Star Xing Pai Haikou World Open W C and Last 32 Discussion!!

Not long to go now, bit disappointed that the Best of 5's were scrapped, enjoyed it as a one-off tournament, but going to give the event a try.

simplysnooker wrote:Not long to go now, bit disappointed that the Best of 5's were scrapped, enjoyed it as a one-off tournament, but going to give the event a try.

Best of five frames has no place in a fully fledged ranking event. If it did, it would be less prestigious than a PTC.

boris_the_butcher wrote:

simplysnooker wrote:Not long to go now, bit disappointed that the Best of 5's were scrapped, enjoyed it as a one-off tournament, but going to give the event a try.

Best of five frames has no place in a fully fledged ranking event. If it did, it would be less prestigious than a PTC.

well the World Open last year with best of 5s was 350% more prestigious than a PTC in terms of ranking points

and all the talk of it being a lottery was dispelled by the big names reaching the latter stages.

It was a breath of fresh air last year and there was definetly scope for retaining that format.

Just wondering if Robbo happened to win this tournament would it count as having won the same tournament three seasosn in a row? I know there's been a format change all three years, but was I wondering if still counted.

Skullman wrote:Just wondering if Robbo happened to win this tournament would it count as having won the same tournament three seasosn in a row? I know there's been a format change all three years, but was I wondering if still counted.

No due to different format

Skullman wrote:Just wondering if Robbo happened to win this tournament would it count as having won the same tournament three seasosn in a row? I know there's been a format change all three years, but was I wondering if still counted.

He is not number 1 seed as defending Champion so I guess not.

GJ wrote:

Skullman wrote:Just wondering if Robbo happened to win this tournament would it count as having won the same tournament three seasosn in a row? I know there's been a format change all three years, but was I wondering if still counted.

No due to different format

what i dont understand is when the Grand Prix changed to the LG Cup it was still looked upon as the same competition (ie, on the list of previous winners) then it became the Grand Prix again.

Format changed to groups then back to knockout

then last season it changed to World Open, shorter format and random draw but was still looked on as being the Grand Prix yet now when its far more like the old Grand Prix again with best of 9s etc, it is deemed to be a new event.

Most likely because the LG Cup and the original World Open were still Grands Prix but just with sponsorship in the first case and a radically new format in the second. They still retained the same BBC coverage and the same spot in the calendar.

Looking forward to this.

COME ON SELBY.

complete waste of a first day

what utter recycling bullocks

one thing bad about the chinese sort is they always have these wildcard rounds which for me a complete turn off

jojo wrote:complete waste of a first day

what utter recycling bullocks

one thing bad about the chinese sort is they always have these wildcard rounds which for me a complete turn off

Won't even bother with the first day. What I don't get is why hold back qualifying matches like they do at the Welsh? And why have eight wildcards, and on the same day as well. At least have four wildcard matches and four last 32 matches, so the TV audiences have something to watch.

Just for you jojo

http://snookerscene.blogspot.com/2012/0 ... lking.html

thanjs i actually think it better to have all the recycling wildcards on the first day get all the rubbish out the way first on the first day and the tournament start properly on tuesday

i agree that if spectators turn on the tv and they see all unknowns playing on the first day they could be forgiven for thinking it not a major tournament but surely a proper snooker fan will know it is a major tournament and it just the first day that has a wildcard round

Snookerfan has probably took tomorrow off work to watch this wildcard tripe

Standings at/near MSI ...

Robert Milkins 4-0 TT
Sam Baird 1-3 Jin Long
Tom Ford 1-3 Lu Haotian
King 2-1 Hossein Vafaei

tables looking very slow and heavy.

What an incredible shot, first time I've seen something like that "live". I was just thinking it would be unlucky if Thirapongpaiboon lost with a foul on the last black, and then it goes in the other corner.

FORD
milkman
samuel
king

wild

Do you think slow conditions will suit hendo more than robbo ?

don't know if the above link works as youtube is blocked for me

It works. I remember Alex Higgins doing that once.

Trump - Higginson might be a good match. Higginson always seems to win a few frames but then bottles it.