Red Button (repeat)
Continuous live coverage on Eurosport from 10.00