Stephen Hendry Watache Thread

Okay, I am a week early. But this is The Watache Thread we all wanted.

It's Hendry vs White, the biggest qualifying match of all time. (Known to everyone but Eurosport.)

Let's Watache.

Come on Stephen!

Stephen will best Jimmy. Be tough for him to get to the Crucible but I hope he gets there.

@Judders who would you want to win if Hendry was to face Judd in R1?

1892 wrote:@Judders who would you want to win if Hendry was to face Judd in R1?

If Hendry makes it to R1, he'll undoubtedly be "randomly" drawn to face Ronnie.

1892 wrote:Stephen will best Jimmy. Be tough for him to get to the Crucible but I hope he gets there.

@Judders who would you want to win if Hendry was to face Judd in R1?

In usual circumstances I would route for Hendry just about but I really do feel Judd badly needs the world title this year. The sooner he gets a 2nd world title then that could open the door for him to win many more but the longer he is stuck on 1 the harder it will get.

Lolz Judders I don't think Hendry will be troubling Judd's chances

Dan-cat wrote:Lolz Judders I don't think Hendry will be troubling Judd's chances

Judd is more worried about facing Rory McLeod.

Jimmy can still win WC

Scooper wrote:Jimmy can still win WC

He often proves it at The Seniors.

SnookerFan wrote:

Dan-cat wrote:Lolz Judders I don't think Hendry will be troubling Judd's chances

Judd is more worried about facing Rory McLeod.

Quoted for truth. #factual

Ronnie is more worried about facing James Cahill.

Or Elliot Slessorhands.

Bingham, Carter, Dott and Perry will be the toughest 1st round opponents I feel.

1892 wrote:Stephen will best Jimmy. Be tough for him to get to the Crucible but I hope he gets there.

@Judders who would you want to win if Hendry was to face Judd in R1?

Stephen is Favourite to get to the 3rd Qualifying Round having played only 1 match in 9 years and hardly played in practice until this year since the Crucible 2012.

LET'S WATACHE!

I'm already nervous.

Wildey wrote:

1892 wrote:Stephen will best Jimmy. Be tough for him to get to the Crucible but I hope he gets there.

@Judders who would you want to win if Hendry was to face Judd in R1?

Stephen is Favourite to get to the 3rd Qualifying Round having played only 1 match in 9 years and hardly played in practice until this year since the Crucible 2012.

he's not even favourite to beat white. let alone white and xu si.

HappyCamper wrote:

Wildey wrote:

1892 wrote:Stephen will best Jimmy. Be tough for him to get to the Crucible but I hope he gets there.

@Judders who would you want to win if Hendry was to face Judd in R1?

Stephen is Favourite to get to the 3rd Qualifying Round having played only 1 match in 9 years and hardly played in practice until this year since the Crucible 2012.

he's not even favourite to beat white. let alone white and xu si.

I'm not sure what the bookies are saying, but I agree with you HC.
Most likely seems to be White beating Hendry, Xu beating White, and Zhou qualifying.

Zhou is a very heavy favourite to qualify from that section, probably 75% chance. Small chance for Slessor (18%) or Highfield (7%). Less than 0.1% combined chance of any of the others qualifying (Xu, White, Hendry, Surety, Fan)

Had a tenner on Jimmy reaching crucible.

Running side wrote:Had a tenner on Jimmy reaching crucible.

thats 33/1 with betfair , very decent value imo , and reanne evans is 5/1 just to beat andy hicks in the first round , again you can't complain .

chengdufan wrote:

HappyCamper wrote:

Wildey wrote:

1892 wrote:Stephen will best Jimmy. Be tough for him to get to the Crucible but I hope he gets there.

@Judders who would you want to win if Hendry was to face Judd in R1?

Stephen is Favourite to get to the 3rd Qualifying Round having played only 1 match in 9 years and hardly played in practice until this year since the Crucible 2012.

he's not even favourite to beat white. let alone white and xu si.

I'm not sure what the bookies are saying, but I agree with you HC.
Most likely seems to be White beating Hendry, Xu beating White, and Zhou qualifying.

Zhou is a very heavy favourite to qualify from that section, probably 75% chance. Small chance for Slessor (18%) or Highfield (7%). Less than 0.1% combined chance of any of the others qualifying (Xu, White, Hendry, Surety, Fan)

Your thoughts seem pretty close to the market consensus.

Bookies have Hendry at ~2.2 against white, so slightly above evens.

Then for the section they have Zhou odds on at 1.5. Followed by Slessor (4), Highfield (8), Xu Si (19), and the old fogies (both 34).

HappyCamper wrote:

chengdufan wrote:

HappyCamper wrote:

Wildey wrote:

1892 wrote:Stephen will best Jimmy. Be tough for him to get to the Crucible but I hope he gets there.

@Judders who would you want to win if Hendry was to face Judd in R1?

Stephen is Favourite to get to the 3rd Qualifying Round having played only 1 match in 9 years and hardly played in practice until this year since the Crucible 2012.

he's not even favourite to beat white. let alone white and xu si.

I'm not sure what the bookies are saying, but I agree with you HC.
Most likely seems to be White beating Hendry, Xu beating White, and Zhou qualifying.

Zhou is a very heavy favourite to qualify from that section, probably 75% chance. Small chance for Slessor (18%) or Highfield (7%). Less than 0.1% combined chance of any of the others qualifying (Xu, White, Hendry, Surety, Fan)

Your thoughts seem pretty close to the market consensus.

Bookies have Hendry at ~2.2 against white, so slightly above evens.

Then for the section they have Zhou odds on at 1.5. Followed by Slessor (4), Highfield (8), Xu Si (19), and the old fogies (both 34).

Yes I'd agree with that. There is a bit of extra pressure on Zhou, as he was upset at narrowly missing the top-16 (mainly because of the ranking points lost last year due to covid). Xu probably needs to beat White to stay on tour, so huge pressure on him, especially since everyone will be watching because of his opponent.

I'm trying to promote this match on a football forum I use but no one is paying attention :( occasionally some do but on this occasion nothing.

Juddernaut88 wrote:I'm trying to promote this match on a football forum I use but no one is paying attention :( occasionally some do but on this occasion nothing.

They'd need The Eurosport App to watch it anyway.

SnookerFan wrote:

Juddernaut88 wrote:I'm trying to promote this match on a football forum I use but no one is paying attention :( occasionally some do but on this occasion nothing.

They'd need The Eurosport App to watch it anyway.

Have you decided to get the Eurosport app?

Juddernaut88 wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

Juddernaut88 wrote:I'm trying to promote this match on a football forum I use but no one is paying attention :( occasionally some do but on this occasion nothing.

They'd need The Eurosport App to watch it anyway.

Have you decided to get the Eurosport app?

It seems you can get a week's free trial on Amazon Prime. Going to see if I can sort it out tomorrow morning.

Good job we didn't have an Amiri watache thread as David Lilley gets a walkover and will face Jamie Jones.

Come on Jimmy.

Cloud Strife wrote:Come on Jimmy.