Ronnie looks like he hasn't turned up yet. Cnt believe he conceded that 3rd frame needin 1 snooker

Yeah looks real bad. Biting his nails etc and looking really unsettled.

he really isnt on form. mark allen was given 3 easy opening reds in this frame (to go 4-2 up) and he needed them all to win the frame.

Allen held his nerve realy well thre to go 5-4 up

O'Sullivan should just stay home if that's the kind of game he's going to play these days. He was barely phoning it in.

142 from Maguire, but he is out. just Fu Hendry and Cope left. but ronnie, Selby and Higgins out i think we are in for a shock Hendry win i think. he will recapture his form from the 90's, blitz this and go on to dominate the rest of the year before retiring as the greatest player of all time....


seriously I think I might just blink the side pot, as long as Robertson doesn't pull something special off....

robertson for something special 1 time

you're using your one time on this?

**** i didnt think that one through did i?

Hendry gonna be lucky to win this match - cueing across basicall any shot above medium distance which unless Robertson falls to pieces is a near insurmountable leak.

He almost looks like he needs glasses or something.

He seems to be putting a small trace of right hand side on the ball habitually which obviously makes a huge difference over the vast distances/small margins of snooker. Any game other than snooker might not matter as much with his all round safety/short range break building game but he stands little chance on a match snooker table v someone like Robertson with a near non existent long game.

Might be a sighting problem - could even be his cue (he never seems to have been the same since his old factory made cue broke on route to the China open, which may have been slightly bent and his brain corrected for it), whatever it is not sure that he will be able to sustain himself near the top of the game for very long without sorting it - such a huge leak in the context of the modern game.

I think robertson has to go strong fav after that performance his long game is just unreal

Haha ridiculous that I'm out after 1st round

Enjoy my monies

clyro from 40% of 0% in the first round.

the draw for the quarters is up...

Thu 1900: Mark King (Eng) v Jamie Cope (Eng)
Thu 1330: Ding Junhui (Chn) v Graeme Dott (Sco)
Fri 1900: Peter Ebdon (Eng) v Marco Fu (HK)
Fri 1330: Mark Allen (NI) v Neil Robertson (Aus)

Jamie Cope cant be happy with getting back to back matches, espically Vs Mark King who has had a number of days rest.

ow and wamy can you put a bet on Robertson, Ebdon, Ding and King to win? as your first round pick was so solid....

Yeah I quit sports betting seriously for obvious reasons lol

Oh well think Dott looked v dangerous so happy to have him.

looks like dotts gna have to pull out something special here, ding played ridiculously well

sigh. One time Dott 147 pls God

you know life is bad when all of your eggs are in one Mark King shaped basket

lol

Ding not looking so good any more. C'mon Dott

who the hell is sponsoring cope, tango? and what was king doing on that last blue in the first frame?

King just awful in this match. He looks like he couldn't play dead in a low-budget western.

Shame Allen and Robertson have to play each other. They are the only two I would even care about if they won. If Cope wins this tournament playing the way he is I might shoot myself.

MARK ALLEN ONE TIME!

I'll 2nd that mate, backed him at 20-1 before the tourny started, only for £1 but still be sweet

Sigh I'm all out then. FU and your stupid 140+ break Maquire.