Re: Betway UK Championship Quarter-Finals !!!!
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TheRocket wrote:snucar wrote:TheRocket wrote:
The Masters is well above the UK now.
No it's not. If you face mugs on the way to the final, means that the "decent" players have lost to those "mugs". It's the "decent" player's problem, not the tournament's. You play well, you win. You don't, you loose. Simple as that. All sports are like these. And here they cannot say "but hey, it's best of 7". Best of 11 should be more than enough to beat the mugs. No invitational event can ever touch the UK!
The UK was above the Masters when it was played in multi session format. Since Hearn changed that it lost a lot of its glory.
I saw an interview with Hendry the other day and even he puts the Masters above the UK. And during his era there were even bo31 finals.
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Acé wrote:Worlds > Masters > UK > CoC > Tour Champs >>>>>>> the rest, no one remembers you for anything else but they remember you for winning the TC events and the CoC, Tour Champs eventually.
Those are the 5 tournaments I'd want in my CV if I was a Snooker player right now you're gonna be remembered only for those
Suck it TC naysayers, Judd Trump about to become a 4x TC winner this Sunday
Acé wrote:Worlds > Masters > UK > CoC > Tour Champs >>>>>>> the rest, no one remembers you for anything else but they remember you for winning the TC events and the CoC, Tour Champs eventually.
Those are the 5 tournaments I'd want in my CV if I was a Snooker player right now you're gonna be remembered only for those
Suck it TC naysayers, Judd Trump about to become a 4x TC winner this Sunday
HappyCamper wrote:imagine thinking a tournament with best of 7 first round is the fourth most prestigious on the calendar. lol.
Pink Ball wrote:I accept the 'Triple Crown' are the tournaments the players want to win most, and I think they're generally a decent baromoter of how good a player is for that reason.
But for me, the best tournament aside from the World Championship is the Tour Championship. If the China Open were played at a time I could watch, I'd probably have third.
Acé wrote:Pink Ball wrote:I accept the 'Triple Crown' are the tournaments the players want to win most, and I think they're generally a decent baromoter of how good a player is for that reason.
But for me, the best tournament aside from the World Championship is the Tour Championship. If the China Open were played at a time I could watch, I'd probably have third.
TC events come with more added pressure of winning than any other pressure from a regular tournament + history/prestige and wanting to win and all that stuff and well, it's officially a thing now, you only need to look at the reactions of players when they win TC events compared to a regular tournament, case in point Ding last UK, Bingham in Masters etc...lot of pressure to win those
Even guys like Selby who've had massive success in China they like TCs the most, on his Twitter profile he defines himself as a TC event winner whereas no mention of "x Intenrational Champion winner, x China Open winner"
just the way it is
Ck147 wrote:I'm afraid he won't, he'll stay at 3 for now, but someone else will be moving up to 5.
HappyCamper wrote:imagine thinking a tournament with best of 7 first round is the fourth most prestigious on the calendar. lol.
Acé wrote:Ck147 wrote:I'm afraid he won't, he'll stay at 3 for now, but someone else will be moving up to 5.
He's gonna spank your boy on Sunday, Judd ain't gonna lose from here he rarely does these days from this position
the SF is literally a walkover and come the final, he ain't gonna lose this golden chance.
HappyCamper wrote:imagine thinking a tournament with best of 7 first round is the fourth most prestigious on the calendar. lol.
Ck147 wrote:Let's wait and see shall we :)
Acé wrote:Ck147 wrote:Let's wait and see shall we :)
I'm gonna be honest though I'm getting pretty sick of Judd/Robertson matches now, wanted Selby to go through to the finals no offense lol but these matchups are getting TOO regular, it's the same 3 with the same matchups, Robertson-Selby and Robertson-Trump, never get a Trump/Selby big match-up
need a break tbh
Iranu wrote:HappyCamper wrote:imagine thinking a tournament with best of 7 first round is the fourth most prestigious on the calendar. lol.
I mean, it is. The Tour Championship will overtake it handily once it’s been around a few years but Robbo for example has referred to the CoC as the ‘fourth major’.
Acé wrote:Was Robertson that good today? Didn't watch the match, saw the score 6-2, looked like a spanking.
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Pink Ball wrote:Iranu wrote:HappyCamper wrote:imagine thinking a tournament with best of 7 first round is the fourth most prestigious on the calendar. lol.
I mean, it is. The Tour Championship will overtake it handily once it’s been around a few years but Robbo for example has referred to the CoC as the ‘fourth major’.
If it's the fourth major then I'll swear allegiance to the British crown.
Acé wrote:Ck147 wrote:I'm afraid he won't, he'll stay at 3 for now, but someone else will be moving up to 5.
He's gonna spank your boy on Sunday, Judd ain't gonna lose from here he rarely does these days from this position
the SF is literally a walkover and come the final, he ain't gonna lose this golden chance.