2019 World Snooker Championship (Mod Note Post One)

Exclamation Marc · 28-04-2019 02:38PM

Bingham agonisingly close to a sure fire 147.

15th red just wouldn't sink and hung on the jaws with the white down for a great position on the black. All the colours were on the spots for a straightforward clear-up.

Damn. Would love a 147 in this tournament.

Genghis · 28-04-2019 02:50PM

Hawkins had a great chance at a 147 this morning too.

We are overdue a 147. The last Crucible 147 was by Stephen Hendry in 2012. That was the sixth 147 since 2003 at the Crucible, indeed there were two in 2008. Hendry in fact was the second last 147 at the Crucible too (in 2009).

Say Your Number · 28-04-2019 02:51PM

Ding Trump is very enjoyable, could go down a final frame decider.

Inviere · 28-04-2019 02:54PM

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Carter, to still be at this level after everything he's been through is staggering but yep, he's hard to warm to.

No doubting his tenacity and spirit, he’s a warrior. I wouldn’t give him a free pass though just because he’s had health problems, the guy is an absolute asshole.

Exclamation Marc · 28-04-2019 03:02PM

Bingham is eyeing up the 147 here. 12 reds and blacks...

One very tricky red on the cushion though.

martyos121 · 28-04-2019 03:05PM

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Bingham is eyeing up the 147 here. 12 reds and blacks...

One very tricky red on the cushion though.

It was his undoing as well. Perfect position on the black too.

Exclamation Marc · 28-04-2019 03:06PM

martyos121 wrote: »

It was his undoing as well. Perfect position on the black too.

Just realised this was replaying the earlier frame.

Ermmmm whoops

martyos121 · 28-04-2019 03:08PM

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Just realised this was replaying the earlier frame.

Ermmmm whoops

Really? I turned it straight on once I read your post and was so invested in that.

Exclamation Marc · 28-04-2019 03:16PM

martyos121 wrote: »

Really? I turned it straight on once I read your post and was so invested in that.

My brain never copped it til I saw the frame score! Sorry

Inviere · 28-04-2019 03:39PM

Ding and trump both on the ropes here.

waynescales1 · 28-04-2019 04:00PM

This is awful stuff from Ding and Trump. Woeful.

Genghis · 28-04-2019 04:06PM

waynescales1 wrote: »

This is awful stuff from Ding and Trump. Woeful.

It's lifeless snooker alright. Higgins Bingham must be better. Have dozed off a couple of times and missed almost nothing it is so slow going.

Exclamation Marc · 28-04-2019 04:08PM

Genghis wrote: »

It's lifeless snooker alright. Higgins Bingham must be better. Have dozed off a couple of times and missed almost nothing it is so slow going.

Grim snooker. On paper it looks like a power struggle of a game. Watching it, it's more who is the least crap in this game.

Loafing Oaf · 28-04-2019 07:33PM

Looking like Hawkins's to lose this match..

walshb · 28-04-2019 08:24PM

Any more talk on Cahill’s foul on the pink yesterday?

Was the referee correct?

Hotblack Desiato · 29-04-2019 12:25AM

Terrible sessions tonight.

Fast forwarded through most of both of them and didn't miss anything.

Wilson, Carter, Bingham and Ding are so bloody boring to watch, hope they get knocked out.

Backstreet Moyes · 29-04-2019 09:15AM

walshb wrote: »

Any more talk on Cahill’s foul on the pink yesterday?

Wax the referee correct?

From the front angle his waistcoat looks nowhere near the ball

Surely they had another angle and he is a very experiencd ref but it looked dodgy to me

Loafing Oaf · 29-04-2019 09:18AM

Just stuck a few quid on Trump for the title at 'enhanced' odds of 6/1. Obviously not guaranteed to beat Ding at this stage, but if he does I can't see him not making the final. I'm already on Robertson and I'd fancy him against anyone else from the other half of the draw.

Backstreet Moyes · 29-04-2019 09:20AM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Terrible sessions tonight.

Fast forwarded through most of both of them and didn't miss anything.

Wilson, Carter, Bingham and Ding are so bloody boring to watch, hope they get knocked out.

Have to disagree regarding Ding he is great to watch in amongst the balls such a good break builder

They are pretty close on the average shot time, Trump hits the ball harder and trys to impress when the frame is over but that's it I think he is massively overrated

Exclamation Marc · 29-04-2019 09:27AM

Nuts102 wrote: »

From the front angle his waistcoat looks nowhere near the ball

Surely they had another angle and he is a very experiencd ref but it looked dodgy to me

I disagree, I think Verhaas would be extremely reluctant to call a foul in that instance unless he was 100% convinced there was a touch. Whilst I agree that no angles are there to show it, there are equally no angles to say otherwise and if he was wrong, itd be a big story

xi5yvm0owc1s2b · 29-04-2019 09:39AM

No morning session today, but the four remaining second-round matches will all play to a finish later.

Afternoon session (1 pm):

Kyren Wilson 7-9 Barry Hawkins (winner plays David Gilbert)

Ali Carter 7-9 Zhou Yuelong (winner plays Gary Wilson)

Evening session (7 pm):

John Higgins 8-8 Stuart Bingham (winner plays Neil Robertson)

Judd Trump 7-9 Ding Junhui (winner plays Stephen Maguire)

spurshero · 29-04-2019 01:52PM

having watched a bit last couple of days the pockets are a joke . theres balls dropping that have no right to be . once you hit the edge or knuckle at all there in. makes a bit of a mockery of the whole thing

walshb · 29-04-2019 01:55PM

spurshero wrote: »

having watched a bit last couple of days the pockets are a joke . theres balls dropping that have no right to be . once you hit the edge or knuckle at all there in. makes a bit of a mockery of the whole thing

Kind of noticed this

But surely they are made to a spec? Tested etc?

The Nal · 29-04-2019 01:58PM

walshb wrote: »

Kind of noticed this

But surely they are made to a spec? Tested etc?

They are but the conditions change every day. Humidity, heat etc.

Every year theres some issue. A couple of years ago it was the bounce from the cushions.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/othersport/950501/Snooker-World-Championship-Crucible

https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/36121634

waynescales1 · 29-04-2019 02:05PM

Frame 21, missed straight forward pink from Wilson and Hawkins clears up, could be significant. 11-10.

zuutroy · 29-04-2019 02:43PM

Just about to have a go at the challenge in winter garden

Loafing Oaf · 29-04-2019 03:02PM

And that's another Wilson through:pac:

zuutroy · 29-04-2019 03:09PM

zuutroy wrote: »

Just about to have a go at the challenge in winter garden

Won a medal! Heading to Bingham v Higgins later.

waynescales1 · 29-04-2019 03:12PM

Disappointed for Hawkins, likable guy. Run of 6 QFs in a row comes to an end.

Joe_ Public · 29-04-2019 04:03PM

spurshero wrote: »

having watched a bit last couple of days the pockets are a joke . theres balls dropping that have no right to be . once you hit the edge or knuckle at all there in. makes a bit of a mockery of the whole thing

Sadly very true. Seems to have turned that way since around 2015 and it does put all the centuries players are getting into perspective once you consider there are probably one or two balls every break that just shouldn't be dropping. "I forgot we were playing on 9 ball pool tables," Dominic Dale said after one Kyren Wilson shot dropped that looked to bounce an inch from the jaw. It just shouldnt be happening.

It's not, as people might think, that the pockets themselves are bigger, but that the cloths they play on are now so ultra-thin that table fitters have to widen the arc of the pocket entry because the cloth would rip too easily upon repeated impact. That's not me explaining, but an actual table fitter who was interviewed on the bbc during last years championship. Also, the balls will slide more easily off the cushion and tend to catch the far jaws and drop in. It's not that there's an actual magnet inside the pocket or anything, it just looks that way sometimes!

2019 World Snooker Championship (Mod Note Post One)

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