First round (best of 19 frames) Saturday, 18 April>14:30 BSTXiao Guodong (9) v Zhou YuelongMark Williams (6) v Antoni Kowalski>19:00 BSTZhao Xintong (1) v Liam HighfieldBarry Hawkins (11) v Matthew StevensSunday, 19 April>10:00 BSTDing Junhui (16) v David GilbertMark Allen (14) v Zhang Anda >14:30 BSTJohn Higgins (5) v Ali CarterBarry Hawkins (11) v Matthew Stevens >BST 19:00Xiao Guodong (9) v Zhou Yuelong Mark Williams (6) v Antoni Kowalski*
Anime.This is me when the WC starts, so it's obviously /sp/ related.
>his nickname isn't AK147what the fuck is Mr Rob's problem?
There he is! He looks like he's buzzing
>>154264992Previous Thread: https://archive.4plebs.org/sp/thread/154152519/
Still can't believe Yan Bingtao ruined his life for $4000 he was some player
>>154265081I'm thinking Mark Rylance to play him in the biopic?
>>154265084He banned for life?
>>154265103Until the long distant days of 2027 iirc
>>154265081Looks like it's been a testing year for him.
>>154265084and it'd be hard to believe he could be bullied into it, the fuckin size of the lad.
Kowalski watchmogging Zhao ong :skull emoji:
>underarmshotmogged
>>154265081I aspire to his level of 'tism
>>154265103Till 2027 but his rep will take a hit
>The Florist of Poland
>>154265125Sniper's dream they used to call him
Alright, Polboys, we're NOT getting whitewashed this weekend.
Poland: settled
KUBOL
>>154265084Very silly.
>>154265154You say that, but Zhao Xintong got banned as well and they couldn’t wait to bring him back. Now he’s the Great White Hope of snooker. He hasn’t got enough balls for everyone’s mouth who wants to gargle them. And I always liked Yan more anyway.
>>154265202I never knew Gaz from Supergrass was a snooker player.
>>154265288Yan supposedly actually rigged matches, Zhao only had knowledge of the rigging happening but didn't rig himself iirc.
I hope Antoni Kowalski has learnt a very valuable lesson about actually potting balls. He potted the yellow and look what’s happened. It cost him about 20 points.
American team for the Math Olympiad
Zesty
settled
>rattles the jaws >goes in
>>154265737
>2-2 on both tablesHope the trend continues.
>>154265897I'm patiently awating the ciders
non-ruski stream?
>>154266088and me? I await webm related
>>154266146Sure:https://www.huya.com/210147
>>154266146>t. Joseph McCarthy
Wew, my boy is not dead yet.
respotted black on table 1
>>154266199He looks pretty good
>>154266229And to be honest, if he loses 3-10, it's still a huge achievement for a literal nobody to reach the WC and win 3 frames against one of the best snooker players in history.
Two kubols Antoni? That's insane.
>last two frames in the YCP match decided on the black
Willo asking someone for sweets lmao
>session is over but both players haven't realisedHas anyone?
Guodong has that Mao blood in him
>snooker ended>already more snookerThis is one thing I like about this time of the year.
>>154268200Indeed, it's insanely loopy >wake upsnooker >breakfastsnooker>lunch breaksnooker>teatimesnooker>bedtime snookerTomorrow we'll do it all over again
I SEE A LITTLE SILHOUETTE OF A MAN
What was Hawkins annoyed about there
Plz stop putting Hallworth on comms
sorry mean Stevens
>>154268415when's virgo on
>>154268439When? Before the match?
world championship quality table
*swoops*
>>154268346kek
Zhao had breaks like 47, 48, 47, 46, almost like he doesn't want to go above 50.
>>154268487Yeah
how was Antoni? i have only seen first frame, proper banter from our lad playing a shot from under belly >>154268495>
>>154268682Rob Walker said he was a three time semi finalist
>berry
gotta respect the relentlessness of Zhao doing everything he can to lose
prestigious re-rack
>>154268626noooo do not take screenshots of my sexy wife leaning over the table
Magnificent fluke that
>"So just pretend to be shit for a while then comeback and force the decider in which you will make a century break">"Ah so the usual? Say no more Mr Riggins"
excellent zest, excellent escape.
>someone in the audience getting told off by Tatigiwtwm
unacceptable
Already miss him lads...I optimised an old gif in his memory, least i could do.
ANOTHER re-rack
>>154269781I haven't liked his commentary for years, but I don't like any of the new talent the BBC are putting on comms either. Can't believe Foulds hasn't gone to Channel 5 or the BBC after the ITV tournaments are gone. I may as well mute the snooker.
SYSTEM STATUS: PLAYER_CHARGE_SEQUENCE_INITIATED> Subject currently docked in ZESTPOD™ recovery chamber>Charge level: 91% targeting 100% before deployment> Cue alignment recalibrating…> Safety-play protocols loading (Mark Selby 1 enabled)…>Shot selection engine prioritising: maximum boredom, minimum risk> Tactical subroutines:> • 4-cushion escapes compiling> • 90-minute frames simulation active> • Opponent frustration index rising…ETA: 10:00 Wednesday – Crucible Arena insertionDo not disturb.Premature interaction may result in reckless pot attempts and loss of positional discipline.
>>154270136Shhh, don't wake the Zester.
damn these tables are brutal lmao
>>154270134Steven Hallworth is the perfect type of commentator to get (a low-ranking current professional player), but it’s true that you can’t just pick any random player like that and expect them to be good. And they need to be extremely careful not to just wind up with Shaun Murphy.
Was about to post somewhere about how Zhao was about to go down in frame count to an unseeded player, then he storms ahead 3 straight frames. bastards
who is this thick welsh Hazel?
PELLEW
Tat's bottom
>>154270862That’s Catrin Heledd. She presents all manner of things that are simultaneously on the BBC, sports, and Welsh, but it’s impressive to see her move up in the world to present something that’s only two of those.
>>154271204G'wan indeed
FIELDTURY
In honour of the American gimmickposter who hasn’t been seen for a couple of years, and this match’s underdog, let me just say:>>154264992Lame Highfield
stealing this question from twitter:>Name the only Crucible player ever with a name that features only straight lines, no curves, when written in capital lettersno curves leaves you with these letters>A E F H I K L M N T V W X Y Z any ideas fellas?
>>154271917WLI YIZE
>>154271917Fan Zhenyi if you spell it like that, but I think it has a G in it
>>154271457heh >>154271917We need Angles or Hendon to crack this one
>>154271917Perhaps it is THE HAWK.
>>154271917Depends on how you write them.Reminds me of this game I've finished recently, where some letters are written creatively so that they can change into other letters when you rotate and swap them.
>>154272168did you say hawk?
>>154271917MIKE HALLETT (thanks for the headache)
Suspicious betting irregularity snooker from Xingtong. The Chank may be a world champion but he knows where his bread is buttered with his betting syndicate boss.
Got to be honest, I'm missing John Virgo's commentary.
>>154272294nice one anonI had MIKE as a likely first name (along with ALAN) but would never have thought of HALLETT
>>154272325>chank: any of a family (Xancidae) of tropical heavy-shelled pear-shaped gastropod mollusks
HAWKTURY
>>154272440I congratulate you on your Google search skills; impressive.
>>154272471>99's plenty (and a HAWKTURY)
>>154272492ragin
XINTURY
Ronnie O'Sullivan seen skulking round the practice tables, watching Catrin and hoping for a Welsh lard titty fuck.
frentongwinslol
>>154272598Oy, I was posting that, it was my turn
>>154272598>thinken about snooker
>>154272626Oy, I was posting that!
Suomi man is utterly relentless, unbeaten at the cruce for sure.
>>154272626>>154272671>>154272672>>154272689AHHHHHHHH
>>154268626how is her rump so plump
>>154272689>>154272671Shit wrong one. Oy, I was posting that!
>>154272706Here, here's a (Me).
First round exit for Ronnie?
>>154272700> Blocks your path
I've said but I'll say it again, Zhao is cute
>>154272793Until he is spotted in the week, Suomi holds the title.
>>154272798He reminds me of the bloke who rounds up XL Bully dogs to sell to the local Gordon's Chinese Chip Shop emporium.
Our Lord Champion triumphs gracefully with a century.That's nice, it's always a shame when the reigning champion gets rekt in the very first round.
>>154272706Oy, that's my screenshot!
>>154272859Based.
Don't drink the Chinese bottled water.
>>154272853Always?
>>154272793Coventry Brian is probably running about chanting Frank Lampard's name right now
>>154272850A worthy public service.
>>154272909Is she having a gush moment they bank on about in the jam rags adverts? Either that or she's thinking about Big Baza Hawkins.
>>154272899
>>154272853>it's always a shame when the reigning champion gets rekt in the very first round.It is not.
>>154272909>>154272978Objectively it is, always. And I don't mind Kyle half as much as Pretzlel. Fortunately, I didn't have to watch Shorn or Ebdon win the WC.
>>154272978
I'm going to say it: a 6-2 lead overnight would be utterly unBlorkable
>>154273357Larry Blorkins has never blorked a five frame lead, confirmed by an independent hawkbunal.
>>154273357Blorkies, how do we recover from this?
>>154273060>Fortunately, I didn't have to watch Shorn or Ebdon win the WC.Some of those 2000s finals look utterly grim on paper
barry longpotkins
Is former snooker world champion Joe Johnson a better singer than former snooker world champion Peter Ebdon?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrJnPDBXkRI
>Stu Bingz died for this
>>154273716Barry Rattlestheminthejawkins
>>154273834No chance. I am a Clown is a classic.
>>154273987You were saying?
>no midnight finish
>Page 6Better not risk it. Here's a bump just in case.German pop star Nena, after the breakup of the band Nena, spent the entire 1990s releasing solo albums that absolutely nobody liked or bought, and I've been checking out some of her obscure songs. For this album, she'd been ditched by her record label, so she went and found a small label that nobody had heard of, and used them to release 1994's "Und Alles Dreht Sich". The new record label went out of business shortly after releasing this album.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke_YDORKEiwIn 2002, of course, Nena re-released a bunch of her old hits, in new versions with various other stars, and became incredibly famous again. The moral of the story is, never give up. A lot of snooker players want to give up too, but I hope they don't.
>>154278298>The moral of the story is, never give up.Hako is said to have been "on the verge of homelessness" at one point, washing dishes in a restaurant to make a living. But then she too became incredibly famous again.
>2 bongs and 20 bings until snookerThis is unacceptable
>>154281520>implyinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv5ngx8fMco
>>154281607suomi'd again
>>154281607>hardwood floorThis is unacceptable
>>154281753Riggers can't be choosers, as they say.
when is my boy Mork playing?*looks at vikki*
>>154281607and https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yut3F33yOEc who needs the crucible?
>>154282052>Mork45 bongs GWAN ALL FOUR LADS
>Thailand has BaizeGirls England would never
>>154282156Someone needs to press F11
>>154282191Lmao Thai Pellew running the computer
>>154282128>highest break: 136
加油 熊猫
GWAN DINGGWAN ZHANG>>154282317So, this basically. Except加油 主任as well.
>Junk Undo
Mork finna zest and jest this Panda into oblivion
>first frame and it's already Kinocomfy snookah sunday hast begun
The zesting has just begun.
>1 hour = 1 framePerfect tempo.
>>154282483He is so back
lads im a tourist but have a question. why is it my entire life its still the same players at the worlds are there no young players coming through (except those from china), is snooker going to die when these players retire what the fuck is going on
Gwan Ding
>>154282514>Pullen>Kowalski>MoodyAnd why "except those from China"? Half of the 32 players in the WC are young.
>>154282514Experience is king in snooker. You have to be almost a phenom talent to be a young player and break into the top sixteen or continually qualify for the worlds year after year. Most players peak in their 30s/40s because it is so difficult to be good at.
>>154282514No clubs, no practice
>>154282531>UFO Ding.jpgHe is flying right now
M O R K T U R Y
>>154282618and again. that 45 min frame has unlocked him.
Who was the last big name in snooker to retire?
>>154282717Or did it seal Zhang's power instead?>>154282753JV
>pots red>then pots green>"foul, because uuuhhhh... it's a foul, okay?"As always, rigged against our boy Ding. They're afraid.
>dang
>>154282753Dominic Dale
>>154282940I see your Dom Dale and raise you Joe Perry
>>154282948Aww I like Joe Perry, shame he's retired but looking he is 51 now.
Congrats to Cardiff anon, we'll all be back together again next season**pending WBA points deduction
>>154282999The way it's looking we should be ok even with a points deduction, it would be less than Leicester's 6 points deduction and we're 5 points clear of the relegation zone and unbeaten in 8 games.
D I N G T U R Y
>>154282753Jamie Cope
>>154282514There is widespread concern about this. But most of the players you see now aren't going to retire for another 10-15 years, because there's nobody to stop them from still winning regularly. There are also plenty of new players; many of them didn't make it through the qualifying rounds but they win other tournaments that aren't shown on the BBC. If you want the names of some young players who aren't Chinese and are expected to do well in the future, I recommend Stan Moody, Michal Szubarczyk and Julien Leclercq. Only one of them is English, admittedly.
>>154283099I wouldn't underestimate Jackson Page either. He may look 40+, but is in fact 24 and I can see him win a ranking event one day.Joe O'Connor is only 30 and reaches finals every now and then.
I ain't feelin so cheesy
>>154283165*bambooey
>>154283190>bambooing v being bambooed
Panda/mouse is getting Pistol WHIPPED
>>154283214
>waiting for the Ding v Allel final
>>154283214Shouldn't you be in Sheffield, Judd?
I like Ding, but then I also like David Gilbert.
I like Reanne's husband.
>>154283347But which is better?
basado
>>154283393Farmer would heem
>This has never been topped
I'd really seven to be Gilbo right now.
>>154283449
GWAN RIGGA
A 7-2 overnight lead is literally undongable
>>154283560It's going to be a long second session.
>>154283493A cheeky banana shot into the brown pocket
>>154282514Most of the new players just aren't as good as the old players. It really is that simple.
>no bingham
Hendry dressing like everyone's uncle
Tati AND Desi
Higgins v Carter could be tasty.
>>154284240Seems like it will be. Databaize: Higgins and Carter have never faced each other in a Bo19 before.
Blork status: ing.
>>154282514same on the women's side tooGWAN JIGGINS
>>154284580You wish you could blork this hard
>Shaun Murphy says he decided to step away from punditry and commentary work after failing to agree on new terms with the BBC.>The 43-year-old says it was not a decision made in order to focus more on his snooker, but instead that he could not come to an agreement on terms with the BBC.>‘We were in negotiations with the powers-that-be and we couldn’t come to an agreement on terms. So I decided it wasn’t for me at the previously agreed rate, it was nothing more than that.>‘I loved my moments in the box, in the studio, watching a legend like Hazel Irving up close, learning off her, watching how she does things. Great afternoons and evenings spent with JV, listening to him and watching how he went about his work. Jesus, we had some laughs in that comms box off air. I remembered to turn the mic off, unlike a few of his colleagues before who got themselves into trouble. We had some great laughs.’
>>154285062Thank fuck
>>154285062What's his problem?
I've noticed quite a few misses when potting into the bottom left corner pocket... on both tables.
>>154285245The snack choice in the comms box was lacking, only ONE chocolate orange? a disgrace.
>>154285062I wish he'd died and JV had stayed but thank fuck he's gone. I bet hes secretly fuming and having angry wanks to Hazel during the coverage
>>154285062A shame. I was somewhat enjoying the thought that he's talking all the time, thinking I didn't mute my stream to listen to Hako.
>9-4Literally I M P O S S I B L E to blork. There's no way he'd lose even 3 frames in a row, let alone 5.
>>154285249
>>154285364I used to joke and say stuff like, "JV's going to end up being one of them old bastards in a nursing home, he'll be sitting there bewildered in the middle of the communal space, and randomly blurt out "WHERE'S THE CUE BALL GOING?!" in an episode of delirious dementia. And then he'll shit himself."Now I just feel bad and want him back.
template for some OCcan't be bothered myself right now i'm going for a chippy
*swoops at you*
There’s a zoomer in the crowd who looks like Stan Moody. I don’t think it’s him, but he could definitely be his stunt double. If you follow the baulk line off the table in the direction of the green ball, and keep going into the crowd, he’s around there.
>>154285520
>>154286167the haircut makes them all look the same. it's like a camoflage.>>154286318lel
>>154285364
>Zohn Righa
Gwanime.I would like everyone here to know that I only watch Ronnie World Championship snooker. From yesterday until Ronnie either wins or is knocked out, I shall be here. I do not watch other snooker tournaments, other snooker players and I do not care about the memes of this general. I watch Ronnie and Ronnie only. I do not care if Ronnie's record-breaking 8th is against the Ali Sharters of the world, Ronnie's legacy is the only thing that matters to me. When Ronnie retires, I retire, but until then, I will be here.Thank you.
>>154287150rent free
If someone actually had bet on 5-4 after a 0-4 lead, he's be a rich man.
Is this already the rig? Isn't it too soon? Is it just diversion?
>>154287150I respect the honesty
Fuck Mark Allen and fuck Ali Carter
SEEMA FUCKING JASWAL
GWAN XIAOGWAN ZHOUGWAN TONIDON'T GWAN WILLO FOR A BIT
Mark Jay Williams.
Kowalski's long potting is very impressive
K U B O L
Rough frame.
>>154285062Good. Bet the greedy fuck wanted a gazillion pounds and an unlimited supply of cheddars.
>>154286318haha
Amazing how much of a choke artist Yuelong is. Inspiring really.
Zhou is sweating like a fat lass
Moody seems like a wanker desu
Lad next to Guodong with the One Piece shirt is probably a regular hereHi, anon!
>>154291116One Piece is just Coronation Street for zoomers, it has like a bajillion episodes.
>tables are tough>all the seeds win handily
>>154291062I could spark him with a jab. Little scrote.
What you losers watching?
>>154291669My brother Antoni. But I'm checking out Xiao's stream every now and then, where he streams his own match (without the face camera and commentary this time, sadly).
>>154291715Link?
>>154291669I've got both matches on.
>>154291732>https://snooker-live.ru/Has both tables, but stream 2 is faster than 1 for Willo and Kowalski.>https://www.huya.com/210147And this is Xiao's channel.
>only black left on both tables
>>154291842Cinema
>>154291848One of the films was rather short though.
>Who do you want to play you in a film of your life>Xintong: Jackie Chan Lmao
>>154291883rip in pierogi young gwantoni
>>154292090There will be a scene where Xintong kicks the bad guy off from the 3rd floor and he lands on a snooker table.
We're on the front page again.Fun fact: THE video was also recorded in 1986. You know the one. The most important video on Youtube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNKwuwceXx8>>154292090>even Chinese people only know one Chinese actor>he's not even really Chinese>>154292145Gwanmen.
Damn, 500,000 smackers.
>>154292265>1986 World Champs/147/ was absolutely buzzing during that final
>>154292311Oughta be raised soon
>>154292265>total of 20 century breaks compiled during the tournament We NEED to go back
real Dong hours
>>154292999post watershed innit. nice trips.
Double DONGtury
>>154287150You’re missing Xiao Guodong versus Zhou Yuelong! I bet you don’t even know which one’s which.
>>154291772>not wearing a go pro pointed at his head while playing
GWAN DEENGGWAN KYLE
/moodymen/ rise up
Why are they staring into lightbulbs?
>>154300844This is why you pay the liscence fee
>>154300854it's called art
>>154300844Arteta is just that inspiring.
>>154300866More like (f)art
Membah the Masters? No? Neither do I
excellent break from the moodster
Rape mode Moody?
Never seen this moody, great first frame
Kyren "best with the rest" Wilson
nice
>>154300919>>154300920He has the potential to be elite... trust
ayo nah fr tho moody straight aura maxxing ong
Staniel Longpots
Koiren bros...
lol almost flawless playing
So tonsillitis = potting buff??
that's it.it's moover.
Anyone spotted Coventry man yet? or is he still on a bender?
Dang
GWAN MOODY>>154301156>coventry manBrian I'm sure will appear at some point. I actually miss seeing the top in the crowd.
>>154301012>>154301231That woman's face is far too expressive to be watching snooker, we need jumper man back
Send energy all good sirss.
M O O D T U R Y
>>154300844I assume it was dark at 5am when you posted that.
>>154301257His darting eyes really add to the atmosphere
Hold on. This is the second time in a row I’ve come on /147/ and it’s looked like I was the first post in five hours, and there’s no way Kyren Wilson and Stan Moody were playing at 06:42. Are the times broken on 4chan?
>>154300844new government anti global warming policy
>>154301303I'll see you and raise you with dingtury
COME OUT YE BLACK AND STANS
>>154301279Sorry India but this is a MoodyMind thread now>>154301338>in form Ding vs XingtongWEW
looks like ding's wife has had a hard time >waiting for him to win the worlds
>>154301231>>154301257She's loving the snooker.
these loose pockets have helped stan feel comfortable here. a couple times balls have gone in like they're routine when they wouldn't have dropped under normal circumstances. miss one of them and you start shitting yourself
BIG BREAK STAN
an impish chortle
>>154301458>Stan Happy
>>154301427can't decide if the pockets are tight or not and there has been varying opinions from the commentary, maybe they're somewhere inbetween this year?
>>154301481Wouldn't be a major snooker tournament without people banging on about the state of the tables.
>>154301481the cushions are bouncy >>154301485these wiggas be bussin
I like Sheffield it's a good cityBig enough to be quite an anonymising place but not too big that it feels isolating
>>154301254Same. it doesn't feel right without him in the background.
>>15430148117 centuries from 110 frames. They are fine imo.
>>154301497she's happy because she saw Pellew
>>154301481It looks to me like the corner pockets are huge and the middle pockets are relatively tight. Of course, all pockets are the same size in reality, but stuff like the cushions and the cloth on the table are what actually causes the changes, so it could really be anything. I've definitely seen some balls go in that really shouldn't have, though.Also, if it's true that big pockets make the outcomes more random, could this be why we've been seeing very weird world champions over the past few years? Kyren Wilson and Zhao Xintong are okay, but they weren't really dominant. Luca Brecel was a crazy outlier. Jak Jones lost the final, but really, who the fuck is Jak Jones?
Hope Kyren doesn't murder-suicide his family after young Staniel eliminates him.
