Liquid snooker.
Liquid snooker.
What a clearance. What a man.
so Selby has to win 8-2 now. brecel did really well in that last mini-session to not let the jester back into it.
It's been a long time since I've seen someone almost laugh Selby off in this manner.
Monumental effort. As long as Brecel needs more than one frame though, Selby is very much in it, but if Luca plays like that again tonight, it's done.
How has Murphy managed to bag himself a commentary spot in the final session of a final. Fuck me.
Unpopular opinion I know, but I quite like him.Originally Posted by Waffdon
His railing against Dennis Taylor's "a lapse in concentration" was bang on.
Unpopular opinion I know, but I quite like him.
His railing against Dennis Taylor's "a lapse in concentration" was bang on.
For the first time in possibly ever I'm rooting for Mark Selby. Still don't like him but there's fuck all else on tv tonight so let's stretch it out a while
Yeah, I want Selby to grind out a few frames now but ultimately lose so it goes on a bit longer.
I think Selby will take it. He has that experience of getting over the line. Luca needs to get 1 from victory very soon.
Yeah, if Selby wins the first after the break it gets proper nervy. He's 3.7 on Betfair at the moment too.
3.85 on the exchange. Stuck a fiver on him.
He was 5/1 before the session. I could have easily cursed him with a tenner. Sorry to all.
Brecel needs another interval here.
Current session long pot success 33%. Eek.
Selby looking ominous here. Sort your shit out, Luca.
Might not be quite heads gone yet but it's a big wobble.
The tide is turning. Selby about to shithouse his way to the title.
He's got it to the type of game he loves. Brecel was potting his way out of it before but he's being kept cold.
Every round following the same pattern of someone throwing away a comfortable lead by the looks of it
Yeah, the whole tournament's been like women's tennis. Someone gets on top and just peels off clusters of frames on the bounce as the other can't mentally deal with it, then the tide turns and it goes the other way.
I was just typing that Brecel needs one of Selby's break-the-pack-open shots to not leave him something on and it's happened there. He really needs to just get on the table for a bit. Sitting in your chair absolutely powerless when you had it all under control must be brutal.
Yep, heads gone.
Every long pot attempt is getting further and further away lol
Was there anyone in the 'good old days' as relentless as Selby in terms of patience and ability to sucker people in with his percentage containing safeties? People like Peter Ebdon were dull but I don't think anywhere near as mentally tough. Davis I guess.
Some of the pots Luca is taking on now are daft. Surely he has to start playing a bit more controlled.
Selby doesn't just beat you either like a Ronnie would. He takes you apart bit by bit.
If he doesn't win another frame from here, which I'd suggest is quite likely, this is Jimmy White levels of bottling.
Was bugging me for a while if that was Luciana Berger in the crowd so I checked Twitter and apparently it is. John Woodcock is there too apparently. Probably a couple of the twats whose seats were empty last night.
In his head he's probably thinking he's never going to out-shit Selby so he has to keep going for it but I'm with you, he needs to start shitting it out a little bit if only to try and disrupt Selby's rhythm a bit because he's not wasting any openings at the moment.
Yeah, Ronnie machine guns you. This is like Guantanamo Bay.
He needs to keep taking them on and pot them, no chance he beats Selby from here by trying to out safety him.
He needs to keep taking them on and pot them, no chance he beats Selby from here by trying to out safety him.
Like a shark smelling blood here. Brecel desperately needs an interval.
Look at that long pot attempt. He hasn’t potted a ball in however many frames and he goes and gives Selby the table immediately. He’s just being stupid at this point.
We'll see what he's made of now.
At this point Selby is deliberately leaving long pots on, safe in the knowlege that Brecel is going to miss them.
Come on ya bald bastard.
This looks a bit more like it.
Missing a long pot and losing a safety battle have the same end result. At least with the former there's a chance he comes out on top, even if it's only 33%.
Virgo and Hendry's commentary is so good. Must be the best pair.
If he doesn't get it here he won't get it at all.
Absolutely. Best in any sport for me. Well, of the ones I watch at least, which is admittedly only about four.
Virgo is beginning to lose a step but still very good. Hendry is by far the best.
Virgo might be clownish at times but he has just the right blend of passion for the sport and knowledge, he called that key safety that Selby had in this frame absolutely spot on.
Beautiful stuff this.
What I like about Brecel is his pace of play, just gets down over the shot and plays it, and he's shown that you can win that way.
Virgo is about to have a heart attack.
Fair play to him, incredible stuff and a brilliant tournament all around.
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