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Post by Elmer on Feb 25, 2012 23:08:00 GMT 1
Emirates business class will be doing a roaring trade (as I saw on Judd Trumps twitter the other day) or maybe economy for those outside the top 16
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Post by Panda on Feb 27, 2012 21:36:48 GMT 1
World Open results and draw:
Wild card round: Sam Baird 3-5 Jin Long Robert Milkins 5-3 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon Mark King 5-2 Hossein Vafaei Tom Ford 5-4 Lu Haotian Jimmy Robertson 5-2 Zhou Yuelong Joe Perry 5-0 Rouzi Maimaiti Michael Holt 5-4 Zhu Yinghui Nigel Bond 4-5 Lu Ning
1st round: John Higgins v Marco Fu Martin Gould v Jamie Cope Ding Junhui v Jin Long Stephen Maguire v Robert Milkins Graeme Dott v Barry Hawkins Marcus Campbell w/o Ali Carter Stephen Lee v Dominic Dale Neil Robertson v Stephen Hendry Mark Williams v Mark King Tom Ford w/o Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Allen v Jimmy Robertson Judd Trump v Andrew Higginson Shaun Murphy v Ricky Walden Matthew Stevens v Joe Perry Stuart Bingham v Michael Holt Mark Selby v Lu Ning
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Post by Elmer on Feb 28, 2012 11:45:25 GMT 1
There was a lot of controversy on Twitter yesterday including a few pro's weighing in with their opinions as regards the wildcard rounds. Many thought that Sam Baird had been treated unfairly as he had to win several qualifying matches. His opponent who has been on the main tour gets a free wildcard into the tournament. Opinions ?? Well at least from Mrh anyway
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Post by ligerdog7 on Feb 29, 2012 6:31:40 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Feb 29, 2012 20:05:34 GMT 1
There was a lot of controversy on Twitter yesterday including a few pro's weighing in with their opinions as regards the wildcard rounds. Many thought that Sam Baird had been treated unfairly as he had to win several qualifying matches. His opponent who has been on the main tour gets a free wildcard into the tournament. Opinions ?? Well at least from Mrh anyway It's a tough one. I can see both sides of the argument. The wild card rounds are pointless, except in China, where there are enough good players to make them worthwhile, but is having someone like Jin Long really going to make much difference to ticket sales. It does seem unfair on someone like Baird (though he still gets the same ranking points) though if he couldn't beat Jin, would he have stood a chance against Ding?
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Post by Panda on Feb 29, 2012 20:06:46 GMT 1
This week. Ronnie pulled out.
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Post by Panda on Mar 1, 2012 16:47:58 GMT 1
World Open results:
1st round: John Higgins 5-3 Marco Fu Martin Gould 4-5 Jamie Cope Ding Junhui 1-5 Jin Long Stephen Maguire 3-5 Robert Milkins Graeme Dott 5-2 Barry Hawkins Marcus Campbell w/o Ali Carter Stephen Lee 5-0 Dominic Dale Neil Robertson 5-3 Stephen Hendry Mark Williams 1-5 Mark King Tom Ford w/o Ronnie O'Sullivan Mark Allen 5-1 Jimmy Robertson Judd Trump 5-0 Andrew Higginson Shaun Murphy 5-3 Ricky Walden Matthew Stevens 4-5 Joe Perry Stuart Bingham 0-5 Michael Holt Mark Selby 5-3 Lu Ning
2nd round: John Higgins 5-0 Jamie Cope Jin Long 2-5 Robert Milkins Graeme Dott 5-3 Marcus Campbell Stephen Lee 5-2 Neil Robertson Mark King 5-4 Tom Ford Mark Allen 5-4 Judd Trump Shaun Murphy 5-3 Joe Perry Michael Holt 3-5 Mark Selby
Quarter-finals: John Higgins v Robert Milkins Graeme Dott v Stephen Lee Mark King v Mark Allen Shaun Murphy v Mark Selby
Shaun Murphy has reached at least the quarter-finals of every ranking event this season, as well as the Masters, Wuxi Classic and Brazil Masters.
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Post by Elmer on Mar 1, 2012 22:41:51 GMT 1
Yeah and he's up to provisional #3 now !
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Post by ligerdog7 on Mar 2, 2012 0:58:14 GMT 1
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Post by Elmer on Mar 2, 2012 9:48:49 GMT 1
No not Ronnie !!! If he wants to get top three then he actually has to turn up to tournaments !!
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Post by Panda on Mar 2, 2012 23:14:01 GMT 1
Quarter-finals: John Higgins 3-5 Robert Milkins Graeme Dott 1-5 Stephen Lee Mark King 1-5 Mark Allen Shaun Murphy 0-5 Mark Selby
Semi-finals: Robert Milkins v Stephen Lee Mark Allen v Mark Selby
Milkins is in his first ranking semi-final since the 2005 Irish Masters. Lee reaches his second ranking semi-final in three tournaments having previously waited since 2006 to reach one (though he did get to the Masters final in 2008). Not the first time this season, Allen reaches the latter stages of a tournament despite spending the whole week whinging.
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Post by Panda on Mar 3, 2012 19:33:59 GMT 1
Semi-finals: Robert Milkins 2-6 Stephen Lee Mark Allen 6-5 Mark Selby
Allen is in his second ranking final of the season, while Lee is in his first since the 2006 Welsh Open.
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Post by Paddy on Mar 3, 2012 19:38:51 GMT 1
Allen from 5-2 down to 6-5 win as well. Impressive come back.
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Post by Panda on Mar 4, 2012 14:47:45 GMT 1
Mark Allen thrashes Stephen Lee 10-1 in the World Open final to win his first ranking title.
The next tournament is the PTC finals in Ireland, starting on March 14th.
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Post by Elmer on Mar 4, 2012 17:55:58 GMT 1
He must have had a stormer. Sadly I didn't see any of it !!! Allen and Lee, are now provisional 8 & 9 after both being close to the 16 in the provisional rankings.
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Post by Panda on Mar 4, 2012 18:07:44 GMT 1
He must have had a stormer. Sadly I didn't see any of it !!! Allen and Lee, are now provisional 8 & 9 after both being close to the 16 in the provisional rankings. Allen's clearly on a roll. Lee apparently blamed his first session performance on not managing to sleep last night but today aside, he seems to be back to his best. Both players could be dark horses for the World Championship.
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Post by Panda on Mar 4, 2012 18:22:00 GMT 1
Current odds for the World Championship:
6/1 Trump 15/2 O'Sullivan 8/1 Higgins 8/1 Selby 9/1 Robertson 12/1 Ding 16/1 Allen 18/1 Williams 18/1 Murphy (great value) 18/1 Maguire 33/1 Dott 80/1 Lee 80/1 Stevens 80/1 Carter 80/1 Bingham 100/1 Gould 100/1 Fu 100/1 Walden
selected others: 125/1 Hendry 200/1 Ebdon 300/1 Doherty 1000/1 J White 1000/1 S Davis
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Post by Elmer on Mar 4, 2012 22:04:53 GMT 1
I think 80/1 is a great value bet if you could do it on an exchange then lay it back if he gets through a couple of rounds convincingly !!
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Post by Panda on Mar 4, 2012 22:07:44 GMT 1
I think 80/1 is a great value bet if you could do it on an exchange then lay it back if he gets through a couple of rounds convincingly !! You can get some good value through accumulators in snooker. I won a decent amount a couple of years ago when I picked three unseeded players to win their first round matches at the Crucible and all came good. Dott and Mark Davis were two of them - can't remember who the other was.
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Post by Elmer on Mar 5, 2012 0:03:35 GMT 1
I think 80/1 is a great value bet if you could do it on an exchange then lay it back if he gets through a couple of rounds convincingly !! You can get some good value through accumulators in snooker. I won a decent amount a couple of years ago when I picked three unseeded players to win their first round matches at the Crucible and all came good. Dott and Mark Davis were two of them - can't remember who the other was. I forgot to mention it was good value for Stephen Lee, the way he is playing !!
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