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World Snooker Championship 2023

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    #962
    hayrabit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,165 ✭✭✭hayrabit


    Allen give away foul points earlier, but barring that he's winning safety exchange 10-09, on points#



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    #963
    hayrabit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,165 ✭✭✭hayrabit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120532696#Comment_120532696

    spoke too soon?

    i think so - Selby big fav now on remaining four colours

    far from a cert tho



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    #964
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    An hour and 40 minutes of play and we've just finished the second frame.



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    #965
    hayrabit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,165 ✭✭✭hayrabit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120532696#Comment_120532696
    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120532702#Comment_120532702

    :(


    6-4 not as good as 7-3

    mon Allen !



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    #966
    walshb
    Registered Users Posts: 55,528 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Huge frame for Selby



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    #967
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    I think Mark Allen possibly missed a trick earlier, he could have played the green down along the left cushion for the pot and if it hit the black he could have knocked it safe again. And if it went in or missed he had the chance of cover or pot on the brown, plus possible cover from pink and blue, and maybe black if it the green stays in the jaws. Yes it was a difficult pot, but it could have worked out for him. What he played didn't amount to much.

    IMG_20230428_161525.jpg




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    #968
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users Posts: 13,399 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    This game has two sessions tomorrow, morning and evening.

    If it goes 17-14 or suchlike to the winner, then an after-midnight finish looks more likely than not, which is to the advantage of Si (or Brecel).



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    #969
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,706 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120532175#Comment_120532175

    Seemed extremely silly then too

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #970
    hayrabit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,165 ✭✭✭hayrabit


    still needs tricky looking red beside yella

    not home&hosed yet is Selbs

    hope for us Allen fans



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    #971
    hayrabit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,165 ✭✭✭hayrabit


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120532777#Comment_120532777

    no problems there

    6-5 so , ah well MA's still got lead tho 😁 !!!



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    #972
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users Posts: 18,706 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    Fair play to Selby back from the dead.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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    #973
    ultrapercy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭ultrapercy


    My God you cannot but admire Selby. Over the years I've gone from hatred to apathy to grudging admiration to hero worship. You can have all the ability and flare in the world but he strips the game back to raw survival and out endures almost everyone. If Allen wins this he'll be half of himself v Si, he'll have to leave so much of himself behind to win.



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    #974
    hayrabit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,165 ✭✭✭hayrabit


    give it 17% chance of rerack

    was just thinking of this, and then it's decided straight away !!



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    #975
    Augme
    Registered Users Posts: 5,796 ✭✭✭Augme


    Have to feel that nine frame was massive. Allen was strong favourite to go 7-3 up and now its 6-5.



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    #976
    hayrabit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,165 ✭✭✭hayrabit


    hope Allen can forget about frame nine during mid-session interval; regardless of who wins this last one



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    #977
    waynescales1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,111 ✭✭✭waynescales1


    The only thing worse than watching Mark Selby win a snooker match is listening to people praise him.



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    #978
    ArnoldJRimmer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭ArnoldJRimmer


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120532842#Comment_120532842

    There are many aspects to Selby's game which he is deservedly praised for, but this narrative that playing so slow that polar ice caps melt between shots is some sort of tactical genius is tedious. Its awful to watch



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    #979
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,214 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120532801#Comment_120532801

    I don’t admire him at all. I can’t even watch him play anymore.


    I respect him, but that’s not entertaining

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #980
    kirk.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭kirk.


    SI will get chances and takes them (assuming he gets through)

    I wouldn't write him off by any means



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    #981
    jj880
    Registered Users Posts: 4,770 ✭✭✭jj880


    Selby is some player but any close match turns into him sickening the head off his opponent until they give up. May as well be watching Touch The Truck.



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    #982
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users Posts: 18,706 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120532871#Comment_120532871

    If Selby wins the title it won’t grow the game. Si would get loads of new interest. I don’t think the younger generations have the patience to fully appreciate Selby.

    What Selby does is an art form but it needs full concentration to watch him and appreciate it. In today’s world with everything instant/quick I can’t see Selby getting new people interested in the game.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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    #983
    kirk.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭kirk.


    Match needs a shot clock

    I wouldn't mind so much if the standard of play was very high



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    #984
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 29,262 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    I was watching back a recording of this afternoon's session - it was so slow and boring I fell asleep for an hour - and woke up and it was still only the second frame 😳

    I like the tactical stuff, but this is going off the scale!!

    Gave up on it and came on here to see a summary of what happened (or didn't!)

    Do we think the balance has shifted?

    I'm gutted to be missing the final session of the other match tonight.



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    #985
    ultrapercy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭ultrapercy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120532980#Comment_120532980

    Very true but all Selby cares about is winning and I wouldn't bet against him breaking Hendry's record of 7 titles. If Selby wins this match he'll beat Si with a session to spare but the match won't finish until Wednesday. What slows Selbys match down is the predicaments he puts his opponents in more than slow play.



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    #986
    kirk.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭kirk.



    They're taking forever to play bang average snooker



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    #987
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    Selby is getting a right run of good luck at the moment, while Allen isn't.

    And just as I posted that, he's got even more.

    Allen deserved to get a bit of luck in return there.



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    #988
    kirk.
    Registered Users Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭kirk.


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120533016#Comment_120533016

    You reckon he'll beat SI with a session to spare ?

    Where are you getting that theory from



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    #989
    hayrabit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,165 ✭✭✭hayrabit


    three frames to go this sesh

    after 5.30 - think that's cutoff point for playing another



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    #990
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users Posts: 13,399 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120533009#Comment_120533009

    Tonight is just session 3 of 4 in that game, though in theory it could be over tonight. Or 12 v 12.



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    #991
    sligeach
    Registered Users Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭sligeach


    This is so poor from Allen.



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