07-05-07, 11:37 PM
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Haha no way. A mate of mine had £200 on Selby (after losing a ton on Hendry) at the start of the final at 9/4.
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I didn't believe it myself but it was on the radio this evening. 100/1
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08-05-07, 12:39 AM
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AFII's Nemesis
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Looks like Selby has gone
Shame for the lad, he doesn't deserve to lose, but higgins found the extra gear when he needed it.
Selby needs to win the last 5 frames
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08-05-07, 12:33 PM
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Unidentified Rascal
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New rankings:
1 (4) John Higgins
2 (6) Graeme Dott
3 (5) Shaun Murphy
4 (2) Ken Doherty
5 (3) Ronnie O'Sullivan
6 (7) Peter Ebdon
7 (13) Neil Robertson
8 (1) Stephen Hendry
9 (27) Ding Junhui
10 (9) Stephen Maguire
11 (28) Mark Selby
12 (8) Mark Williams
13 (10) Stephen Lee
14 (15) Allister Carter
15 (11) Steve Davis
16 (17) Ryan Day
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08-05-07, 01:08 PM
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Did anyone stay up and watch the end of this ...I chickened out at about 12...as I thought it was going to finish at 4am
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08-05-07, 01:17 PM
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Takin' Her Easy
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Did anyone stay up and watch the end of this ...I chickened out at about 12...as I thought it was going to finish at 4am
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Yes
Bit of an anti-climax tbh
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08-05-07, 01:37 PM
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Unidentified Rascal
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Did anyone stay up and watch the end of this ...I chickened out at about 12...as I thought it was going to finish at 4am
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Same here, about 12.30am it was. I saw Higgins go 17-13 up and decided that was enough for me.
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08-05-07, 02:30 PM
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Same here, about 12.30am it was. I saw Higgins go 17-13 up and decided that was enough for me.
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He was awesome in the last couple of frames, he must have really psyched himself out after the third last frame he won, because his last two frames were like exhibition stuff.
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21-04-09, 06:18 PM
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Anyone watching it this year?
Iv just stuck a tenner on Ebdon at 50/1, great odds! Get em while you can.
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21-04-09, 06:24 PM
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Paisley
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Watched a couple of games this year but Dennis Taylor got on my nerves so much I had to turn over
Good luck with the bet..he's 50/1 for a reason surely?
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21-04-09, 06:32 PM
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Dalglish
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Watched a couple of games this year but Dennis Taylor got on my nerves so much I had to turn over
Good luck with the bet..he's 50/1 for a reason surely? 
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Yes because he is 3-5 down in his 1st round match. It's upto 10 frames though, so still plenty of time to come back!
p.s. leave Dennis alone, the 1985 final was one of my great childhood memories!!!
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21-04-09, 06:47 PM
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Ebdon v Bond should finish some time in the next week or two.
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21-04-09, 06:53 PM
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Ebdon v Bond should finish some time in the next week or two.
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 If I'd paid and ended up watching that snorefest I would have wanted my money back. That McLeod is snail like as well. In fact for some reason I have found it all very dull so far, usually I love it.
I did actually stand outside the Crucible on Saturday and see McLeod start his match, so watched a little bit of history with the first black player to appear at The Crucible Theatre
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21-04-09, 06:54 PM
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You could see him playing from your pitch outside the Crucible?
Used to love it but can't get into it these days.
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21-04-09, 06:59 PM
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 They have a big screen TV outside. I never had tickets I was in Sheffield to catch up with some mates, we had some girls with us I think that was their idea of hell. In fact most of my mates would probably have agreed. It is a dying sport sadly.
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22-04-09, 09:20 AM
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The Ding/Liang game is surely the first World Snooker Championship match where the participants' names are an anagram of a Chuck Berry song.
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22-04-09, 09:23 AM
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The Ding/Liang game is surely the first World Snooker Championship match where the participants' names are an anagram of a Chuck Berry song.

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22-04-09, 09:29 AM
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The Ding/Liang game is surely the first World Snooker Championship match where the participants' names are an anagram of a Chuck Berry song.

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22-04-09, 10:04 PM
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Paisley
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How fat is Lee these days?! Saw him before..my god
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22-04-09, 10:09 PM
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Unidentified Rascal
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I see Bond v Ebdon finished!
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In the game between Ebdon and Bond, a tentative start from both players meant just one point was scored in the first 15 minutes of the first frame, which Bond eventually won after a gruelling hour and forty eight minutes.
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22-04-09, 10:15 PM
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Haha that's insane  If I play a frame that lasts longer than about 20 minutes I completely lose patience and concentration
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22-04-09, 10:16 PM
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Pic of Lee btw
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22-04-09, 10:17 PM
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Haha that's insane  If I play a frame that lasts longer than about 20 minutes I completely lose patience and concentration
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Me too. And when I'm watching. I remember watching Thorburn v Griffiths once and it was like a comedy or something. Play the slowest, most negative shot imaginable every time.
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22-04-09, 10:20 PM
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fuck!!!
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22-04-09, 10:24 PM
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Me too. And when I'm watching. I remember watching Thorburn v Griffiths once and it was like a comedy or something. Play the slowest, most negative shot imaginable every time.
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 Dunno how they do it, you'd wanna just hit and hope as hard as you can after a while
You wanna see Lee playing, his trousers are so big they look like flares
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22-04-09, 10:29 PM
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He's the new Bill Webernuik!
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22-04-09, 11:15 PM
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I wonder if Lee can still play after 22 pints of lager though like good ol' Bill.
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22-04-09, 11:51 PM
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Proof, I think, that snooker is not a sport.
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23-04-09, 12:04 AM
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Proof, I think, that snooker is not a sport.
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No! It's just all inclusive. Doesn't discriminate.
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23-04-09, 12:21 AM
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No! It's just all inclusive. Doesn't discriminate.
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23-04-09, 02:03 PM
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One of my mates is good friends with Stephen Lee he's also a professional snooker player he was in the top 32 but has recently dropped to the 50's, I think he only made about £18k last season and he reckons most of them make more money from the exhibition games than they do for tournaments.
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23-04-09, 05:18 PM
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Unidentified Rascal
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One of my mates is good friends with Stephen Lee he's also a professional snooker player he was in the top 32 but has recently dropped to the 50's, I think he only made about £18k last season and he reckons most of them make more money from the exhibition games than they do for tournaments.
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Jesus.
D'you mind me asking who is he? Probably know (of) him.
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23-04-09, 05:40 PM
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No wonder they are tempted to take the odd bribe, the expenses they run up travelling to these tournaments must eat most of that 18k up.
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23-04-09, 05:46 PM
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Jesus.
D'you mind me asking who is he? Probably know (of) him.
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No wonder they are tempted to take the odd bribe, the expenses they run up travelling to these tournaments must eat most of that 18k up.
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They get subsidised by sponsors but unless you're top 32 that doesn't mean a lot
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23-04-09, 05:56 PM
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Ah the Milkins!
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23-04-09, 06:00 PM
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Ah the Milkins! 
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Do you know him?
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23-04-09, 06:01 PM
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Well I don't know him but I know the snooker player, yeah. Watched him play several times.
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23-04-09, 06:04 PM
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O'Sullivan on a -3.5 frames handicap, against Mark Allen. 4/6 - thinking of lumping on.
Also thinking about O'Sullivan to win 3 out of the first 4 frames - evens.
To win 1st session - 4/7
Highest break in match - 2/5
-2.5 frame handicap - 2/5
Break over 50 in first frame - 1/3
To make 1st century in match - 4/9
Under 22.5 total frames - 1/2
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23-04-09, 06:04 PM
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Well I don't know him but I know the snooker player, yeah. Watched him play several times.
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He should've won a lot more than he has he hit a 147 in the qualifiers for the 2006 world championships I think he was the first ever to do it, he's very tempremental but a nice bloke though.
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23-04-09, 06:10 PM
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Allen's a decent player and I wouldn't lump on ROS. Most of those look nailed on but Ronnie is so temperamental, and can sometimes take a while to warm to the task...especially in the longer games.
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23-04-09, 06:11 PM
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Allen's a decent player and I wouldn't lump on ROS. Most of those look nailed on but Ronnie is so temperamental, and can sometimes take a while to warm to the task...especially in the longer games.
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All taken on board, but i dont fancy Allen to win 10 frames mate.
4/6 on O'Sullivan -3.5 looks good, dont you think?
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