World Championships 2017 buildup/qualifiers

ArmaniJeanss

Crucible seedings confirmed after yesterdays China Open, disappointing for Mark Williams as a win would have got him into the T16 but defeat to Selby in the final means he has to do three qualifying rounds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_World_Snooker_Championship#Main_draw

Lop sided enough draw with Selby, Robertson, Fu, Murphy, Wenbo, Ronnie and Ding all in the top half, whilst the bottom half has Bingham & Hawkins and not a lot else (can't be taking Trump as a contender when bottle and fortitude are needed, Higgins too old, Carter doesn't have it to get over the line, Allen too temperamental.)

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First round set of qualifiers here. Doherty, O'Brien and Boileau the only three Irish, they have avoided the really difficult draws in this round.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_World_Snooker_Championship#Round_1

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Outright betting odds here. Bingham at 28/1 for me.
https://www.oddschecker.com/snooker/world-championship/winner

bradolf pittler

Selby v Trump in the final.
Judd has been the form guy over the past month or so and Selby's game is tailor made for the longer matches at the crucible.
Kyren Wilson is worth an e/w punt at 40/1.
The 2nd round will have some great matches if the seeds all make it through.
Ding v Wenbo
Murphy v O'Sullivan
Robertson v Fu
Bingham v Wilson
Allen v Higgins
Out of the qualifiers 2 matches stand out to me off hand
Andy Hicks 13/8 to beat Mike Dunn and Zhao Xintong 11/4 to beat Mark Williams.

Glenman

I suppose Doherty will not be in great shape for the qualifiers after the recent passing of his mother.
Jimmy White has a tough draw.
I don't think it's fair that players ranked 17-32 have have to play all three rounds of the qualifiers.

Arthur Daley

Ricky Walden out already.
Josh Boileau pipped 10-9.

Jimmy also gone in round 1

bradolf pittler

It's a pity about Jimmy White but i suppose a 37 year career as a pro is a fantastic achievement.Although i'll bet his mate Barry Hearn will give him a wild card next season.
Reanne Evans also had a superb win over Robin Hull,She plays Lee Walker from Wales in the next round

ArmaniJeanss

Fergal and Kens games in action, Doherty 3-1 up and O'Brien 4-5 down.

Vague memory of being able to see Doherty v Rhenna Evans live on the WPBSA site a few years ago, anyone know if the same thing is available now?

bradolf pittler

If you've got a bet365 account you can watch selected matches on their betting site

Arthur Daley

Ken and Fergal safely through. Looked a little dicey for Mark Williams but he is through also.

Btw Apres Match does Goffs 1990 this Monday evening. Rte 2 9.30. Alex going up against Dennis in more ways than one. Should be a bit of a laugh.

Glenman

Looks like curtains for Ken. 4-0 down to Ben Woollaston.
I think like Jimmy, he also need to qualify for the Crucible to keep his place on the tour.

elgriff

7-2 now, Ken in trouble

Arthur Daley

So Ken gone 10-4. Fergal still in the hunt at 6-6

Frank O. Pinion

Final round of qualifiers:

Mark Williams v Stuart Carrington
Tom Ford v Hossein Vafaei
Lee Walker v Noppon Saengkham
Li Hang v Stephen Maguire
Mark King v Xiao Guodong
Ben Woollaston v Zhou Yuelong
Jamie Jones v Graeme Dott
Fergal O'Brien v David Gilbert
Akani Songsermsawad v David Grace
Luca Brecel v Dominic Dale
Gary Wilson v Michael White
Rory McLeod v Hammad Miah
Michael Holt v Peter Ebdon
Rod Lawler v Jimmy Robertson
Yan Bingtao v Alexander Ursenbacher
Yu Delu v Martin Gould

I don't think the 2017 champion is among them.

Arthur Daley

I doubt there is a quater finalist there. Seems to fit the picture that once you go past top 16 maybe 20 the quality (and the money) falls away dramatically.

It's rare enough anyway for a qualifier to make the breakthrough to the semis.

Loafing Oaf

Bookies seem to think it's between Trump, O'Sullivan and Selby. Was thinking of lumping on all three for a low returns (but safeish?) investment...


However, this guy says there's question marks over all 3.
http://www.betting-directory.com/snooker/11042017/barry-hawkins-offers-each-way-value-at-the-world-snooker-championship.php

Might just have a big bet on Trump to reach the final and a couple of longshot sides...

TiGeR KiNgS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKc9_MZgpqo

9-9 Obrien v Gilbert.
One for the purest lets say.

Now the longest frame in history of snooker.

emo72

TiGeR KiNgS wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKc9_MZgpqo

9-9 Obrien v Gilbert.
One for the purest lets say.

Now the longest frame in history of snooker.

what a man....he really had to dig deep. fair play to fergie.

longest snooker frame ever! world record of 2 hours.

melon_collie

emo72 wrote: »

what a man....he really had to dig deep. fair play to fergie.

longest snooker frame ever! world record of 2 hours.

Yeah fair play to him. I was following the scores on the world snooker website which updates every 30 seconds. I kept checking every 2 minutes. But after about 90 minutes i was thinking to myself 'wtf i going on here?'. Anyway I'm delighted for him.

Glenman

I was watching the end of the match on facebook. It's a great achievement for him. He's lost in the final qualifying round on many occasions.
So two legends got through, O'Brien & Ebdon. It's a pity Williams didn't make it and surprising seeing as he was in China open final only last week.

mdwexford

Heading over on Wednesday for two sessions Thursday and one Friday.

Draw at 10am will be interesting. Top half is already stacked.

ArmaniJeanss

Bracket draw.

Mark Selby (1) v Fergal O'Brien
Ryan Day (16) v Xiao Guodong
Neil Robertson (9) v Noppon Saengkham
Marco Fu (8) v Luca Brecel

Shaun Murphy (5) v Yan Bingtao
Ronnie O'Sullivan (12) v Gary Wilson
Liang Wenbo (13) v Stuart Carrington
Ding Junhui (4) v Zhou Yuelong

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Stuart Bingham (3) v Peter Ebdon
Kyren Wilson (14) v David Grace
Mark Allen (11) v Jimmy Robertson
John Higgins (6) v Martin Gould

Barry Hawkins (7) v Tom Ford
Ali Carter (10) v Graeme Dott
Anthony McGill (15) v Stephen Maguire
Judd Trump (2) v Rory McLeod

loyatemu

Gary Wilson knocked in 8 centuries in the qualifiers, including a 147. Could be a tough opening match for Ronnie.

mdwexford

Ronnie 1/16 to beat Wilson with PP.

My tickets are for two sessions of Ronnies second round game if he makes it. Be sick if he loses in the frost round.

loyatemu

mdwexford wrote: »

Ronnie 1/16 to beat Wilson with PP.

My tickets are for two sessions of Ronnies second round game if he makes it. Be sick if he loses in the frost round.

I know nothing about Wilson, and in fairness he didn't blow his opponents away in the qualifiers, I was just impressed at the number of centuries.

Spudman_20000

All that effort from Fergal, just to meet the world number 1 in the first round.

emo72

Spudman_20000 wrote: »

All that effort from Fergal, just to meet the world number 1 in the first round.

I'd be putting a few Bob on Fergie.

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mdwexford wrote: »

Ronnie 1/16 to beat Wilson with PP.

My tickets are for two sessions of Ronnies second round game if he makes it. Be sick if he loses in the frost round.

Where did you get the schedule?

Joe_ Public

Absolutely brilliant performance from Fergal, considering his second round match didnt finish until after 2 on Tuesday night. Hope he gets some much needed rest between now and Saturday. Selby can sometimes be a bit off early stages of big tournaments, but on the flipside he's too long in the tooth to be taking Fergal lightly. Hopefully won't be all one way traffic anyway.

mdwexford

_feedback_ wrote: »

Where did you get the schedule?

http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Sessions/Tournament/13918/betfred-world-championship

Loafing Oaf

My tournament bets 'Sensible' followed by, erm, 'speculative':

To win outright: O'Sullivan, Wilson

To reach final: Bingham, Gould

Finalists: Selby & Trump, Higgins & Fu

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Loafing Oaf wrote: »

My tournament bets 'Sensible' followed by, erm, 'speculative':

To win outright: O'Sullivan, Wilson

To reach final: Bingham, Gould

Finalists: Selby & Trump, Higgins & Fu

I actually stuck a few euro on Fu to win it for the craic. It has been such a year of golden oldies that it's not out of the question that we'll have a surprising winner.

Loafing Oaf

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

My tournament bets 'Sensible' followed by, erm, 'speculative':

To win outright: O'Sullivan, Wilson

To reach final: Bingham, Gould

Finalists: Selby & Trump, Higgins & Fu

Mm 3 still alive going into the qfs, not bad. TBH though I can't see Wilson going all the way or Fu getting to the final so my hopes are really resting on the Rocket. Even if he's at the top of his game I reckon it's a toss-up between him and Selby though...