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2008 World Snooker Champion [21 vote(s)]

Ronnie O'Sullivan
33.3%
Mark Selby
47.6%
John Higgins
4.8%
Shun Murphy
0.0%
Steven Maguire
4.8%
Ding Junhui
0.0%
Other
9.5%
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in which case i'm going to put some money on dotty to win then. hes a scrappy little player and im sure he'll put up a good fight even if his heads not there. might even get a decent price!!

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Just for a small bet I have done 1st round betting on.

Ding Junhui Chn v Marco Fu HK
Stephen Hendry Sco v Mark Allen NIbiggrin.gif
Ali Carter Eng v Barry Hawkins Engbiggrin.gif
Peter Ebdon Eng v Jamie Cope Engfurious.gif
Neil Robertson Aus v Nigel Bond Engbiggrin.gif
Steve Davis Eng v Stuart Bingham Eng
Graeme Dott Sco v Joe Perry Eng.

things were all ready looking bad this afternoon with Hendry 3-6 down, But Carter won 10-9, only for Ebdon to pip Cope 10-9, Oh well.
What a comeback from Hendry to win 10-9

-- Edited by lakeattacks at 17:47, 2008-04-21

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 shocked.gif59% were wrong as Selby goes out in 1st round. shocked.gif

-- Edited by lakeattacks at 19:03, 2008-04-22

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lakeattacks wrote:

 shocked.gif59% were wrong as Selby goes out in 1st round. shocked.gif



New galsses for Lakeattacks its only 56% now !



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SELBY SELBY SELBY SELBY SELBY

oh dear Selby fans, 56% that hes going to win, wha tthe hell happened?

Who had money on him?

I want to laugh whilst pointing at you.



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Beefy wrote:

lakeattacks wrote:

 shocked.gif59% were wrong as Selby goes out in 1st round. shocked.gif



New galsses for Lakeattacks its only 56% now !


Me sorry, Didn't realise that i left poll open,



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bloody hell i werent expecting him to go out 1st round and thank god i decided against putting a tenner on him at the last minute.wink.gif

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Just for a small bet I have done 1st round betting on.

Ding Junhui Chn 10 v 9 Marco Fu HKfurious.gif
Stephen Hendry Sco 10 v 9 Mark Allen NIbiggrin.gif
Ali Carter Eng 10 v 9 Barry Hawkins Engbiggrin.gif
Peter Ebdon Eng 10 v 9 Jamie Cope Engfurious.gif
Neil Robertson Aus 10 v 4 Nigel Bond Engbiggrin.gif
Steve Davis Eng 8 v 10 Stuart Bingham Engfurious.gif
Graeme Dott Sco 7 v 10 Joe Perry Eng.biggrin.gif

Dam the Handicap betting might off been the way to go, only 4 frames from winning to loseing

-- Edited by lakeattacks at 13:12, 2008-04-23

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2nd Round draw as it's starting to look

John Higgins Sco v Ryan Day Wal
Ding Junhui Chn v Stephen Hendry Sco
Ronnie O'Sullivan Eng or Liu Chuang v Mark Williams Wal
Joe Swail NI v Ken Doherty Ire or Liang Wenbo Chn
Shaun Murphy Eng v Ali Carter Eng 
Mark King Eng v Peter Ebdon Eng
Neil Robertson Aus v Stephen Maguire Sco or Anthony Hamilton Eng
Stuart Bingham Eng v Joe Perry Eng

Ding v Hendry playing Friday and Sat could be a good match, Maybe also Mark Williams v Ronnie, but King v Ebdon how boring


-- Edited by lakeattacks at 16:39, 2008-04-23

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lakeattacks wrote:

Just for a small bet I have done 1st round betting on.

Peter Ebdon Eng 9 v 10 Jamie Cope Engfurious.gif


lakeattacks wrote:

2nd Round draw as it's starting to look

John Higgins Sco v Ryan Day Wal
Ding Junhui Chn v Stephen Hendry Sco
Ronnie O'Sullivan Eng or Liu Chuang v Mark Williams Wal
Joe Swail NI v Ken Doherty Ire or Liang Wenbo Chn
Shaun Murphy Eng or Dave Harold Eng v Ali Carter Eng 
Mark King Eng v Peter Ebdon Eng
Neil Robertson Aus v Stephen Maguire Sco or Anthony Hamilton Eng
Stuart Bingham Eng v Graham Dott Sco v Joe Perry Eng

Ding v Hendry playing Friday and Sat could be a good match, Maybe also Mark Williams v Ronnie, but King v Ebdon how boring

I agree with beffy new glasses for steve as he states peter ebdon losing but some how he is in the second roundconfusedconfusedconfused



-- Edited by bigbossman at 07:39, 2008-04-23

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bigbossman wrote:

lakeattacks wrote:

Just for a small bet I have done 1st round betting on.

Peter Ebdon Eng 9 v 10 Jamie Cope Engfurious.gif


I agree with beffy new glasses for steve as he states peter ebdon losing but some how he is in the second roundconfusedconfusedconfused



-- Edited by bigbossman at 07:39, 2008-04-23
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well, I may have lost a fiver on selby weirdface

but I do still have a small sum riding on Neil Robertson confused 
I thought he was good value... we shall see


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This kid is playing well against Ronnie.
Having said that, Ronnie is missing some easy balls, should be an interesting match

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the apprentice wrote:

This kid is playing well against Ronnie.
Having said that, Ronnie is missing some easy balls, should be an interesting match


Liu was 3-0 down when I last looked, Now at 3-3 he is doing well



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2nd Round draw as it's starting to look

John Higgins Sco v Ryan Day Wal
Ding Junhui Chn v Stephen Hendry Sco
Ronnie O'Sullivan Eng or Liu Chuang v Mark Williams Wal
Joe Swail NI v Liang Wenbo Chn
Shaun Murphy Eng v Ali Carter Eng 
Mark King Eng v Peter Ebdon Eng
Neil Robertson Aus v Stephen Maguire Sco or Anthony Hamilton Eng
Stuart Bingham Eng v Joe Perry Eng

Ding v Hendry playing Friday and Sat could be a good match, Maybe also Mark Williams v Ronnie but Ronnie has his work cut out against Liu Chuang who seems to have a few things about him that makes me think he has studyed Hendry, but King v Ebdon how boring and they start off the 2nd round Thursday.

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lakeattacks wrote:

but Ronnie has his work cut out against Liu Chuang who seems to have a few things about him that makes me think he has studyed Hendry, but King


They certainly share the same bad complexion!

 



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lakeattacks wrote:

he has studyed Hendry, but King v Ebdon how boring and they start off the 2nd round Thursday.



Not just new glasses for Lakeman but I think a new dictionary as well ! STUDIED



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Talk about the ultimate insult!!!

having your spelling corrected by beefy!! hahahahahahahaha

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Minx wrote:

well, I may have lost a fiver on selby weirdface

but I do still have a small sum riding on Neil Robertson confused 
I thought he was good value... we shall see

Well it appears I'm not great at picking winners...

But I did omit to mention my 3rd bet on Ronnie to get a 147.

YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! biggrin



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So come on then what did they give on a 147 ?

Will have to watch the highlights tonight now... you beat me to it as I looked for the scores and saw it on the front page of the bbc website !

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Odds were 5-1

Just wish I'd bet more on it now aww

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1/4 final draw as it looks now.

Ryan Day Wal v Stephen Hendry Sco
Ronnie O'Sullivan Eng v Joe Swail NI or Liang Wenbo Chn
Ali Carter Eng v Peter Ebdon Eng
Stephen Maguire Sco v Stuart Bingham Eng or Joe Perry Eng

Ronnie now has made 9 147 breaks and looks odds on to make semi final, It would be nice to see Hendry play Ronnie in semi.
Maguire you would also fancy to make Semi, Carter is playing well but Ebdon you can never rule out finding some form, which i'm sure will keep God happy 

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Did anybody see the 147?
amazing.
Some of the shots were just pure genius.
Fair play to him

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Its probably on the BBC website now but will definitely be in the highlights programme tonight.

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Just looked at the video of the break and the positional play to move the second last red was quite something. The commentator called it the best positional shot he had ever seen.

Here is the link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/7369420.stm

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Beefy wrote:

Just looked at the video of the break and the positional play to move the second last red was quite something. The commentator called it the best positional shot he had ever seen.


That was a great shot to move the red out and the 1st couple of blacks were not easy either. Ronnie is slowing down in his old age. That break was done in about 8mins 40secs. LOL
That was the 3rd 147 quickest of all time. Ronnie as now done 9 and holds the record as Hendry as only done 8

The best 147 I ever see was Hendry years back playing Ronnie. Hendry was leading I think 8-2 Ronnie got back to 8-8 then Hendry hit 147 and won match and final



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1/4 final draw as it looks now.

Ryan Day Wal v Stephen Hendry Sco
Ronnie O'Sullivan Eng v Liang Wenbo Chn
Ali Carter Eng v Peter Ebdon Eng
Stephen Maguire Sco v Joe Perry Eng

Just watched the ending of the Joe Swail v Liang Wenbo match, What a ending, Liang celebrating at 12-10 only for Swail to get a snooker and pinch the frame. Then either player had plenty of chances to win last frame, just as Swail look like nicking it he missed what seem to be a simple Brown and Liang got the win. Liang v Ronnie might be a good watch, Liang takes so many chances I've seen him try a 4 ball plant at 1 stage today, if it goes wrong Ronnie will walk away with it

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The Swail/Wembo match was absolutely gripping. 

Think it would've crushed Wembo and his future chances of doing well had he lost in such a fashion.  You watched him going from cheerful to getting gradually more and more devastated - it was hard to watch.  I'm glad he stumbled over the line in the end, but Swail deserved it too after such a fightback, and played much the better snooker in the last few frames.

Neither holds a candle to Ronnie, and Wembo I'm sure will be out next round. 


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mind you, a little bookie (nathan) told me that the last time ronnie and wembo met it was
10-3 to wembo so it may not be such a dead cert...????

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lakeattacks wrote:

1/4 final draw as it looks now.

Ryan Day Wal v Stephen Hendry Sco
Ronnie O'Sullivan Eng v Liang Wenbo Chn
Ali Carter Eng v Peter Ebdon Eng
Stephen Maguire Sco v Joe Perry Eng

Just watched the ending of the Joe Swail v Liang Wenbo match, What a ending, Liang celebrating at 12-10 only for Swail to get a snooker and pinch the frame. Then either player had plenty of chances to win last frame, just as Swail look like nicking it he missed what seem to be a simple Brown and Liang got the win. Liang v Ronnie might be a good watch, Liang takes so many chances I've seen him try a 4 ball plant at 1 stage today, if it goes wrong Ronnie will walk away with it



I was watching the end on Eurosport and Mike Hallet was commentating and the words he used to describe the shot on the Yellow sums up what Steve is saying about the kids game.

He fears no shots, takes huge risks and that yellow last night in the final frame should have cost him ! Celebrates early oh the joys of youth !

Ronnie will make short work of it I give Liang 8 frames max unless his high risk play comes off !



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