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World Grand Prix 2023 - 16-22 Jan, ITV4, Eurosport, Discovery+

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    #32
    AllForIt
    Registered Users Posts: 8,450 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    Excellently break there by Murphy to claw one back.



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    #33
    Ezra Crooked Martian
    Posts: 0 ✭ Ezra Crooked Martian


    Mon the Murphy ye divil show us why they call u the magician



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    #34
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,465 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Well a Trump v Allen final gives us the form men this season, but the way each have started playing lately it might not have the sparkling attacking snooker we would have expected.



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    #35
    Tom Mann Centuria
    Registered Users Posts: 11,009 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    Mark Allen is painful to watch in recent weeks. I'm sure with all his success recently means he couldn't care less but it's dull as dishwater.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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    #36
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,465 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    That was some red Trump played earlier at pace to knock the red out on the side rail. Frame 2 I think.



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    #37
    patrickc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,899 ✭✭✭patrickc


    there's a real lack of a buzz about this final, Mark as said above is playing as dull.



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    #38
    hayrabit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,165 ✭✭✭hayrabit


    must be the arena there, what doesn't seem to lend itself to crowd involvement

    been pretty muted from most of the few matches i've seen; mebbe they were especially quiet cos for a lot of the comp there's been two matches on the go

    livened up a bit there ~2mins ago when Allen (momentarily) let Trump in 😊

    they can only get themselves 'up' for it in a 'massive underdog' situation; or so it would seem to me 😂

    GWAN Mark!!



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    #39
    AllForIt
    Registered Users Posts: 8,450 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    What a long red there by Trump to get himself out of a pickle!

    That should be 7 - 8 now.



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    #40
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,465 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Brave red by Trump and shoul be 8-7. 3 on the bounce since the interval



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    #41
    Snake Plisken
    Registered Users Posts: 12,778 ✭✭✭✭Snake Plisken


    Decider! Great comeback by Judd



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    #42
    patrickc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,899 ✭✭✭patrickc


    this session has been way better than the 1st.



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    #43
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,465 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Allen is fairly cold. Missed that red by a good bit. You'd have to favour Trump now



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    #44
    AllForIt
    Registered Users Posts: 8,450 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    I feel sick for Trump for missing that yellow especially just after Allen missing an easy red, so I can't imagine how he feels.



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    #45
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,465 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Well done Mark Allen. A fair bit of grinding this week.

    With 4 snookers for 14 points needed and the brown where it was I think you could justify playing on there, given what was at stake. 60 grand the difference.



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    #46
    patrickc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,899 ✭✭✭patrickc


    well done Mark:) delighted for you



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    #47
    hayrabit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,165 ✭✭✭hayrabit


    Mark Allen: "I was shaking like a shíttin' dog there" 😂😁😂

    brilliant!



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    #48
    patrickc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,899 ✭✭✭patrickc


    the atmosphere seems way less compared to the Ali last week.



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    #49
    loyatemu
    Registered Users Posts: 14,979 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    Allen up to no. 3 in the world now; he has 3 times as many points/winnings as the next best player this season.



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    #50
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users Posts: 4,465 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Yeah Mark Allen has earned half a million in prize money already this season.

    It's a great life up at the top of the game, as it should be.



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    #51
    Ezra Crooked Martian
    Posts: 0 ✭ Ezra Crooked Martian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120146111#Comment_120146111

    Well sub taxes to be fair it’s a good bit less than 500k. But still absolutely minted haha.



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    #52
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users Posts: 13,454 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120146137#Comment_120146137

    I assume he is set up as a limited company, and that every expense he incurs (from travel expenses all the down to cue-tips and chalk) can be used to reduce his liability. But it's probably still sizeable a amount he has to pay. Also double maintenance for two prior relationships where there are children involved. And there's a bankruptcy which I'm not sure has expired yet. So might be less minted that we'd think, but he is definitely seizing the day to set himself up for life.



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