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Snooker Season 2023/24

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  • #552
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    This new Saudi deal is huge for snooker.

    £2m prize pot each year for 10 years. Second only to the World Championship and WST considering it as a 4th major. Probably close to half a mill for the winner.

    So that seems to be the end for the Triple Crown, and this ranker will probably be seen as the number 2 tournament once it gets off the ground in late summer. Certainly the players will be very happy to go deep in this earner.



  • #553
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,147 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    it'll be interesting to see the format, if it's a load of best of 7 matches, I don't see how it can be considered a "major"



  • #554
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,518 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121765645#Comment_121765645

    For the mega money at stake I'd expect a longer format.

    Maybe something like the UK - Top 16 straight into the Last 32 in Saudi Arabia with the rest of the players playing qualifiers in the UK for the 16 unseeded slots. Best of 11 for the main draw in Saudi Arabia.

    *****

    As a random aside the Saudi's have also signed a contract to run a 9-Ball Pool tournament in conjunction with Matchroom with $1M prizemoney - whilst obviously less than half the snooker pot it's a massive bump for Pool, by some distance their biggest prize-pot as $250K with $40K to the winner has been the standard for the last few years.



  • #555
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,649 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121765092#Comment_121765092

    “The Triple Crown” is a load of nonsense anyway.

    they/them/theirs


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




  • #556
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,649 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121763592#Comment_121763592

    You’d respect him more if he talked other players down, withdrew from tournaments at the last minute and generally acted like a spoiled child?


    Murphy is polite and has a huge amount of respect for the game, mostly. So people hate him. It’s ridiculous

    they/them/theirs


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




  • #557
    gormdubhgorm
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121765092#Comment_121765092

    Ronnie won't be missing that one...enough to cure any snooker fatigue.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #558
    deise300
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭deise300


    Fantastic win for Aaron there.



  • #559
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    That was a really good win for Aaron Hill. And a decent chance against Fan Zhengyi to get into the quarter final



  • #560
    waynescales1
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121768550#Comment_121768550

    He's playing for a place in the last 16.


    Be nice if he could put another run of 3-4 wins in a row together like he did a few months ago.



  • #561
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Right. Still in the last 16 it would be one of two players outside the top 50 (Emery or Slessor) so always the chance to get far in one of these home nations events.



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  • #562
    AllForIt
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    That was some break by Brecel to beat Dott. Check it out on Youtube if you didn't see it!



  • #563
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,940 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121772327#Comment_121772327

    Jayus, even after reading your post I was still expecting him to break down on about 7/8 of those shots. The long blue and second last red Brecel potted were great shots. Looked very casual as he did it as well. It was a horrible table he started with.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #564
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,649 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Higgins struggling to grind it out against Selt. Switched it off when Selt was 3-1 up and Higgins was in bits. Turned it back on at 3-3.


    Higgins not playing well. Just took about 7mins to make 34. Wrong side of the blue 3 times.

    they/them/theirs


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




  • #565
    Genghis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,066 ✭✭✭Genghis


    While Aaron didn't make the last 16, it looks like he will be, for the first time in his career, in the top 64. He is provisionally at 64 and as long as Martin O'Donnell doesn't reach the final of the Welsh Open he should stay there.



  • #566
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,147 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    I haven't been watching this - is Brecel finding some form finally?



  • #567
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,518 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    He looked impressive yesterday in his two victories. Has a soft path to the final here with all the other remaining big names on the opposite side of the draw.

    Pretty much admitted in interview afterwards that he did nothing from May to December and has only got back practising (after some frenzied panic from his team and father) since the UK Open. So I guess we'll see if he has turned a corner as would be good if he was in decent form for Sheffield. Though his style of play always leaves him vulnerable to a heavy defeat regardless.



  • #568
    Arthur Daley
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    Tough match up first today Allen v Higgins.

    You'd have to think its between these two and Luca to win Sunday, but Gary Wilson can be a bit of a Home Nations specialist.



  • #569
    tomhammer..
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭tomhammer..


    Good start from Higgins



  • #570
    Brian?
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121775431#Comment_121775431

    Until the Yips kicked in.

    they/them/theirs


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




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  • #571
    Brian?
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    Higgins looked far more composed after the interval. Won easily in the end. Allen wasn’t at the races at all.

    they/them/theirs


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




  • #572
    tomhammer..
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭tomhammer..


    Dale doesn't look to have the greatest temperament



  • #573
    Sandor Clegane
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    Delighted for O Donnell he played really well, I was convinced he was gone at the end though getting very twitchy but overall he definitely deserved it.



  • #574
    Brian?
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121776825#Comment_121776825

    Now there’s a statement.


    Dom is **** mental. Sometimes in a good way, sometimes in a bad way. But I love him

    they/them/theirs


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




  • #575
    AllForIt
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121774000#Comment_121774000

    Martin O'Donnell beat Brecel last night so in the semis!



  • #576
    Genghis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,066 ✭✭✭Genghis


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121779708#Comment_121779708

    Yep, seen most of the match, Luca might be on his way back but O'Donnell was never out-played, he did really well and I wouldn't be surprised if he made the final now. Could be agony for Aaron, top 64 but only provisionally.



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  • #577
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    This MOD v Slesser match is a slow burner. No big surprise there.



  • #578
    AllForIt
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    Fancy Slessor for this now that he has drawn level. O'Donnell giving off vibes of loosing it a bit under pressure.



  • #579
    jams100
    Registered Users Posts: 811 ✭✭✭jams100


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121779917#Comment_121779917

    But, isn't there a China event he's in and the world's qualifiers so he should really hold onto it, no? (Even if he provisionally falls out).



  • #580
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Well Ministry of Defence is in the final now.

    Hill will play in China, the World Open ranker, before Sheffield.

    But if he wins his opening match there he is likely to run into Ronnie



  • #581
    Sandor Clegane
    Registered Users Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭Sandor Clegane


    Wilson on fire here, could of had two 147's.

    Higgins hasn't had a look in so far, 3-0 down already.



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  • #582
    Genghis
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121780760#Comment_121780760

    Yes, correct - I think Aaron is very well placed to get into the top 64, and hold his tour card that way (if not via the one year route) by end of season.

    I had posted mid week that it looked like Aaron had, for the first time ever, officially broke into the top 64. That would be a big milestone for him.

    This was on the basis MOD was the only player left in the top 16 who could get ahead of him, and to do that MOD would have to reach the Welsh Open final.

    That seemed a remote chance 2 days ago, a measure of how well he has done.



  • #583
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,940 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121781859#Comment_121781859

    Coming closer to the day where a player does back to back maximums, standard is so high these days.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #584
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Next maximum is the 200th officially recognised



  • #585
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,649 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    I gave up on this match an hour ago. Delighted I checked back in

    they/them/theirs


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




  • #586
    spurshero
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    Seems to be a lot of 147s nowadays . Is it the standard is so high or the tables playing easy . Maybe a bit of both ?. Even Wilson’s last red tonight never looked in but somehow landed in pocket .



  • #587
    Genghis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,066 ✭✭✭Genghis


    Another dimension to MODs unexpected run in Wales. Whether he wins or not completely changes the draw for this week's Players Championship, knocking Yuelong out, and changing the lineup and schedule in Telford.

    https://twitter.com/pistol147/status/1758991675018367098?t=bxpVfq6L-oyo3psTlM2_5Q&s=19




  • #588
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,504 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121782849#Comment_121782849

    Years back, the pockets wouldn't accept any contact on near jaw or any touch of the cushion before the pocket if playing along or near a cushion. Now things are different. They don't appear to have altered pocket width but possibly the contouring of the actual hole has changed.



  • #589
    Arthur Daley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭Arthur Daley


    Or maybe sometimes it seems the cushions an inch out from the pocket are a bit dead, not as springy and it helps a slow ball roll in.

    Certainly the line from journalists around the tour is that the pocket template hasn't changed for years.

    There have been 10 maximums this season so far. 200 overall. So at that rate for an average season it would take 20 years to achieve 200.

    It has taken just over 40 years to reach 200. But since the Hearn takeover there are probably twice as many frames played on tour, compared to the 80s, 90s and 2000s.

    People forget there are 17 ranking events this season. Back in the mid 80s boom there were 6 ranking events, and many of those were new (Rothmans Grand Prix, Mercantile Credit Classic, Dulux British Open). In the early 80s even fewer opportunities.

    Plus, let's face it, the standard is better.



  • #590
    tomhammer..
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121782194#Comment_121782194

    An awful lot of high breaks these days. I won't go there about the easy tables😁 in fact i will

    It's very noticeable how many balls are bouncing off the pockets and then dropping

    Handy money today on Wilson if you were a betting man



  • #591
    Arthur Daley
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    Deary me that was basic stuff for O'Donnell. Drop the red in over the pocket, get up to the blue, lots of reds in the open. A settler at the start of the final

    Instead he drags it and doesn't get on the black properly. Break of 1



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  • #592
    tomhammer..
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    BBC has got the B team out today

    Some annoying welsh voice and dale in the studio



  • #593
    Arthur Daley
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    Sounds like a right racket going on.

    More than the usual 'glass of water'

    Players taken out by the ref now



  • #594
    Arthur Daley
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    Ronnie in practicing on the table behind



  • #595
    tomhammer..
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭tomhammer..


    McManus on Eurosport nearly as bad as the BBC team



  • #596
    tomhammer..
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    Turning into the longest match of all-time



  • #597
    AllForIt
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121783950#Comment_121783950

    BBC has got the B team out today

    I think they are both very good, Morgan and Dale.



  • #598
    tomhammer..
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121784141#Comment_121784141

    They'd want to be , the snooker isn't up to much



  • #599
    Genghis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,066 ✭✭✭Genghis


    Dreary enough affair so far, Wilson is cruising along like a canal barge. It's so slow that a runaway result for Wilson could still take all night.



  • #600
    tomhammer..
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭tomhammer..


    It's up there with Griffiths v Thorburn 😁



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  • #601
    tomhammer..
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭tomhammer..


    If ever there was a safe bet it was Wilson today

    Wonder that the odds were



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