2019 World Snooker Championship

[fkhan]

Green again, Dave what have you done?

[gavpowell]

Absolute liberty by Higgins there - what on Earth's gotten into him?

[JimMalone]

John Higgins trying his best (or worst) Ding or Trump impersonation with this crazy plant try :-i

[Billy]

It's a cliched expression in snooker, but I honestly think Higgins is losing the plot out there.

It's almost like he's said to himself, "Right, John, you've played snooker in the exact same way for the last 27 years. I've had enough, time for some madness."

[JimMalone]

I rather get the feeling he's underrating Gilbert and saying to himself: I'll try a few things, maybe I can win this match quickly then.
That would be extremely worrying.

[fkhan]

Fantastic red, really unlucky on the black.

[fkhan]

First Murphy now Dave, seems like a 147 is cursed at the crucible

[snookerball]

Can't believe it's been 7 years and counting since Hendry's max at the crucible. Longest wait since the wait between Cliff Thorburn and Jimmy White (9 years)

1983 - Cliff Thorburn
1992 - Jimmy White
1995 - Stephen Hendry
1997 - Ronnie O'Sullivan
2003 - Ronnie O'Sullivan
2005 - Mark Williams
2008 - Ronnie O'Sullivan
2008 - Ali Carter
2009 - Stephen Hendry
2012 - Stephen Hendry

Plus Rob Milkins 4 in qualifying (Rob Milkins - 2006 - 2012, Gary Wilson 2017 and Lliang Wenbo 2018)

[fkhan]

Just looked at Dave's right hand cue grip, he holds it a few inches from the butt end. Looks like he uses a longer cue for his liking.

[gavpowell]

It's almost like he's said to himself, "Right, John, you've played snooker in the exact same way for the last 27 years. I've had enough, time for some madness."

"What has this playing style ever done for us?!"
"4 world titles"
"Apart from the world titles."
"8 million in prize money"
"Oh yeah, I grant you the prize money"
"9 maximums?"
"Oh, well I mean the maximums go without sayin' don't they?!"

[JimMalone]

No offense to Gilbert, but the only way he wins this is if Higgins plays badly.

But Higgins was playing bad in the second half-session today and Gilbert made the most of it, getting a 5-3 lead.

[Billy]

"What has this playing style ever done for us?!"
"4 world titles"
"Apart from the world titles."
"8 million in prize money"
"Oh yeah, I grant you the prize money"
"9 maximums?"
"Oh, well I mean the maximums go without sayin' don't they?!"

Exactly. What more does he have to prove?

[richiet]

Can't believe it's been 7 years and counting since Hendry's max at the crucible. Longest wait since the wait between Cliff Thorburn and Jimmy White (9 years)

1983 - Cliff Thorburn
1992 - Jimmy White
1995 - Stephen Hendry
1997 - Ronnie O'Sullivan
2003 - Ronnie O'Sullivan
2005 - Mark Williams
2008 - Ronnie O'Sullivan
2008 - Ali Carter
2009 - Stephen Hendry
2012 - Stephen Hendry

Plus Rob Milkins 4 in qualifying (Rob Milkins - 2006 - 2012, Gary Wilson 2017 and Lliang Wenbo 2018)

Of those, how many were in 1-table set-up?

[Billy]

How come the snooker's finished so much earlier than scheduled?

[Mark187187]

How come the snooker's finished so much earlier than scheduled?

Ipm start. BBC were overly cautious with the slot they allowed.