2023 UK championship

[fkhan]

Looks like WST went back from the red logo to black.

[Nifty50]

Well done Tom. All that shaking of your head must work lol. Hangs on to his top 16 place for a few more days at least. I didn’t see the last few frames. Poor Noppon. Couldn’t see him losing that one. He was buzzing.

[Cue crafty]

TBH, I thought they were both dead and buried, was a bit disappointed, nearly went off to do somet'else, really glad I stuck with it. Did you see Jamie's Eurosport PMI? What a nice bloke, very self-effacing.
Really like Tom as well, but I did feel for Noppon, he played some great stuff, only to get stuffed himself. As for Kyren, well, he's "still young enough........"

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Yes I did see the PMI, good lad isn't he! It must be agonising knowing you need just one frame when your oppo needs five in a row to win, but just not being able to get the job done. As you say they're both young enough to get over it and fight back stronger.

[trains]

Just watch on Bet365 or BetFair, its a Hendon Studd free zone and you still get the ambient atmosphere.

Having said that I think BetFair did the BBC stream last night and Rob Walker was commentating, ugh.
Alan Hughes never did snooker commentary, who was the doofus that green-lighted Walker ?

[DeanH]

love the chat between Rachel Casey and Dominic Dale

Rachel "...SiJan"
Dominic "... SiJun"
Rachel "...SiJan"
Dominic "... SiJun"
Rachel "...SiJan"
Dominic "... SiJun"
Rachel "...SiJan"
Dominic "... SiJun"


come on Rachel get names right, else we may start calling you "Casuy"

[fkhan]

A mini comedy of errors in frame 1, Luca v Sijun.

[Cue crafty]

Urghh! Commentary groan, just watching the Brecel match and first frame Lucas missed a few balls and it all oooh he doesn't look sharp, lotta pressure as WC blah blah blah..... Next frame he bangs in a 127 total clearance and it's all AHH he's settled in now!! no sh1t Sherlock, it's the fricking second frame!!

[fkhan]

Is it me or did it briefly sound like an alarm went off on the Eurosport stream?

[vmax]

Don't know about the rest of you but I can't strand watching Elliot Slesser, take an inordinate amount of time over every single shot and has spent his whole career at least six inches out of position. How does he pay the bills ?
No play tonight as yet, seems a fire alarm went off in the venue.

[theplough]

fire alarm, taking ages to get the show started again

[DeanH]

supposedly, starting at 8pm (UK)


small electrical fire in reception, all dealt with

[theplough]

finally about to start, just the prat walker to drivel on for too long now......

[fkhan]

Wow, I wonder what the odds are for this to happen twice in a match. Both players played into the cluster of reds off the blue and a red went in causing a foul.

[cueman]

So far only of the 8 seeds to play we've only had 4 win the opening round and of those two needed a decider.

I've never known a season where so many of the top 16 are so out of form. With the added pressure of not getting any ranking points if they lose in the last 32, I think being seeded through to this stage is a hindrance rather than a benefit.

The qualifiers all look sharper for having 2 matches under their belt, I expect it to continue too with the likes of Robertson, Milkins struggling for form and with tough opponents. They'll probably want to return to a flat 128 again if this becomes a pattern and we barely have any seeded players reach the quarter finals which is a distinct possibility.

[cueman]

Trump looking quite pale, another player who isn't feeling well perhaps?