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

Tuesday 28th of February

6.30am GMT

John Higgins v Marco Fu TV
Shaun Murphy v Ricky Walden TV
Graeme Dott v Barry Hawkins

11.30am GMT

Ding Junhui v Jin Long TV
Judd Trump v Andrew Higginson TV
Stuart Bingham v Michael Holt
Stephen Lee v Dominic Dale

i know alex higgins did one against white in the uk championship in 1985

jojo wrote:i know alex higgins did one against white in the uk championship in 1985

yup mate on a sunday afternoon

remember it well.

1:12; Reardon thinks he is at a card table.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8JgntfPsPY

Great compilation and it contains one of those shots Wild doesn't believe ever happened.

What did Higgins do to his foot in the first place?

that match between higgins and white at the start of the evening session the first four frames white winning 3-1 lasted a total of 28 minutes and even then in one of the frames higgins carried on when he already lost the frame

Muppet147 wrote:Great compilation and it contains one of those shots Wild doesn't believe ever happened.

What did Higgins do to his foot in the first place?

jumped out of his lovers window after a drunken argument and fell about 20 feet to the ground and broke his ankle

Muppet147 wrote:Great compilation and it contains one of those shots Wild doesn't believe ever happened.

What did Higgins do to his foot in the first place?

i said they werent ten a penny i never said they did not happen

Witz78 wrote:

Muppet147 wrote:Great compilation and it contains one of those shots Wild doesn't believe ever happened.

What did Higgins do to his foot in the first place?

jumped out of his lovers window after a drunken argument and fell about 20 feet to the ground and broke his ankle

still didnt stop him whooping Hendrys ass though

Wild wrote:

Muppet147 wrote:Great compilation and it contains one of those shots Wild doesn't believe ever happened.

What did Higgins do to his foot in the first place?

i said they werent ten a penny i never said they did not happen

you said ONLY 2 had happened before today

or you backtracking on this one too

Witz78 wrote:

Witz78 wrote:

Muppet147 wrote:Great compilation and it contains one of those shots Wild doesn't believe ever happened.

What did Higgins do to his foot in the first place?

jumped out of his lovers window after a drunken argument and fell about 20 feet to the ground and broke his ankle

still didnt stop him whooping Hendrys ass though

Yes, he beat Hendry 9-8 in The Irish Masters Final in Kildare a few weeks later. However, because of ridiculous scheduling had he to play a World Championsip final qualifying match about 14 hours later in Preston, and lost 10-8 to Darren Morgan.

Another thing I remember about the absurd scheduling of the 89 World qualifiers was Alain Robidoux being in the 5th qualifying round before anyone else had reached the 3rd qualifying round.

vodkadiet wrote:

Witz78 wrote:

Witz78 wrote:

Muppet147 wrote:Great compilation and it contains one of those shots Wild doesn't believe ever happened.

What did Higgins do to his foot in the first place?

jumped out of his lovers window after a drunken argument and fell about 20 feet to the ground and broke his ankle

still didnt stop him whooping Hendrys ass though

Yes, he beat Hendry 9-8 in The Irish Masters Final in Kildare a few weeks later. However, because of ridiculous scheduling had to play a World Championsip final qualifying match the following day in Preston, and lost 10-8 to Darren Morgan.

yeh that was a total joke.

ironic he turned back the clock one day then the next day he failed to qualify for the worlds which was effectively the beginning of the end.

still annoys me to think the way WPSBA shafted Alex with the year ban, snooker missed him badly. Just like with Hann, they effectively ended his career just cos they couldnt handle him.

Witz78 wrote:

vodkadiet wrote:

Witz78 wrote:

Witz78 wrote:

Muppet147 wrote:Great compilation and it contains one of those shots Wild doesn't believe ever happened.

What did Higgins do to his foot in the first place?

jumped out of his lovers window after a drunken argument and fell about 20 feet to the ground and broke his ankle

still didnt stop him whooping Hendrys ass though

Yes, he beat Hendry 9-8 in The Irish Masters Final in Kildare a few weeks later. However, because of ridiculous scheduling had to play a World Championsip final qualifying match the following day in Preston, and lost 10-8 to Darren Morgan.

yeh that was a total joke.

ironic he turned back the clock one day then the next day he failed to qualify for the worlds which was effectively the beginning of the end.

still annoys me to think the way WPSBA shafted Alex with the year ban, snooker missed him badly. Just like with Hann, they effectively ended his career just cos they couldnt handle him.

Funny story about his final Crucible appearance being earned when he beat Tony Knowles 10-9 in 1994. He was 6-3 down after the first session, and then fell over a wall and cut his elbow. He returned to beat Knowles. albeit leaving blood on the baize(seeped through his shirt)!

Typical Alex!

haha id heard that one before but funny all the same.

pity we never got to see a Ronnie v Alex game at the Crucible

Witz78 wrote:

Witz78 wrote:

simplysnooker wrote:ESSEX ESSEX! sad news, got to cheer on Bingham now :(

Should be a good event this, eurosport look to be covering it pretty extensively over the week so looking forward to watching a few hours snooker after school every day

in my day it was He-Man

and in Snooker fans day it was She-ra

Is Tabb now down the pecking order in refs list as she isnt at this event either ?

Tuesday 28th of February

6.30am GMT

John Higgins 5-3 Marco Fu
Shaun Murphy 5-3 Ricky Walden
Graeme Dott 5-2 Barry Hawkins

Wild wrote:Tuesday 28th of February

6.30am GMT

John Higgins 5-3 Marco Fu
Shaun Murphy 5-3 Ricky Walden
Graeme Dott 5-2 Barry Hawkins

3 dangerous qualifiers beaten, this sets the tone for the event imo - expect a high quality affair.

What did Higgins play like? I think the next 3 or 4 weeks are huge for him.

Higginson in first second frame What can he do ?

truer word has never been spoken

Mike Hallett "Snooker is a game of the mind"

Ding Junhui 0-2 Jin Long
Judd Trump 3-0 Andrew Higginson
Stuart Bingham 0-2 Michael Holt
Stephen Lee 1-0 Dominic Dale

Trump leading Higginson 4-0.

He needed two snookers in the second frame and got them and then made a century in the third frame.

Ding Junhui 1-3 Jin Long
Judd Trump 5-0 Andrew Higginson
Stuart Bingham 0-4 Michael Holt
Stephen Lee 4-0 Dominic Dale

poor from ding

Ding Junhui 1-4 Jin Long
Judd Trump 5-0 Andrew Higginson
Stuart Bingham 0-5 Michael Holt
Stephen Lee 5-0 Dominic Dale

I saw a bit of the Ding match. He isn't having a good day. And Jin Long doesn't even seem that good.

Tuesday 28th of February


11.30am GMT

Ding Junhui 1-5 Jin Long
Judd Trump 5-0 Andrew Higginson
Stuart Bingham 0-5 Michael Holt
Stephen Lee 5-0 Dominic Dale

Wednesday 29th of February

6.30am GMT

Mark Selby v Lu Ning TV
Mark Williams v Mark King TV
Mark Allen v Jimmy Robertson
Matthew Stevens v Joe Perry

11.30am GMT

Neil Robertson v Stephen Hendry TV
Stephen Maguire v Robert Milkins TV
Martin Gould v Jamie Cope

Hopefully Hendry can humiliate the dull Aussie again.

Just rewatching on Sky+. Is it just me or is the audience very poor? Looks almost empty.