2019 World Snooker Championship

[Mark187187]

Just looked this up out of curiosity
prize money for this year is shown below:[12]

Winner: £500,000
Runner-up: £200,000
Semifinal: £100,000
Quarterfinal: £50,000
Last 16: £30,000
Last 32: £20,000



Last 48: £15,000
Last 80: £10,000
Televised highest break: £10,000
Non-televised highest break: £1,000
Total: £2,231,000

As an Amateur will James be allowed to recieve anything?

Yes, of course he'll get the money. Won't go onto his earnings for his season as a pro next year in terms of his ranking though.

[Stony152]

Speaking of Ebdon.... I'd have him win the next 5 World Championships, if it keeps him out of the commentary box.

Usually I watch a mixture of BBC and Eurosport coverage, but this year I've watched almost every minute on BBC. All I can say is that it's really mind numbing. I like Hendry and McManus, but the rest of the bunch is awful. Dennis Taylor in particular is way past his expiry date. I've always liked Virgo, but even he is sounding old and tired. It's cliche after cliche, with really very little interesting said about the players or the game. Parrott seems more and more pompous and Doherty is annoying speaking whatever language it is that he speaks. Steve Davis is OK with Hazel, but terrible in the commentary booth. And Ebdon has hit the ground running as a boring and annoying addition to the group.
I can say that I like Hendry, McManus, and Foulds and Dominic Dale is Ok. The rest are much more enjoyable on mute.

[PAR999]

Apart from the important one.....10-8!

OS's shot selections were very interesting . Not gung-ho, more blitzkrieg!

[John Flaf]

Just looked this up out of curiosity
prize money for this year is shown below:[12]

Winner: £500,000
Runner-up: £200,000
Semifinal: £100,000
Quarterfinal: £50,000
Last 16: £30,000
Last 32: £20,000



Last 48: £15,000
Last 80: £10,000
Televised highest break: £10,000
Non-televised highest break: £1,000
Total: £2,231,000

As an Amateur will James be allowed to recieve anything?

[neuronic]

Better in every category

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...which tells you a lot about stats

[Stony152]

Better in every category

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[Mark187187]

Speaking of Ebdon.... I'd have him win the next 5 World Championships, if it keeps him out of the commentary box.

[neuronic]

...Mazrocis was having pints of larger (sic) as well during the match, which is not allowed now.

...which is quite a pity IMHO

[Mr Snooker]

As Ken mentioned Tony Knowles beating Steve Davis 10-1 in the first round when Davis was defending champion was a massive shock and I also recall the world N0 73 at the time Stefan Mazrocis beating Peter Ebdon 10-3 in the first round in 1997 when Ebdon was world N0 3. Mazrocis was having pints of larger as well during the match, which is not allowed now.

[gavpowell]

I don't know if I'm doing O'Sullivan an injustice here, but I got the feeling he purposefully got the haircut and came out in a "mean" mood to try to intimidate Cahill this morning

He usually does get a haircut for the worlds, to be fair. I didn't think he looked at all well today and his post-match interview confirms it - whether it's partly psychosomatic or whether he's just picked up a virus or something, I dunno, but he did look exhausted even for an insomniac.

Cahill acknowledged he didn't play that well and if Ron had played at all well he'd have lost, but that's the nature of the game. I liked Cahill when he beat Ding in the UK(don't remember Selby) and wondered where he'd gone. Hopefully he appears more next season.

[DeanH]

No , but will we have to listen to him on Eurosport ? I am not sure I want to , no idea if he is even well enough to sit on the couch [ Eurosport Couch that is ] .

"calling Dr Peters, calling Dr Peters"

[Steven G]

Quite incredible that. I'm a huge fan of O'Sullivan but full credit to young Cahill, he both played and held his nerve really well.

[peterpackage]

Winner of Trump v Ding is favourite in this half

Cahill was great. I hope he plays as well against Maguire

[JimMalone]

But it’s only an upset on paper. It’s not an upset (or even a surprise) in any other context.

But that's all that really counts. Maybe one in 100 experts would have picked Cahill to win that match. It's an amateur against the five times world champion and best player of the season.
The level of play doesn't matter at all when considering a shock or an upset.

So it's definitely an upset by any legitimate definition.

[Mr Snooker]

It’s going to bug me now how much Hazel and the boys are going to go on and on about this. Already calling it the biggest shock in Crucible history. Why can’t they just call it for what it was? RO couldn’t possibly care less about this result.

In all sincerity this is not meant as disrespectful to Cahill, but RO practically handed him this match on a silver platter.

I noticed Hazel and the team are trying to make excuses for Ronnie. He was unlucky when the red went in from the pack when he potted the blue to take it to a deciding frame, but well done to James Cahill on the win and take nothing away from him. The first amateur to win a match at the crucible and he did it against the world N0 1 and five times world champion as well. Even Rob Walker trying to make excuses for Ronnie. Good luck to James Cahill against Stephen Maguire in the last 16, lets hope he copes well over three sessions and best of 25 frames.