Bank Of Beijing China Open W C and Last 32 Round Discussion!

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.

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.

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?

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

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

ONLY 11 HOURS TILL THE DEADLINE FOR THE 2011 CHINA OPEN PREDICTIONS CONTEST. GET YOUR ENTRIES IN!!!

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.

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?

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

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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?

Yes and yes.

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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

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.

And if it was that easy, players would be doing it every year, but it hardly ever happens

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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...

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/

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.