Betfred World Championship 2020

[Cue crafty]

What amazing courage shown by Maflin tonight! so impressive. Hes reminding me of Joe Johnson now and I hope he achieves the same success!! Good luck Kurt!!

[fkhan]

Maflin you beauty.

[trains]

didn't catch dennis taylor's commentary , why didn't maflin go for the obvious plant on 63 instead of getting the mini butt out for the awkward red into the middle pocket ?

[fkhan]

didn't catch dennis taylor's commentary , why didn't maflin go for the obvious plant on 63 instead of getting the mini butt out for the awkward red into the middle pocket ?

Maybe he did not notice the plant.

[trains]

Maybe he did not notice the plant.

i doubt it , he was pondering over it for a while , it looked dead straight , higgins immediately took it

[fkhan]

i doubt it , he was pondering over it for a while , it looked dead straight , higgins immediately took it

Hmm. Not sure then.

[trains]

congrats to kurt maflin btw , two really good performances now beating both last years semi finalists , is this the first time since shaun murphy in 2005 that there will be a qualifier in the semi final ?

[trains]

congrats to kurt maflin btw , two really good performances now beating both last years semi finalists , is this the first time since shaun murphy in 2005 that there will be a qualifier in the semi final ?

no marco fu was a qualifier who made the semi's in 2006 and mark selby in 2007

[Odrl]

congrats to kurt maflin btw , two really good performances now beating both last years semi finalists , is this the first time since shaun murphy in 2005 that there will be a qualifier in the semi final ?

No, far from it. There were qualifiers in the semi-finals in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016 and 2019. :smile:

[fkhan]

no marco fu was a qualifier who made the semi's in 2006 and mark selby in 2007

When was the last time that a qualifier won it? With the way the things are going, we might have a qualifier win it this year.

[trains]

No, far from it. There were qualifiers in the semi-finals in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016 and 2019. :smile:

:encouragement:

[trains]

When was the last time that a qualifier won it? With the way the things are going, we might have a qualifier win it this year.

shaun murphy in 2005

[trains]

No, far from it. There were qualifiers in the semi-finals in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016 and 2019. :smile:

Odrl just curious did you get any reasoning why maflin didn't take that plant on 63 ?

[Odrl]

Last win by a qualifier was Murphy in 2005. I don't think we'll see a repeat this year though. Even if someone like Maflin or McGill gets to the final in the top half, there should be a Robertson or an O'Sullivan waiting there.

[fkhan]

Last win by a qualifier was Murphy in 2005. I don't think we'll see a repeat this year though. Even if someone like Maflin or McGill gets to the final in the top half, there should be a Robertson or an O'Sullivan waiting there.

Thanks odrl