World Snooker Championship 2023

Ah Jayus that Si v Murphy match would have made a great final. Si’s technique is magic and he is fearless very reminiscent of the 2005 version of Murphy.

That last frame opening red and green by Si wow. The bit later in frame where he went all out for mad pink. No roll up yellow. Then later plays great safety puts Murphy behind brown. Near where he should/could have put him with yellow earlier.

Every other pro won’t want to play Si. Fearlessness and potting like that could take on anyone.

Great night of snooker tonight. Murphy had his chances and really needed to ensure he clipped that red even if ir relied on luck as to where it would land.

Murphy and Trump gone, the first round has had a lot already, it really could be very open now.

I don't understand why he changed his mind on the third attempt when he was so close to snicking it the first 2 times. Somewhat threw it away there, having said that I never though he was going to win the match even during his comeback. He seemed somewhat thrown by this newbie Si.

I just happened to see Alan 'Angles' McManus analyse of Judd Trump.

Jayus, Alan normally tries to couch his opinions in a soft manner if possible. But it basically sounds like career over for Trump as a serious snooker player if he doe not sort out his technique.

The same - I had it on pause, was about 10 mins behind - can't believe they didn't at least show out the frame?! I'm assuming Brecel took it in the end?

Yeah Red Button has now gone HD and SD version still exists but like BBC4 I think it could have changed frequency.

looks like Ronnie psyched him out. Vafaei looks mentally weak and 2-0 down in no time…

unlucky with that massive kick, in the first though, second shot …was it ?

proof of what a ******* Ronnie is, blanks everyone in the corridor but then offers quite an intimidatory fist bump, into Vafaei while Vafaei is arranging his table… standing right over him, fist out while he’s doing that…as if to say… ‘hurry the f*ck up, you are on my time’…

then Vafaei blasts straight into pack from the break, scattering everything, potting nothing….Ronnie must be secretly laughing….

psyched Hossein out completely and 2-0 up in the blink of an eye.

Yeah, I have satellite used to be able to get red button now doesn't tune in anymore.

My other two alternatives now are people that stream the red button/bbc feed on youtube - one Indian guy calls his channels 'snukerworld' and 'cue club'. He plays music when switches to analysis to avoid copyright infringement.

Other alternative is a free VPN I use called windscribe - it is an app for google chrome. But can be hit and miss. Works with the BBC iplayer, when I tried it though.

It will be interesting what the BBC will do when snooker goes really global - outside the UK and Ireland. As that is the way things seem headed in the next 20/30 years. I assume the defacto World Championship will be in China as it will have a tournament with massive prize money that dwarfs the 'official' world championship prize funds.

On other table Varfaei had a great chance to capitalise on a Ronnie error - frame 5 but broke down. Can't see Varfaei winning/making it close giving up chances like that.