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ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby Wildey » 13 Feb 2019 Read

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Monday 11th ~ Sunday 17th of February at The Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff

A Magnificant performance by Neil Robertson to make a 147 followed imediatly with a 140 in beating Jordan Brown 4-1 to set up a match with Gary Wilson in the last 64.

Ali Carter fresh from the final of the World Grand Prix found fellow Essex man Stuart Bingham too hot to handle as he lost 4-0.

Also in the last 64 is John Higgins, Ding Junhui, Jack Lisowski, Kyren Wilson, Judd Trump, Shaun Murphy, Mark Allen, Mark Selby, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams aswell as Veterans Ken Doherty and Jimmy White.

Who will progress in to the last 32?

DRAW

Selected last 64 Matches
John Higgins v Dominic Dale
Jack Lisowski v Marco Fu
Oliver Lines v Ding Junhui
Judd Trump v Duane Jones
Stuart Bingham v Matthew Selt
Jimmy Robertson v Nigel Bond
Zhao Xintong v Zhou Yuelong
Yuan Sijun v Ronnie O'Sullivan
Mark Selby v Adam Duffy
James Cahill v Shaun Murphy
Mei Xiwen v Mark Allen
Barry Hawkins v Ben Woollaston
Michael Georgiou v Jimmy White
Neil Robertson v Gary Wilson
Zhang Anda v Mark J Williams

ORDER OF PLAY

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Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby Andre147 » 13 Feb 2019 Read

Big names coming through which is nice.

Interesting match between ROS and Sijun tomorrow... looking forward to it.

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby Andre147 » 13 Feb 2019 Read

Maybe ROS will go kamikaze for the first rounds and then get serious by the Last 32 or Last 16...

big question is will the kamikaze approach be enough to win those matches? we'll see...

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby Andre147 » 13 Feb 2019 Read

Pink Ball wrote:
Holden Chinaski wrote:I would love to see Doinic Dale win the tournament.

He is considered the worst player to ever make the top 16, and he much prefers Stella Artois to classical music.


He never made it to top 16 did he?

Despite winning 2 rankers.

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby Wildey » 13 Feb 2019 Read

Andre147 wrote:
Pink Ball wrote:
Holden Chinaski wrote:I would love to see Doinic Dale win the tournament.

He is considered the worst player to ever make the top 16, and he much prefers Stella Artois to classical music.


He never made it to top 16 did he?

Despite winning 2 rankers.

No

Dominic Dale Started the season 2007/2008 as WN 31 he won the Shanghai Masters during the season and finished at no 32 lol

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby D4P » 13 Feb 2019 Read

If Ronnie wins his next match, that will mean that his first 3 matches in this event will have been against players that he had never played before.

That must be pretty rare...

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby vodkadiet » 13 Feb 2019 Read

Greatest of all time list:

1. Stephen Hendry
2. Steve Davis
3. Ray Reardon
4. Ronnie O'Sullivan
5. John Higgins

I have Davis ahead of Reardon because even though they both won 6 World titles Davis won more tournaments overall. He was also number one for longer I believe.

Just to explain to the idiots out there who have O'Sullivan as the greatest (probably Brexit voters in the main) the criteria you require to determine the ultimate accolade are:

1. World Championships
2. Period at number one in the rankings.

The rest of it is Bullsh*t.

Hope this helps the retards out there.

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby Johnny Bravo » 13 Feb 2019 Read

vodkadiet wrote:Greatest of all time list:

1. Stephen Hendry
2. Steve Davis
3. Ray Reardon
4. Ronnie O'Sullivan
5. John Higgins

I have Davis ahead of Reardon because even though they both won 6 World titles Davis won more tournaments overall. He was also number one for longer I believe.

Just to explain to the idiots out there who have O'Sullivan as the greatest (probably Brexit voters in the main) the criteria you require to determine the ultimate accolade are:

1. World Championships
2. Period at number one in the rankings.

The rest of it is Bullsh*t.

Hope this helps the retards out there.


Ok, so by using your criteria, the GOAT list looks like this:
1. Joe Davis.
2. Fred Davis
3. John Pullman
4. Hendry
5. Davis
6. Reardon
7. ROS
8. J. Higgins
9. Selby
10. Wiliams

Wow, great criteria, why didn't the rest of us think of it ?! <doh> <doh> <doh>

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby Badsnookerplayer » 13 Feb 2019 Read

To be fair to Vodka, he has made it clear that World Championships are his criteria for success which is not a totally bizarre idea. To respond to JB, I think he meant the modern era.

I don't agree with the list as it goes bit it is valid enough reasoning.

Anyway, for the Welsh I would also most like to see Dominic win it. It would be a fairytale story.

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby Iranu » 13 Feb 2019 Read

Badsnookerplayer wrote:
Anyway, for the Welsh I would also most like to see Dominic win it. It would be a fairytale story.

Not me, I'm rooting for Doinic.

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby vodkadiet » 13 Feb 2019 Read

Johnny Bravo wrote:
vodkadiet wrote:Greatest of all time list:

1. Stephen Hendry
2. Steve Davis
3. Ray Reardon
4. Ronnie O'Sullivan
5. John Higgins

I have Davis ahead of Reardon because even though they both won 6 World titles Davis won more tournaments overall. He was also number one for longer I believe.

Just to explain to the idiots out there who have O'Sullivan as the greatest (probably Brexit voters in the main) the criteria you require to determine the ultimate accolade are:

1. World Championships
2. Period at number one in the rankings.

The rest of it is Bullsh*t.

Hope this helps the retards out there.


Ok, so by using your criteria, the GOAT list looks like this:
1. Joe Davis.
2. Fred Davis
3. John Pullman
4. Hendry
5. Davis
6. Reardon
7. ROS
8. J. Higgins
9. Selby
10. Wiliams

Wow, great criteria, why didn't the rest of us think of it ?! <doh> <doh> <doh>


Fanboys can keep posting the same rubbish all the time but O'Sullivan has come up short where it matters most.

In any other sport you need to prove it in terms of most important titles won and by being world number one. Snooker is no different.

Achievements outweigh opinion every time.

Here endeth the lesson...

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby SnookerFan » 13 Feb 2019 Read

Badsnookerplayer wrote:Well Vodka, I am glad that is over tbh.


Me too.

Who is watching today? Will try to catch some tonight, but will also be packing for my trip to Cardiff.

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby SnookerFan » 13 Feb 2019 Read

Pink Ball wrote:
Holden Chinaski wrote:I would love to see Doinic Dale win the tournament.

He is considered the worst player to ever make the top 16, and he much prefers Stella Artois to classical music.


Obvious troll there, by PinkBall.

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby SnookerFan » 13 Feb 2019 Read

Yeah, sod it.

Dominic is retiring at the end of the season, isn't he?

Love to see him do well in the Welsh tournament. Imagine, one last ranking event for Dominic.

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby Badsnookerplayer » 13 Feb 2019 Read

SnookerFan wrote:
Badsnookerplayer wrote:Lisoswki vs Fu should be a good match this morning.


Mr. Player, sir. :hatoff:

Who do you think wins this match?

Yo SF

I will be watching what I can today.

Regarding Fu vs Lisowski, I think it is a very interesting match up and difficult to call.

I will plump for Lisowski as he is generally in good form, but he will need to apply himself tactically.

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby SnookerFan » 13 Feb 2019 Read

To be honest, I would've said Lisowski all day, until Fu knocked Ronnie out of Cheltenham last week.

I didn't see that result coming.

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby Badsnookerplayer » 13 Feb 2019 Read

Oli Lines vs Ding could produce an upset.

Lines has done little of note recently but he is capable, and scrapping for his tour card. Ding should win easily but will be vulnerable to an early exit.

Re: ManBetX Welsh Open Last 64 !!

Postby SnookerFan » 13 Feb 2019 Read

Badsnookerplayer wrote:Oli Lines vs Ding could produce an upset.


At the moment, I give anybody at least a 50/50 chance of beating Ding.
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