2018 World Championship

[blahblah01]

Jeepers, or that - it was a Big Pocket?

Jinxed

[blahblah01]

I was going to Reply to that HORROR shot, but.....

Big chance for Hawk, blow it and no chance tomorrow, imho. Win it and still very close.

And as I posted, he has to play safe.

[DeanH]

Rock on Lyu: very easy on the eye.....

very much so
nice little run going on today for the youngster - keep it up

...

NOT LIKE THAT!

:biggrin:

[blahblah01]

Rock on Lyu: very easy on the eye.....

[JimMalone]

Trump looked horrible under pressure last night. Even his potting, usually by far his strongest asset, left him. Maybe he'll play better when he isn't the huge favorite in a match.

Nice for Carter to have a lead against O'Sullivan. The match started pretty well, then got a bit more flawed. O'Sullivan is still the heavy favorite here.

Allen - Perry as close as expected, could go all the ways tonight.

[Billy]

McManus is ok as a commentator but chucks in some weird chat from time to time. referred to the crucible as a fertile garden last night.

Ooh, man, AM should be a writer! He has a wonderful way with words

He was weighing up the pros and cons of a safety shot on the colours in the match last night, and said, "I think he should be parking the green here."

And then, after a very accurate pot, "Oooh, he's middled it!!" :biggrin-new:

[Dark]

That is how you punish a mistake, Hawkins looking in top form.

[sharkster63]

Unfortunately, despite being a huge snooker fan, I rarely play and have no real connection to the snooker scene here. If the tournament is in Warsaw, there are a variety of places where you can play. There are probably numerous options in cities like Krakow, Gdansk, and Poznan as well.

https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=poo...d_loc=Warszawa

Thank You, I will do some research on this. Cheers

[sealer]

Yeah, that was in the 2012 German Masters. O'Sullivan trailed Andrew Higginson 4-0 in the opening round, and Higginson somehow managed to snooker himself in the following frame when he was something like 50 points ahead with an easy table to clear up. :smile:

Yes and that was after 2-3 years of not winning much at all. For some people these things just happen :-)

[Odrl]

Didn't he need to win a particular tournament a few years back to not have to qualify for Crucible (German Masters? or something) and at one stage was 4-nil down to someone in an early round, came back to win 5-4 and won the tournament and just qualified for Crucible?

Yeah, that was in the 2012 German Masters. O'Sullivan trailed Andrew Higginson 4-0 in the opening round, and Higginson somehow managed to snooker himself in the following frame when he was something like 50 points ahead with an easy table to clear up. :smile:

[jimev]

Won't get to watch any today until the evening session but really looking forward to the final session of Perry v Allen. Top half of the draw has really opened up so the winner of this will really fancy their chances of getting to the final

[DeanH]

Ronnie's century was top draw. I don't think you can read too much into the first session of a three session match. 5-3 either way or 4-4 makes little difference.

yep, very early days

[richiet]

I remember one year that Ronnie won it after not playing much he was mightily relieved that he wouldn't have to go through qualifying the next year (and would also be granted a place at the Masters despite not being in the top 16).

Didn't he need to win a particular tournament a few years back to not have to qualify for Crucible (German Masters? or something) and at one stage was 4-nil down to someone in an early round, came back to win 5-4 and won the tournament and just qualified for Crucible?

[Mark187187]

Ronnie's century was top draw. I don't think you can read too much into the first session of a three session match. 5-3 either way or 4-4 makes little difference.

[Dark]

I thought they both looked reasonably good at the start but both went downhill a bit after that, however Ronnie definitely was playing the worst by the end so Carter deserves his lead.