snooker world championship

Tony Baloney · January 24, 2018, 11:45:45 PM

Quote from: magpie seanie on January 24, 2018, 11:19:05 PM
It's funny how some of these threads go.

You mean all of them.

Rich Ricci · April 15, 2018, 09:42:44 PM

Ken Doherty one win away from a 1st Crucible appearance since 2014 after a 10-4 win over Gerard Greene.

Plays either Matthew Stevens or Yuan SiJun in the final qualifying round.

An Watcher · April 15, 2018, 10:19:58 PM

Nice one. Gentleman Ken.
Did Mark Allen make it to the crucible? I know he was struggling to be top 16

Rich Ricci · April 15, 2018, 10:29:21 PM

Always liked Ken. One of my favoutites. Plays Matthew Stevens who won 10-9

Mark Allen sneaked in as the 16th seed. Could potentially face a difficult 2nd round against Mark Selby though.

Rich Ricci · April 19, 2018, 05:47:16 PM

Sadly Ken never made it. Stuffed 10-2 by Stevens

First round draw was made today. O'Sullivan v Maguire the standout tie.

Full first round draw
Mark Selby v Joe Perry

Mark Allen v Liam Highfield

Kyren Wilson v Matthew Stevens

Shaun Murphy v Jamie Jones

John Higgins v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Stuart Bingham v Jack Lisowski

Luca Brecel v Ricky Walden

Judd Trump v Chris Wakelin

Ding Junhui v Xiao Guodong

Anthony McGill v Ryan Day

Marco Fu v Lyu Haotian

Barry Hawkins v Stuart Carrington

Mark Williams v Jimmy Robertson

Neil Robertson v Robert Milkins

Ali Carter v Graeme Dott

Ronnie O'Sullivan v Stephen Maguire

Rich Ricci · April 21, 2018, 09:05:26 PM

Mark Selby out. Beaten 10-4 by Joe Perry.

Insane Bolt · April 21, 2018, 09:09:24 PM

Must be getting very old......I hardly know half the players

BennyCake · April 21, 2018, 09:23:11 PM

John Higgins' opponent sounds like a noise you'd make if suffering from mild constipation.

Avondhu star · April 21, 2018, 11:53:37 PM

What about the Kettering lad Wilson?
33/1 worth a fiver each way?

David McKeown · April 22, 2018, 06:22:56 AM

Selby out and O'Sullivan 6-3 down in the first round. Makes for an exciting tournament but potentially a lack of star power

Rich Ricci · April 22, 2018, 12:56:15 PM

Glad to see Ronnie go through. Could be very hard to stop now.

Boycey · April 28, 2018, 05:03:55 PM

Ronnie out, very open now...

Rufus T Firefly · April 28, 2018, 05:16:20 PM

Quote from: Boycey on April 28, 2018, 05:03:55 PM
Ronnie out, very open now...

Threatened to get quite heated there. A 'coming together' moment. Ali Carter's clearance in the second last frame was a break based on bottle.

Boycey · April 28, 2018, 05:52:12 PM

Ronnie was very gracious in his interview after it and played down the coming together despite the best efforts of the BBC interviewer..

An Watcher · April 28, 2018, 07:49:17 PM

Never liked O'Sullivan so glad to see him out. There's no doubting his talent but some of the crap he comes out with really annoys me. Good riddance