by LeonD123 » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Increased prize money (£500,000 for 2019 world champion)
EVEN MORE EVENTS (~30 this season)
ITV Expansion including 8 man tournament (Now confirmed to be the "Tour Championship")
Possible Middle Eastern tournament (whoever has the money)
He's trying to balance over saturation with helping lower ranked players survive
Naming and shaming slow players (over 30 second average shot time) every 3 months, a fine if you haven't sped up over 3 matches
Ticket prices will slightly increase
Attempting to tackle the issue of ticket resellers by cancelling tickets if they can identify them by info on other sites
Unsurprisingly he loved the O'Sullivan/Carter controversy
https://www.reddit.com/r/snooker/commen ... ighlights/https://youtu.be/uoGWSnUpZyw
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by Cloud Strife » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Bahrain Championship possibly back on the calendar?
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by LeonD123 » 30 Apr 2018 Read
500K is huge, 1/5 of a tennis grand slam winner
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by SnookerFan » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:Bahrain Championship possibly back on the calendar?
We can only hope.
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by SnookerFan » 30 Apr 2018 Read
LeonD123 wrote:500K is huge, 1/5 of a tennis grand slam winner
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by The_Abbott » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Fine slow players?
Sometimes you might be stuck in difficult snookers and take minutes to get out of. Not really fair.
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by LeonD123 » 30 Apr 2018 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:Bahrain Championship possibly back on the calendar?
We can only hope.
Good tournament ?
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by Iranu » 30 Apr 2018 Read
3 matches is too short a time to make a judgement in my opinion.
Could cost a player a match because they've a slow AST after two matches and they rush to avoid a fine.
If they are only publishing every three months why not do it over three tournaments instead?
What happens if a player gets knocked out after 1/2 matches, does it reset or carry over?
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by SnookerFan » 30 Apr 2018 Read
LeonD123 wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Cloud Strife wrote:Bahrain Championship possibly back on the calendar?
We can only hope.
Good tournament ?
No. Sarcasm.
Interesting crowd though.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=9s&v=jXugPj0hYwE
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by Alex0paul » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Always thought a winner takes all 8 man event would be good. £500k 1st prize with the top 8 only invited.
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by Alex0paul » 30 Apr 2018 Read
No mention of the amateur circuit that was brought up last year
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by KrazeeEyezKilla » 30 Apr 2018 Read
I never knew Snooker had a reddit page.
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by KrazeeEyezKilla » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Alex0paul wrote:Always thought a winner takes all 8 man event would be good. £500k 1st prize with the top 8 only invited.
The Champions Cup did that around 1999 except with a smaller prize. If it's the same length as the other ITV4 events than it might be all long format matches.
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by vodkadiet » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Hearn is only acting tough on the slow players because Robbie Foldvari has retired. If Foldvari had still been playing he would have had the Aussie Sicillian clan to deal with and would have run a mile from the idea.
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by Ayrshirebhoy » 30 Apr 2018 Read
The speed thing is ridiculous. Some players are just naturally quicker than others. The referees have just never had the balls to chin players for what they perceive as deliberate slow play so now all slower players will suffer???
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by Dan-cat » 30 Apr 2018 Read
You missed the most important announcement.
The shootout moves to Quest/Eurosport for the next 7 years.
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by GJ » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Dan-cat wrote:You missed the most important announcement.
The shootout moves to Quest/Eurosport for the next 7 years.
Gutted
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by Dan-cat » 30 Apr 2018 Read
I do like Barry a lot. Very engaging.
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by SnookerFan » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Dan-cat wrote:You missed the most important announcement.
The shootout moves to Quest/Eurosport for the next 7 years.
What's the Shoot Out?
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by GJ » 30 Apr 2018 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Dan-cat wrote:You missed the most important announcement.
The shootout moves to Quest/Eurosport for the next 7 years.
What's the Shoot Out?
Wildeys fav event of the season
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by kolompar » 30 Apr 2018 Read
vodkadiet wrote:Hearn is only acting tough on the slow players because Robbie Foldvari has retired. If Foldvari had still been playing he would have had the Aussie Sicillian clan to deal with and would have run a mile from the idea.
Foldvari has Hungarian ancestry. Ebdon has also lived here in Hungary so we can claim these two legends
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by Safety and tactics » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Disappointing news re slow players. The game is so much worse for the dearth of quality safety and the odd bit of grinding. Matthew Bolton is my tip for a ranking titles next season. Outer Mongolia open, maybe.
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by kolompar » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Not much news, wont't be anything of the Middle Eastern tournament so looks like the only new event will be just another British one, at least it has an interesting format.
There will be a Q School in China next year.
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by Deewee » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Didn't he say there was definitely going to be an event in Lisbon?
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by Dannyboy » 30 Apr 2018 Read
"Don't like the shootout... tough rubbish!"
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by mick745 » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Iranu wrote:3 matches is too short a time to make a judgement in my opinion.
Could cost a player a match because they've a slow AST after two matches and they rush to avoid a fine.
If they are only publishing every three months why not do it over three tournaments instead?
What happens if a player gets knocked out after 1/2 matches, does it reset or carry over?
Looking at the published data there are 11 players slower than 30 seconds but only 5 slower than 31 seconds, Lukas Kleckers, Martin O'Donnell, Peter Ebdon, Rod Lawler and Lee Walker.
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by GJ » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Dannyboy wrote:"Don't like the shootout... tough rubbish!"
now off terrestrial TOUGH rubbish
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by Badsnookerplayer » 30 Apr 2018 Read
kolompar wrote:vodkadiet wrote:Hearn is only acting tough on the slow players because Robbie Foldvari has retired. If Foldvari had still been playing he would have had the Aussie Sicillian clan to deal with and would have run a mile from the idea.
Foldvari has Hungarian ancestry. Ebdon has also lived here in Hungary so we can claim these two legends
...more than welcome...
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by SnookerFan » 30 Apr 2018 Read
GJ wrote:Dannyboy wrote:"Don't like the shootout... tough rubbish!"
now off terrestrial TOUGH rubbish
Still on Freeview, if you count Quest.
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by Alex0paul » 30 Apr 2018 Read
Might go to the Shootout next year
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