Snooker

hope mashton didn't have to get physical

No, but my colleague Olivier Marteel had to, on table two.

Absolute scenes.

Good on them. Not that snooker is a particularly carbon heavy I imagine.

Not now Bill Wernbeniuk has retired

Dramatic John Virgo voice: "...where's the crude oil going?!"

Stolen from twitter.

Brilliant!

Not that snooker is a particularly carbon heavy I imagine.

More just that it is relatively low security vs high visibility.

Gary Wilson led this 7-1 - dear oh dear

2 frames in and I think Vafaei has lost the plot

It's not yet the end of week one and it's already the best World Championships in as long as I can remember.

what did he do on his break off?

Smashed straight into the pack, scattering reds everywhere.

Ronnie did it to Hossein when 4-0 down (first to five) in the German Masters qualifiers a couple of years ago...

I've had it played in a match I reffed in January.it was hilarious because both players (rightly) thought their opponent was crap. Unfortunately one of them at least, didn't realise that he was also crap.

Smashed the break off everywhere. Opponent missed a sitter and they went on to trade terrible misses for the rest of the frame.

Very funny but also tedious. It was best of seven and took near four hours. Not my favourite reffing memory.

BTW, if anyone wants to see me ref and also see some very good players in action, I'll be at Q School in Leicester from May 26th, probably until the 11th June.

It's usually a fiver for a day pass, but if that seems steep, PM me.

Vafaei with a mic drop esque action with the cue after that pink, oh boy this is fun

It's usually a fiver for a day pass, but if that seems steep, PM me.

Doesn't seem steep in the slightest, just wish I was local.

Didn't manage to see this mornings session. 6-2 up O'Sullivan - as convincing a lead as it sounds?

Luca started brilliantly and was 2 1 up after 3 frames.

Then Ronnie accelerated.

I still think Luca is capable of taking the game to him, but from 6 2 down it won't be easy.

Fantastic first frame of the session!

4 in a row for Brechel - what happened?!?

Ronnie hasn't turned up.

His high break of today is sub 30

Fucksake. 5 in a row now.

As long as Selby mercs Cheaty McMatchfixer

Ronald needs to want to win this, and I can't see him turning up now

I still think Luca is capable of taking the game to him

Prophetic words indeed

Shit I've not had the time to catch up with any of it, was hoping to see Ronnie through so I could watch at last

This Brecel vs Si semi-final has the makings of an absolute banger.