The Masters 2014

[Billy]

I thought Higgins was terrible tonight, that's why he lost, and would of lost a lot sooner if it wasn't for his amazing luck !!!

Yes, amazing luck like the monstrous kick he got on the green that would have put him through at 5 - 4 :rolleyes-new:

[missneworleans]

Have to say Mark was quite lucky to beat Davis in the first round, but here it really was John who got everything safe everytime he missed, while Mark couldnt get out of snooker, and get any cannon right. Absolutely deserved win for Mark. John wasnt terrible untill the last few frames, but suddenly the pressure just got on him too much, perhaps I have never seen John so much under pressure! By the way, was this something like 10 out of 10 deciders at the Masters for Selby?

[Billy]

[...] but here it really was John who got everything safe everytime he missed, while Mark couldnt get out of snooker, and get any cannon right.

Absolute nonsense!! And there's nothing unlucky about not being able to escape from a snooker.

[missneworleans]

Yes, amazing luck like the monstrous kick he got on the green that would have put him through at 5 - 4 :rolleyes-new:

He had an even better chance just after that, absolutely bashed the brown, in fact hit so many shots with way too much pace in the end

[missneworleans]

Absolute nonsense!!

Easy to say, prove it. Certainly you cant say Mark has won this by luck, can you??

[Billy]

Certainly you cant say Mark has won this by luck, can you??

No, certainly not. Just his usual cheati... sorry, I mean 'gamesmanship'.

[Chappy5]

For anyone that missed this match every frame is currently being uploaded to youtube as we speak!

[Odrl]

6-5 either way at 1am please. :smile:

Close enough, thank you. :smile:

I just can't believe how many lives Mark Selby has... 5-3 down, behind in all frames, but somehow he always seems to survive, even when it's not in his hands anymore. :smile: A bit unlucky for Higgins to get two kicks at crucial times, surely he would have got those couple of colours in the penultimate frame, or indeed those couple of reds he needed in the decider.

But what a lovely clearance it was from Selby in the end, balls of steel to get that double on the blue and then play the pink into the middle. And that snooker behind the green that opened the door for his comeback... surely the shot of the season so far. :smile:

I'm not sure I would call this the match of the season, as the International Championship final was quite special, but surely among the one-session matches we're not likely to see a better one. :smile:

Bad result. Selby - Murphy will be a really boring match.

For some reason they've had some really underwhelming matches in recent years, so you may well be right, but this Masters has thrown up so many close and exciting matches already... I can't help being quite optimistic. :smile:

[jrc750]

Absolute nonsense!! ....

You must of been watching a different match, Higgins was very very very lucky on several occasions

[Billy]

You must of been watching a different match, Higgins was very very very lucky on several occasions

If you balanced the good luck out over the whole match it would come in at 50/50 - like it would for every match - so let's not get silly here.

[mythman69]

For anyone that missed this match every frame is currently being uploaded to youtube as we speak!

Glad to hear that. I will be downloading them soon by the sounds of it.

[missneworleans]

No, certainly not. Just his usual cheati... sorry, I mean 'gamesmanship'.

What are you talking about??

[Chappy5]

Glad to hear that. I will be downloading them soon by the sounds of it.

Yeah they are being put up slowly frame by frame and i can't wait to show my mate and watch the final 3 frames from when Selby was down 5-3 all over again with the laptop hooked up to the plasma!

[Valiullin]

Certainly he hasn't won by sheer luck, even I just can't deny he's a great competitor and this is why he won I guess.

Yet I really don't like him, I never liked him and never will cause nothing he can do (well maybe retiring from the game) could help things going worse everytime I see him. You may respect the competitor but you just can't like the guy. This is abnormal. How could you admire a guy who will stop to nothing just to win a game of snooker? The dirtiest tactics no one dares using -- he does! He just seems not to have a sense of honor that keeps him away from that. So yeah basically every defeat he takes is good to me. Hell yeah, Shaun, dome a favor and crush that guy

[gettingbetter]

For anyone that missed this match every frame is currently being uploaded to youtube as we speak!

Legend.

My favourites are out though - Higgins, Fu, Ding.