Dafabet Masters Round 1 : Stuart Bingham v Marco Fu !

I think I had Bingham winning 6-4 in predictions.

2 red 2 blacks....

Sods law that the 147 would be while I was in the bath.

AC or LT? wrote:Sods law that the 147 would be while I was in the bath.

Hang on. There may be another.

SnookerFan wrote:

AC or LT? wrote:Sods law that the 147 would be while I was in the bath.

Hang on. There may be another.

Nope.

AC or LT? wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

AC or LT? wrote:Sods law that the 147 would be while I was in the bath.

Hang on. There may be another.

Nope.

Imagine that....

SnookerFan wrote:

AC or LT? wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

AC or LT? wrote:Sods law that the 147 would be while I was in the bath.

Hang on. There may be another.

Nope.

Imagine that....

Suppose there's still time... just not in this frame.

I still think one day we'll see 11 in 11 frames.

Dennis has repeated a million times on commentary that Bingham has never won at the masters. That's wrong isn't it? He won a wildcard match against Davis a fair while ago?

Bang Bang!

He's back....

Bingham.

SteveJJ wrote:Dennis has repeated a million times on commentary that Bingham has never won at the masters. That's wrong isn't it? He won a wildcard match against Davis a fair while ago?

Yes he did. In 2006.

Watched the match live. It went on for what seemed an eternity.

SteveJJ wrote:Dennis has repeated a million times on commentary that Bingham has never won at the masters. That's wrong isn't it? He won a wildcard match against Davis a fair while ago?

I got it on Eurosport.

About time I mentioned the women with the dyed hair in the front row.

Discussing front row red heads is Snooker Island tradition.

I think the number of maxis we are seeing now proves again, how the standards of snooker have lifted from the 80s to the 90s to the 00s to now.

Cannonball wrote:I think the number of maxis we are seeing now proves again, how the standards of snooker have lifted from the 80s to the 90s to the 00s to now.

bullocks. There's more tournaments now which means like the increased frequency of centuries it's more likely to happened. I'll only accept the standard has raised when the world championship features over 100 maximums.

Who has hit a maxi this season?

Where is Frames Academy (on Fu's waistcoat) ?

Andre147 wrote:

Wildey wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

Wildey wrote:Christ 2 147s in the first 11 days of 2015

Wasn't there only, like, eight in the 1980s?

147 is great but they arent special anymore.

The cue ball control and able to pot the balls under pressure will never change though, so it's always special even if its in the qualifiers or whatever. Not so special as it was 30 years ago, but its a fine achievment nonetheless. Some good players havent got one in their entire careers.

yea its a fine achievement but if you miss one another will happen soon so its not special.

AC or LT? wrote:

Cannonball wrote:I think the number of maxis we are seeing now proves again, how the standards of snooker have lifted from the 80s to the 90s to the 00s to now.

bullocks. There's more tournaments now which means like the increased frequency of centuries it's more likely to happened. I'll only accept the standard has raised when the world championship features over 100 maximums.

Stop talking rot, the number of centuries per tournament is double what it was in the 90s. Davis did a feature on century density last tournament. Did you miss it?

Century density per tournament at 3:56. Proof standards are rising.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/30599646

Look at that kid waving at and thumbs upping the camera.

Marco wins and hits a 147, Sell by is off the shelf now, too stale. Woohoo; oh what a perfect day, what a perfect day.

Cannonball wrote:

AC or LT? wrote:

Cannonball wrote:I think the number of maxis we are seeing now proves again, how the standards of snooker have lifted from the 80s to the 90s to the 00s to now.

bullocks. There's more tournaments now which means like the increased frequency of centuries it's more likely to happened. I'll only accept the standard has raised when the world championship features over 100 maximums.

Stop talking rot, the number of centuries per tournament is double what it was in the 90s. Davis did a feature on century density last tournament. Did you miss it?

Yeah that was a brilliant feature by the BBC, I was only a bit surprised that the number of centuries in the 00s (2000-2009) was only 200 or something like that above the 90s.

But in 2010-2014 the centuries have gone through the roof, and by the end of this decade it will more than double the previous 2 decades.

Yes there may be more tournaments but the actual centuries rate is much higher now than it has ever been.

Wonderful maximum from Marco. Unfortunately I couldn't comment here during the match.

Andre147 wrote:

Cannonball wrote:

AC or LT? wrote:

Cannonball wrote:I think the number of maxis we are seeing now proves again, how the standards of snooker have lifted from the 80s to the 90s to the 00s to now.

bullocks. There's more tournaments now which means like the increased frequency of centuries it's more likely to happened. I'll only accept the standard has raised when the world championship features over 100 maximums.

Stop talking rot, the number of centuries per tournament is double what it was in the 90s. Davis did a feature on century density last tournament. Did you miss it?

Yeah that was a brilliant feature by the BBC, I was only a bit surprised that the number of centuries in the 00s (2000-2009) was only 200 or something like that above the 90s.

But in 2010-2014 the centuries have gone through the roof, and by the end of this decade it will more than double the previous 2 decades.

Yes there may be more tournaments but the actual centuries rate is much higher now than it has ever been.

The ability of one player, or two/three players to dominate at a time is waning, Ronnie excepted. Proof that competition is more intense than ever. Players have raised their games. Long ball potting and power from the likes of Robbo and Judd is phenomenal as well. We see it in darts as well with the density of 9 darters.

It's a bit quiet Andre, do you think the Selby and Ronnie h-aters have taken their hankys to bed already?

By the way, the two seeded players lost today. A sign for more casualties to come like in 2011?

Snooker Overdrive wrote:Wonderful maximum from Marco. Unfortunately I couldn't comment here during the match.

He was so cool about it, I thought Bingo showed more emotion. lol. And he stayed to sign a million autographs and have selfies taken etc. What a gent, nicest guy on the tour.

Damn. The one time I think I'll give snooker a miss and do other things, I miss a max. No matter I'll catch on YT. Hopefully Marco can win his next match as well.

Skullman wrote:Damn. The one time I think I'll snooker a miss and do other things, I miss a max. No matter I'll catch on YT. Hopefully Marco can win his next match as well.

He had 3 tons in that match, including the 147. playing like that he is a danger to anyone, and should he meet Ronnie could be a cracking match.

Cannonball wrote:

Andre147 wrote:

Cannonball wrote:

AC or LT? wrote:

Cannonball wrote:I think the number of maxis we are seeing now proves again, how the standards of snooker have lifted from the 80s to the 90s to the 00s to now.

bullocks. There's more tournaments now which means like the increased frequency of centuries it's more likely to happened. I'll only accept the standard has raised when the world championship features over 100 maximums.

Stop talking rot, the number of centuries per tournament is double what it was in the 90s. Davis did a feature on century density last tournament. Did you miss it?

Yeah that was a brilliant feature by the BBC, I was only a bit surprised that the number of centuries in the 00s (2000-2009) was only 200 or something like that above the 90s.

But in 2010-2014 the centuries have gone through the roof, and by the end of this decade it will more than double the previous 2 decades.

Yes there may be more tournaments but the actual centuries rate is much higher now than it has ever been.

The ability of one player, or two/three players to dominate at a time is waning, Ronnie excepted. Proof that competition is more intense than ever. Players have raised their games. Long ball potting and power from the likes of Robbo and Judd is phenomenal as well. We see it in darts as well with the density of 9 darters.

I think it's pretty clear that the break building standard has risen enormously.

The top players and especially the players down the rankings have improved their scoring. However we don't have as many fresh "top" talents like the sport used to have, we only have Trump at the moment.

Hopefully Michael White continues his run of good results and adds another name there.