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Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby mantorok

sas6789 wrote:
masterdoctorgenius wrote:Judd into the final.

He is the big fav. Should win it. Has to win it.

Nope Higgins will beat him, he always finds a way to beat Judd.


Higgins can find ways to beat anyone.

That's his style.

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby Iranu

Good interview from Judd. Speaking very well about how he’s matured and what’s changed since his 2011 run to the final. I like his shirt too, and what he sees in and expects from his game.


Shame about the haircut though. Hope he loses the final.

pin end.

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby sas6789

mantorok wrote:
sas6789 wrote:
masterdoctorgenius wrote:Judd into the final.

He is the big fav. Should win it. Has to win it.

Nope Higgins will beat him, he always finds a way to beat Judd.


Higgins can find ways to beat anyone.

That's his style.

That's what i said.

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby Holden Chinaski

Iranu wrote:Good interview from Judd. Speaking very well about how he’s matured and what’s changed since his 2011 run to the final. I like his shirt too, and what he sees in and expects from his game.


Shame about the haircut though. Hope he loses the final.

pin end.

Finally, someone talking some sense! <ok>

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby masterdoctorgenius

Iranu wrote:Good interview from Judd. Speaking very well about how he’s matured and what’s changed since his 2011 run to the final. I like his shirt too, and what he sees in and expects from his game.


Shame about the haircut though. Hope he loses the final.

pin end.


Did he say anything like he shats in his pants whenever he faces Higgins?

JH got out of jail last night. Should have never been 11-13 down. Judd has to lead 11-6 after the first day at least to have any chance.

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby mantorok

sas6789 wrote:
mantorok wrote:
sas6789 wrote:
masterdoctorgenius wrote:Judd into the final.

He is the big fav. Should win it. Has to win it.

Nope Higgins will beat him, he always finds a way to beat Judd.


Higgins can find ways to beat anyone.

That's his style.

That's what i said.


You said he finds way to beat Judd.

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby Johnny Bravo

mantorok wrote:Don't hold back Wilson rofl


He's not the only one who's been complaining about the table tough. Many have. Maybe there is something to these tables. Aren't all tables on the tour suppose to be the same ?! :chin: :?
Meaning same manufacturer, cloth, etc.

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby Ash147

masterdoctorgenius wrote:
Iranu wrote:Good interview from Judd. Speaking very well about how he’s matured and what’s changed since his 2011 run to the final. I like his shirt too, and what he sees in and expects from his game.


Shame about the haircut though. Hope he loses the final.

pin end.


Did he say anything like he shats in his pants whenever he faces Higgins?

JH got out of jail last night. Should have never been 11-13 down. Judd has to lead 11-6 after the first day at least to have any chance.


You shat your pants when Ronnie goes 1-0 down in a match.

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby Pink Ball

Ash147 wrote:
masterdoctorgenius wrote:
Iranu wrote:Good interview from Judd. Speaking very well about how he’s matured and what’s changed since his 2011 run to the final. I like his shirt too, and what he sees in and expects from his game.


Shame about the haircut though. Hope he loses the final.

pin end.


Did he say anything like he shats in his pants whenever he faces Higgins?

JH got out of jail last night. Should have never been 11-13 down. Judd has to lead 11-6 after the first day at least to have any chance.


You shat your pants when Ronnie goes 1-0 down in a match.

buck

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby masterdoctorgenius

Ash147 wrote:
masterdoctorgenius wrote:
Iranu wrote:Good interview from Judd. Speaking very well about how he’s matured and what’s changed since his 2011 run to the final. I like his shirt too, and what he sees in and expects from his game.


Shame about the haircut though. Hope he loses the final.

pin end.


Did he say anything like he shats in his pants whenever he faces Higgins?

JH got out of jail last night. Should have never been 11-13 down. Judd has to lead 11-6 after the first day at least to have any chance.


You shat your pants when Ronnie goes 1-0 down in a match.


And you when the match hasnt even started

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby carayip

I think Judd will be under more pressure to perform in the final than Higgins. For Higgins, with the season he had, getting to the final is probably like very relieved already and his tear proved it. I predict Higgins will perform much better than he did in the last 2 years. And this is not even counting the mental edge Higgins has over Trump

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby Iranu

Satch4 wrote:
Iranu wrote:Higgins’ chalk ruining the table for Wilson and Judd too. Sad times.

Judd uses the same chalk as Higgins according to Gwilson so he's a co-conspirator

Collusion!

Is the chalk made in Russia?

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby Satch4

Iranu wrote:
Satch4 wrote:
Iranu wrote:Higgins’ chalk ruining the table for Wilson and Judd too. Sad times.

Judd uses the same chalk as Higgins according to Gwilson so he's a co-conspirator

Collusion!

Is the chalk made in Russia?

Dare I suggest ... Kiev?

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby Johnny Bravo

masterdoctorgenius wrote:
Iranu wrote:Good interview from Judd. Speaking very well about how he’s matured and what’s changed since his 2011 run to the final. I like his shirt too, and what he sees in and expects from his game.


Shame about the haircut though. Hope he loses the final.

pin end.


Did he say anything like he shats in his pants whenever he faces Higgins?

JH got out of jail last night. Should have never been 11-13 down. Judd has to lead 11-6 after the first day at least to have any chance.


Although Judd has a poor record against Higgo, he's a much better all rounder now. And he's no Gilbert to miss easy chances. He'll punish Higgins when he gets the chance.
I'm worried though cause Judd hasn't been at his absolute best this WC. He needs to find the same form he had against ROS at the Masters.

Regarding Higgo, I do feel that losing a 3rd final in a row would be a massive body blow to him. Might even retire, especially if Trump beats him bad.

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby Satch4

Johnny Bravo wrote:
masterdoctorgenius wrote:
Iranu wrote:Good interview from Judd. Speaking very well about how he’s matured and what’s changed since his 2011 run to the final. I like his shirt too, and what he sees in and expects from his game.


Shame about the haircut though. Hope he loses the final.

pin end.


Did he say anything like he shats in his pants whenever he faces Higgins?

JH got out of jail last night. Should have never been 11-13 down. Judd has to lead 11-6 after the first day at least to have any chance.


Although Judd has a poor record against Higgo, he's a much better all rounder now. And he's no Gilbert to miss easy chances. He'll punish Higgins when he gets the chance.
I'm worried though cause Judd hasn't been at his absolute best this WC. He needs to find the same form he had against ROS at the Masters.

Regarding Higgo, I do feel that losing a 3rd final in a row would be a massive body blow to him. Might even retire, especially if Trump beats him bad.

Higgins has the psychological edge but I wonder if losing 2 finals in a row might help Judd

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby PLtheRef

Many thanks to all for their patience. Here is the latest scoreboard at the conclusion of the Semi-Finals. This table includes six points awarded to entries which predicted Judd Trump to reach the World Championship Final at the start of the contest. These entries will receive a further six points should Trump win the Final.

The maximum possible score for all entries has been calculated based upon what finalists they have left, whether they have a predicted maximum still going (one entry for Higgins) and the number of centuries, and the highest break of the event. (Nobody predicted either Trump or Higgins to make the highest break)

Can those entries with an asterix* next to their name, please PM their predictions for the Final, this ensures that you don't have a situation where the leader can just predict the same score as those nearby to nurse their lead. I appreciate that I am one of those with a mathematical chance of winning so therefore I will PM my prediction to Wildey and Eraserhead immediately to ensure I can't predict knowing what people are going for.

Table at the Conclusion of the Semi-Finals
176 SteveJJ* 23 - 2 (Max) 194
162 Cloud Strife* 22 - 1 (Max) 182
158 Alex0Paul* 20 - 4 (Max) 185
156 PLtheRef* 20 - 3 (Max) 184
155 Andre147* 19 - 5 (Max) 185
154 TheCleaver* 20 - 4 (Max) 177
151 Nice_Shoes_Ken 19 - 4 (Max) 174
148 SavoMilosevic 2WC 20 - 1 (Max) 172
145 Raphael98* 21 - 1 (Max) 185
144 Aimlesswandeer 19 - 3 (Max) 162
144 Krazeeyekilla 18 - 4 (Max) 150
141 Sundaygirl 18 - 2 (Max) 159
140 Eraserhead 19 - 3 (Max) 158
140 Pink Ball 19 - 2 (Max) 156
139 GJ 18 - 1 (Max) 168
130 Wildey 17 - 4 (Max) 148
130 Johnny Bravo 17 - 2 (Max) 156
129 Vodkadiet 18 - 1 (Max) 153
129 Slowjoe 17 - 2 (Max) 147
124 Snookerfan 15 - 4 (Max) 142
123 Deewee 17 - 0 (Max) 141
119 Lemnas 17 - 2 (Max) 142
109 Happycamper 14 - 3 (Max) 133
92 Dan-Cat 13 - 2 (Max) 111
91 Iranu 12 - 1 (Max) 109
90 Holden Chinaski 12 - 3 (Max) 111
57 Badsnookerplayer 7 - 2 (Max) 87

Here is the Semi-Final table which includes no bonus awards for Trump being a finalist

Saturday's table
19 Andre147
19 SteveJJ
18 Krazeeyekilla
18 Snookerfan
18 Aimlesswandeer
18 PLtheRef
16 Cloud Strife
15 Nice_Shoes_Ken
14 Alex0Paul
14 Vodkadiet
14 Sundaygirl
13 SavoMilosevic 2WC
13 Raphael98
13 Pink Ball
13 Lemnas
11 TheCleaver
11 Happycamper
9 Johnny Bravo
9 Eraserhead
9 Deewee
6 Holden Chinaski
0 Slowjoe
0 Iranu
0 Wildey
- Badsnookerplayer
- GJ
- Dan-Cat


Semi-Final Predictons
John Higgins 15 - 9 Dave Gilbert

Judd Trump 21 - 3 Gary Wilson

Re: Betfred World Championship (Sat May 4th) Semi-Finals !!

Postby gallantrabbit

By the way I think Gilbert and Wilson should be absolutely commended for their wonderful runs in this tourney. They've both been tremendous for the tournament and a credit to themselves. I hope it makes them both stronger and both are tournament winners very soon.
Personally I'm happy that neither reached the final because we would have been robbed of this Higgins Trump prospect and I do think that both Gilbert and Wilson are a notch below the absolute top group of players in terms of high performance level under the greatest pressure. But that takes nothing away from either and the best of luck to them.