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2021 Masters 10/01/21 -17/01/21

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    #302
    eric hoone
    Registered Users Posts: 485 ✭✭eric hoone


    Could be a late one!


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    #303
    sligeach
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    Fair play to Gilbert. He may have been lucky a few times, but so has John in other frames.


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    #304
    tanko
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭tanko


    Brian? wrote: »
    Tell Higgins that after missing that pink

    That's one shot, there was shots earlier that never should have dropped.


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    #305
    newmember2
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    Higgins not looking quite as solid as last night and a lot more misses and unforced errors tonight.


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    #306
    sligeach
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    I'd like to see a Yan v Gilbert final.


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    #307
    gormdubhgorm
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    newmember? wrote: »
    Higgins not looking quite as solid as last night and a lot more misses and unforced errors tonight.

    I would be surprised if he ever played, as well as last night ever again. I would say Gilbert will crack under pressure he is very emotional.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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    #308
    newmember2
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    sligeach wrote: »
    I'd like to see a Yan v Gilbert final.

    Yes, would think it might be that bit more of a match.


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    #309
    Brian?
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    tanko wrote: »
    That's one shot, there was shots earlier that never should have dropped.

    Fair enough.

    I'm sick of the talk about generous pockets though. It seems like it's the main discussion every tournament.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #310
    Brian?
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    gormdubhgorm wrote: »
    I would be surprised if he ever played, as well as last night ever again. I would say Gilbert will crack under pressure he is very emotional.

    Looks like you're right. Missed blue and then a terrible safety .

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #311
    eric hoone
    Registered Users Posts: 485 ✭✭eric hoone


    Gilbert really blew it on that blue


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    #312
    AllForIt
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    Respect to Gilbert for winning that safety exchange. Brought the match alive for me.


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    #313
    AllForIt
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    gormdubhgorm wrote: »
    I would be surprised if he ever played, as well as last night ever again. I would say Gilbert will crack under pressure he is very emotional.

    He seems to be very up and down mentally, an emotional player as you say.

    Stevie Davis used to hold a poker face. It's not a bad idea to do that to help keep your emotions in check.


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    #314
    sligeach
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    That may have been Gilbert's last chance.


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    #315
    TheW1zard
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    Cmon Eddie Redmane


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    #316
    AllForIt
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    Gilberts mistake was missing that long red to the green pocket when he was on a break. He should have just run though and made the pot straightforward instead of trying to hold for the pink.


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    #317
    sligeach
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    C'mon Yan Bingtao in the final.


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    #318
    gormdubhgorm
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    I think Yan is going to win tomorrow. It is like the master v the pupil. I wonder will it be a lot of tactical stuff?

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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    #319
    newmember2
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    gormdubhgorm wrote: »
    I think Yan is going to win tomorrow. It is like the master v the pupil. I wonder will it be a lot of tactical stuff?

    I see Higgins having an easier match than tonight tomorrow against Bing.


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    #320
    Joe_ Public
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    Genuinely shocked to hear this is higgins first masters final since 2006, hadnt realised he had that pretty dismal record. Think he'll be gunning to put that right, yan to his credit been clutch at times this week but first major final is a big step to take. Think there'll be other days for him, very promising.


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    #321
    zuutroy
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    Last time Higgins, Ronnie, or Williams didn't make a Triple Crown final was 92/93. Amazing.


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    #322
    tanko
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    AllForIt wrote: »
    Gilberts mistake was missing that long red to the green pocket when he was on a break. He should have just run though and made the pot straightforward instead of trying to hold for the pink.

    Yeah, it was a poor shot at a crucial time.
    Gilbert is very flakey, not good when the pressure comes on.


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    #323
    tanko
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭tanko


    zuutroy wrote: »
    Last time Higgins, Ronnie, or Williams didn't make a Triple Crown final was 92/93. Amazing.

    That can't be true, can it?


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    #324
    Billy Ocean
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    tanko wrote: »
    That can't be true, can it?
    Unless they mean all 3 combined? If not definitely not true


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    #325
    weemcd
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    tanko wrote: »
    That can't be true, can it?

    Couldn't be true.


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    #326
    Joe_ Public
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    I'd say there are very few years over past 25 seasons where one of higgins, williams, o'sullivan didn't win at least one of the triple crown events.


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    #327
    AllForIt
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    Potentially first ever Chinese winner of The Masters tomorrow. And not Ding.


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    #328
    zuutroy
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    Billy Ocean wrote: »
    Unless they mean all 3 combined? If not definitely not true

    Yes, one of the three of them has made one of the finals every year since then. Unless Dave Hendon is wrong, which I doubt.


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    #329
    zuutroy
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    AllForIt wrote: »
    Potentially first ever Chinese winner of The Masters tomorrow. And not Ding.

    Ding won it about 10 years ago.


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    #330
    gormdubhgorm
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    Joe_ Public wrote: »
    Genuinely shocked to hear this is higgins first masters final since 2006, hadnt realised he had that pretty dismal record. Think he'll be gunning to put that right, yan to his credit been clutch at times this week but first major final is a big step to take. Think there'll be other days for him, very promising.

    Apparently Higgins lost a lot of semi finals. If he wins he will have three the same number of wins as the Steve Davis who won the three times he got to a final. Same as Paul Hunter. Davis always regarded his own record at the Masters as poor though. I assume Higgins feels the same about his own record in it.

    Higgins was runner up twice in the Masters in in 1995 and 2005. Walloped by Ronnie each time.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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    #331
    AllForIt
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    zuutroy wrote: »
    Ding won it about 10 years ago.

    Thanks. Don't remember that at all :o


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