Snooker World Championship

[elwood blues]

The draw for the first round,couple of real snooze fests in there.
Parrot and Davis will be like going back in time.
Ronnie has a tough draw with Ding and Shaun Murphy takes on the new sensation Judd Trump.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW

First Round

Graeme Dott v Ian McCulloch
Anthony Hamilton v Marco Fu
Stephen Maguire v Joe Perry
Mark Williams v Joe Swail
John Higgins v Michael Holt
Barry Hawkins v Fergal O'Brien
Neil Robertson v Ryan Day
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ding Junhui
Ken Doherty v Mark Allen
Matthew Stevens v Joe Delaney
Steve Davis v John Parrott
Shaun Murphy v Judd Trump
Peter Ebdon v Nigel Bond
Stephen Lee v Mark Selby
Ali Carter v Andy Hicks
Stephen Hendry v David Gilbert

[FL4ZGN]

Ken Dockertee has a handy one.

[dotty]

The draw for the first round,couple of real snooze fests in there.
Parrot and Davis will be like going back in time.
Ronnie has a tough draw with Ding and Shaun Murphy takes on the new sensation Judd Trump.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW

First Round

Graeme Dott v Ian McCulloch
Anthony Hamilton v Marco Fu
Stephen Maguire v Joe Perry
Mark Williams v Joe Swail
John Higgins v Michael Holt
Barry Hawkins v Fergal O'Brien
Neil Robertson v Ryan Day
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Ding Junhui
Ken Doherty v Mark Allen
Matthew Stevens v Joe Delaney
Steve Davis v John Parrott
Shaun Murphy v Judd Trump
Peter Ebdon v Nigel Bond
Stephen Lee v Mark Selby
Ali Carter v Andy Hicks
Stephen Hendry v David Gilbert

they will be fighting it out to see who gets to sit next to hazel irvine in the studio.:p

ronnie couldnt have gotten a tougher starter,ding is very dangerous but ronnie seems to be in good form,hit a 147 in the irish masters a fortnight ago on his way to beating barry hawkins 9-2 in the final.

possible viewing:
dott v mcculloch
robertson v day
o sullivan v ding

avoid at all costs:
davis v parrott
ebdon v bond

[RonnyB]

Ronnie V Ding is the obvious stand out tie. Robertson & Day is a tricky one to call as well & could well be worth a watch.

I could be wrong here but dont the winners of the 2 matches I've mentioned play each other in the 2nd round?

[elwood blues]

Ronnie V Ding is the obvious stand out tie. Robertson & Day is a tricky one to call as well & could well be worth a watch.

I could be wrong here but dont the winners of the 2 matches I've mentioned play each other in the 2nd round?

looks like it

http://www.worldsnooker.com/tournament_latest_dr awsheet-61.htm

[dotty]

Ronnie V Ding is the obvious stand out tie. Robertson & Day is a tricky one to call as well & could well be worth a watch.

I could be wrong here but dont the winners of the 2 matches I've mentioned play each other in the 2nd round?

yep spot on,could be a very interesting opening to this years world championship.

my only worry is we could be left with muckers like ebdon dott davis in the latter stages,ideally you wouldnt mind seeing ding meeting ronnie at the business end of the tournament.

looking forward to seeing judd trump,was impressed with him at the UK Championship and should have a very good future in the game,hit a 147 while only 14.

[elwood blues]

semi final line up

Stephen Maguire v John Higgins

Shaun Murphy v Mark Selby

Great comeback by Murphy against Matthew Stevens but it's anyones title.
I'm going for Higgins v Murphy in the final.

[RonnyB]

Murphy wont have it all his own way against Selby. I've seen a bit of him over the years and his safety is worthy of a top 8 ranking but his break building let him down. Think he has gone a long way to sorting it though after seeing him knock it 5 centuries against Ebdon.

[elwood blues]

Maguire leading 3-1 with breaks of 85,102 and 79
long way to go though.

[xvis]

Great comeback from Selby, ...on the table now and trailing 9-12, back from 4-12 down. I'd make him favourite at this stage.

..he's becoming a bit of a comeback king.

[afeencalleddan]

Selby... I'd make him favourite at this stage.Heh heh heh, then I'll take whtever price you're offering Higgins and lay off at 2/5 on Betfair.

[xvis]

Heh heh heh, then I'll take whtever price you're offering Higgins and lay off at 2/5 on Betfair.


I was noticing how slow to react Betfair was, ..they had Selby at 10/3 very recently. still 13/5 is very generous.


...I'll skip your bet thanks! ...but lash on Selby if you like. I've never really gone with Betfair, just casual gambling.



..this final could rescue one of the dullest World Championships of all time.

[Aphex]

..this final could rescue one of the dullest World Championships of all time.

the semi finals were very good/close

I think I'm ronnie o sullivan again on miniclip...

http://www.miniclip.com/games/snooker/en/

I gave edmund an awful hiding on it there a few weeks ago, he's still trying to get over it...

*chalks cue*

[STEVIEG]

I gave edmund an awful hiding on it there a few weeks ago, he's still trying to get over it...

*chalks cue*

heh heh heh

[gregson1]

this frame is a real bore fest unless you're steve davis and love this crap... although I'm listeningwit the swedish commentary... A guy on his own in a studio somewhere...

[xvis]

this frame is a real bore fest unless you're steve davis and love this crap... although I'm listeningwit the swedish commentary... A guy on his own in a studio somewhere...

This one could roll on to 2am, ..and then some!


I've been in the pub for the last couple of hours and not missed many frames.

14-13, ...a maximum of 8 frames to go.

[gregson1]

was watching it while I worked earlier on.. why did they only play 6 frames today?? very effin strange

[sixes]

Selby must be exhausted at this stage. Lads probably got about 3 hours kip a night

[xvis]

was watching it while I worked earlier on.. why did they only play 6 frames today?? very effin strange

They over-ran timewise, and stopped early to give the players a proper break before the evening session, ...can't remember that happening before.

[Aphex]

I've just grown my very first beard watching this...

[gregson1]

I've just grown my very first beard watching this...

hehe

finally over and higgins is the champ...

[afeencalleddan]

I was noticing how slow to react Betfair was.Betfair don't set odds, they just offer a marketplace for hundreds of thounsands of people to bet against eachother. Therefore, in a highly liquid market such as the world snooker final the odds available on Betfair are the true odds. Bookies have to lay shorter odds to guarantee themselves profit. Even casual gamblers should use betting exchanges because you're guaranteed better odds in the vast majority of markets and you can bet small if you want to.