Ronnie O Sullivan - Ali Carter - final

[Rane]

But he has "officially" retired. He's not coming back - he has said so.

Seems a bit stupid to keep him in the rankings.

There must be some pre history. I don´t think Chris Small fell of the tour and wasn´t someone else called in on the tour, when Paul Hunter had his place frozen a short while before he died.

[Table_of_Reds]

do u guys talk about hendry?

Yes we do.

[Masterdoctorgenius]

But he has "officially" retired. He's not coming back - he has said so.

Seems a bit stupid to keep him in the rankings.

do u guys talk about hendry?

[FOXMULDER]

Incase he wants to come back. I assume he will officially 'pull out' of every tournament until then though.

But he has "officially" retired. He's not coming back - he has said so.

Seems a bit stupid to keep him in the rankings.

[LittleMissAlexa]

Presumably - that's what happened to Ian McCulloch when Shaun Murphy won the world championship but wasn't in the top 16.

its not the top 16 its technically the world champion the tournament champion and 14 highest ranked who are neither

[AndrewB]

Did they not do shot of the tournament? (In fact, have they done it at all in the last 5 years? I must be getting old...)

You can see the "Shot Of The Championship" for each year from 2006 to 2011 on YouTube, but they weren't done as viewers' competitions. There's also the 2001 set which was a competition.

[Ronnie's tip]

Really? What's the point in that?

Incase he wants to come back. I assume he will officially 'pull out' of every tournament until then though.

[FOXMULDER]

Hendry keeps his place in the rankings until he drops off the tour

Really? What's the point in that?

[AndrewB]

Ah right, so if he does drop out of the top 16, the guy placed 16th won't be a seed?

Presumably - that's what happened to Ian McCulloch when Shaun Murphy won the world championship but wasn't in the top 16.

[Table_of_Reds]

"peasant scum",,,is,,, sarcasm..Errr,, okay...

'Tongue in cheek' - look it up.

[LittleMissAlexa]

So I assume Michael "Hitman" Holt has jumped into the Top 32 with Hendry's retirement?

Hendry keeps his place in the rankings until he drops off the tour

[montoya10]

done by ranking points officially they arent completed until tomorrow

You can always check out the projected seedings from Matt's blog. It's already updated.
http://prosnookerblog.com/rankings/l...cted-seedings/

[FOXMULDER]

Why so? All sorts of people enjoy watching snooker. I didn't realise there was a dress sense for the audience. Surely you go in whatever you are comfortable in wearing, be it a football shirt and trackies or a tux. You're there to enjoy the wonderful snooker on display, not to look good in the background on the tele.

There isn't a dress code, but one would hope the audience possesses a sense of occasion and dresses appropriately. It's a historic evening, not just any old snooker match.

[throtts]

Why does sarcasm always fly over peoples' heads on the internet?

"peasant scum",,,is,,, sarcasm..Errr,, okay...

[Table_of_Reds]

"peasant scum", bit ott...His seat been paid for all the same.. And anyway, the people at the front only turn up for the worlds and are not true snooker nuts.

Why does sarcasm always fly over peoples' heads on the internet?