Star Xing Pai Haikou World Open Final Discussion!!

A shame one of Ding or Allen wont be past round 2 at the worlds this year

So tough to call if it happens

Skullman wrote:Gets the century and wins his first title. Of course it means nothing if this is the only title he wins. Has on push onto bigger and better things now.

What do you mean nothing?

It's funny to hear such a statement from a Selby fan ...

However very well done Mark Allen. He deserves this title and really he was overdue.

Allen was definetely next in line to win

A long wait over for him

Snooker Overdrive wrote:

Skullman wrote:Gets the century and wins his first title. Of course it means nothing if this is the only title he wins. Has on push onto bigger and better things now.

What do you mean nothing?

It's funny to hear such a statement from a Selby fan ...

Maybe it doesn't mean nothing (ohh double negatives ).But one ranker puts him par with Bingham or Walden, and if he doesn't win at least another, people will think this was just a fluke.

Trust me this is no fluke mark has mad 1 uk final another uk semi

1 world semi as well

bingham and walden are below him and older

GJ wrote:Trust me this is no fluke mark has mad 1 uk final another uk semi

1 world semi as well

bingham and walden are below him and older

But at the end of the day, titles matter. If Allen doesn't win anything else, people might think it was a fluke. Some people still think Carter's victories were flukes and he won two tournaments.

Skullman wrote:

GJ wrote:Trust me this is no fluke mark has mad 1 uk final another uk semi

1 world semi as well

bingham and walden are below him and older

But at the end of the day, titles matter. If Allen doesn't win anything else, people might think it was a fluke. Some people still think Carter's victories were flukes and he won two tournaments.

Allen has killer instinct those other 3 dont IMO

Wild wrote:you have to remember china is a big place and not all snooker fans can a)aford to go to venues and b)live near to go.

1 billion + population.
Why did WS decide to put a tournament on in a place where there was none?
Same goes for Australia - why Bendigo and not Melbourne for eg?

GJ wrote:

Skullman wrote:

GJ wrote:Trust me this is no fluke mark has mad 1 uk final another uk semi

1 world semi as well

bingham and walden are below him and older

But at the end of the day, titles matter. If Allen doesn't win anything else, people might think it was a fluke. Some people still think Carter's victories were flukes and he won two tournaments.

Allen has killer instinct those other 3 dont IMO

Allen isn't scared of the big occasion, and neither of winning.

GJ wrote:

Skullman wrote:

GJ wrote:Trust me this is no fluke mark has mad 1 uk final another uk semi

1 world semi as well

bingham and walden are below him and older

But at the end of the day, titles matter. If Allen doesn't win anything else, people might think it was a fluke. Some people still think Carter's victories were flukes and he won two tournaments.

Allen has killer instinct those other 3 dont IMO

I'm not saying he's equal to Walden or Bingham. I'm saying that at the end of his career, he will be remembered for his achievements and he has to push on and win more, if he wants to be known as a top player.

Skullman wrote:

GJ wrote:

Skullman wrote:

GJ wrote:Trust me this is no fluke mark has mad 1 uk final another uk semi

1 world semi as well

bingham and walden are below him and older

But at the end of the day, titles matter. If Allen doesn't win anything else, people might think it was a fluke. Some people still think Carter's victories were flukes and he won two tournaments.

Allen has killer instinct those other 3 dont IMO

I'm not saying he's equal to Walden or Bingham. I'm saying that at the end of his career, he will be remembered for his achievements and he has to push on and win more, if he wants to be known as a top player.

What do you say about Selby then? 28 and only 2 rankers ...

Snooker Overdrive wrote:

Skullman wrote:

GJ wrote:

Skullman wrote:

GJ wrote:Trust me this is no fluke mark has mad 1 uk final another uk semi

1 world semi as well

bingham and walden are below him and older

But at the end of the day, titles matter. If Allen doesn't win anything else, people might think it was a fluke. Some people still think Carter's victories were flukes and he won two tournaments.

Allen has killer instinct those other 3 dont IMO

I'm not saying he's equal to Walden or Bingham. I'm saying that at the end of his career, he will be remembered for his achievements and he has to push on and win more, if he wants to be known as a top player.

What do you say about Selby then? 28 and only 2 rankers ...

Selby has the advantage of two Masters as well, and at least is World no1 in the rankings, which bad players don't achieve. But he needs to get more rankers, as he's underachieving for his ability. Hopefully the Worlds this year .

Congratulations to Mark Allen, the best player this week.

Didn't watch the final but it sounds like it was a complete massacre.

Had time to think it over, this really is a great win for Mark. After bursting on the scene and making the top 16 in 3 seasons it looked for a while he might not make the breakthrough with all those SF defeats.

That match against Walden at the UK really turned it around for him. I am now certain he will win a major at some stage. He has a very, very tough draw at the Worlds but the best time to play Ding is in the second round.

The only thing overshadowing this is that Mark isn't playing at the grand finals, he will lose a bit of momentum, but whatever - it's been an unreal season for him.

was playing next to Higgins table yesterday, i resisted temptation to tamper with it haha

slyly borrowed Maguires swan neck rest when nobody was looking too haha

Witz78 wrote:was playing next to Higgins table yesterday, i resisted temptation to tamper with it haha

slyly borrowed Maguires swan neck rest when nobody was looking too haha

Maguire and Higgins play there, what about McManus?

Casey wrote:

Witz78 wrote:was playing next to Higgins table yesterday, i resisted temptation to tamper with it haha

slyly borrowed Maguires swan neck rest when nobody was looking too haha

Maguire and Higgins play there, what about McManus?

yeh Angles and Marcus Campbell play there too, no sign of any of them kicking about but good to see a snooker club totally packed out with every table being used.

Been out all day, and just seen the score.

SnookerFan wrote:Been out all day, and just seen the score.

You must have been out a long time. It was all over by the time I got up!

vodkadiet wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:Been out all day, and just seen the score.

You must have been out a long time. It was all over by the time I got up!

I'll bet. What time did you get up?

Andre147 wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

vodkadiet wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:Been out all day, and just seen the score.

You must have been out a long time. It was all over by the time I got up!

I'll bet. What time did you get up?

It finished at around 12:20 so he must have got up after that

rubbish. Really. I'd only just started getting ready to go out a bit before that. I figured if I wouldn't see the end, I wouldn't get involved in watching it.

how many more ranking tournaments are left this season before the world championship and what are the dates they start ?

thanks in advance

jojo wrote:how many more ranking tournaments are left this season before the world championship and what are the dates they start ?

thanks in advance

2 mate

ptc finals 14t hto 18th march

china open 26th march to 1st april

then 3 week gap till worlds on 21st april

SnookerFan wrote:

vodkadiet wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:Been out all day, and just seen the score.

You must have been out a long time. It was all over by the time I got up!

I'll bet. What time did you get up?

I got up at 12.17 and switched live scoring on. and was told there was no match currently in progress, so it must have finished before that!

thanks

i think the three week gap is really good as players cant claim to be jaded in the past the final of the previous tournament just before the world championship was held just six days before the start of the world championship

a three week gap would be perfect for the players maybe not the fans though as everyone will be counting down the days and it could be torture just waiting for it

jojo wrote:thanks

i think the three week gap is really good as players cant claim to be jaded in the past the final of the previous tournament just before the world championship was held just six days before the start of the world championship

a three week gap would be perfect for the players maybe not the fans though as everyone will be counting down the days and it could be torture just waiting for it

2 weeks of WC qualifiers directly before it so hardly gonna be boring waiting for the WC

didnt know that so when they have the first round draw ?

jojo wrote:didnt know that so when they have the first round draw ?

Think its the day after the qualifiers end.