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last 3 years Lisowski has reached Last 16, QF, Last 16 at the Worlds. Ding has gone out at the 1st round for the last 3 years running. Interesting match but I think the value is with Jack

Sometimes it's just not your day. And when you hear Brecel saying he was ill and then that he didn't like the attention that came with being World Champion and then comments about being glad he's lost so the spotlight is off him, you know it was never going to be your day. It was interesting when he spoke about being ill where he said he probably would have pulled out at another tournament, but because this is such a big tournament he felt he had to play. Apparently though it's not big enough to try to overturn one snooker in a deciding frame.

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!

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!

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!

I am taking a 4-fold for tomorrow. 
Anda, Brecel, Carter and Ford 11/2 Paddypower

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:-)

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.

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

fair play to MW though. Has beaten Trump, Allen and Ronnie to win this.

That was quite something to watch. For as well as he played, 7 frames on the spin for Williams just shouldn't happen. Ronnie comes across like a petulant child at the table at times - none more so that when he attempted a cut to the middle pocket after running out of position. He'd have known there wasn't much chance of making it, but by that stage it looked like he didn't care - things weren't going for him, pots weren't going in and so he didn't want to play any more.
It's a shame he's so fixated with perfection, because if he could have just been glad for how good he is he'd probably have been a lot happier over the years and won an awful lot more than he has.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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!

He’s only 17 ain’t he. I didn’t go with it in the end. Mainly cause he was playing a welsh player and it was probably not good enough value.