by SnookerFan » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Smart wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Sonny wrote:I see Bourne's cynical gambler take on the world has manifested again
He's just lining up excuses for when Judd Trump doesn't win.
Is JUDD in CHINA
I'm guessing so. That's where the tournament is.
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by Smart » 27 Mar 2011 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Smart wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Sonny wrote:I see Bourne's cynical gambler take on the world has manifested again
He's just lining up excuses for when Judd Trump doesn't win.
Is JUDD in CHINA
I'm guessing so. That's where the tournament is.
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by SnookerFan » 27 Mar 2011 Read
So, anyway, now we've got the super important issue of how hard all the players will be trying out of the way, what matches are people actually looking forward to in the first rounds?
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by Bourne » 27 Mar 2011 Read
GJ wrote:http://betting.betfair.com/betting/snooker/snooker-china-open-betting-time-to-make-his-mark-260311.html
dave hendon well said
paragraph 2
Hendon lives in the real world
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by Smart » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Bourne wrote:GJ wrote:http://betting.betfair.com/betting/snooker/snooker-china-open-betting-time-to-make-his-mark-260311.html
dave hendon well said
paragraph 2
Hendon lives in the real world
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by randam05 » 27 Mar 2011 Read
ONLY 11 HOURS TILL THE DEADLINE FOR THE 2011 CHINA OPEN PREDICTIONS CONTEST. GET YOUR ENTRIES IN!!!
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by SnookerFan » 27 Mar 2011 Read
randam05 wrote:ONLY 11 HOURS TILL THE DEADLINE FOR THE 2011 CHINA OPEN PREDICTIONS CONTEST. GET YOUR ENTRIES IN!!!
People were scared when they saw my predictions.
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by SnookerFan » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Bourne wrote:GJ wrote:http://betting.betfair.com/betting/snooker/snooker-china-open-betting-time-to-make-his-mark-260311.html
dave hendon well said
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Hendon lives in the real world
Have you read your analysis of Judd Trump matches? Are you in the real world?
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by Bourne » 27 Mar 2011 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Bourne wrote:GJ wrote:http://betting.betfair.com/betting/snooker/snooker-china-open-betting-time-to-make-his-mark-260311.html
dave hendon well said
paragraph 2
Hendon lives in the real world
Have you read your analysis of Judd Trump matches? Are you in the real world?
Yes and yes.
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by randam05 » 27 Mar 2011 Read
SnookerFan wrote:randam05 wrote:ONLY 11 HOURS TILL THE DEADLINE FOR THE 2011 CHINA OPEN PREDICTIONS CONTEST. GET YOUR ENTRIES IN!!!
People were scared when they saw my predictions.
Is that why another 13 people entered
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by SnookerFan » 27 Mar 2011 Read
randam05 wrote:SnookerFan wrote:randam05 wrote:ONLY 11 HOURS TILL THE DEADLINE FOR THE 2011 CHINA OPEN PREDICTIONS CONTEST. GET YOUR ENTRIES IN!!!
People were scared when they saw my predictions.
Is that why another 13 people entered
Unlucky for them.
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by Wildey » 27 Mar 2011 Read
GJ wrote:http://betting.betfair.com/betting/snooker/snooker-china-open-betting-time-to-make-his-mark-260311.html
dave hendon well said
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with respect to Dave
thats why he talks about snooker and they go out there to play it ....
if i was a player i would want to go out there and put
up to people and win the china and the world and not just settle for the worlds that where class comes in to it.
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by Bourne » 27 Mar 2011 Read
And if it was that easy, players would be doing it every year, but it hardly ever happens
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by Wildey » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Bourne wrote:And if it was that easy, players would be doing it every year, but it hardly ever happens
it hardly ever happens that players that lose in china goes on to win the worlds either.
this week there will be 31 losers in china with 16 in the first round only 1 of them has a hope of being WC.
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by Roland » 27 Mar 2011 Read
The China Open is a completely different test to the World Championships - that's why there's no link between winning in China and doing well at the Crucible. The two events are certainly far enough apart to make the exhaustion factor a myth.
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by jojo » 27 Mar 2011 Read
i remember the days when they had a ranking tournament finish just six days before the start of the world championships which i always disagreed with i think i two week gap between the final and start of the worlds or thirteen days to be precise is much better
i think players will try their hardest winning breeds confidence and winning and i can assure those players who not sure of their top sixteen status will be trying their very hardest to win as many ranking points as possible
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by Bourne » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Sonny wrote:The China Open is a completely different test to the World Championships - that's why there's no link between winning in China and doing well at the Crucible. The two events are certainly far enough apart to make the exhaustion factor a myth.
In the past, yes. But now with 18+ tournaments already gone in the season, players are already tired. The smart ones will conserve energy in China as best they can, i'm not saying no-one wants to win China because the likes of say Allen and Trump for instance could really do with a tournament win, but the big boys have to play this clever.
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by Wildey » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Bourne wrote:Sonny wrote:The China Open is a completely different test to the World Championships - that's why there's no link between winning in China and doing well at the Crucible. The two events are certainly far enough apart to make the exhaustion factor a myth.
In the past, yes. But now with 18+ tournaments already gone in the season, players are already tired. The smart ones will conserve energy in China as best they can, i'm not saying no-one wants to win China because the likes of say Allen and Trump for instance could really do with a tournament win, but the big boys have to play this clever.
yes but in thoes 18 tournaments the china open is about 4th or 5th in the pecking order.
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by jojo » 27 Mar 2011 Read
bourne i think the tired factor in snooker is bullocks just a few short years ago players were crying out for more events as there were something like only six ranking events per season now it would be hypocritical
i can understand if the china open and worlds were only a week apart from each other but they have a whole fortnight to recover some will have even more
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by Wildey » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Bourne
explain to me one thing whats clever in winning neither event ?
wouldnt it be better winning china then if you lose in the world the Body Blow wont be as seviere.
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by Bourne » 27 Mar 2011 Read
jojo wrote:bourne i think the tired factor in snooker is tezzies just a few short years ago players were crying out for more events as there were something like only six ranking events per season now it would be hypocritical
i can understand if the china open and worlds were only a week apart from each other but they have a whole fortnight to recover some will have even more
It's too close at the moment, there should be a much longer gap. But this year is a transitional one given how much the calendar is changing, for the better I may add, but I think this tournament should be held further back in Feb or early March and have the PTC Finals as the penultimate event.
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by Wildey » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Bourne wrote:jojo wrote:bourne i think the tired factor in snooker is tezzies just a few short years ago players were crying out for more events as there were something like only six ranking events per season now it would be hypocritical
i can understand if the china open and worlds were only a week apart from each other but they have a whole fortnight to recover some will have even more
It's too close at the moment, there should be a much longer gap. But this year is a transitional one given how much the calendar is changing, for the better I may add, but I think this tournament should be held further back in Feb or early March and have the PTC Finals as the penultimate event.
NOW THEN
i have to agree with that
reason is because im fed up year after year after year having one of snookers Real Majors described as a Warm up.
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by Bourne » 27 Mar 2011 Read
There are a lot of good things they could do with this tournament, lengthen it, more ranking points, further from the Worlds, get rid of the wildcard round ... it's got so much potential at the minute but needs to be allowed to blossom into the 4th biggest tournament because at the moment it's just one of the 'others' to me.
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by jojo » 27 Mar 2011 Read
yes in an ideal world i would say have a ptc instead of the china open before the worlds preferrably in the uk but i dont think its too much of a deal to be honest im not complaining with the amount of tournaments there are compared to a few years ago
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by Tubberlad » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Bourne wrote:There are a lot of good things they could do with this tournament, lengthen it, more ranking points, further from the Worlds, get rid of the wildcard round ... it's got so much potential at the minute but needs to be allowed to blossom into the 4th biggest tournament because at the moment it's just one of the 'others' to me.
spot on...
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by Wildey » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Tubberlad wrote:Bourne wrote:There are a lot of good things they could do with this tournament, lengthen it, more ranking points, further from the Worlds, get rid of the wildcard round ... it's got so much potential at the minute but needs to be allowed to blossom into the 4th biggest tournament because at the moment it's just one of the 'others' to me.
spot on...
yes
i think the wildcard round distracts from the event.
China dont need it no more what they want is the ever growing players get there as of right..
this year only ding there thats disapointing.
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by vodkadiet » 28 Mar 2011 Read
All this nonsense about China being too close to the worlds, why is it?
No better practice than match practice.
If anything is too close to the worlds it is this.
http://scottishsnooker.info/home/
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by SnookerFan » 28 Mar 2011 Read
So, 10 minutes to go. Are we all looking forward to this?
Who are the lucky ones who aren't at work/school? I am going to be offline a lot today, as I am going to tape and watch some matches.
Come on! Snooker.
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