what is fan  doing??

boiko is going to win this match 100%

lol, oops

maybe its possible judgement day/s gets commentary coverage

The usual BF feck up, presumably!

Incidentally what F is Pang doing so far in this game...if he loses to Ken

Is Ken channelling his 1997 here I wonder...given he's also one of the only men to lose to a woman (Ng) recently, it's a fair turnaround!

looking even, though looing would be about right too now

First sentence i hear upon turning on you tube is Rob Walker going "you might think we're exaggerating". You exaggerate Rob? Never!!

Then Ken talking about how strange it is to see mags in qualifiers, "he's always been in the top 16." Only fourth time in last 7 years ken so nearly right there..

Think that's my quota of exasperation nearly reached after 30 seconds. Well done guys, great warm up for the crucible

1-1 Dotty, 1-1 Theppy, 1-1 JakJ, 2-0 Cao

All good mate, hope things well your end. Not seen a lot so far tbh, but hopefully try to watch a bit today and tomorrow. Only McGill and Xu Si left of my pre tournie picks so not a great start this morning!

Have to confess, told a lie above. It's only mags third time in the qualifiers, not the second as i said. Still, point stands i think

Remember checking this before about mags and interesting stats regarding world championships. In the 10 years from 2013-22 Mags was a seed on 7 occasions - reaching q/f in 2019 and beaten first round the 6 other times. Pretty sure he carries proud record for first round losses as a seed and by a comfortable margin. On the 3 times he emerged from qualifiers, he was beaten by Ronnie first round 2020 and reached q/fs the other two times.

Not saying we should all be reaching for the back button or anything, but players are different mentally as we know, and maybe there's something about coming through the qualifiers that suits Maguire. Doesnt seem to do much harm anyway.

Wk 1 was fooooooooking desperate, TBH, mate.  Honestly, there's more money about for the BO7 Qs than there was for a lot of these, and of course, these are so much longer matches...

I didn't get a single one of my big priced pics that I backed up with cash through to Judgement Day!    (though I suspect we're trying to find the equivalent of a glitter-sprikled unicorn horn anyway, in truth).

Interesting stats about Mags!  I suspect that might all be linked to work put in in the run-up to the tournament!  You don't get the impression that he's a great practicer! 

2-2 Dotty, 3-1 Licky, 2-2 JakJ, 3-1 Cao

I definitely do think it comes into play with certain players, but I'm not convinced Theppy does much thinking either before or during matches.  He's got such a see ball, hit ball attitude...

He's had decent chances in most frames so far and just hasn't put them away, in typical Theppy style....

Theppy opening up the balls and leaving them all on when he misses, most likely! 

Yep good point about the misses - though wouldn't that apply to all his opponents...?

On the other side, suppose it's a confidence booster for Ricky, knowing he's not lost to Theppy in six meetings...

Latalomne 11 Apr 23 13:05 
Wk 1 was fooooooooking desperate, TBH, mate.  Honestly, there's more money about for the BO7 Qs than there was for a lot of these, and of course, these are so much longer matches...

I didn't get a single one of my big priced pics that I backed up with cash through to Judgement Day!  Laugh  (though I suspect we're trying to find the equivalent of a glitter-sprikled unicorn horn anyway, in truth).

Interesting stats about Mags!  I suspect that might all be linked to work put in in the run-up to the tournament!  You don't get the impression that he's a great practicer!

2-2 Dotty, 3-1 Licky, 2-2 JakJ, 3-1 Cao

Sorry to hear that mate, maybe more people just prefer the quick hit of BO7 than tying their cash up for best part of a day. Picks up next week i expect or we're all in trouble!

Just even looking at the match ups, can't even see there'll be many fresh faces popping up next week, 1 or 2 at most. I mean, Davis v Perry, Higginson v Grace, Dottie v Seltie etc etc. And not looking like Angles will have young Woo Yizza to rhapsodize over the way he's started v Wakelin. And reckon you're spot on re Mags there, suits him to have a nice couple of looseners and probably the case that qualifiers do have an advantage for R1 at least.

Sorry to hear that mate, maybe more people just prefer the quick hit of BO7 than tying their cash up for best part of a day. Picks up next week i expect or we're all in trouble!

Just even looking at the match ups, can't even see there'll be many fresh faces popping up next week, 1 or 2 at most. I mean, Davis v Perry, Higginson v Grace, Dottie v Seltie etc etc. And not looking like Angles will have young Woo Yizza to rhapsodize over the way he's started v Wakelin. And reckon you're spot on re Mags there, suits him to have a nice couple of looseners and probably the case that qualifiers do have an advantage for R1 at least.

As I'm well-documented as saying, I prefer the BO7s myself.  Much more fun betting mediums and not too much sitting around if there's a session full of 1.01 trains.  Fingers crossed for next week.  I have no doubt it will be much improved, even if that's only relative for the tournament compared to years gone by!

There were a few interesting glimmers for the future in Wk1, TBF.  Boiko looked much improved and wasn't quite so reckless as V1.0.  Still a long way to go, but he can definitely pot a ball.  But, yes, not much scope for any guard changing going on....

Theppy playing like a GOAT currently..

4-3 Dotty, 4-3 LTT, 5-4 Theppy