charliepie
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Probably less stressful just watching from now on! The pockets are playing very tight, I reckon it's to stop Mark Allen from bagging the huge bonus for 2 147's in the triple crown events and also to prevent anyone winning the £40k (I think) prize for making one here. Call me cynical lol:-)
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Allen looks like he's getting on top of Higgins so you may have some mileage left in your bet. Ronnie will be annoyed it's not 11-5 but as long as Ryan doesn't do a Luca tomorrow he should make the 1/4's probably against Bingo and hopefully a great 4-session match with Trump in the semis. Wilson is going very well and who know, he might make another final.
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He could easily pull away from 5-3, the middle session could be decisive. Jackpot's been awful, should be 9-7 up but again all is not lost and he could make a comeback. I hope Joe makes a match of it tonight against the in-form Kyren.
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Maguire really doesn't like Murphy so he'll have to play no-miss snooker to claw back from 6-10 down. Trump has got an easy bye to the semis where surely Ronnie awaits. In the top half I'd like Dave to play John again in the semis and avenge his 17-16 loss from a few years back!
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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!
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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!
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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.
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Looking like a 10-0 at the moment, shame he missed the 147 chance earlier.
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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.
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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.
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He should have beaten Hossein yesterday if he had just dropped the black in to lead by 33 points with only the colours left!
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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.
World Championships 2024 (inc QFs)
in Snooker Predictions
Posted · Edited by charliepie
That was disappointing, I think most of us would have loved it if he won his eighth this year as the draw had opened up perfectly for him. When he went 8-6 up I thought that was it but somehow it got back to 8-8 and after a great start this evening Ronnie somehow tailed off. I would like a Gilbert/Jones final now but hope we have a new winner this year at least!
3 qualifiers reaching the semis could be a record too...