World Snooker Championship 2016

paulie21

Stuart Bingham v Ali Carter

Stephen Maguire v Alan McManus

Ricky Walden v Robbie Williams

John Higgins v Ryan Day

Judd Trump v Liang Wenbo

Martin Gould v Ding Junhui

Mark Williams v Graeme Dott

Neil Robertson v Michael Holt

Shaun Murphy v Anthony McGill

Marco Fu v Peter Ebdon

Barry Hawkins v Zhang Anda

Ronnie O'Sullivan v David Gilbert

Mark Allen v Mitchell Mann

Joe Perry v Kyren Wilson

Michael White v Sam Baird

Mark Selby v Robert Milkins

Arthur Daley

Tough draw for some here in particular bingham and martin gould.

Arthur Daley

So we are off. Bingham 28/1 for the tournament. Looks to be cueing well, but tough one here against ali carter. Ronnie still firm favourite at 7/4. No doubt who the bookies think will win it based off the masters performance. Robertson and trump next at 6/1, selby 10/1.

GreNoLi

I'd say Trump will win it but hope Ronnie can get his sixth.

paulie21

Backed Higgins at 20s

Say Your Number

Bingham out....

He looked like he had recovered last years form in the last few frames, at 9-8 Carter looked finished but he did well to come back.

Shame there had to be a loser, the Championship is off to a great start, hope it continues like this.

Arthur Daley

Yes a good match. Quite a few bad misses from both players and bingham wasn't going to go too far this time. But very enjoyable to watch. A pity to see either guy lose tonight, but it is good for carter after all the health issues he has been through which dropped him down the rankings.

paulie21

Murphy in a spot of bother in his game

Gwynplaine

Is there any bets on how many times JV will say "where's the cue ball going"?
Or how many times the 85 final will be mentioned?

511

Gwynplaine wrote: »

Is there any bets on how many times JV will say "where's the cue ball going"?
Or how many times the 85 final will be mentioned?

They were showing the '85 final yesterday.

Arthur Daley

Murphy gone now. Mcgill sure played well this morning

tanko

It's a pity Robertson and Trump are scheduled to meet at the QF stage. That'll be some game if it happens.

martyos121

tanko wrote: »

It's a pity Robertson and Trump are scheduled to meet at the QF stage. That'll be some game if it happens.

Pity indeed, the winner of that (if it happens) will never get an easier semi-final too, Higgins is the only one I could see troubling either and I still wouldn't fancy him to beat them.

paulie21

Steve Davis retiring

Myrddin

Ronnie through to the 2nd round, looks to be playing well enough so far

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Ronnie in trouble for refusing to speak to the press after the game .. http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/snooker/ronnie-osullivan-reported-after-failing-to-fulfil-media-duties-at-crucible-34637183.html

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Ronnie in trouble for refusing to speak to the press after the game .. http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/snooker/ronnie-osullivan-reported-after-failing-to-fulfil-media-duties-at-crucible-34637183.html

Think Ronnie needs to create drama to get himself going or something.

The press will get more headlines from this than if he went into the press conference and spoke about the game.

And between now the long gap to his next game, it will be speculation about why he didn't want to do any press.

It's never dull with Ronnie around, that's for sure.

Myrddin

Robertson 3-0 down to Holt!

tanko

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Robertson 3-0 down to Holt!

He's 6-3 down going into tonight, Holt playing some great stuff. Robertson in big trouble now.

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Myrddin

Great to see Higgins back playing so well.

511

It would be great to see Higgins and Ronnie in the final. I don't care much about the new generation of snooker players, they lack personalities.

Say Your Number

As long as there are lads out there who can play the game to a high technical level, I couldn't give a flying f*ck how "interesting" their personalities are.

martyos121

511 wrote: »

It would be great to see Higgins and Ronnie in the final. I don't care much about the new generation of snooker players, they lack personalities.

I think Judd Trump fits the bill, even if just for his exhibition shots when clearing the colours after the frame is safe.

The rest do bore me though, if I'm being honest, but I really don't mind that as long as the quality is there.

Myrddin

Such a shame the Beeb have diluted their Snooker coverage so much. Are the evening sessions covered on the iPlayer even?

martyos121

Myrddin wrote: »

Such a shame the Beeb have diluted their Snooker coverage so much. Are the evening sessions covered on the iPlayer even?

Robertson vs. Holt is on the red button, there's always a match on the red button AFAIK.

Myrddin

Sorted

paulie21

Eurosport always have coverage of the two games during every session

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Arthur Daley

martyos121 wrote: »

Robertson vs. Holt is on the red button, there's always a match on the red button AFAIK.

Yes there is. This comes up every year but I reckon the bbc are showing more snooker now than ever. It has been 7 hours a day from 10am to 6pm. Then highlights later and snooker through the night. Then most have the red button which I have on all the time. I'd say they didn't even provide near that amount of coverage in 1985/86 at the height if snookers public profile.

If they cut red button services it will be a disaster during the snooker tournaments, not sure how much they'd really save doing that, but the bean counters are reportedly looking at it.

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Arthur Daley

Robertson gone now

martyos121

Well done Holt, I'd fancy him to beat Williams in the second round if he can come close to that kind of performance again. Judd should manage either of them in the quarters though.

Could be a cracking tournament this year.

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Fantastic game last night with Robertson v Holt. Holt playing very well.

Robertson probably lost it with those few wreckless shots in the first frame of the evening session.. If he had won that frame, it could have been a different match, considering how he played in the following few frames.

There have been some great matches already at this early stage!

Myrddin

Liang kicking off in major style. 2-0 up against Trump from back to back centuries!

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bajer101

Break of the tournament so far by Martin Gould against Ding. An incredible 111 clearance.

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Enjoyable two sessions, can't wait for the conclusion

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Definitely, should be exciting to watch Liang was super aggressive today

Say Your Number

Fantastic break by Ding, especially after what happened in the previous frame.

Snake Plisken

Seriously what's the story with Martin Gould's Diamond Earring?

bajer101

Snake Plisken wrote: »

Seriously what's the story with Martin Gould's Diamond Earring?

Never mind that, what's the story with Denis Taylor not understanding the difference between short sightedness and long sightedness!

Snake Plisken

bajer101 wrote: »

Never mind that, what's the story with Denis Taylor not understanding the difference between short sightedness and long sightedness!

Not sure I'm watching it on Eurosport some comeback by Ding he is on fire the last couple of frames!

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HisJills

Myrddin wrote: »

Enjoyable two sessions, can't wait for the conclusion

Trump could be in trouble if Liang starts like yesterday! Could be a cracking session this afternoon. Really looking forward to it.

That shot on the green yesterday by Judd, unreal! I know the frame was over but there are few if any that can pull off that kind of stuff into those championship pockets!