The Masters Jan 11 - 18, 2015

[cyberheater]

Barry has zero confidence at the moment. It's a shame to see. I like Barry.

[Miss Ellie]

Thats a huge surprise however this tournament has
seen plenty of poor play from players who normally
do much better.

Yes I know, I just said that to my dad earlier, been a lot of surprises this week I think.

[Miss Ellie]

I'm impressed with Ali tonight, he is playing really well. Surprised at Barry, he is usually much better.

[robertmac]

Thats a huge surprise however this tournament has
seen plenty of poor play from players who normally
do much better.

[cyberheater]

Hawkins has a high break of 22! Is that a mistake
or is he playing that badly?
Carter is 3-1 at the break.

He's playing that badly. In fact. I've never seen him play this bad before.

On paper, this should be a relatively easy win for Barry but he hasn't got any game at the moment.

[Hal]

Enjoyable match so far, good performance from Ali. For me, he always has been one of the best cueist among the players, which I think he has proven couple time already this match, he is superb in this department. Only problem I had was his negative attitude, but it makes sense after all he has been trough. So all the best to him, and keep going. I like Hawk, but root for Ali this time, so I think it will be 6:4 Carter.

[robertmac]

Hawkins has a high break of 22! Is that a mistake
or is he playing that badly?
Carter is 3-1 at the break.

[Ricky2112]

I'm glad walden cleared the balls both frames after ronnie missed, if Ricky had just potted a couple of balls in those last two frames he won and let ronnie back in then hendry would still be leading by 1.
It was Ricky's great clearancese that allowed ronnie to equal hendry's record. To do it on his birthday just so he does not forget is rubbing it in a bit, could not have picked a better day to equal hendry's record lol.
Pressure off Ronnie, now he can get back to winning titles
Got to take your hat off to Ricky also for putting Ronnie under so much pressure.

Cheers Ricky

[vilkrang]

Anyone else having problems with the stream on the BBC site?

[Dr_Doctor]

A nice start from Carter. Match practice is overrated.

[brusque]

oops ... i did it again .. put money on captain to fly tonight ... unlikely but possible especially if Hawk continued ot miss chances like he did in the first place

[daffie]

Wonderful moment for Ali Carter. I'm looking forward to this match...game on!

[cox orange pippin]

Ronnie has shown on many occasions to get better as the tournament gets older. With Selby and and Trump out, the only real challenge would probably be Robertson or Murphy

I get the impression that RoS doesn't really practice much at all, so if he's going to lose, it will be in the first round. After that, he tends to get sharper and sharper and then no one can touch him till maybe the final where he meets up with someone who is also having a nice tournament and may have half a chance at beating him.

[two-cues]

O'Sullivan is no different that any other player
and has off days just like all the others.

Just not as many

[robertmac]

O'Sullivan is no different that any other player
and has off days just like all the others.