Re: Q School 2012
So this is what happened.
Frame 1 Ben broke off, Jordan went for a long red, missed and Ben knocked in 54 before playing safe. A few shots later he got in again and finished the frame off. In frame 2 Ben took on a long red and didn't hit it that hard and it flew off the table. His opponent couldn't make the chance count and Ben got in with a 70 to go to 2-0. In the 3rd frame he was fully in control and up to this point Jordan was under the cosh and had only potted about 5 or 6 balls in total, then after potting second to last red Ben was 33 up. He had an easy yellow to go 35 up but instead chose to play the blue and this is what happened:
Going for blue he would've been 38 up, played in such a way that he wouldn't snooker himself on the red if it went in (the red is wrong in the diagram, there was a gap between pink and black to hit the red full). He missed and the match turned. Jordan got the upper hand in the safety that followed, notice the green and brown were safe. At the end of the safety exchange he played the white across the baulk cushion and red up and down I assume to leave yellow as snookering ball however he cannoned into the green and brown and fluked this horrible snooker:
Note that yellow green and brown all go. Ben had several attempts at the one cushion escape but it was so tough because the white was so close to the cushion hitting in to. So Jordan took advantage and cleared to pink to pull back to 2-1. In the next Jordan played a lot of good safety but was having more than his fair share of run fluking 2 snookers before laying this stinker when about 20 odd ahead. Ben had a couple of attempts trying to go across the table, realised it wasn't on and in the end used the spider to play the shot:
The referee called free ball. Ben said he didn't think it was a free ball, we didn't think it was a free ball but obviously kept quiet to let them sort it out. Ben said you could clearly hit the far right edge of the red, the referee stuck to his guns, Ben asked if he could get a second opinion from the TD but was told no, Jordan asked the ref if he was saying it was a free ball, the ref said yes and Jordan took it and with free ball and colour left Ben needing snookers.
The lad sat next to me said after the frame that he wouldn't have let the ref get away with it and while Ben and Jordan left the booth he had a discussion with the ref saying it was no way a free ball because the brown was behind the red so it couldn't possibly be. He also said to me that he felt Jordan was a bad sport for taking the free ball and called him the c word ending in heat.
So then with things going his way Jordan capitalised in taking the next, Ben held himself together to level at 3-3 and in the decider he had two massive kicks, the first left the table open to score but Jordan ran out of position on the split and played safe. A few shots later he left this shot for Ben, and Ben said later the natural angle would take the cue ball between green and brown but he got such a thunderous kick the white ended up in the pocket and this proved to be his last shot as Jordan slotted the missed red into the corner and wrapped the frame and match up.
So it's fair to say Ben was very unlucky and didn't deserve some of the things that happened to him. Jordan has a good safety game on him and knows how to play, however he gave the impression of not having too much time on the Star tables, he didn't stroke the balls, he gave them a bit of a thump suggesting he's used to club tables. He didn't look like scoring heavily if cannons were involved (e.g. pack splitters or holding cannons) but could take the points if they were there for him. Solid is the word I would use.
Frame 1 Ben broke off, Jordan went for a long red, missed and Ben knocked in 54 before playing safe. A few shots later he got in again and finished the frame off. In frame 2 Ben took on a long red and didn't hit it that hard and it flew off the table. His opponent couldn't make the chance count and Ben got in with a 70 to go to 2-0. In the 3rd frame he was fully in control and up to this point Jordan was under the cosh and had only potted about 5 or 6 balls in total, then after potting second to last red Ben was 33 up. He had an easy yellow to go 35 up but instead chose to play the blue and this is what happened:
Going for blue he would've been 38 up, played in such a way that he wouldn't snooker himself on the red if it went in (the red is wrong in the diagram, there was a gap between pink and black to hit the red full). He missed and the match turned. Jordan got the upper hand in the safety that followed, notice the green and brown were safe. At the end of the safety exchange he played the white across the baulk cushion and red up and down I assume to leave yellow as snookering ball however he cannoned into the green and brown and fluked this horrible snooker:
Note that yellow green and brown all go. Ben had several attempts at the one cushion escape but it was so tough because the white was so close to the cushion hitting in to. So Jordan took advantage and cleared to pink to pull back to 2-1. In the next Jordan played a lot of good safety but was having more than his fair share of run fluking 2 snookers before laying this stinker when about 20 odd ahead. Ben had a couple of attempts trying to go across the table, realised it wasn't on and in the end used the spider to play the shot:
The referee called free ball. Ben said he didn't think it was a free ball, we didn't think it was a free ball but obviously kept quiet to let them sort it out. Ben said you could clearly hit the far right edge of the red, the referee stuck to his guns, Ben asked if he could get a second opinion from the TD but was told no, Jordan asked the ref if he was saying it was a free ball, the ref said yes and Jordan took it and with free ball and colour left Ben needing snookers.
The lad sat next to me said after the frame that he wouldn't have let the ref get away with it and while Ben and Jordan left the booth he had a discussion with the ref saying it was no way a free ball because the brown was behind the red so it couldn't possibly be. He also said to me that he felt Jordan was a bad sport for taking the free ball and called him the c word ending in heat.
So then with things going his way Jordan capitalised in taking the next, Ben held himself together to level at 3-3 and in the decider he had two massive kicks, the first left the table open to score but Jordan ran out of position on the split and played safe. A few shots later he left this shot for Ben, and Ben said later the natural angle would take the cue ball between green and brown but he got such a thunderous kick the white ended up in the pocket and this proved to be his last shot as Jordan slotted the missed red into the corner and wrapped the frame and match up.
So it's fair to say Ben was very unlucky and didn't deserve some of the things that happened to him. Jordan has a good safety game on him and knows how to play, however he gave the impression of not having too much time on the Star tables, he didn't stroke the balls, he gave them a bit of a thump suggesting he's used to club tables. He didn't look like scoring heavily if cannons were involved (e.g. pack splitters or holding cannons) but could take the points if they were there for him. Solid is the word I would use.
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