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Decided to go with Ding @8/1 with Boylesports also refunding stake if Selby wins.   Some sites like betfair offer 9s    Playing really well lately, culminating in a china open final 2 weeks ago.  Now i feel has the confidience and belief that he can beat anyone and no fear.    I think now is his time to shine.

Higgins not playing well lately but obv capable of changing that in this tourney.  Obv we don't know what Ronny will turn up.  And if Selby does win we get our money back.

had a little nible on Mark Allen @20  also playing decent lately and certinly not lacking in confidience. 

will be betting on ding myself again this year... third year running... please deliver....

If I can get 12's on Neil Robertson will smast that out the water.

Was going to start a thread tomorrow, funny you tip Ding, a snooker bettor I follow on Twitter is also on him big @ 9's.

GL All.

According to oddschecker 12's available on Robertson on Totesport.

Yeah thanks, in most places, doubt he'll get any bigger...

Boylesports refund all singles if Selby wins it, nice little extra...

Could you post a link for the twitter ChipPrince.

Sure...  I dont know him, but followed him for a year or so and he knows his stuff, remember PM'ing him a while back, and he said his bets were usually in the 100's, could be bullsh*t, who knows...

http://twitter.com/SnookerOracle

I really fancy Ding, got stuck in @ 9/1

Jamie Burnett & Maguire 'reffered to prosecutors'.  What does that mean?

Steve Davis FTMFW, lets go nugget.

FIRST ROUND (best of 19 frames)

John Higgins (Sco) v Barry Hawkins (Eng)

Mark King (Eng) v Steve Davis (Eng)

Neil Robertson (Aus) v Fergal O'Brien (Ire)

Marco Fu (HK) v Martin Gould (Eng)

Ali Carter (Eng) v Jamie Cope (Eng)

Joe Perry (Eng) v Michael Holt (Eng)

Ding Junhui (Chn) v Stuart Pettman (Eng)

Shaun Murphy (Eng) v Gerard Greene (NI)

Stephen Maguire (Sco) v Stephen Lee (Wal)

Peter Ebdon (Eng) v Graeme Dott (Sco)

Mark Allen (NI) v Tom Ford (Eng)

Ryan Day (Wal) v Mark Davis (Eng)

Mark Selby (Eng) v Ken Doherty (Ire)

Stephen Hendry (Sco) v Anda Zhang (Chn)

Mark Williams (Wal) v Marcus Campbell (Sco)

Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v Liang Wenbo (Chn)

is the draw


so Higgins in theory plays King in Rd 2 etc

Looking at the toughest and weakest quarters. Think Ding Junhui's is the weakest quarter/possibly Maguire's, and the bottom one with Ronnie and Selby the toughest

Which casino does Gould deal at?

Good debate with Clive Everton on match fixing on FiveLive now

There is a radio debate on radio 5 now Chip, Clive Everton just admitted that many events over the years have been suspicious games. The Strathclyde police investigation into the Maguire v Burnett game has reched a conclusion and 5 people including the 2 players are being referred to the crown prosecution service to face criminal charges.

sorry mate, didnt see you post this.

lol no worries, missed the first 10mins myself

Ive taken 3/1 Steven Lee to beat Maguire, two not to trust for obvious reasons but maybe Maguire might be downbeat after hearing he looks set to be prosecuted in the match fixing investigation. At least Steven Lee is still free!

Snooker a sport you usually do much with Bobby?

So far had a nibble on the following:

1pt ew Ali Carter@33/1

1pt ew Mark Allen@20/1

Both seem to have reasonable draws and seem slightly overpriced. Shame these prices weren't available with skybet as they have an ew first 4 market. Will see if there's any value in that particular market although the prices don't seem great.

I used to follow it very closely but not these days. I love it and will watch most of the tv stuff but other things have taken priority.

Some years I took a season ticket for the World championships but with the red button letting us watch both tables at once it make more sense to stay at home and watch em both.

Are you a fan mate?

Would Ronnie be any value to back in this?

Yeah, only been 3 times to Crucible tho, last time about 3 years ago, did manage to be there for Williams' 147 v Milkins in '05 I think...

Used to play a fair too, till poker took over  :D

I don't bet the outright on snooker much but Ryan Day looks great value for a decent run at 60/1.

i'm putting a bit on wenbo to, he's quality but hes got ronnie in the first round so he's a big price.

definitely lay ding i think, he just never performs at the crucible.

£20 Robertoson @ 13.5
£10 Hendry @ 55
£5 Carter @ 32

Plus some pre tourney trades on Holt, Greene and Pettman which i have greened out on for profits between £200 and £300 but not expecting too much out of these!!!

Also backed Doherty + 3.5 frames v Selby @ 2.0

Took Williams @ 9/10 -4.5 frames v Campbell, 2-1 up so far but playing v.poor, amazed he's up...

How can he play so bad after probably being the form player this season?  If Campbell plays well he leads 7-2/6-3

Weird isn't it?

I got involved on him on some tournament performance spreads but not liking the position now!

lol, goes from 5-5 to win 10-5, never in doubt...

Something in the Welsh water, Day v. poor too

King V Davis is great viewing!

Weeeeeeeee Wp Davis

brill game and Davis showed a few of the young guns how to win a frame without trying to pot every ball on every shot. Get 40 in front and then put as many balls safe as you can.

 A joy to watch.

Yeah gripping stuff.  Cant see him having a sniff against Higgins but he looked like he enjoyed last night as much as any of his 6 titles.

Looking like Robertson/Higgins in the quarters as they face Gould/Davis in last 16...  Really hopeful Robertson has the bottle/game to play him over 25 frames...

But lets get there 1st

Steve Davis is an abs LEGEND.For the game to mean that much to him which it visibly did when it's a 1st round match and he's won the title that many times,inspirational stuff.

And a 6-2 lead against the Champion. Brilliant effort.

Got a score on Robertson following Dwaynes advice.

GL us.

We could do with Higgins being knocked out, still doubtful, but great to see Davis playing well.  Got a feeling this afternoon's session could be 7-1/6-2 Higgins as he rarely doesn't produce when he really has to.

Robortsen should stroll past Gould, 13/6-13/7, if Gould beats him over 25 frames all credit to him.  He's down to 7's in most places so can't say I never gave you the chance to trade out.  :D

Probably be 6's after that game, but IF Higgins went he could be as short as 4's.

Gould flying out the blocks. Gulp.

Gould 5-0 up, playing excellent.

Davis is a legend, he did an exhibition at my old man's club back in '95. The snooker was top drawer and the banter was even better. His fee was meant to be £7500 +vat which is a lot of money today never mind 15 years ago. Terry Griffiths had done an exhibition the year before and told Steve how nice the club and the place was. He agreed to do the exhibition for £2500 and it was probably the best one we ever had.

Afterwards he was chatting with all the guests about Snooker, life and everything inbetween. Someone asked him the best title of all the ones he had won. His response was the Regal Welsh Open that year. We were all shocked until he explained that it was so much harder to win against what was then 'todays opponents'. The standard was much higher and to beat those players meant so much.

He's

.........................  Suspense, I like it!!

Ha  I was gonna say he goes to Vegas ev year with Ladbrokes and gets well involved with all the drinking and stuff that Skalie organises. Nothing exciting I'm afraid  :D

He's really ground that out, Higgins wins the 1st two, the Davis the next two to make 8-4.  Higgins missing too many, Davis just playing it steady/Tight. 

Higgins simple isn't going to beat him 9-4 from here unless he bucks up his ideas big style (which he is well capable of).

So this guy Gould is or was recently a dealer in a casino, now here's a quiz question for you and no googling please:

Name me another professional snooker player who appeared in a televised snooker event and also worked as as a croupier in a UK casino.

All right I'll give you a clue; he worked in what is now Gala Nottingham.

weeeeeeeee ship the 4/1, ty Steve ;tightend;

Go on The Nugget!

Get in there Stevie!!!!

Incred scenes in Sheffield!!

Be so sick if he ships the lot lol

Amazing performance,wp sir wp

what a clearance that was in the last frame, that brown to develop the blue must go close to shot of the championship.

The green too in getting the correct angle to make that shot possible.

Short of England winning the world cup, I cant think of anything I would like to see in sport more than Steve Davis winning again at the crucible. I cant think of anyone who has been a better ambassador for their sport than him.

Dream result. The man's tactical play is sensational. If he could still long pot he could ship the lot

Gould in the quarters?

davis cant win this.

would love to see it, but it wont happen

its true, he doesn't have the scoring game/long pots

but its great to see him go deep and no one will beat him in a frame with a slow prolonged safety battle

Snooker would be the real winner if he did win it, sadly though I have to agree with you.

GTFI Neil, fantastic stuff...

12's looking toasty now with Davis to play...

Won today 8-1, different gravy...

been some brill matches today...
Be mint if Davis takes it down....

Okay, last clue; his dad owns/owned a snooker club in the Nottingham area.

Martin Gold?

Also on Roberston but had totally written it off!
Him against Nugget is class. Can't be too disappointed either way

Stuart Hopkin

The Bopkin was a dealer at Gala Nottingham and appeared in the televised stages of a professional snooker event ?

no but his dad owned a snooker hall in notts.

i think i know the guy you mean from gala. old boy now. smokes roll ups. cant remember his name

No it's not Taffy  ::)

haha i didnt mean the great B Ford.

Gary Wilkinson?

Close, as he used to go to this guy's dad's snooker room to get his cue retipped.

I was amazed that he would ask someone else to put a tip on his cue.

Was it the sheriff of pottingham Anthony Hamilton?

No.

Last clue; his dad owns/owned the snooker club in Beeston.

Selby?

I thought he was "the jester from Leicester"...

No, not Selby.

He is but Leicester not far from Notts is it!

4/6 its some old school player from before I was born!  ;)  No idea.

Hmmmm "old school player from before I was born" who's dad owns/owned a snooker room in Nottingham, played in a televised snooker touney and also worked as a croupier in a Nottingham casino.

How much do you want @ 4/6 sir ?

Dr Shalson.....reveal pls

Stop slowrolling plz!

Oh go on then but you lot didn't really try very hard.

Paul Gibson who's dad Dave Gibson I believe still owns and runs the Beeston Snooker Club.

PS Dave G named me "six ball Ralph" as I only ever wanted to play six reds snooker for money back in the day.

Tsk, women eh?

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiJJgpNJFkI

Ok ok, maybe not old school I meant, just somebody I'd actually heard of!!

FFS Gutted

Laid Sean Murphy at 1.01 for frame 21, he misses game ball and Ding goes on to just need the colours to win.

[ ] he clears up

Ding looks like he's thrown in the towel to me.

i love watching ronnie play but he really is a prize cock.

Selby vs Ronnie what a qf. C'mon Selby.  Ronnie's superb but his temperament and tantrums irk me


Ding appears to crumble when the heat is on. Watch him win from here now

I'm a big O'Sullivan fan and his temperament makes me like him more although it is frustrating that he's that good but doesn't produce it often enough,should be a very good qf,gogogo Ronnie

Sigh at Ding, still got an interest on Selby and Robertson.

We usually sort one out prior to the start but are seven other people up for a $25 per person sweepstake, winner take all?

IN

Am about to go to bed, probably won't surface again until midday by which time the quarters will have started. If people have a problem with that and wish to drop out no probs, but it's all random so...

So far we have

Greekstein
Mondatoo
Horneris
dino1980

So four spots open...

For anyone who wants in I envisage the draw process happening as iit has in the past. Once eight runners are confirmed I'll PM someone trustworthy, preferablaly a mod, with the eight names of the players in the QFs. They'll return the PM to me or someone impartial if people wish, with a no between 1 and 8 by each player's name. Once this is done i'll post in the thread and everyone who's in just pitches in with a number between one and eight on a first come, first serve basis, I obv get the last number left.

In

in.

Thats Davis out of the sweep lads, i am the worlds unluckiest sweep participant

In for a bank transfer.

Go on then - me too

Dott & Davis 4-0 down, Davis struggling big time...

Fancy only having Clive Everton commentating for the 1st 4 days, shocking...

Aussie Aussie Aussie, oi oi oi

Mark Allen must be one of the heaviest scorers in the game, when he gets a chance he's reeled a frame off in no time.

Worrying times for O'Sullivan backers his head has gone again sitting in the press box while Selby is playing LOL

He's bonkers yet still goes in 2-2 at mid session interval,probably come back out and bang 147 in

Is that Albert Steptoe reffing the Selby/O'Sullivan match ?

Sorry guys, literally just woke up.

Also in

Dave Shoelace
Ace2m
The ChipPrince
Josedinho

Karabiner, as you're no doubt following this thread can I PM you the eight quarter finalists and ask you to put a number besides each of them?

Sure Nick, fire away.

PM sent

Ralph has done the business, so the guys in the sweepstake can go ahead and start choosing their number.

I'll have 3 please Sue

6

:) glglglgl

You've got Ali Carter

Steve 'interesting' Davis

You had a good run  ;nanana;

Sigh. Let me know details to pay by bank transfer please.

Can everyone who's in please ship $25 to dino1980 (exeter) on stars or dino1980 (gecko avatar, hometown E) on Full Tilt. The Chip Prince/Josedinho I'll PM you bank details.

2

money sent on stars

ty

Graeme Dott

If Dino's luck continues you'll have Dott

8 please. money shipped on FT shortly.

Sent, 7

Shaun Murphy

Ronnie

cheers. sent

Winner takes all or 150/50?

winner take all imo.

4 pls

Not bothad what deal is,I'll take 1

At least i sent the money whilst i was still live.

I sure sent the amount in full tho.

Who's left Selby/Robertson/???

Its all about the grand scheme yo.

Mark Allen

Neil Robertson

Lol clasic Brent, question is would you've sent $25.34 if you'd got Robertson?

I've got Selby which is the best-worst result for me as i've already invested in him, was hoping for Murphy or Ronnie for the ultimate sweat.

Runners and Riders - Winner takes all

Horneris - Steve Davis
Josedinho - Ali Carter
DaveShoelace - Graeme Dott
ACE2M - Shaun Murphy
TheChipPrince - Ronnie O'Sullivan
GreekStein - Mark Allen
Mondatoo - Neil Robertson
dino1980 - Mark Selby

ah incred, my sweat has been increased to tomorrow.

Knowing my luck Davis will win lol.Guess this makes us 1-1 eh :)

I guess. Im on Robertson for the tournament tho for £20 @ 11.5.

Nice price sir. Amazing long potter.

A Robertson v Carter semi-final would be very nice for me - Carter currently 7-4 down to Murphy though  >:(

Haha,Lets gogogogogo.Luckily it looks like I've binked a 2nd in the works fantasy football and Barca will pull it back tonight so that the useless joke of a footballer horse owner doesn't cost me any money.

Boooooooommmmm wee Dott!

where do i send da monies for that useless pile of shit?

8-8 Come on Carter!

Ronnie may get in a bit of hot water at some point.

Frame 12 ronnie plays a tony shot and Referee calls touching ball.  Ronnie walks back and tells him he is wrong and ends up telling him he needs to go to Specsavers and get his eyes tested.  Still going on about it after the next shot.

Could get in a spot of trouble ....... and as typing Selby misses leaving the white ball 3 inches short and Ronnie asks if the ref can see the gap this time lol

Classic Ronnie - could cause a blow up though.

After getting a rather nice 7-1 on Ronnie in the sweep, I now have the book looking like this. Carter not playing well enough to win though, Murphy thrrew it from 8-4 rather than carter playing well.  Robertson looking focused and mature this year. Got the 12's with refund if Selby wins early doors.

Bets:

Robertson £100 @ 12's... (money back if Selby wins) - At start
Carter £40 @ 20's - After 1st game
Ronnie £16.50 @ 7's - Sweep

Book:

Robertson +£1,143.50
Carter +£683.50
Ronnie -£24.50
Selby -£56.50
Murphy/Dott -£156.50


Aussie Aussie Aussie!

Yeh stuff like that is why people like or dislike him
I quite enjoyed it but would have liked it if Selby had got involved too

I like Ronnie a lot but this is one of the times when I think he went to far imo,the referee seemed a bit frightened of him and Ronnie should show a bit more respect.

Selby scared of Ronnie also!

FYP

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8649851.stm

and

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8649912.stm

Final frame decider...

WIIIIIIIII thought i was gg'd after he missed the yellow. Both horses up against each other in the semi now.

well done. thought he had it a couple of times. good luck.

Get in  ;D

Cos ship me $25 to dino1980 on stars or tilt for the sweepstake.

Sent on Stars

Selby evens to win the lot.
Does he really win it 50% of the time from here?

PMSL at the Davis vs Taylor game,Steve Davis is so funny

Yeh hilarious

I loved how Taylor could pot every shot but the one that mattered

Fair to say the funniest frame of snooker I ever watched LOL.

Ok I think Neil will have too much for Carter.  Carter battled excellently to beat Murphy, but Robertson never panicked against Gould and looks composed/mature this year.

£100 on Robertson -2.5 frames @ 6/5
   ''    ''        ''        -3.5 frames @ 2.76

Robertson's foul was top notch

lol, yeah good'un...  has a 22 point lead ever been worth so much as this before!

Bet's looking good ChipPrince. Wish i'd got involved now but happy enough with Robbo EW to win the lot.

Still a long long way to go yet but good start for Robertson,Carter be happy with 2-6 imo could've been worse.

Mond's right, its basically 25 mins into a football match and  Carter's 0-1 and struggling for possession.

No change/surprise with Neil's play, just Carter sluggish.

Cannot emphasie enough how Neil's game has matured, several shots he turned down then he would have swung the cue at 18 months ago.

He has improved a lot since the last time I watched him play,got a very good chance of winning it.But I have a habit of bubbling sweepstakes so I'm not to confident.

Forgot the games got longer i was looking at it as nearer half time.

Carter with a decent break, 2 safety shots, leaves Robertson a long red, bang 140 total clearance, faultless.

You can tell by the way he, or anyone for that matter treats the final black on a break how they're feeling, players struggling/need confidence/wanting to show the crowd will smash the black in, let the cue arm go, and take the applause.  Players happy with their game/self-belief with roll the black/pot it normally.  Robertson has rolled in every black normal pace this tournament.

4 on the trot for Carter, not convinced he's playing brilliantly, but is a great battler

Robertson not that far away now. Final will be tough whoever he plays

I'm not sure who I'd rather he faced in the final.That last frame tonight was a massive frame to win.He's definitely the form player of the tournament imo.

Yeh i was thinking Dott but the way Dott is playing Selby would probably be the easier game.

Dott's style can get under people's skin and effect them in a longer match whereas if it was Selby they've both got a similar game and I'd fancy Robertson to win against him in current form,I'd probably rather Selby so it was a better final.

Anyone see that Dott 47 break?


Simply the best 47 you will ever see. Pot after pot, never in position!

Yep , pretty impressive from the wee man.

Who am I against in the final then ??

Think it was Dave Shoelace.

Few of us on Robertson so you have a bit of support

Yea nice little earner on Robbo there, now for the big 1...  Got involved again on him this morning at 2.34, mainly for the easy trade when he polished it off...

Saw very little today, so no more match bets for now until I see 1st session... 

Aussie Aussie Aussie!!!!

I'm hearing reports that there some big match fixing story going to break in the front pages tomorrow involving John Higgins

Not good for snooker

No way , dont tell me he threw that match against Davis.

No...  Hers one version I can find at mo

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/801641/How-snooker-world-champion-John-Higgins-plots-to-betray-his-fans-for-cash.html

Greened out, think Dott will win it.

TY Dwayne, nice little bunsen either way now.

WOW

Could be way off here but if Robertson wins tomorrow & Higgins gets banned he'll go to World no1, there's an incentive!

Ive nicked this info from a diff forum but I liked it.

If Higgins gets banned then world number 17 Jamie Cope gets into the top 16 which is massive for him. Mike Dunn is currently world number 33 and he will get into the top 32 meaning less qualifying games and more events but the real winner will be world number 66 Simon Bedford as he is one place behind 65 ranked John parrot who is retiring, so Bedford would move from 66th to 64th in the rankings and then get more events and less qualifying matches too which will be simply huge for my local pro.

Bedford might want to try the lottery this week or ask Jordan for a soapy he has run so good tonight.

Really didn't believe this till i just saw that video, omg. Shocking stuff.

Higgins suspended


One of the most shocking stings of recent years I think. I knew a lot of snooker was "at it" but didn't have Higgins down as one of them.

One player that I think no one would have guessed at - makes you wonder who else maybe at it.

Can his MBE or CBE whatever he got be withdrawn?

WTF was he doing in the Ukraine?

discussing losing frames for money. do try to keep up

they did with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Piggott

No wonder then that Higgins lost to Davis knowing that this was hanging over his head waiting to break.

His dodgy manager who sanctioned this "deal" deserves a fair bit of porridge imho.

Even TK's surprised on Twitter!!

Wot did he think would happen to him and his agent if they were russian mafia and they politely declined their offer?

What a shame for such a great talent.  All accomplishments in his life will be over shadowed  by this dark cloud hanging over him for the rest of his life.

I hope Robertson can hold it together with the extra pressure of knowing that its being streamed to the whole of Australia.     

whats the score in the final?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8653692.stm ftw

Higgins defence is laughable.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8657563.stm

Just be a man and take it on the chin.

You fcked up and now pay the price, don't try and weasel out of it.

but seriously


this is the key question - why not a hotel in luton?  The whole thing is bizarre.

I read somewhere that he met the reporters 3 times before this in England.

Then he travelled to Ukraine.

If he thought they were mafia would he really have gone there?

Get real Higgins.

I could be wrong, but I think it was just Mooney who met them 3 times, this was the 1st time Higgins was present...

thats the fckin point - why would he need to travel to kiev?  He wasn't going there to get a suitcase full of cash (that wasn't offered).  So why would he need to travel there to agree some sort of deal?  The whole thing doesn't make sense.

  

I made some decent money on the Davis game because the odds were too long when Davis was several frames ahead imo. Higgins missed a ton of easy shots in that one, anyone think he may have thrown it?

Oh ok.

Just smacks of the Groblaar defence.

If you ask 99% of football fans they will say he was guilty of match fixing. Yet it was v difficult to prove in court.

I doubt a top 16 player would ever throw a World Championship match, unless his wife/kids were being threatened or something like that.

Hi Ketih,

If you have a minute I'd like you to look at this thread please and give me your thoughts as a pro punter. Is it just going to lead you down the busto route?

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=47477.45

Exactly.  Snooker gets virtually no coverage, so if anything is dodgy does go on, it'll be in the random torneys not even covered by tv...  Not the 1 that eactually does grab a decent amount of attention.

I thibk Robbo is a little short at 1.4ish, plenty of snooker left in this...  Not laid any off yet though, will hopefully be able to follow it frame by frame tomorrow.

the kiev thing is actually quite bizarre as ukraine is rare (maybe unique?) amongst european countries in that gambling is illegal so that's certainly not where they were planning on doing the betting

it'll be made legal again now that yushchenko/timoshenko have been ousted but could take a while

not great play in this final. They were saying the other day that Robertson often gets out of position but he's that good a potter that he covers himself but he isn't potting too well so far

Nerves are definitely kicking in,his last couple of safety shots where ridic bad.Confident he'll win it but we'll see.Pretty sure it's going to be a very very late finish.I set the line at 01:13 :)

Massive frame. Hopefully he can wrap it up quickly now

Excellent pot on the pink there,next frame is huge.

Possible eight more frames @ 45mins. per frame = 5.15am. finish  ;sleep;

More frames is great for my in frame trading but not good for my big sweat on Robertson

and if they all last longer than 45 mins?!?! 

Ive got work tom too

These two had better make sure they're free during the 2035 tournament in case the BBC want to do a 25th anniversary recreation of the match, like they did for Davis/Taylor.

Just 1 more Thunder....

Passaaaaiiiiiii me Boylesports/Betfred/Betfair

Grats on winning the sweepstake Monda, let me know if you want the money sent on Full Tilt or Stars.

Cheers,Just ship on stars plz,mondonewc.

1st time i've never stayed up to watch the end of the final.

Sent

Cheers,Hopefully that'll get stars off my back...

Got an email off security asking why I'm withdrawing after depositing just the other day,deposited to get the SCOOP bonus,hopefully that'll be it sorted now.

Tic tock tick tock...

Did he/didn't he?

6 month back dated ban, 75k fine, cleared of fixing it looks like

Joke verdict.

Pretty bad verdict, will be fascinating to see where his career goes after this and if he gets booed and stuff at the matches

he should join the pakistani odi squad

Interesting background to the story here...

http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2010/09/03/in-pictures-analysis-of-evidence-in-news-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-snooker-%E2%80%98match-fix%E2%80%99-case-030901/