2008 Premier League Snooker Discussion Thread

[April madness]

Anybody knows if theres possibility to see livescores for Premier league today? I know there's a live video on betting websites, but what about something like Worldsnooker.com LIVEscore with results changing?

Last year they had live scoring on bwin.com website, it was quite ok, although sometimes just froze (in fact, so VERY similar to the worldsnooker live scoring ), maybe you can try that one. I don't know if they have it this season, bet365.com streaming works for me fine.

[bonoman1970]

Hi there, is the bet365.com streaming free ?

[April madness]

Hi there, is the bet365.com streaming free ?

yes, you have to register there and that's it. you don't have to bet or anything.

[bongo]

His reasoning was that the cushions were too responsive and gave his opponent an advantage after his break shot but it had very little impact."

Steve has a great snooker brain! He really does.

[scoo24]

Any updates on today's matches? Evening shift today

Thanks in advance

[darrus]

scoo24, so far Ronnie is beating up poor Ding - it's 5-0 already.

[scoo24]

scoo24, so far Ronnie is beating up poor Ding - it's 5-0 already.

Cheers for the update darrus

[darrus]

6-0 for Ronnie with two centuries.

Does anyone know what happened with his left hand?

[scoo24]

6-0 for Ronnie with two centuries.

Does anyone know what happened with his left hand?

Wow, he must have been in a very good mood today. And how was Ding playing? Did he get chances & messed them up or was he in his "I can't be bothered tonight" mood?

What's wrong with Ronnie's left hand? Is it plastered or something?

[Ellena]

6-0 for Ronnie with two centuries.

Does anyone know what happened with his left hand?

sad score for Ding. Didnt expect an whitewash.
Anyone seen the match ?
He played rubbish or Ronnie was on a hot roll?
Left hand ?

[Ellena]

Darrus made me curious aboout the left hand ...so i searched the net and found this :

Snooker: LIVE BETTING BLOG and preview
9pm Pretty simple this tipping malarkey - you back the world number one to smash his opponent 6-0 at 16-1 - and he duly delivers. 126 in the final frame for the Rocket and it was one hell of a show to be honest - £15 to get in here tonight... an absolute steal.

8.50pm And a 70 break makes it 5-0... I'm trying to remain impartial - and Steve Davis wants to know what I tipped - can't really show him that I fancied Selby to dominate though... can I?!

8.46pm O'Sullivan lets Ding in again - and again it's the middle knuckle that does for the 21 year-old... the pink this time.

8.43pm Ding gets into the balls now and is past 20 - the 6-0 is now in a bit of danger. But on 29 a red to the middle hits the knuckle and Ronnie we're back on. Don't forget, we said Ronnie/Selby double - the first one is in.

8.38pm And it's 4-0 with a 53 break. Oh dear...

8.34pm Well, this could be it really. Ding pots the brown on the free-ball but fails to put O'Sullivan away and they're basically level now. If he goes 4-0 up, this will be 6-0 people.

8.23pm Ding's break puts Ronnie in trouble and three fouls with a free ball puts Ding in control of this fourth frame.

8.16pm Never speak to soon - fantastic long pot lets O'Sullivan build a break despite a horribly cluttered table - Ding looks fairly demoralised - and Mark Selby wants to know what on earth Ronnie's wearing on his hand.

8.10pm A safety exchange starts the third frame which is probably what Ding needed - to slow Ronnie down. Ronnie's as long as 1-10 on with Coral - madness really. He was 8-11 at the start.

8.05pm A century in the match was 1-3... and there it is - Ronnie's 2-0 up with consummate ease - this must be pretty depressing for Ding. Ronnie already as short as 1-6.

8pm And Ronnie takes the first frame with a 43 clearance - Ding's break in the second frame is poor and Ronnie is amongst the reds again straight away.

7.55pm Scrappy start from both players but it's Ronnie who lets Ding back in - the Chinese gets a 44 break but misses the frame winning red and Ronnie's back in. Massive chance goes begging and those who backed 6-0 are still ok...

7.50pm Ronnie misses a dead straight red to halt a break of 19 - he's wearing a sort of Michael Jackson-style glove on his bridge hand, something to do with the friction on the table.

7.45pm And they're off - Ronnie breaks... he got one hell of an ovation - Ding's rather muted. And Ding makes an error with his first shot - Ronnie knocks in a comfortable red...

7.10pm Disaster strikes as we can't find a printer to print the league table out for Clive Everton - the rather legendary commentator. The place has filled up - it's a sell-out of course - and Ding still isn't changed and ready to go... I guess he has half an hour or so to go though

6.45pm Ronnie's just been out for a pre-match chinwag with Andy Goldstein - he says he's not worried about the fact he's only got one point so far as he lost two of his first three games last season and won the darn thing... I checked, he really did... and one of those defeats came against Ding...

6.33pm Just has a wonder out to the table and Ding is just having a little knock about... perhaps it was the fact the lights were being adjusted but he didn't look entirely happy. It's a very tight venue here... I mean, REALLY squished - a bit like playing pool in the corner of your pub when you need the little cue. These guys have just returned from China for the Shanghai Masters so... Ronnie + tight venue + a bit of tiredness = tough night for Ding? We've plumped for a big win for Ronnie and we're sticking by it.

6.18pm And further to that - Mark Selby is 4-1 (William Hill) to win the whole shooting match. O'Sullivan - with just one point so far - is 5-4 favourite (Paddy Power). Two schools of thought here - but one course of action... take a bit of both. The Selby/Ronnie double is a great bet tonight and if they both win, their prices to win the title will be cut.

6.15pm Sky Sports presented Andy Goldstein has just been asked for his autograph... by someone who thought he was table-topped Mark Selby - there is a resemblance... Ronnie thought it was rather funny. The real Selby is 8-15 to beat Steve Davis tonight, O'Sullivan is 8-11 to beat Ding Junhui...

5.38pm And the live blog begins... Good evening from the Malvern Theatres in Great Malvern, Worcester - it's the fourth night of the PartyPoker.com Premier League Snooker and the league table is beginning to take shape. Tonight, Mark Selby is looking to make it three out of three when he faces Steve Davis in the second match of the evening - due to start around 9.30p

For more , try : http://www.matchroombets.com/article...?articleID=803
Million THANKS for this, whoever wrote it did a great job. Tis a great summary of the match.
Im happy ROs won , but Dings situation saddens me..really.

[bonoman1970]

Tried to watch live streaming on bet 365,but it says im in the wrong area< I wouldnt mind but I only live about twenty minutes away from the venue!!!

[darrus]

Thanks for the summary, Ellena
I could add that Ding was rather bad in this match and again he was looking like he wasn't interested, also he gave up one of the frames needing just one snooker and having a good opportunity of getting it.

bonoman1970, I suppose it doesn't work for UK ip's because SkySports is broadcasting the event in UK.

[Rane]

Anyone who has results of Davis - Selby ?

[darrus]

Last time I've checked it was 4-0 to Selby