The Snooker Thread

[headhunter]

*bump*

O'Sullivan rounds off Selby with 147 in the decider of the UK Championship semi-final. Mildly amusing finish.

Best 147 ever there saying...dunno myself but 1 heck of a way to end a game.
8-0 up now at the break in the final.Simply awesome

 

[andmark]

Sullivan did deserve to win.

 

[steds]

Masters underway. Awesome to see that **** O'Sullivan fall at the first hurdle. Even better for him to not go into sulk mode for once.

 

[headhunter]

*bump*

World Championships going on here. Some close games thus far and 3 previous champs out (Dott, Davis and Doherty)

Round 2 as follows:
John Higgins (Sco) v Ryan Day (Wal)
Ding Junhui (Chn) v Stephen Hendry (Sco)
Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v Mark Williams (Wal)
Joe Swail (NI) v Liang Wenbo (Chn)
Shaun Murphy (Eng) v Ali Carter (Eng)
Mark King (Eng) v Peter Ebdon (Eng)
Neil Robertson (Aus) v Stephen Maguire (Sco)
Stuart Bingham (Eng) v Joe Perry (Eng)

Joe Swail ftw.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Joe Swail ftw.

With luck, he'll make the quarters.

Watching a fair bit on Eurosport (it beats doing maths). Day was pretty poor today against Higgins, scraped three frames but tossed away too many silly shots. Maguire the best on offer so far imo.

 

[Jamee999]

Watched Ronnie-Liu yesterday afternoon. Neither really looked on top forms.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Day's beaten an off-colour and annoyed Higgins, in a match without a single ton
Carter swept the floor with Murphy (yay)
Maguire is on top form and took the first eight frames against Robertson, including a 131 and a 110 (still the best on offer by far. Six 50+ scores in a row.)
O'Sullivan leads Williams 5-3 despite a couple of nice 80s by the Welshman
Hendry completed the rout of Ding

Think that was it. Will go out on a limb and predict semis

Hendry v O'Sullivan
Ebdon v Maguire

 

[Scaly piscine]

Day's beaten an off-colour and annoyed Higgins, in a match without a single ton
Carter swept the floor with Murphy (yay)
Maguire is on top form and took the first eight frames against Robertson, including a 131 and a 110 (still the best on offer by far. Six 50+ scores in a row.)
O'Sullivan leads Williams 5-3 despite a couple of nice 80s by the Welshman
Hendry completed the rout of Ding

Think that was it. Will go out on a limb and predict semis

Hendry v O'Sullivan
Ebdon v Maguire

By picking the 4 favourites...

 

[Magrat Garlick]

By picking the 4 favourites...

There's a reason they're favourites, no? In any case, Unibet offers equal odds on both of the quarters.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Another 147 for O'Sullivan, taking Williams by 13-7, and 21-year-old Liang from Heilongjiang in Northeast China wins his sixth match in a row with 13-12 over the last representative of the Emerald Isle. Nearly chucked away 12-8, last frame total chaos.

Go Liang.

 

[Chubb]

I may have just found a new favourite snooker player... what a superb match!

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hmm Swail not happy with the way the balls were replaced on that yellow. He definitely could see the yellow, he could just see a fraction more after they were replaced (typical of Alan Chamberlain not to bother using technology - I do hate technophobes). But in the first place it shouldn't have been a miss (Liang was 27 ahead with 27 remaining, so you'd only call a miss in exceptional circumstances) but Swail was quite happy to accept that one. Bit of a shame really.

 

[headhunter]

Great match that was. Bit gutted for Joe, was one of those matches you didn't want to see either losing, but hey that's sports.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Another 147. By Ali Carter, of all people.

 

[headhunter]

Does he share the £157,000 with Ronnie now?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Does he share the £157,000 with Ronnie now?

Aye.

Sully waltzed all over Liang this morning. 7-1 in the session to lead 11-5. Makes me angry at being stuck at an island without Eurosport for the next four days.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hehe @ Rocket against Hendry.

Ronnie has won 11 frames in a row (and counting) - gone from 4-1 down to 12-4 up.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Rocket v Carter in the final then.

I'm not sure if even Carter thinks he'll win.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Yesssssssssss finally someone knocks Higgins out.

 

[cover drive man]

Yesssssssssss finally someone knocks Higgins out.

What's wrong with Higgins?