Fader Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 The qualifiers for the big one get going tomorrow. Players have to get through 4 rounds of snooker before they can have the chance, in Round 1, against the "big boys" One of the stand out ties and infact THE stand out tie, must be Hendry taking on Jimmy White. Here are my fancies to qualify : 4pts R.Milkins to qualify Group 3 6/4 skybet 2pts S.Carrington to qualify section 8 5/1 boylesports 1pt S.Hendry to qualify Group 1 33/1 paddypower 1pt O.Lines to qualify Group 2 25/1 paddypower 1pt S.Vahedi to qualify section 4 33/1 skybet 1pt J.Cahill to qualify section 12 18/1 unibet vikki37 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepie Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Can't believe they drew each other, sod's law but it is the tie of the round that's for sure! Jimmy rightly the favourite but really it's 50/50 who goes through on the night. Stephen has a huge psychological advantage over Jimmy for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 10 hours ago, charliepie said: Can't believe they drew each other, sod's law but it is the tie of the round that's for sure! Jimmy rightly the favourite but really it's 50/50 who goes through on the night. Stephen has a huge psychological advantage over Jimmy for sure. yeah, it's really hard to gauge Hendry's form. He played well against Selt and Selt was on fire. The winner of the match has a nice chance of making it through and both are 33/1. I only picked Hendry on the fact Jimmy is going to be remembering that scarring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepie Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Christ! How has big Soheil blown a 5-2 lead to lose 6-5? Guess there will be other turnarounds before the week is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 57 minutes ago, charliepie said: Christ! How has big Soheil blown a 5-2 lead to lose 6-5? Guess there will be other turnarounds before the week is done. Utter dross. Embarrassing as you like. That final frame was a joke lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepie Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Well that was a 4 hour slog! Jimmy played terrribly but still only lost 6-3, Stephen will have to up his game a lot if he's going to go much further but he's in the next round which is all that counts at the moment. Guess it was a dream first round draw for Hendry:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 I'm not sure it was a match Hendry wanted either. It's always going to be tough for Hendry to qualify. I think he has a 50/50 chance against Xu Si but in reality it's unlikely that he beats Yuelong. He has more chance of beating Yuelong than White does though and so 33/1 looked a big price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 One bet for me tonight is to stick with my pre-event pick of Oliver Lines. He faces Dominic Dale in Round 2 of qualification. He comes into this after beating Emery 6-1. Emery hit a century in his only frame, whilst Lines hit 3 centuries, a 93 and a 78. Dale holds a good head-to-head against Lines, having beaten him 3 times out of 3. However, Dale hasn't been in good form. Lost 4-0 to Pengfei 1st round at the Gibraltar Open. 4-1 first round defeat at the Welsh Open and both those results coming after a 5-0 whitewash from Ding in the Last 16 of the German Masters. 4pts O.Lines to beat D.Dale 13/8 bet365 vikki37 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepie Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 I'm inclined to agree, let's hope he doesn't do his usual of throwing in a poor performance after a great one! I almost did a fun double on the two youngsters today(Mertens and McGuigan) so will be annoyed if they both win as it's looking likely now! Did a small double on Kleckers/Filipiak though which won. Will have a nostalgic double on Hendry/Bond tonight and hope the oldies can win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepie Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Oh well, both the youngsters blow it so I'm vindicated! I do hope that Lines wins tonight or I'll be eating value sandwiches for the rest of the week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 hour ago, charliepie said: Oh well, both the youngsters blow it so I'm vindicated! I do hope that Lines wins tonight or I'll be eating value sandwiches for the rest of the week! Dale got the biggest fluke ever in the first frame. Good to see Lines has woken up now. Needs to get it back to 2-2 and kick on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 25 minutes ago, Fader said: Dale got the biggest fluke ever in the first frame. Good to see Lines has woken up now. Needs to get it back to 2-2 and kick on. This 4th frame is like pulling teeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepie Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) The qualies are always a real grind aren't they! Shame Hendry couldn't give the young lad a decent game tonight, 11.30pm and the other 3 matches still going. Looking ominous now as Dale is 5-4 up and on a break to possibly win the match. *edit* Good century from Dale, he deserved to win I suppose but it sucks as I thought Lines would do it tonight! Edited April 7, 2021 by charliepie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 Yeah, but you expect abit more composure from the real pros don't you? Dale was there for the taking tonight. I thought Lines was really poor. Just hitting and hoping alot of the time and making some right daft errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepie Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Yeah, Lines was piss poor and really should have got the job done tonight. I've noticed this inconsistancy in the past too so I guess it's just one of his traits meaning he'll never go far in a tournament but will pull off the odd great performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 Yeah, one to leave alone in future, I think. One for tonight, for me. Jamie O'Neill to beat Jamie Clarke. I watched alot of Clarke's last match and it was an absolute slog against a 15 year old. Boiko is a good prospect but he didn't play well atall and Clarke couldn't hit more than one 50 break. Aslong as the moment doesn't get in his head, then 6/4 on O'Neill looks big in the battle of the Jamie's. 4pts J.O'Neill to beat J.Clarke 6/4 bet365 ElPrincipito007 and vikki37 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 I'm also going to take Higginson on the handicap against Sargeant. Another player that looked dodgy in his last match. That may be because he was playing a female but Sergeant's form has hardly been that great before, anyway. I like Higginson as a player and he scores well. I can't see him losing more than 3 frames. 5.5pts A.Higginson (-2.5 frames) to beat B.Sargeant 8/11 paddypower vikki37 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepie Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Tight one but the handicap bet comes in. BS was poor last match probably due to playing a female, wasn't much better today though! Let's hope the dog wins tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 44 minutes ago, charliepie said: Tight one but the handicap bet comes in. BS was poor last match probably due to playing a female, wasn't much better today though! Let's hope the dog wins tonight. Yeah, the standard has been really bad from the couple of matches I've watched. Pub snooker. Glad to see the handicap come through and I'm feeling confident about tonight because Clarkey was rubbish last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepie Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 (edited) Don't want to count our chickens too soon but 4-0 up is a good start! In other shock news, the match involving Fergal O'Brien is the quickest one of the 4 so far(into its 5th frame!) Edited April 8, 2021 by charliepie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 5-0 up and now bottling it hard. 5-4 it will be in a minute. All I've seen is cr*p snooker, recently. Constant misses. If it goes 5-5, I don't hold much hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepie Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Jesus wept! Glad I laid it off @ 1.04 on BF - almost £3k traded @ 1.01 too! Win slightly less if Clarke comes through but at least not a total disaster. It's now 5-5 and 30-55 with 2 reds left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 Just incredible and I'm not even surprised. Could see it happening at 5-2. I have to stop backing these absolute blaggers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 Despite that disgusting bad beat lastnight, I will take one this afternoon and that's Hallworth to beat Grace. These two have had some close matches at Q School over the last few years, and Hallworth looked pretty good in his first round win. I think the 11/8 on offer looks good value 4pts S.Hallworth to beat D.Grace 11/8 bet365 WC bets -4pts vikki37 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepie Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Nice bet there, the dogs sure have been barking today, Hamilton the only favourite to win so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 I was going to go for D.Jones too, but then I had a look at his form and thought "no, thanks" not sure if he won, but last time I checked, it was 5-4 Jones WC Bets +1.5pts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fader Posted April 10, 2021 Author Share Posted April 10, 2021 Two I liked for tonight, but I think I'll only have a bet on the one. Jak Jones to beat Kurt Maflin. Mainly because Maflin hasn't had a whole lot of snooker. Despite using the Championship League as a "warm-up" to this, his scoring wasn't very good, apart from his match against Robertson. I would give Jak Jones a chance, tonight. 4pts J.Jones to beat K.Maflin 13/8 paddypower vikki37 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepie Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 There's been quite a few 6-5's today but the faves hanging on mostly, wonder which dog will win tonight, hopefully Jones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepie Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Perry/Wenbo/Carrington should be a winning treble this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliepie Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Wrong again! Joyce/Walden/Day/Un-nooh for tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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