Halo World Championship (Friday April 25th) Last 16 !!

Saturday 19th of April -Monday 5th of May at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

The Morning Sees Chris Wakelin holding a 6-2 lead over over Mark Allen playing the 2nd of 3 sessions and will be played to a finish in the Evening also in the morning Hossein Vafaei srarting out against Mark Williams before playing their second session in the evening.

Then in the afternoon John Higgins level with Xiao Guodong at 4-4 play their second session and the Return of the Cyclone Zhao Xintong playing the first session against Lei Peifan the conquerer of Kyren Wilson

DRAW

ORDER OF PLAY

Friday 25th of April

10am

Chris Wakelin 6-2 Mark Allen Allen leads 5-1
Hossein Vafaei v Mark Williams Williams leads 6-1

2.30pm

Lei Peifan v Zhao Xintong Lei peifan leads 1-0
John Higgins 4-4 Xiao Guodong Higgins leads 8-4

7pm

**Chris Wakelin v Mark Allen Allen leads 5-1
Hossein Vafaei v Mark Williams Williams leads 6-1

** Denotes Final Session of a Match

LIVE SCORES

Come on Mark

I actually fancy Allen to turn this match around but even if he does he doesn't give you any signs that he could reach the final, let alone win it this year. Just doesn't have that Crucible pedigree. Comparable to Robbo from that point of view although Robbo obviously at least won it once.

what are the 7pm matches today please ?

I'm thinking Wakelin v Allen - to a finish ???

PLUS ....

Average rank of player:

In the top half of the draw: 22 + an amateur
In the bottom half of the draw: 10

Seeded players left in the top half: 3
Seeded players left in the bottom half: 7

World champs in the top half: 1
World champs in the bottom half: 5

This season's ranking event winners remaining:
Judd Trump: 2
Xiao Guodong: 1
Ding Junhui: 1
Lei Peifan: 1
John Higgins: 2

Top half: 1
Bottom half: 6

Remaining players by nationality:
Chinese: 6
English: 5
Northern Irish: 1
Scottish: 1
Iranian: 1
Welsh: 1
Belgian: 1

Top half: 3 nationalities
Bottom half: 6 nationalities

All of the 2nd round matches look very entertaining and worth a watache.

Come on Chris, Hossein, Zhang and Xiao

SHIZZLE_ME_DIZZLE wrote:what are the 7pm matches today please ?

I'm thinking Wakelin v Allen - to a finish ???

PLUS ....

Hoss V Mark Williams

Has anyone checked on Granite?

Dan-cat wrote:Has anyone checked on Granite?

Not on purpose.

Dan-cat wrote:Has anyone checked on Granite?

He probably committed sepuku with Slowby's cue

Womble wrote:

SHIZZLE_ME_DIZZLE wrote:what are the 7pm matches today please ?

I'm thinking Wakelin v Allen - to a finish ???

PLUS ....

Hoss V Mark Williams

thank you Mr or Mrs WOMBLE

WST trying hard to create a MJW-Hoss rivalry.

Mon Williams.

It's all about Wanko this morning, I full expect Allen to finish at 8-8 or 7-9, but I'd like to be pleasantly surprised.

LDS wrote:Average rank of player:

In the top half of the draw: 22 + an amateur
In the bottom half of the draw: 10

Seeded players left in the top half: 3
Seeded players left in the bottom half: 7

World champs in the top half: 1
World champs in the bottom half: 5

This season's ranking event winners remaining:
Judd Trump: 2
Xiao Guodong: 1
Ding Junhui: 1
Lei Peifan: 1
John Higgins: 2

Top half: 1
Bottom half: 6

Remaining players by nationality:
Chinese: 6
English: 5
Northern Irish: 1
Scottish: 1
Iranian: 1
Welsh: 1
Belgian: 1

Top half: 3 nationalities
Bottom half: 6 nationalities

All of the 2nd round matches look very entertaining and worth a watache.

World Championship for Trump, Tin pot event for O'Sullivan.

I just met Michael Wild in the Co-Op.

SnookerFan wrote:I just met Michael Wild in the Co-Op.

Who?

mantorok wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:I just met Michael Wild in the Co-Op.

Who?

Used to be on tour.

"Oh it's me !"

After talking us past midnight with last night’s match, I switch on today and the first thing I see is him again. BUCK OFF SMURPH!

Scooper wrote:After talking us past midnight with last night’s match, I switch on today and the first thing I see is him again. BUCK OFF SMURPH!

I'm not joking when I say this, but can we complain about this buffoon being shoved down our throats throughout the most prestigious tournament on the calendar?

Gonna watache Wakelin Allen

Wakelin pots the long red and is on a colour.

mantorok wrote:

Scooper wrote:After talking us past midnight with last night’s match, I switch on today and the first thing I see is him again. BUCK OFF SMURPH!

I'm not joking when I say this, but can we complain about this buffoon being shoved down our throats throughout the most prestigious tournament on the calendar?

We can complain, but whether anyone listens or not is another matter.

Just the 21 break for Chris.

Allen absolutely butchers the safety shot, Wakelin can resume where he left off.

Scooper wrote:

mantorok wrote:

Scooper wrote:After talking us past midnight with last night’s match, I switch on today and the first thing I see is him again. BUCK OFF SMURPH!

I'm not joking when I say this, but can we complain about this buffoon being shoved down our throats throughout the most prestigious tournament on the calendar?

We can complain, but whether anyone listens or not is another matter.

If you hate Murphy so much, you should be glad he's distracting himself so much. Take each appearance a chance to reduce his competitive edge.

LDS wrote:

Scooper wrote:

mantorok wrote:

Scooper wrote:After talking us past midnight with last night’s match, I switch on today and the first thing I see is him again. BUCK OFF SMURPH!

I'm not joking when I say this, but can we complain about this buffoon being shoved down our throats throughout the most prestigious tournament on the calendar?

We can complain, but whether anyone listens or not is another matter.

If you hate Murphy so much, you should be glad he's distracting himself so much. Take each appearance a chance to reduce his competitive edge.

I don't mind watching him play!

Wakelin misses the easy red on 22. Allen in.

At least when smurph plays he shuts up for a bit. Usually.