by lhpirnie » 23 Feb 2023 Read
They have finally announced the status of the WST Classic, held in Morningside Arena, Leicester, from March 16-22.
The quote from the ticketing site says:
"Please note tickets are only available for the final day of the tournament on 22nd March."
That's the Q-finals (£15), semi-finals (£20) and final (£30).
Personally, I would have liked to go for the first couple of rounds, when more matches and more players are on view, so this is a disappointment. I can only assume that given the short notice, WST are concerned about ticket sales, and so limiting it to 1 day will boost the takers.
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by Minimum Break » 23 Feb 2023 Read
Interesting that they are having 3 sessions on the Final day.
I had assumed they would be using 8 tables at the start like the old Home Nations events but it looks like it may only be 4 which means the first couple of rounds will be very dragged out.
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by lhpirnie » 23 Feb 2023 Read
Minimum Break wrote:Interesting that they are having 3 sessions on the Final day.
I had assumed they would be using 8 tables at the start like the old Home Nations events but it looks like it may only be 4 which means the first couple of rounds will be very dragged out.
They only ever have 4 tables in the Morningside Arena, but yes, they do only want to have the 4 tables for streaming. It's a shame, as the older 6- or 8-table events were a great atmosphere. But the top players complained when events weren't organised around them, and they always get what they want.
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by Alex0paul » 23 Feb 2023 Read
What the hell is the format if quarters, semis and final are all on the same day?!
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by Iranu » 23 Feb 2023 Read
Alex0paul wrote:What the hell is the format if quarters, semis and final are all on the same day?!
EIGHT MEN ENTER. ONE MAN LEAVES.
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by Prop » 23 Feb 2023 Read
Iranu wrote:Alex0paul wrote:What the hell is the format if quarters, semis and final are all on the same day?!
EIGHT MEN ENTER. ONE MAN LEAVES.
New Katy Price tv show?
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by Alex0paul » 23 Feb 2023 Read
Iranu wrote:Alex0paul wrote:What the hell is the format if quarters, semis and final are all on the same day?!
EIGHT MEN ENTER. ONE MAN LEAVES.
Sounds rubbish and completely open to match fixing with so many dead matches
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by SnookerFan » 23 Feb 2023 Read
The format is a bit mismatched. But I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt, as a cobbled together, last minute tournament.
Hopefully, if it's retained next year, it'll have a better format.
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by HappyCamper » 23 Feb 2023 Read
Alex0paul wrote:What the hell is the format if quarters, semis and final are all on the same day?!
the gibraltar open used to have last 16 to final in one day! certainly doable since all one session matches.
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by Iranu » 23 Feb 2023 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Iranu wrote:Alex0paul wrote:What the hell is the format if quarters, semis and final are all on the same day?!
EIGHT MEN ENTER. ONE MAN LEAVES.
Sounds rubbish and completely open to match fixing with so many dead matches
It’s tournament structure, just short format.
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by SnookerFan » 23 Feb 2023 Read
Aren't the early rounds ridiculously short?
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by HappyCamper » 23 Feb 2023 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Aren't the early rounds ridiculously short?
best of seven up to the quarters.
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by HappyCamper » 23 Feb 2023 Read
SnookerFan wrote:The format is a bit mismatched. But I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt, as a cobbled together, last minute tournament.
Hopefully, if it's retained next year, it'll have a better format.
hopefully it won't be retained and they'll have some proper tournaments abroad.
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by lhpirnie » 23 Feb 2023 Read
Well it's best-of-7 until the semi-finals, then best-of-9, best-of-11.
That means the winner will need to win 15 frames on the final day (a Wednesday), out of a maximum of 27 frames in the day.
They have one show table, and on the final day Q-finals are played at 10am, and both semi-finals played simultaneously at 2:30pm, which means one of them will be played on a numpty table, which could give an advantage to the other guy.
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by Juddernaut88 » 23 Feb 2023 Read
Silly having the quarter finals, semi final and final on the same day.
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by D4P » 23 Feb 2023 Read
Juddernaut88 wrote:Silly having the quarter finals, semi final and final on the same day.
Will it be Ryan's...?
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by Iranu » 23 Feb 2023 Read
D4P wrote:Juddernaut88 wrote:Silly having the quarter finals, semi final and final on the same day.
Will it be Ryan's...?
Not sure he’d survive having all that on top of him.
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by D4P » 23 Feb 2023 Read
Iranu wrote:D4P wrote:Juddernaut88 wrote:Silly having the quarter finals, semi final and final on the same day.
Will it be Ryan's...?
Not sure he’d survive having all that on top of him.
Well, if he can survive having his
aunt on top of him...
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by Iranu » 23 Feb 2023 Read
D4P wrote:Iranu wrote:D4P wrote:Juddernaut88 wrote:Silly having the quarter finals, semi final and final on the same day.
Will it be Ryan's...?
Not sure he’d survive having all that on top of him.
Well, if he can survive having his
aunt on top of him...
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by SnookerEd25 » 23 Feb 2023 Read
Iranu wrote:Alex0paul wrote:What the hell is the format if quarters, semis and final are all on the same day?!
EIGHT MEN ENTER. ONE MAN LEAVES.
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by SnookerFan » 23 Feb 2023 Read
Iranu wrote:Alex0paul wrote:What the hell is the format if quarters, semis and final are all on the same day?!
EIGHT MEN ENTER. ONE MAN LEAVES.
What do the other men do? Stay in Leicester?
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by Juddernaut88 » 23 Feb 2023 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Iranu wrote:Alex0paul wrote:What the hell is the format if quarters, semis and final are all on the same day?!
EIGHT MEN ENTER. ONE MAN LEAVES.
What do the other men do? Stay in Leicester?
Yes.
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by Iranu » 23 Feb 2023 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Iranu wrote:Alex0paul wrote:What the hell is the format if quarters, semis and final are all on the same day?!
EIGHT MEN ENTER. ONE MAN LEAVES.
What do the other men do? Stay in Leicester?
As punishment for their loss.
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by Minimum Break » 24 Feb 2023 Read
Alex0paul wrote:What the hell is the format if quarters, semis and final are all on the same day?!
If they play it as normal using 4 tables they'll need 3 days to get through Round 1, then 1.5 days for Round 2. Which leaves 1.5 days for Round 3 and 4.
The other option would be to play the top half of the draw down to the Quarter Finals over the first 3 days, then do the same for the bottom half for the next 3 days.
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by Juddernaut88 » 28 Feb 2023 Read
Apparently coverage will only be available on Matchroom which is a bit annoying.
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by McManusFan » 28 Feb 2023 Read
Juddernaut88 wrote:Apparently coverage will only be available on Matchroom which is a bit annoying.
What? Not even on Disco+.
Well that's a subscription to cancel then.
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by SnookerFan » 28 Feb 2023 Read
I thought I'd seen somewhere it was on Discovery+
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by Juddernaut88 » 28 Feb 2023 Read
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by SnookerFan » 01 Mar 2023 Read
Jeez, I just renewed D+ for a year.
Should have left it a couple of months, see if there was a deal.
There's nothing on until Crucible Qualifiers that I need it for. Maybe Six Reds, I guess.
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