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Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby Alex0paul

masterdoctorgenius wrote:xiao is about to be crowned as a ranking event winner. cool.

or not.


No he wont

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby Alex0paul

Twice a runner up in the Shoot Out. Is Xiao's bottle under question?

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby Cloud Strife

Alex0paul wrote:Twice a runner up in the Shoot Out. Is Xiao's bottle under question?


He's becoming the Jimmy White of the Shootout.

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby Andre147

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:Congratulations to Anthony McGill for becoming the first player to win a ranking title without losing a frame.


rofl :clap:

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby The Herminator

KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:Congratulations to Anthony McGill for becoming the first player to win a ranking title without losing a frame.


...and least pots to win a ranker. The records are tumbling. A special night.

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby PLtheRef

The Herminator wrote:
KrazeeEyezKilla wrote:Congratulations to Anthony McGill for becoming the first player to win a ranking title without losing a frame.


...and least pots to win a ranker. The records are tumbling. A special night.


Is he also the first person to come through deciding frames in every round?

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby TheRocket

Alex0paul wrote:That should see him seeded for the Crucible


Looks quite likely. And if he played Selby in the 2nd round again which is quite possible atm I can see him owning Selby again like he did in 2015.

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby Alex0paul

Looking at the rankings Perry needs to do something major to get in the 16 now with Day and McGill in the Players Championship

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby Cloud Strife

Alex0paul wrote:Looking at the rankings Perry needs to do something major to get in the 16 now with Day and McGill in the Players Championship


Perry has had plenty of opportunities "to do something major". Only has himself to blame if he's not in the 16.

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby Cloud Strife

Pink Ball wrote:McGill didn't bottle it on the ranking status question. He's earned my eternal respect.


Id already switched off by then. What did he say?

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby Alex0paul

Cloud Strife wrote:
Pink Ball wrote:McGill didn't bottle it on the ranking status question. He's earned my eternal respect.


Id already switched off by then. What did he say?


He said it should never be a ranking event and that he feels embarrassed that he has benefited from it.

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby Wildey

That was not and Never will be a Ranking or even a snooker event win.


it was rubbish

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby SnookerFan

Wildey wrote:That was not and Never will be a Ranking or even a snooker event win.


it was rubbish


Unfortunately, it's a ranking event whether we like it or not.

It shouldn't be, and you're right it is rubbish. The Dave Gilbert incident should prove why this shouldn't be a ranking event.

But Barry Hearn knows best. Or at least thinks he does. He won't change his mind.

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby Lucky

Wildey wrote:That was not and Never will be a Ranking or even a snooker event win.


it was rubbish




World Snooker rankings beg to differ. I don't know if demented ramblings by 3 or 4 posters on a snooker forum undermine this fact though.

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby SnookerFan

Anthony McGill won the Shoot Out title in Watford in the first year that the one-frame format has been counted as a ranking event.

The 26-year-old Scotsman defeated Xiao Guodong of China 67-19 in the final to take the £32,000 prize money.

McGill, who beat Shaun Murphy in the semi-final, claimed his second ranking title after last year's Indian Open.

"It is a coin-toss tournament," he said. "You never know what can happen but I'm extremely happy."

The four-day event features matches played over a single frame that last for a maximum of 10 minutes. The players must take no more than 15 seconds on a shot for the first five minutes and 10 seconds for the last five.

"In no way on God's earth should this be a ranking tournament," said McGill.

There was controversy in one of the quarter-finals when a shot from eventual finalist Xiao, 28, was allowed to stand despite him overrunning the shot clock, because crowd noise meant both the referee and marker were unable to hear the beeps of the clock.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39098970

Re: Coral Snooker Shoot Out!!!

Postby SnookerFan

Lucky wrote:World Snooker rankings beg to differ. I don't know if demented ramblings by 3 or 4 posters on a snooker forum undermine this fact though.


Three or Four posters on an internet forum?

The guy who won it said it shouldn't be a ranking event. Or are his ramblings demented, as well?