by Badsnookerplayer » 03 May 2019 Read
What - for you have been the biggest surprises in this years tournament.
For me I would probably say:
Wilson beating Selby
Luo's poor performance - I expected more
Gilbert making the semi
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by Ash147 » 03 May 2019 Read
Ronnie losing to an Amateur.
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by SnookerFan » 03 May 2019 Read
Dennis Taylor remembered somebody's name.
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by mick745 » 03 May 2019 Read
Mark Allen losing. I dont think Zhou was at all fancied to win that one.
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by Badsnookerplayer » 03 May 2019 Read
mick745 wrote:Mark Allen losing. I dont think Zhou was at all fancied to win that one.
Good point actually - I did not consider that one
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by Chalk McHugh » 03 May 2019 Read
Gilbert and Wilson both making the last four.
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by SnookerFan » 03 May 2019 Read
Higgins making a 143.
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by vodkadiet1 » 03 May 2019 Read
Jimmy getting another 2 year tour card.
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by Iranu » 03 May 2019 Read
That Ali Carter has mates.
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by eraserhead » 03 May 2019 Read
The standard.
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by SnookerFan » 03 May 2019 Read
vodkadiet1 wrote:Jimmy getting another 2 year tour card.
He said shock.
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by vodkadiet1 » 03 May 2019 Read
Hendry writing the word 'Suspenders' on a card in 'House Of Frames'.
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by Holden Chinaski » 03 May 2019 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:Wilson beating Selby
No shock at all.
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by SnookerFan » 03 May 2019 Read
Selby getting to the second round, more like.
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by Holden Chinaski » 03 May 2019 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Selby getting to the second round, more like.
Indeed.
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by Alex0paul » 04 May 2019 Read
Hawkins home before the semis
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by TheSaviour » 04 May 2019 Read
Cahill seems to me a very solid prospect for the future! And not only that, but he´s also fairly entertaining. He just shouldn´t change much anything. He´s certainly there for the future. No matter what his status ever might be then.
Selby´s loss against Gary was down to the Judd Trump - fear factor, I reckon.. Mark did made some rather not so typical to him mistakes regarding positioning the cue ball. And he had to play the safeties instead of having his normal Crucible-break building going on.. Those safeties were good enough and a correct decisions, I reckon. So fair play to Gary as he was still able to punish Mark.
Gilbert´s not doing much anything wrong. Obviously anyone can tell his overall-package has been there for some years already. Nice to see he has been able to make it so visible now. Well he has been done that already during this season.. Let´s say 3 years ago he actually seemed a bit amateur, to be honest. If Cahill´s status still is an amateur he does seems to be a very, very mature (and a great) player while Gilbert used to look like an amateur a 3 years ago. Gilbert still has some tiny, tiny flaws and a question marks out there but not much anything. To say. And hands down, he has beat many truly dangerous players already now. So a great, great show from Gilbert already now! So come on Gilbert, do beat John Higgins now! From 13-11 up.
Surprisingly Gary is currently trailing only 7-9 against Judd Trump! That´s almost a shocking result. I would had expect he would be trailing much more.
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by The_Abbott » 07 May 2019 Read
Gary Wilson and Dave Gilbert in the Semi Finals. I don't mind the odd surprise. It keeps it fresh but my gut feeling is they will be in the Swail/Hicks camp of never appearing at the latter stages again.
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by Johnny Bravo » 07 May 2019 Read
Ronnie losing in the first round to an amateur, which made him look like a fool, and broke all of us Ronnetes hearts.
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by D4P » 07 May 2019 Read
It wasn't surprising that Ronnie lost early, but I suppose it has to be considered a shock that he lost to the only amateur to ever play in the event. Then again, there's probably a part of Ronnie that kinda likes having that distinction...
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by Lemnas » 07 May 2019 Read
Higgins reaching the final.
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by Ash147 » 07 May 2019 Read
Higgins pictured in 2020 after losing his fourth straight World Championship final.
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by mick745 » 07 May 2019 Read
The_Abbott wrote:Gary Wilson and Dave Gilbert in the Semi Finals. I don't mind the odd surprise. It keeps it fresh but my gut feeling is they will be in the Swail/Hicks camp of never appearing at the latter stages again.
Didnt Swail get to the semi's twice?
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by Ronnie79 » 07 May 2019 Read
maguire getting to the quarters as he is sh1t
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by Ronnie79 » 07 May 2019 Read
maguire getting to the quarters as he is sh1t
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by HappyCamper » 07 May 2019 Read
mick745 wrote:The_Abbott wrote:Gary Wilson and Dave Gilbert in the Semi Finals. I don't mind the odd surprise. It keeps it fresh but my gut feeling is they will be in the Swail/Hicks camp of never appearing at the latter stages again.
Didnt Swail get to the semi's twice?
yup. in consecutive years.
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by SnookerFan » 08 May 2019 Read
He got a semi in consecutive years, hey?
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by Ck147 » 12 May 2019 Read
2 for me, Ronnie losing to Cahill and Robbo going out when he did
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