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Post by Panda on Apr 21, 2024 0:01:24 GMT 1
Day 1: LUCA BRECEL 9-10 DAVID GILBERT The Crucible Curse strikes again as David Gilbert comes from 9-6 to dethrone the defending champion in a deciding frame. Brecel joins Terry Griffiths, Steve Davis, Dennis Taylor, Graeme Dott, Neil Robertson and Stuart Bingham as first-time champions who fell at the first hurdle the following year. Other scores: Ali Carter 5-4 Stephen Maguire Judd Trump 6-3 Hossein Vafaei Tom Ford 6-3 Ricky Walden Zhang Anda 2-5 Jak Jones
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Post by Panda on Apr 19, 2024 22:27:15 GMT 1
Some notes on this year's tournament:
Defending champion Luca Brecel will be hoping to avoid the so-called "Crucible Curse", where no first-time champion at the Crucible has successfully defended the title the following year.
Joe O'Connor is the only debutant this year. He is the 229th player to play in the World Championship at the Crucible. There has been at least one Crucible debutant every year since the tournament moved to Sheffield in 1977. O'Connor will be hoping his first appearance isn't his last and he avoids joining the list of 69 players who have only made one Crucible appearance (some of whom are still active on the Main Tour).
Ronnie O'Sullivan makes his 32nd appearance, extending his own record.
John Higgins makes his 30th appearance, tying Steve Davis for 2nd on the list.
Ali Carter, Stephen Maguire and Mark Selby all reach the 20 appearances milestone. Maguire does so after failing to qualify last year.
Neil Robertson misses out for the first time since 2004. It's the first time since 2000 the tournament hasn't featured an Australian player.
Dominic Dale makes his first appearance since 2014. The 10-year gap for consecutive appearances is three short of the record held by Jamie Burnett.
Based on rankings, the field is very strong this year, with Robbie Williams, ranked 45 in the world, the lowest ranked player in the tournament.
With £500,000 to the winner, there are 8 players in with a chance of finishing the tournament at no.1 in the rankings. Because he's defending his ranking points from two years ago, Ronnie O'Sullivan must win the tournament to remain at no.1. Even that won't be enough if Mark Allen reaches the final. Judd Trump, Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy, Ding Junhui and Mark Williams all have a mathematical chance of being no.1, though in the case of the latter three, they would have to win the tournament, with everyone above them losing in the 1st round.
Paul Collier will referee the final for the fourth and final time. This is his last tournament as a referee before he switches to a new permanent role as Tournament Director on the professional tour.
All-time appearance leaders (including this year): 32 - Ronnie O'Sullivan 30 - Steve Davis, John Higgins 27 - Stephen Hendry 26 - Mark Williams 25 - Jimmy White 24 - Peter Ebdon 23 - John Parrott 22 - Shaun Murphy 21 - Alan McManus 20 - Ali Carter, Graeme Dott, Stephen Maguire, Mark Selby 19 - Ken Doherty, Terry Griffiths, Neil Robertson, Willie Thorne 18 - Mark Allen, Stuart Bingham, Ding Junhui, Barry Hawkins, Matthew Stevens, Dennis Taylor
All-time number of players by nationality: 116 - England 22 - Wales 21 - Scotland 17 - China 10 - Canada, Ireland 9 - Northern Ireland 5 - Australia, Thailand 3 - South Africa 2 - Malta 1 - Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Hong Kong, Iceland, Iran, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland
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Post by Panda on Apr 19, 2024 18:46:32 GMT 1
The lead single from their new album "Romance", which will be their fourth in the space of five years.
Another change in direction for them. This one seems very Kasabian.
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Post by Panda on Apr 18, 2024 15:06:29 GMT 1
World Championship qualifying 4th round: Jamie Jones 10-9 Neil Robertson Hossein Vafaei 10-5 Jiang Jun Joe O'Connor 10-8 Matthew Selt Cao Yupeng 8-10 Pang Junxu Jackson Page 10-9 Noppon Saengkham Si Jiahui 10-4 Wu Yize Xiao Guodong 6-10 David Gilbert Scott Donaldson 9-10 Ryan Day
World Championship 1st round draw: Luca Brecel v David Gilbert Robert Milkins v Pang Junxu Ali Carter v Stephen Maguire Shaun Murphy v Lyu Haotian Mark Selby v Joe O'Connor Kyren Wilson v Dominic Dale John Higgins v Jamie Jones Mark Allen v Robbie Williams Judd Trump v Hossein Vafaei Tom Ford v Ricky Walden Zhang Anda v Jak Jones Mark Williams v Si Jiahui Ding Junhui v Jack Lisowski Gary Wilson v Stuart Bingham Barry Hawkins v Ryan Day Ronnie O'Sullivan v Jackson Page
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Post by Panda on Apr 16, 2024 22:33:58 GMT 1
World Championship qualifying 4th round: Jack Lisowski 10-3 Matthew Stevens Ricky Walden 10-9 Mark Davis Dominic Dale 10-8 He Guoqiang Zhou Yuelong 4-10 Jak Jones Stephen Maguire 10-6 Yuan Sijun Louis Heathcote 8-10 Stuart Bingham Robbie Williams 10-9 Chris Wakelin Lyu Haotian 10-7 Jenson Kendrick
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Post by Panda on Apr 16, 2024 0:30:43 GMT 1
World Championship qualifying 2nd round: Xu Si 3-10 Alfie Burden Zak Surety 10-6 Gao Yang Ken Doherty 6-10 Marco Fu Fan Zhangyi 8-10 Jiang Jun Julien Leclercq 10-3 Haydon Pinhey Aaron Hill 10-3 Daniel Womersley Martin O'Donnell 7-10 Ma Hailong Dylan Emery 8-10 Oliver Brown Graeme Dott 10-5 Mostafa Dorgham Andy Hicks 10-2 Long Zehuang Ben Mertens 10-9 Rod Lawler Tian Pengfei 10-8 Mohammed Shehab Sanderson Lam 10-8 Liam Pullen David Lilley 10-9 Peng Yisong Scott Donaldson 10-6 Peter Lines John Astley 10-6 Ashley Carty
3rd round: Jack Lisowski 10-4 Liu Hongyu Matthew Stevens 10-6 Jimmy Robertson Ricky Walden 10-7 Ian Burns Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8-10 Mark Davis Dominic Dale 10-6 David Grace Anthony McGill 5-10 He Guoqiang Jamie Jones 10-5 Alfie Burden Neil Robertson 10-2 Zak Surety Zhou Yuelong 10-0 James Cahill Jak Jones 10-6 Jamie Clarke Stephen Maguire 10-7 Ashley Hugill Yuan Sijun 10-8 Michael White Elliot Slessor 8-10 Louis Heathcote Stuart Bingham 10-9 Stuart Carrington Robbie Williams 10-5 Anthony Hamilton Chris Wakelin 10-5 Lukas Kleckers Hossein Vafaei 10-4 Marco Fu Sam Craigie 8-10 Jiang Jun Joe O'Connor 10-1 Julien Leclercq Matthew Selt 10-4 Aaron Hill Cao Yupeng 10-4 Ma Hailong Pang Junxu 10-7 Oliver Brown Jackson Page 10-5 Graeme Dott Noppon Saengkham 10-5 Andy Hicks (147 for Saengkham) Si Jiahui 10-9 Ben Mertens Wu Yize 10-8 Tian Pengfei Lyu Haotian 10-8 Daniel Wells Jordan Brown 5-10 Jenson Kendrick Xiao Guodong 10-2 Sanderson Lam David Gilbert 10-4 David Lilley Joe Perry 6-10 Scott Donaldson Ryan Day 10-6 John Astley
4th round: Jack Lisowski v Matthew Stevens Ricky Walden v Mark Davis Dominic Dale v He Guoqiang Jamie Jones v Neil Robertson Zhou Yuelong v Jak Jones Stephen Maguire v Yuan Sijun Louis Heathcote v Stuart Bingham Robbie Williams v Chris Wakelin Hossein Vafaei v Jiang Jun Joe O'Connor v Matthew Selt Cao Yupeng v Pang Junxu Jackson Page v Noppon Saengkham Si Jiahui v Wu Yize Lyu Haotian v Jenson Kendrick Xiao Guodong v David Gilbert Scott Donaldson v Ryan Day
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Post by Panda on Apr 15, 2024 11:41:42 GMT 1
I haven't really thought about Havenvision yet. I don't really like running it at the same time of other competitions and the Pick of the Pops competition at the start of the year has pushed everything back. Plus, I'm probably moving house soon so not sure how much free time I'll have.
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Post by Panda on Apr 15, 2024 4:59:43 GMT 1
MARCH 2024 {FULL CHART (desktop version)} 1 | LOZENGE |
| PRECIOUS | 2 | BLUSHING | | TAMAGOTCHI | 3 | PIT PONY | | FUZZY | 4 | ELBOW | | GOOD BLOOD MEXICO CITY | 5 | OLIVER BEARDMORE | | DEAD OCEANS | 6 | M(H)AOL | | PURSUIT | 7 | PIER | | LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME | 8 | CANDAR | | TURNED BLOOD RED | 9 | SLOE NOON | | DON'T LET IT DRIVE THE CAR | 10 | HEAVY FEELINGS | | PACEMAKER | 11 | SPRINTS | | HEAVY | 12 | CHRISTIAN MUSIC | | MARIMBA-TRAGIC DEATH CULT | 13 | ST. VINCENT | | BROKEN MAN | 14 | BLONDSHELL | | DOCKET (FT BULLY) | 15 | DANDY WARHOLS | | I WILL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU (FT DEBBIE HARRY) | 16 | THE SMILE | | READ THE ROOM | 17 | KINDSIGHT | | ACID ISLAND 45 | 18 | HIGHSCHOOL | | DOESN'T MATTER | 19 | FRIEDBERG | | HELLO | 20 | SAHRA HALGAN | | SHARAF | 21 | MAN OF MOON | | VIDEO | 22 | PASTEL | | DANCING ON A PIN | 23 | LOUPE | | FOREST OF OUR MEMORIES | 24 | BÆNCH | | SKIPPED A STEP | 25 | ED HARCOURT | | INTO THE LOVING ARMS OF YOUR ENEMY | 26 | GEMMA CULLINGFORD | | EARLY HOURS | 27 | RICHARD HAWLEY | | TWO FOR HIS HEELS | 28 | ROE | | CINEMA | 29 | HEARTS | | IN OVER OUR HEADS | 30 | BORED AT MY GRANDMA'S HOUSE | | HOW DO YOU SEE THE WORLD? | 31 | JANE WEAVER | | ROMANTIC WORLDS | 32 | THE DREAM MACHINE | | FRANKENSTEIN | 33 | MORGAN HARPER-JONES | | 2D | 34 | MARY IN THE JUNKYARD | | GHOST | 35 | COSMO SHELDRAKE | | OLD OCEAN | 36 | PALE STRANGERS | | DEEP WATERS | 37 | THE NEW NOSTALGIA | | A FRIDGE IN BERLIN | 38 | SHUTTLE | | ROLL THE DICE AND BET | 39 | VEHICLE | | FANCYMAN | 40 | AUBVRN | | ALTERNATE PASTS | 41 | AIMING | | A WAY TO GO | 42 | SOMEBODY'S CHILD | | OH EMILY | 43 | REAL ESTATE | | AIRDROP | 44 | TRAVIS | | GASLIGHT | 45 | PEARL JAM | | RUNNING | 46 | Y DAIL | | SILLY BOY | 47 | GETDOWN SERVICES | | CRISPS | 48 | FRESH | | MERCH GIRL | 49 | GOSSIP | | GIVE IT UP FOR LOVE | 50 | MEWN | | ASK ME NOW |
{FULL CHART (mobile version)} 1. Lozenge - Precious 2. Blushing - Tamagotchi 3. Pit Pony - Fuzzy 4. Elbow - Good Blood Mexico City 5. Oliver Beardmore - Dead Oceans 6. M(h)aol - Pursuit 7. Pier - Like A Moth To A Flame 8. Candar - Turned Blood Red 9. Sloe Noon - Don't Let It Drive The Car 10. Heavy Feelings - Pacemaker 11. Sprints - Heavy 12. Christian Music - Marimba-Tragic Death Cult 13. St. Vincent - Broken Man 14. Blondshell - Docket (ft Bully) 15. Dandy Warhols - I Will Never Stop Loving You (ft Debbie Harry) 16. The Smile - Read The Room 17. Kindsight - Acid Island 45 18. Highschool - Doesn't Matter 19. Friedberg - Hello 20. Sahra Halgan - Sharaf 21. Man Of Moon - Video 22. Pastel - Dancing On A Pin 23. Loupe - Forest Of Our Memories 24. Baench - Skipped A Step 25. Ed Harcourt - Into The Loving Arms Of Your Enemy 26. Gemma Cullingford - Early Hours 27. Richard Hawley - Two For His Heels 28. Roe - Cinema 29. Hearts - In Over Our Heads 30. Bored At My Grandma's House - How Do You See The World? 31. Jane Weaver - Romantic Worlds 32. The Dream Machine - Frankenstein 33. Morgan Harper-Jones - 2D 34. Mary In The Junkyard - Ghost 35. Cosmo Sheldrake - Old Ocean 36. Pale Strangers - Deep Waters 37. The New Nostalgia - A Fridge In Berlin 38. Shuttle - Roll The Dice And Bet 39. Vehicle - Fancyman 40. Aubvrn - Alternate Pasts 41. Aiming - A Way To Go 42. Somebody's Child - Oh Emily 43. Real Estate - Airdrop 44. Travis - Gaslight 45. Pearl Jam - Running 46. Y Dail - Silly Boy 47. Getdown Services - Crisps 48. Fresh - Merch Girl 49. Gossip - Give It Up For Love 50. Mewn - Ask Me Now
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Post by Panda on Apr 13, 2024 19:57:04 GMT 1
Finishing order: 1. I Am Maximus 7/1JF 2. Delta Work 28/1 3. Minella Indo 28/1 4. Galvin 40/1 5. Kitty's Light 12/1 6. Ain't That A Shame 40/1 7. Meetingofthewaters 11/1 8. Galia Des Liteaux 28/1 9. Roi Mage 66/1 10. Limerick Lace 7/1JF 11. Coko Beach 28/1 12. Latenightpass 50/1 13. The Goffer 50/1 14. Vanillier 14/1 15. Eklat De Rire 100/1 16. Capodanno 28/1 17. Panda Boy 11/1 18. Nassalam 50/1 19. Noble Yeats 12/1 20. Eldorado Allen 66/1 21. Adamantly Chosen 33/1
Most finishers since 2005.
Non-finishers: Corach Rambler (unseated 1st) Stattler (pulled up before 9th - jockey said horse made respiratory noise) Mahler Mission (unseated 15th) Mr Incredible (unseated 15th) Mac Tottie (pulled up before 21st - reported to be lame but otherwise OK) Farouk d'Alene (pulled up before 26th) Glengouly (unseated 27th) Minella Crooner (pulled up after 28th) Chemical Energy (pulled up before 29th) Foxy Jacks (pulled up before 29th) Janidil (pulled up after last)
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Post by Panda on Apr 13, 2024 17:32:35 GMT 1
21 finishers, no fallers, all horses back at the stables. Mac Tottie received some treatment on the track but walked to the horse ambulance to take him back to the stables and was reportedly suffering from dehydration.
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Post by Panda on Apr 13, 2024 16:38:47 GMT 1
Congratulations coolchristie!
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Post by Panda on Apr 12, 2024 22:43:58 GMT 1
Current odds:
15/2 I Am Maximus 8/1 Corach Rambler 10/1 Limerick Lace 11/1 Panda Boy 12/1 Mahler Mission 12/1 Meetingofthewaves 12/1 Vanillier 14/1 Kitty's Light 14/1 Mr Incredible 18/1 Minella Indo 20/1 Delta Work 25/1 Coko Beach 25/1 Noble Yeats 28/1 Galia Des Liteaux 40/1 Foxy Jacks 40/1 Latenightpass 40/1 Nassalam 50/1 Adamantly Chosen 50/1 Ain't That A Shame 50/1 Capodanno 50/1 Chemical Energy 50/1 Galvin 50/1 Roi Mage 50/1 Run Wild Fred 50/1 Stattler 66/1 Chambard 66/1 The Goffer 80/1 Glengouly 80/1 Mac Tottie 100/1 Eklat De Rire 100/1 Eldorado Allen 100/1 Farouk d'Alene 100/1 Minella Crooner 125/1 Janidil
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Post by Panda on Apr 12, 2024 1:18:29 GMT 1
World Championship qualifying 2nd round: Liu Hongyu 10-3 Jimmy White (plays Jack Lisowski next) Jimmy Robertson 10-2 Liam Davies (Matthew Stevens) Mark Joyce 7-10 Ian Burns (Ricky Walden) Mark Davis 10-2 Andrew Pagett (Thepchaiya Un-Nooh) David Grace 10-8 Rory Thor (Dominic Dale) He Guoqiang 10-8 Ross Muir (Anthony McGill) James Cahill 10-8 Bulcsu Revesz (Zhou Yuelong) Jamie Clarke 10-7 Andres Petrov (Jak Jones) Ashley Hugill 10-4 Adam Duffy (Stephen Maguire) Michael White 10-8 Andrew Higginson (Yuan Sijun) Oliver Lines 7-10 Louis Heathcote (Elliot Slessor) Liam Highfield 9-10 Stuart Carrington (Stuart Bingham) Anthony Hamilton 10-7 Alexander Ursenbacher (Robbie Williams) Lukas Kleckers 10-9 Allan Taylor (Chris Wakelin) Daniel Wells 10-5 Xing Zihao (Lyu Haotian) Ben Woollaston 8-10 Jenson Kendrick (Jordan Brown)
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Post by Panda on Apr 12, 2024 0:59:29 GMT 1
3. FOXY JACKS Jockey: Gavin Brouder Trainer: Mouse Morris (winner in 2016) Odds: 66/1 8. MAHLER MISSION Jockey: Ben Harvey Trainer: John McConnell Odds: 16/1
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Post by Panda on Apr 11, 2024 22:19:02 GMT 1
5. GALIA DES LITEAUX Jockey: Harry Skelton Trainer: Dan Skelton Odds: 28/1 31. I AM MAXIMUS Jockey: Paul Townend Trainer: Willie Mullins (winner in 2005) Odds: 8/1
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Post by Panda on Apr 11, 2024 22:15:48 GMT 1
9. AIN'T THAT A SHAME 17th in 2023 Jockey: David Maxwell Trainer: Henry De Bromhead (winner in 2021) Odds: 50/1 28. LIMERICK LACE Jockey: Mark Walsh Trainer: Gavin Cromwell Odds: 16/1
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Post by Panda on Apr 11, 2024 22:12:33 GMT 1
12. KITTY'S LIGHT Jockey: Jack Tudor Trainer: Christian Williams Odds: 14/1 33. JANIDIL Jockey: Jody McGarvey Trainer: Willie Mullins (winner in 2005) Odds: 100/1
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Post by Panda on Apr 11, 2024 22:09:40 GMT 1
2. VANILLIER 2nd in 2023 Jockey: Sean Flanagan Trainer: Gavin Cromwell Odds: 10/1 25. ELDORADO ALLEN Jockey: Brendan Powell Jr Trainer: Joe Tizzard Odds: 100/1
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Post by Panda on Apr 11, 2024 22:07:00 GMT 1
4. LATENIGHTPASS Jockey: Gina Andrews Trainer: Tom Ellis Odds: 33/1 22. CHAMBARD Jockey: Lucy Turner Trainer: Venetia Williams (winner in 2009) Odds: 66/1
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Post by Panda on Apr 11, 2024 22:01:38 GMT 1
27. EKLAT DE RIRE Jockey: Darragh O'Keeffe Trainer: Henry De Bromhead (winner in 2021) Odds: 100/1 32. CAPODANNO pulled up in 2023 Jockey: Keith Donoghue Trainer: Willie Mullins (winner in 2005) Odds: 40/1
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