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Welsh Open

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    #122
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 15,996 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Joe_ Public wrote: »
    None of those 3 reds looked pottable, so he surely had to play canon. Was a strange choice of shot alright.

    That's what I thought too. Play the black, white off the bottom cushion and cannon into the reds to split them.


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    #123
    Pighead
    Registered Users Posts: 14,182 ✭✭✭✭Pighead


    I think he was trying to leave a straight red to the top left hand pocket but he hit it too hard. ****e match but at least we have a decider.


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    #124
    Joe_ Public
    Registered Users Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    sligeach wrote: »
    That's what I thought too. Play the black, white off the bottom cushion and cannon into the reds to split them.

    Just looked again and seems he was eyeing up red to corner but overran. Thought he did have angle for canon. Got it done eventually anyway.


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    #125
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 15,996 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    If O'Sullivan wins, he will have fallen over the line. They've both been bad, but Wilson has played the better.


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    #126
    Joe_ Public
    Registered Users Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    No question Wilson deserved to win. Not really there with andy goldsteins "brilliant performance". He was just less bad than ronnie.


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    #127
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    Poor defeat for Ronnie. Pity as a final is always something to look forward to when Ronnie is in it. I was hoping he would equal John Higgins 5 Welsh titles. No offence to Wilson but he's not great to watch imo. I dont enjoy his slow, wooden style of play but he was the stronger player towards the end and Ronnie had no answer.


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    #128
    Joe_ Public
    Registered Users Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Not sure where that leaves ronnie. He's 16th in players championship standings and would have to reach minimum sf of shoot out to change that (assuming he turns up) so is likely to face judd first round. Hard to know what frame of mind he'll be in for Sheffield.


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    #129
    Muppet Man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭Muppet Man


    Honestly in the post match interview it looked like Ronnie hasn’t slept in a few days. Lot of stubble and hair all over the place. Looked disheveled. Hope he’s ok! Just not at the races today.


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    #130
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    Fancy Yan to beat Murphy tonight. Yan is a very clever player for a man of such young years and it's this asset i feel will help him over the line v Murphy. Murphy, for all his rolls royce cue action, can play shots so stupid you'd wonder what's going on between his ears. His concentration levels are a weakness. Yan to win 6-4.


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    #131
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    Bloody Joe Johnson on punditry duties. Time for Mute Button.


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    #132
    Joe_ Public
    Registered Users Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Every fibre of his being wanted to smack that pink into corner pocket but he resisted and played correct shot. Encouraging early sign from Yan.


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    #133
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    Don't think i'll have problem getting tickets to the Welsh Open next year looking at the large qmount of empty seats for a Saturday night semi final. It's the perfect sport for Storm Dennis so was half expecting a full house.


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    #134
    Joe_ Public
    Registered Users Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Crowds were a bit thin in Cheltenham too. Lot of snooker to go round.

    Very well controlled opening frame from yan.


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    #135
    waynescales1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,982 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    The referee forgetting to replace balls after a foul shot? Ridiculous.


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    #136
    waynescales1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,982 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    Murphy attempts the pot despite knowing the cue ball didn’t pass the red. Bad sign.


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    #137
    Joe_ Public
    Registered Users Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Yan let him off hook big time there, did not think taking green on was wise shot. After praising him for his restraint earlier, he lost it a bit there.


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    #138
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    A pretty low key semi final so far. Yan is a conservative player. Murphy more of a free spirit. Parity at the break. 2-2.


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    #139
    Joe_ Public
    Registered Users Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Not sure what to make of yan. He turns down pots which you think he might go for and then out of the blue he'll take one on that he definitely shouldn't. See a lot of players like that, tactical brain just breaks down under pressure. Should be 3-1 here but murph not a guy i implicitly trust so still game on for sure.


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    #140
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    Nice clear up from Murphy. Yan has lost four in a row. Murph looking good for another final.


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    #141
    Joe_ Public
    Registered Users Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Hammer blow for yan. Surely no way back after that.


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    #142
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    If it goes 4-4 we could be burning the midnight oil.


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    #143
    waynescales1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,982 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    This is shambolic.


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    #144
    waynescales1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,982 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    Intriguing situation here with this snooker. Red pretty much unhittable.

    Edit: No miss called by the ref, interesting.


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    #145
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    Sure no miss called?


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    #146
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    Yan brings it to 4-4. Bit of a slog this one.


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    #147
    ojnab
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭ojnab


    Just tuning in to the match. Hope Yan can take it. As an aside, anyone know why his name is Yan on the score screen and not Bingtao?


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    #148
    AllForIt
    Registered Users Posts: 8,269 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    ojnab wrote: »
    Just tuning in to the match. Hope Yan can take it. As an aside, anyone know why his name is Yan on the score screen and not Bingtao?

    They do the same for Ding Junhui. Not sure why.


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    #149
    waynescales1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,982 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    Yan is his family name. The Chinese order their names in reverse to the Western way.


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    #150
    AllForIt
    Registered Users Posts: 8,269 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    Chalk McHugh wrote: »
    Sure no miss called?

    I think the reasoning would be because the red was over the pocket there is no way Murphy played to miss deliberately to gain an advantage. And it was one of those near impossible situations.


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    #151
    Chalk McHugh
    Registered Users Posts: 3,534 ✭✭✭Chalk McHugh


    Is Murphy suffering here? His concentration levels may be waning ever so slightly.


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