China Open 2018 - £1 million prize money

[Bigmeek]

Bad result for Mags. Will have to qualify for Crucible.

[JimMalone]

Bad result for Mags. Will have to qualify for Crucible.

Yes, the Top 16 look pretty set right now, except for the order. But Liang and King would need to make the final already to push off Mark Allen of #16 and this also requires that Allen loses in his next round. And anybody else would need to win the China Open.

[JimMalone]

Higginson turned it around, was 0-4 and 2-5.

And he leads now 3-0 against Kyren Wilson.

[Erwan_BZH]

Stephen.....Stephen......Stephen.................. .....you go all the way to f******* China to lose to f******* Fergie O'Brien !?! ?!
ARGH.....Gimme a break.......:hurt::hurt::hurt::hurt::hurt::hurt::h urt:

[JimMalone]

Selby made two centuries, but was unable to win one of the three close frames. This just shows the state of inconsistency in his game as usually he is also so good in those tactical or scrappy frames. Again it's his potting that isn't very strong as well as a safety game that is much, much weaker than we are used to.

[crocodile]

Selby made two centuries, but was unable to win one of the three close frames. This just shows the state of inconsistency in his game as usually he is also so good in those tactical or scrappy frames. Again it's his potting that isn't very strong as well as a safety game that is much, much weaker than we are used to.

Well, at least he managed to get through to the last 32 in the end - no mean feat considering the greater part of his season so far ....

[JimMalone]

Well, at least he managed to get through to the last 32 in the end - no mean feat considering the greater part of his season so far ....

He somehow got through, but his level of play was pretty bad again. Many potting errors and it was only because Donaldsons potting was even worse that Selby got through. He actually has quite a good draw now with his friend Ben Woollaston next and later the winner of Lyu Haotian - Fergal O'Brien (probably Lyu in my opinion), so he could even somehow get to the quarterfinals with his C-Game. But it won't lift his confidence and right now I wouldn't expect to much from him for the World Championship.

Also through is Neil Robertson with a 6-3 over Robbie Williams, now has another makeable player in Sam Craigie.

Kyren Wilson showed a great response today. After being 0-3 down to Andrew Higginson, he won the next 6 frames for a 6-3 win, making four breaks of more than 80 points. Another strong signal by Wilson.

Liang Wenbos crisis continues though. He lost 5-6 to Duane Jones, which is an especially bad loss when you consider that it was only Jones' second win of the season, the first being a 4-1 over Mitchell Mann at the Northern Ireland Open.

[JimMalone]

Elliot Slessor, who took Ronnie O'Sullivan out of the Northern Ireland Open this season, also leads in the rematch with 2-0. Took most of his chances. Ronnie had a costly miss on an easy blue in the second frame. Slessor especially better in the safety department so far.

Also Shaun Murphy is 0-2 back against Chris Wakelin. While Ding Junhui is levelled at 1-1 against Craig Steadman.

[JimMalone]

Now things could become a bit interesting as Slessor leads 4-0 before the interval. O'Sullivans long pots don't work whereas Slessors were pretty good.

Murphy is also 0-4 behind and Ding trails 1-3. Not a good session for the favorites so far.

[JimMalone]

Ronnie makes his 14th maximum to clinch one frame back to 1-4.

[fkhan]

Ronnie is behind 4-1 surprised. Makes a 147.

[kayen147]

aaaaaaannd a maxi, fun fact, its the first tournament to offer something decent for a maxi break since a while and he does it.

[fkhan]

aaaaaaannd a maxi, fun fact, its the first tournament to offer something decent for a maxi break since a while and he does it.

Do we know how much for a 147? I remember Ronnie refused to take the black for a 147 because of the low prize money long back.

[kayen147]

Do we know how much for a 147? I remember Ronnie refused to take the black for a 147 because of the low prize money long back.

35k for maxi + 7k for the biggest break = 42K

[DeanH]

Do we know how much for a 147? I remember Ronnie refused to take the black for a 147 because of the low prize money long back.

not entirely sure but I think the Eurosport commentators mentioned yesterday that the highest break prize is some thing like £5,000 and the rolling max prize is £30,000 so £35,000 in total - but I may have mis-heard...