PTC Grand Finals

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easy money on Ding

You mug, McGill.

He's crap was lucky to win yesterday

Was out all day yesterday.

Another sitter missed.

Ding's turn to miss

Ding still wins imo

ffs Dingi

making hard work of this

Feck me

ffs ding

Ding has blown this think he goes on to lose now

Well done, McGill.

fu ck u ding you idiot don't believe this....

should never of lost that frame

come on dingi ffs

yes dingi had over £300 at risk there

yyyeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

absolute farce of a tournament this,tables not straight,cushions not balanced,scheduling by a mental case,players that don`t want to be there and a standard that belongs in a club,otherwise it`s fine

absolute farce of a tournament this,tables not straight,cushions not balanced,scheduling by a mental case,players that don`t want to be there and a standard that belongs in a club,otherwise it`s fine

It's not the best, is it?!

That was truly awful from Carter.  His attitude stunk in that final frame too.  Hit and hopes and then conceding when only 28 behind with 25 on....

Think its time Hearn dropped the prize money. Too many top players have had a shocking attitude this week. The only reason can be the wait to go on or a lack of interest. £100,000 to the winner in a low class event and it doesn't motivate them. Rankibg points must be the motivation as they are low here.

went yesterday and had a great time, got Dings autograph, and had a good chat with Michaela in the bar there, fine plate of cod, chips and mushy peas for €6.95, racing on in the bar also, so I missed a couple of matches.  Going again tonight, but the attendance was very poor tbh.

Been in all week and loved it,great entertainment,to outdo you newmanix got a photo with the thunder.Place was rocking for wednesday evenings matches,other than that not great for sure but all the shock results the reason for that.

Some of the top players attitude on and off the table shocking to be honest,Williams and Trump just walk off without signing  one autograph to kids who approach them,whereas likes of Lawler hang about for autographs and photos even though he lost a decider in a match that meant so much to him.Might be naive but poor show.

Final is a complete sellout......hope its Robertson v Allen/Ding!!

robbo v ding would be a nice payday 4 me, enjoy

Been in and out all week, really enjoyed it, but yeah crowds are disappointing overall, I had a spare ticket for Wednesday and last night but couldn't give the tickets away, went to waste. Looking forward to today, going up for todays games, will miss most of Fu/Ford though, on a Fu, Allen, Robertson and Maflin accum

Come on Maflin tonight

OMFG

I've never seen such an atrocious standard of play across the board as I have this week.

why is Ding v Allen market suspended ?

147!

Brilliant from Ding

hello,are we in danger of some decent snooker breaking out here

1-1 good stuff by both of them here

Great to witness a 147 "live" for the first time,god my hands were sweaty watching it.Dings breakbuilding is unreal this week,will be hard to stop.Looking good for you newmanix,has to be Robertson/Ding final now.

Hats off to Mark Allen for waiting around for photos and autographs after,true classy gent.

have 2 tickets for tonight if you know anyone interested. pm me

have 2 tickets for tonight if you know anyone interested. pm me

Cheers,grand for tonite!! Get to watch the 147?

no

Bummer...way Ding is playing might be holding another for the final

I really hope so.  I have a double done Ding @14/1 and Hurricane Fly @ 9/4 with Laddies.  Backed Ding on here 12.5, and Robbo 8.60 and greened up totally.

Sweet position.Have Robbo in a treble and have backed Woolaston in each game he has played.Think he wins tonite,though did wish kurt best of luck in the car park earlier,reverse psychology

think that was kurts fathers phone that went off yesterday morning

anyone backing robbo on the cap or in a multiple can thank the spotty wong for that shocking black

favour maflin in the next,he seems to have a bit of lady luck on his side this week

great bottle from kurt

Maflin

Missed the 147 Missed it by about 15 minutes, disappointing, fantastic quality of match though. Whenever I back Ding he fecks up, whenever I back something else he usually fecks my bet up, today's performance will probably rope me into backing him again for the World Championship

Anything other than a Robertson v Junhui final would be a massive anti-climax, but the way this week's gone, anything goes!

TOM FORD = 5HITE

Ford's having a nightmare

Robertson doing his best to throw this away.

What is he doing?!?!

thats some propper fckup by robo

3-0 to 3-3 and incapable of stringing any semblance of a break together at all.

long pot 14%  ford 70%

INCROYDABLE SCENES

Talk about making you sweat for it!  Held himself together well in the end.

for fook sake robo, need to change my pants

What an **** Robertson really is...

Unlucky on missing the 147 Dragon,think Ding should be fav for this,if he beats Kurt of course!! Been scoring for fun all week.

Well at least we'll get to see the two comfortably best players of the week contesting the final.

That said, hope Robbo looks a bit sharper than he did from 3-0!

Yep Ding has been fantastic the stunning, should be a solid fav alright.

Poor show from Maflin there in the semi, but understandable, by far the biggest match of his career, never settled.

Should be a good final

moondan, hope you took the 15s on Ding

You going to final Dragon? Wasn't sold out couple of days back.Your man at the office was hoping for this final of course,said all the shocks were a disaster.Waiting on Robbo for my final leg of an acumm so polishing up on my Aussie accent.....maybe not

Dragon, been away for a few days so missed quite a bit.


         I missed the 15s but took the 11.5 but only because I knew if I didnt he
          would win.
          Still not convinced by him but even less convinced by Robbo.
          Robbo seems to flaff around a lot these past few seasons, pointing his cue
          and looking at angles, bit like Matthew Stevens.
          I have covered my arse so dont care who wins.
           
           
         Looking forward to china more and especially the worlds and think a shock result
         is likely.
         Recorded much of the past few days and want to see how lipowsky played as I was
          impressed with what I had seen.

what a **** final

long way back for ding,who is rapidly becoming my nemesis along with andy hamilton in the darts,whenever they show up my money goes missing

ffs the live feed audio is just shouting and bawling over clive evertons commentary..wtf is it!?!?

Been like it all week, Dr.

how many times a season does robbo throw awat 3 and 4-0 leads

Hi guys  just tuned into see this Shootout...OMG we are throwing away huge leads and all the really good players are out. Thats my only post of this Pile of garbage event as proved by the attendances in the week.Galway is a crackin spot tho..Love me old style..

Hope Moon picks up.

Surprised Robbo's jolly for the decider.

99% pot success for Ding.  Can't really argue with that.  3-0 down to win 4-3.

well played ding,in truth he`s been by far the best player this week

awesome from ding , just awesome

Great performance by Ding.  Top class snooker all week.  A great final and fair play to Robbo for his contribution.

Pecker,

   Thoughts have been with you.

    Enjoyed the final but far too short.
    Like you pecker its not my favourite format, only just better than nothing.

    Did enjoy the roll on roll off  but best of nine should be the minimum played
    in pro snooker tournaments.
    Anyway China next and then the best seventeen days in sport.
     
    Take care and hope you find time to sign in.

Surprised to see 15 still available in a place for the Worlds for Ding.  On last night's form, that's a big price.

It certainly is but he is that for a good reason.

    In my opinion he is the only player who has the game and talent to put into the same
     bracket as Stephen, Ronnie, John and Mark but something has been missing and a wobble
     up to now has never been far away.
      Ding has played as well if not  better on numerous occasions in the past 7 or 8
      seasons but for whatever reason he has failed to turn those performances into wins.
      Perhaps his mental approach is at last maturing and if that is the case then there
      is no reason why he cannot rule for for a few seasons.
      Robbo misses too many pressure balls as he did last night for me to think of him as
      multi world champion, very pleasing to watch but like Trump too flashy.
     I will be backing Ding along with Allen and another when I see the final draw.

ws very impressed wih kurt maflin at weekend,first time i have seen him play...ok he got a hiding from ding but never really got a decent chance,showed tonnes of bottle the night before and is a lovely break maker..definitely one to watch

Brilliant week and format
Need to look at the scheduling of the games,maybe next year start a day earlier,some games went on far too late.
The final was brilliant and atmosphere super.All the shocks hit the crowds bigtime.
Well done to Ding,his week for sure and thanks for the 147,can die happy now.

Yeah was at the final the stunning, quality match to watch, Robertson didn't do much wrong to lose from that position... I picked a bad time to jump off the Ding bandwagon... but he has definitely convinced me to jump back on for the World Championship 8 centuries this week including a 147 and nobody else managed more than 1 century.

Gutted I missed the 147... someone a few years ago in a Irish underage tournament almost made a 147 against me, 15 reds 15 blacks... one of my **** safeties knocked the yellow tight on the baulk cushion though yellow rattled

Enjoyed the week, hope it's back week next year

Just noticed Ding made as many centuries last week as all the other 31 players combined nice stat

Great final for sure Dragon and those tons by Ding shows how well he played,must be the Galway air

I dont think the final was great from the point of view it was too short.
This format is a disaster waiting to happen.
On these tables its more than possible for 4 fames to take less than 40 minutes and then you are left with a scenario of fans arriving, sitting waiting for an hour or more only to find themselves on their way home and the cost of the evening looking extremely expensive and short lived.
Its just another example of the rather dubious mister Hearn stacking it high and selling it cheap.

Do we want every event to be the same??This is something different,great entertainment Sunday night and all week in fact and when  you look back over the PTC events think it has been a big success to date.
Just hope Finals come back here next year,most enjoyable week.

Would making any snooker match a frame or two longer make it worse? not in my book.

I dont want misguided people turning the game into a pool competition and all the importance and esteem that is held in.
When I watch a game I like it to be decided by guts and skill and not by the run of the ball in a sprint, especially if it carries ranking points.
I suppose it will be played in jeans and tee shirts soon.

Well its a hell of a lot better than a tourney every 3 months!World moves on,can't stay in the dark ages forever.There are plenty of best of 9 games throughout the season,this is just a one off series that has been a huge success.Great to see game spreading to Europe/Australia which has been forgotten for years in my view.

Hope the ticket issue is sorted for China later this month,really need to market that area so much better.

2 to 3 hundred million watching on tv is where the money is in china.

Not so sure the ticket prices mentioned here are correct but obviously the cheaper the better.
The other issue is, is there really a demand to have 4-5 tables in an arena ??  I certainly would not attend and while I am not against change if it does not devalue the game but in my view thats exactly what is happening.

Its worth remembering that in the dark ages you refer to snooker was infinitely more popular and its format was not wam bam and thankyou mam. It had class.

So game has no class now has it? You can moan and bitch till the cows come home,but we'r not living in the 1980s anymore.If you want the game to survive its the youth that you need to get onside,they aint going to buy into a tip tap game,like it or not.Its FACT!!!

The game moves on,deal with it!!!

The Stunning

It's great that you dont dismiss a wealth of experience and voice your salient opinions so eloquently unlike those childish posters who just seek to have the last word regardless.

Regarding 4-5 tables in a venue i think it was a tournament in germany i watched a few months ago. They had several tables set up close to each other with no partitions and it was the best looking venue i have ever seen. It had the look of an old fashioned snooker hall but with a modern twist in the way the tables were aligned with the main tv table in the middle.

ptc final going to belfast next year

Is is a well known hotel.....

most bombed hotel in the world

Where you here this Newmanix?

from a lad who is involved in trying to get the "irish dancing worlds" to Galway, and he is pizzed off cause it is going to belfast again, he has dealings with the lads up north and they told him "money talks" and they have the snooker also.

Pity  if thats the case,really enjoyed it the last couple of years and the players were very positive about it too.