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Ronnie looks like he's taking it seriously this year so hopefully will have a good run and maybe bag his eighth title. Si or Jackpot in the 1/4's then Trump in the semis and Maguire/Wilson/Allen in the final?

Definitely a record year for the qualifiers this year, Pang should have won too but Si produced a wonder break to beat Willo. Dave Gilbert must have a great chance to reach the 1/4's again and maybe even further.

My gast is flabbered! What the bloody hell was that performance?! That's one qualifier through so let's see how close I get to my target of 5 or 6:-) Maguire/Jones's/Pang & Lyu/Lisowski/Day/Bingham all with good chances. *edit* I forgot about O'Connor who should finish off the job from 7-2 but we all know what Selby can do!

Looking forward to tomorrow, the draw seems pretty good with an easier top half. Glad that Williams avoided Page ditto Higgins / Maguire. I can't remember how many qualifiers won their L32 match last year but it wouldn't surprise me if 5 or 6 managed it this year as they have the advantage of being match-sharp from the off. Spare a thought for Dave Gilbert who was saying to Rob Walker that he didn't want another 10am Sat or Sun match this year as it's the worst timeslot but has been handed just that!

Shocker from Robbo after leading 8-5! Let's hope for some interesting match-ups when the draw is done tomorrow. The Welsh squad are out in force once again with only Matthew Stevens losing yesterday.

Some close ones but ended up on the wrong side, that's snooker for you! Hope today's matches are good watching:-)

He was miles ahead but somehow managed to lose 10-9 in the end.

Looking like a 10-0 at the moment, shame he missed the 147 chance earlier.

Well, I guess 10-2 qualifies as a good pasting. Ronnie still not playing that great so could be in trouble next round if Anda/Wilson take advantage early doors.

Sorry, my fault for just reusing the 2023 thread but thought I wouldn't clutter up the forum more than necessary:-) Both Murph and Carter might have a good run in the worlds this year.

I hope Ronnie gives Carter a good beating in the 1/4's but I reckon Ali has a great chance after what happened at the Masters in January.

He should have beaten Hossein yesterday if he had just dropped the black in to lead by 33 points with only the colours left!

Ronnie was awesome, did he shave his arms for the tournament as he seemed a lot less hairy than I've seen him before?

Well, they didn't finish until after 3 am but then again they didn't start until almost 2 am!

Cracking match between Selby and Allen going down to the final black. 3 more matches tonight so they'll be finishing about 2 am local time if they're lucky!

Higgins sure got close with 15 reds/blacks but landed almost touching the yellow else I think he would at least have had a shot at the golden ball!

Thanks for kicking this off. Certainly a bit of a novelty event but everyone will be gunning for the half-a-million dollar 167 break prize! It all looked a bit bleak this afternoon when all the players were introduced as there were about 10 people in the crowd but apparently, the prelim rounds were very last minute so the real crowd will be in this evening for the proper start of the tournament. The golden ball is going to be in the most difficult position so it would be highly unlikely to see anyone win the bonus but it adds a little spice to the event.

I hope you didn't give in to temptation, I've never seen Moody play before but I wasn't impressed by what I saw today. Luca seems to be on fire and it would be a good final between him and Higgins:-)

Might as well resurrect this thread since the Welsh started today, let's see if Luca's miserable season continues though if he loses to Jun he should really retire! Judd would rather go on holiday and Ronnie comes up with another lame excuse when he would have had a decent chance of cementing his number-one ranking this week.

Might be a bit of value there I guess... edit* turned out to be a great call as he wins 5-2

Amazing call on Shelbay!

Even Ronnie seemed happy with his performance against Ding, let's hope for a good final tomorrow.

I hope he makes it 8-8-8 in May!

Match is back on at 5-6, Ali's little bumhole must be twitching now as we enter a very important spell of the final.

Your bets are looking good at 5-3 ahead, I'm still hoping that Ali crumbles tonight but he's got a great chance to lift his first major.