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Re: Evergrande China Championship Round 1 !!!!!

Postby Dan-cat

pasunegirafe wrote:Thought I'd take a little peek at the Selby - McGill match and yeah, the table looks all distorted. That's what you get when the venue is too large. The camera is too far back and has to zoom in too much.


This TV company have probably never filmed snooker....

Re: Evergrande China Championship Round 1 !!!!!

Postby Wildey

When you reach the Semi final of a ranking event and you brush aside world no 2 and Shanghai Masters champion 9-3 and 10-1 respectively it will give you immense confidence and having this event come along so soon Selby will take some beating this week.

Re: Evergrande China Championship Round 1 !!!!!

Postby Dan-cat

Wildey wrote:When you reach the Semi final of a ranking event and you brush aside world no 2 and Shanghai Masters champion 9-3 and 10-1 respectively it will give you immense confidence and having this event come along so soon Selby will take some beating this week.


Indeed. Cracking tournament this!

Re: Evergrande China Championship Round 1 !!!!!

Postby Wildey

Dan-cat wrote:
Wildey wrote:When you reach the Semi final of a ranking event and you brush aside world no 2 and Shanghai Masters champion 9-3 and 10-1 respectively it will give you immense confidence and having this event come along so soon Selby will take some beating this week.


Indeed. Cracking tournament this!

Dont understand the reasoning behind making it a ranking Event next season..


it gives players start of the season like Ants and Holt something to aim for by playing well and having a highs one year ranking you are in

Re: Evergrande China Championship Round 1 !!!!!

Postby Wildey

Dan-cat wrote:Ronnie just got a ranking final, and won the welsh earlier this year. That can't be right.

between thoes 2 events he made £86,000 they are low tariff events.

last time he won or reached a final of a high tariff event was the 2014 UK Championship when he won £150,000 thoes points have now been removed two years on. He could do with a good run at the UK to ease the pressure and give him more options to pick and chose in the run up to sheffield.

This season is the first time Ronnie has to chase points or he falls.

Re: Evergrande China Championship Round 1 !!!!!

Postby kolompar

Both Trump and Ding lost.
Trump was unlucky, potting a long red but the white went in too, leaving him needing snookers and giving the win to Attitude Carter.
In the other match Fu won a 1985 style dramatic black ball game.

Re: Evergrande China Championship Round 1 !!!!!

Postby Andre147

Wildey wrote:
Dan-cat wrote:Ronnie just got a ranking final, and won the welsh earlier this year. That can't be right.

between thoes 2 events he made £86,000 they are low tariff events.

last time he won or reached a final of a high tariff event was the 2014 UK Championship when he won £150,000 thoes points have now been removed two years on. He could do with a good run at the UK to ease the pressure and give him more options to pick and chose in the run up to sheffield.

This season is the first time Ronnie has to chase points or he falls.


It's not. Back in 2012 he was in an even worst position. Prior to German Masters he was like 14th or 15th, and had he lost that famous first round match against Higginson he would drop out of Top 16. He won it from 4-0 down and that signled his remarkable comeback dead and buried, when most were already writting him off.

He has to chase points this season yes, but it's not the first time he does it.

Re: Evergrande China Championship Round 1 !!!!!

Postby PoolBoy

PoolBoy wrote:Astonishing money available in this!
As CueView's excellent preview states, it's £15,000 just for chalking your cue!
A HUGE pot of £200,000 to the winner - so this will be taken very seriously by the players - although it could be argued it's an exhibition event.

But, without the pressure of ranking points, I fancy Judd Trump to win this!

Anybody else have a hunch?

<laugh> Who is this idiot!?

Re: Evergrande China Championship Round 1 !!!!!

Postby Andre147

Ticket prices have a lot to do with it.

At the IC they were very expensive. To some, Snooker is huge is China but only for TV purposes. <doh>

Re: Evergrande China Championship Round 1 !!!!!

Postby PLtheRef

Dan-cat wrote:
masterdoctorgenius wrote:a question: when is the cut off for the masters and is the masters champ seeded regardless of ranking


Yes he gets automatic entry as defending champ. Cut off is the December Home Series event in Ireland I believe.


The cut off point is the UK Championships, but as you said O'Sullivan will be seeded number one as defending champion regardless of where he is in the rankings. Obviously in that case the World Number 16 would be the player to miss out. Hearn said a few years ago that a Wildcard for the Masters would only be issued in the event of a player from outside the Top 16 winning the UK Championship. - With the money now awarded for winning the UK (in terms of the money list ranking system - along with the fact he mentioned this some five years ago it's probably a fairly moot point.