World Champ. 2009 -1st round discussion!

[The Boss]

King through to play Maguire/Burnett in the next round. I think he'll reach the Quarters for the first time at the Crucible. Cmon Mark

[wildhoney28]

top 48 after todays clashes

Total Player Position

53575 Ronnie O'Sullivan 1
44450 Stephen Maguire 2
42525 Allister Carter 3
40575 Shaun Murphy 4
37225 John Higgins 5
37075 Ryan Day 6
34950 Marco Fu 7
34375 Mark Selby 8
32875 Joe Perry 9
31925 Stephen Hendry 10
30225 Neil Robertson 11
29400 Peter Ebdon 12
29319 Mark Williams 13
28300 Mark King 14
27875 Mark Allen 15
27244 Ding Junhui 16


27175 Barry Hawkins 17
26607 Dave Harold 18
26050 Ricky Walden 19
25632 Jamie Cope 20
25419 Stuart Bingham 21
24894 Joe Swail 22
24544 Steve Davis 23
23225 Michael Holt 24
23188 Stephen Lee 25
23132 Matthew Stevens 26
22825 Liang Wenbo 27
22494 Graeme Dott 28
21901 Judd Trump 29
21357 Nigel Bond 30
20795 Fergal O’Brien 31
20751 Gerard Greene 32


20688 Anthony Hamilton 33
20620 Dominic Dale 34
19263 Ian McCulloch 35
19007 Michael Judge 36
18770 Stuart Pettman 37
18739 Mike Dunn 38
18163 Rory McLeod 39
17888 Jamie Burnett 40
17801 Alan McManus 41
17500 Adrian Gunnell 42
17438 Andrew Higginson 43
17363 Ken Doherty 44
16863 Marcus Campbell 45
16645 Martin Gould 46
16588 Mark Davis 47
16000 Jimmy Michie 48

[Odrl]

6 points from the first 4 matches... looking good for me!

I got 5.5 I wonder where you got that extra half point.

[wildhoney28]

I got 5.5 I wonder where you got that extra half point.

Well done guys.
I got only 8.5 after 5 matches

[Odrl]

Well done guys.
I got only 8.5 after 5 matches

Oh... My 5.5 points are from 5 matches as well. I guess predicting Hendry to win would have given me an extra point but other than that, you had to have a lot of 2's and 1.5's to get to 8.5 Well done.

[Anastasia]

Well done Hendry

[Monique]

Well done Stephen Hendry who found some form in the last quarter of the match. Bit of a heartache for Mark Williams suffereing tips problems and obviously insecure with the newly retipped cue. Entertaining match full of drama, twists and turn even if it was a bit of a misfest at times.

Well done also to Graeme Dott who showed his battling qualities once again.

[poolqjunkie]

THe first tip Mark had on looked to me like a layered tip, it was very thick, brown on the side.
Can't see why anyone would use a new tip for the world championship though if they are not 100% comfortable with it.

[Monique]

THe first tip Mark had on looked to me like a layered tip, it was very thick, brown on the side.
Can't see why anyone would use a new tip for the world championship though if they are not 100% comfortable with it.

??? Mark had to retip DURING the match. After frame 12 (third in sesh 2) , the MSI was taken by agreement of both players because his tip was apparantly loose...

[gby4]

John Parrot ( I believe it was him commentating the match ) said that he always has several worn-in tips with him during the tournaments in case something like this happens. I mean that he has several tips that he can trust and has the right feel in them. Can a player have several eqully trustworthy tips at the same time?

[poolqjunkie]

The tip he had on looked really new as it was really thick, and he did not seem comfortable with it from the on set. He kept looking at it and touching it in between shots. I am not sure if he just had that put on before the tournament or what. But for a tournament this important, I would think he had a tip he could trust put on by someone he trusted way before hand so he could get used to it.
If it is a bit loose, and it is a tip he likes, he could just glue it back on without having to get a new tip. I am not sure if he switched to another new tip, anyone knows? Did the other tip he put on later had a brown edge or a blue edge?

[spike]

I'm watching Gould v Allen on interactive - and i can hear the other two commentators from the other table as well as hearing the commentators from this match too! Anyone else having the same problem?

[attilahun]

Nice century from Marco Fu to open the match...

[calebk]

Very good break that one from Fu.

[very.tee]

I'm watching Gould v Allen on interactive - and i can hear the other two commentators from the other table as well as hearing the commentators from this match too! Anyone else having the same problem?

Yep! And ther's no commentary or sound on the other table at all!