Snooker

[The Bear]

Yeah anything more than 3 and it gets very unlikely. Unless the balls are really good for snookers.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

10-6 O'Connor. Selby missing stuff that you'd never credit along the way.

Kyren Wilson or Dom Dale next.

 

[The Bear]

Took me ages to work out what was going on here.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1782655118053089359

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He's got Milkins or Pang next, that's a good draw. Pang has only got past R2 in one tournament all season, didn't do anything special in qualifying either. Beat Oliver Brown 10-7 and Cao Yupeng 10-8 and only made one century across the 35 frames. Although he was 8-6 down to Cao and reeled off the last four frames on the spin so there is that.

A reasonable year for the Milkman but he looks slightly out of place in the top 16 (benefiting from the likes of Maguire/Bingham/Robertson having rough spells), he's normally well outside it.

Milkins scrapes through 10-9

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

The good news for Jackson Page: he equalled the current tournament high break of 142.

The bad news for Jackson Page: he lost the other 8 frames.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Gilbert 12-4 up on Milkins, just one frame needed to go through tonight.

 

[Sniffer]

Gilbert 12-4 up on Milkins, just one frame needed to go through tonight.

His breaks in the last 3 frames have been excellent.

 

[The Bear]

Gilbert 12-4 up on Milkins, just one frame needed to go through tonight.

If he hadn't messed up that last frame yesterday, snookering himself on frame ball, he'd have been done and dusted and not having to come back tonight.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Grow up Robert.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1783811530238132519

 

[PuntsWolf]

If have been livid if i’d missed that tbf (by such a distance!)

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

David Gilbert vs Stephen Maguire
Joe O'Connor or Kyren Wilson (2-6) vs John Higgins or Mark Allen (5-4)
Judd Trump vs Jak Jones
Ronnie O'Sullivan or Ryan Day (5-3) vs Jack Lisowski or Stuart Bingham (3-5)

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Allen 9-7 Higgins
Bingham 9-7 Lisowski

Would fancy those two to hang on and get the 4 frames required

 

[The Bear]

Lisowski really is a weird player. Pulls off some amazing shots and then messes up simple chances. Got to be down to shot selection and ball control. He's nowhere near the top players at those two.

Saw Dave again this morning as I was in for a comp. He really is buzzing at the minute as you'd expect. Maguire is playing well but is very beatable if he starts missing and banging the table and cue about. Bit of a MilkinsMax in that regard.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Ronnie safely through 13-7. Day didn't make him work particularly hard for it.

 

[Johnny75]

Ronnie safely through 13-7. Day didn't make him work particularly hard for it.

Good bowling figures.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Allen 9-7 Higgins
Bingham 9-7 Lisowski

Would fancy those two to hang on and get the 4 frames required

Higgins wins a decider and Bingham through 13-11

 

[The Bear]

Absolute mustard from Higgins at the end there. Incredible clearance and bottle.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Lisowski really is a weird player. Pulls off some amazing shots and then messes up simple chances. Got to be down to shot selection and ball control. He's nowhere near the top players at those two.

Saw Dave again this morning as I was in for a comp. He really is buzzing at the minute as you'd expect. Maguire is playing well but is very beatable if he starts missing and banging the table and cue about. Bit of a MilkinsMax in that regard.

Early 4-0 lead for Gilbert

 

[The Bear]

Playing well too. Maguire not at the races. Needs to punish him and win this 6-2 at least.

 

[Sniffer]

Saw Dave again this morning as I was in for a comp. He really is buzzing at the minute as you'd expect. Maguire is playing well but is very beatable if he starts missing and banging the table and cue about. Bit of a MilkinsMax in that regard.

Where do you see him @The Bear ? Not an actual venue just a town. He used to be from, live and practice in Tamworth but I can see the BBC reporting today that he is from Derby?