Day 6 Snooker: World Championship Highlights

Good evening. This is shaping up as one of the most eventful World

Snooker Championships four years what with the return of Ronnie

O'Sullivan, the departure of some of the game's greatest names and

the arrival of Mr fantastic, Jack Yes, Dechawat or Jack Poomjaeng

from Thailand, as he likes to be known, will play a starring roll in

the highlights again. He has made history and the second round, but

not for the reason that you might think annual show you that in a few

moments time. There was another big story this afternoon. After the

departure of some big names, would it be Australia's you're Robertson

this time, the pre-event favourite was bang under pressure in his

opening match against cluster's quick firing Robert Milkins. He was

simply outplayed this afternoon, with Rob Milkins ahead, so could he

Pool of the greatest win of his life? Here is Robert Milkins on a

break of 51 with the finish line in Can you believe it? Once again, he

has taken his eye off the pot. He cannot believe the ball he has

missed. He was playing a cannon again and he had not quite made up

his mind and he took his eye off the pot. Surely couldn't have

another turn in this exciting first round match. Don't put it past Neil

Robertson. He's got the experience. Can he find the technique that has

been letting him down somewhat in He had won the foot in the second

Robert Milkins has potted 18 of the 19 blues off the spot, and missed

That has bounced to four. He is going to have to take a long red up

into the corner pocket. He is looking to see if the pink would be

available. It is a shot that he can take on, because he's not going to

leave anything easy. What an important pot coming up. He is

looking to see if the pink will go, because if he can pot this red and

get on the pink, it doesn't matter which cover he gets on, it is all

He's a little bit worried about that plight to the centre. It isn't

straight, but it can be me. It is not just the poor he's thinking of,

he may be thinking of how he can put the white out of the way.

is only one thing he should be thinking about and that is knocking

this red up into the corner pocket. Don't worry about anything else. Al

that is nowhere near the pocket. He was looking to see, if I leave the

white, what will I be leaving? That is not the week to be thinking. You

have got to be thinking about the red going into the pocket. Easier

He has looked at the plant, obviously, and it is very risky

because he cannot take it on and Caryl t he would not leave anything

if he missed it. -- guarantee. he can get this red safe and up at

the other end of the table with a 42. Advantage -- 42 point advantage,

it is a straightforward shot, and that is the one he is going to play

in the end. Try to get the red into a safe position. It is not on the

cushion but it is a little more awkward low. -- now. He is not

trapped but he can play a safety He is going down to have a look to

see where is the best place to Looking from here, he does not want

to go down onto the baulk cushion but that is where he has gone. I

can see why he didn't want to leave one of these two or shorts on for

Robert Milkins. -- two long shots. He has got a straight forward

safety off the one that is up in the baulk area. If he knocked the

one safe that is near the pink spot and doubled it on to the side

cushion and, were the tip of the cue is, if he could get the white

I like that shot, a lot. And he played it very well. He had to

cover the red up towards the green pocket on the top right. If he had

left that one, Neil Robertson would have gone for it. It has been a

fascinating match. Neil Robertson was 5-2 in front, then Robert

Milkins won the next four frames and since then, it has been a frame

It is still that has made the bigger breaks, 61, 62, in the

latter stages. Where is the cue ball? This could be it all over.

The white has gone. I'll looking at the red. If he puts it on the green

spot, if he puts the white near the green spot he could cut this red in,

he's putting the weight on the green spot. If he cuts this in and

gets on a colour, it could be the last shot that will Robertson has

played in this year's World Championships. -- that Neil

51 in front. The red will leave Neil needing a snooker and this

will be the biggest win of Robert Neil Robertson made the highest

break of the tournament at 143, and he looked good, but he has not

looked Dougie in this session. He got himself under pressure. And it

That absolutely secures it. Every credit to Robert Milkins. He still

looks as cool as you like. He has played well. This is his 5th time

at the Crucible, but what a victory he has achieved. He doesn't well

what to do. He must be so excited. Neil Robertson is going to come and

shake his hand, he scratches his head, 64 the difference, 43 on the

table. He played on for a couple of shots but Neil Robertson was not in

this. He becomes the highest seed to be shown the Crucible door

joining fellow seeds, Alan, Williams, Higgins and Stevens.

I am chuffed to bits. He'll also is playing as well as anyone in the

world at the moment. In the first session he played just as I

expected, really good, but luckily, I won. Unfortunately I lost, with

10 frames running I probably would have lost six or seven, on blue,

pink or black, and those are big differences in the matches. I will

take every match as it comes. I have got as good a chance as anyone

to get through to the semi-finals. Some things Indies tournaments the

door can just open up, you look at the draw, and you think that is the

worst part of the draw to be in, and then all of a sudden everyone

else is going out. Six of the world's top 16 players have gone.

This evening there seemed little doubt that we would not lose the

world No. 8, Stuart Bingham, who have gone into an 8-1 lead over

debutant some beer. Obviously, -- Sam Baird. Stuart Bingham did not

want to offer Sam Baird a shred of hope and foot-9-2 in front. John

Virgo and Dennis Taylor were across He's on the blue. He has played it

well. And that it runs past the blue, it is a good chance for

Stuart Bingham. Already 23 in front. The black is tied up, but sound

knows that Stuart could score quite a few here, and will be enough to

Her he is on this red, but he is a little bit closer than he would

He was able to find the gap, but he couldn't play it with too much pace,

and that is why he's on the wrong Just showing the cueing power that

he has. But where is the white going to finish? Is he hampered? He

is, for the reds to the left corner. He can get to the reds on the right.

A little bit of noise from the other side of the arena in between

Back in prime position again. The chances there now, to clinch this

match. He has played some good shots with the rest. His rest

percentages and 95%, which is I was just about to say, Sam Baird

has played his last shot. It is great to see him here. Loss of

debutants, and as you mentioned, we have got lots of tournaments to

play, and we're going to see a lot more of Sam Baird. He will be very

disappointed. There were a few frames he could have pinched when

he was 6-0 behind but he. Against a tough opponent in Stuart Bingham it

has gone away from him now, this One more red and Stuart is in the

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He might just finish in which his highest break of the match, a

strangely enough it is Sam Baird who has got the highest break of

the match. He's finishing in style. It has been a very accomplished

performance from Stuart. No one will look forward to facing him. In

this form, he is a live contender. Look at that for a short - -- shot,

superb. Well he finished with a century? Finishing with a nice

little positional shot to get on the yellow. Watch the side as it

spins around. Has he got enough What about that for a short mac? --

shot. And he has finished with a kick, but he won't mind that.

Unlucky, Sam Baird, he congratulates Stuart Bingham. We're

going to see a lot more of this young player from Tiverton in Devon,

by Stuart Bingham was just too strong, finishing with that break

of 79, and he is a comfortable I think that the Crucible nerves

got the better of him. He made 64 and then that was how the match

went. I felt pretty good out there. I just kept it under pressure on

him and he kept making mistakes. It is just the Holy Grail. It would

win everything to get to the final. It would report a very good season

for me. Sam Baird should feel the very few regrets because he came up

against one of the best players of the season, the Premier League

champion Stuart Bingham. Let's just show you who Stuart and everyone

else will be facing. With Saturday, defending champion Ronnie

O'Sullivan against the man who beat him indoors White finals, Ali

Carter. Stuart Bingham and were Davis, the two most improved

players in the game. Marco Fu please Judd Trump, whose odds are

shortening all the time. Robert Milkins please Ricky Walden. Who

would have picked this line-up? It is Michael White and Dechawat

Poomjaeng. And world number one Mark Selby takes on the rock solid

Barry Hawkins. Time for the appearance of the man who has

become the new darling of the Crucible. He is Dechawat Poomjaeng,

and he likes you to call him Jack. The 34-year-old, from Thailand,

only took up the game properly in 2009. He won the world amateur

champ the ship in 2010, turn professional and a 2011, and has

beaten world number five Stephen Maguire in the opening round. He is

certainly coming years. So is his second-round opponent, Michael

white, of Wales. -- Michael White. It is an unbelievable feeling,

really, walking out. It has just been my main ambition for five

years. It is an incredible feeling. Obviously, I have won a match, I

have been home, and there is the buzz around the Crucible area,

really. Everybody just loving snooker. There is a lot of tension

out there. Going in to round two, the pressure is going to build and

build. I am just enjoying my experience here. I have long

qualified awkward will now, I have qualified for the UK, the worlds,

two in China, so I am not far off the top 30. It has been a great

year for me and I'll just really enjoying it. I got the world

amateur championship when I was 14 but I have got a long way to go yet

and I am quite a long way off the top 16, but I am just enjoying my

snooker, and who knows what can happen? Who knows, one day. He is

going to be very confident and I expect a tough match. I played him

was before the smaller event and he definitely is something of a

character, but I will be going out there to do a job and concentrate

on my game. I try not to let things bother me and hopefully, I will be

OK. This man and Michael have given us some treasured moments, and I

don't think we have ever witnessed such enthusiastic scenes here in

Sheffield. They just love him, and that was before he even had the

ball. Plenty of work for both men, the best-of- 25 frames, the first

eight frames this evening. Here we are, into the fourth frame. It was

watched by a Steve Davis and Willie In some ways, Dechawat Poomjaeng

will be pretty pleased with himself. They always talk about settling and

he will feel a lot better now that he has got a frame on the board.

You cannot win a match in the first session but you can possibly lose

it, so you have got to keep close. Five frames is no problem, in front

He is taking it difficult choice which the spider. Very easy to

bounce this cue ball and hit it He might have this played again,

because it is quite difficult from It is quite important, where the

cue ball was. Obviously, because he is using the spider. Are you happy

He has missed the ball again so now he will be warmed and playing a

different shot. He knows he is going to be warned. Just letting

the crowd know that that is his second attempt. The spider is too

high for a shot like this. You know if you miss again you will lose the

Oh, my goodness, he has lost the frame. What a shame. That is the

first time in Crucible history we have seen that happen. He smiles,

but trust me, he will not be happy. He has lost the frame and trails 3-

That is the first time in history that a player has offered a frame

by missing the ball three-times at the Crucible. Was he despondent or

sheepish? Not a bit of it. He summoned at the encouragement of

the crowd again. Then a left a rather bewildered audience, but not

before being told to go and take his cue off the table. Then he

scurried off for a cup of tea. This fell is certainly not dull! You

cannot miss a trick with him, you do not know what he's going to do

next! After all that Dechawat Poomjaeng is back at the table,

having not scored since the incident, behind by four to three

He tried to get on the black and has snookered himself. That red is

a goalkeeper standing in the way of the black. But that was the only

shot Dechawat Poomjaeng could play. Very risky. He is down the table

looking at safety options. He can use the ground as a snooker. But

very difficult. -- use the brown. He could just run through it and

beat the cue ball a couple inches from the pocket. He is cueing up as

I think he went for it. When you need to get back into the match,

that is not the best choice. would like to have that whole

decision again. I think he talked himself into that one and has done

a lot of damage. 4-1 staring him in Another example of how much cue

power this young man has. He is Most of our viewers will have seen

the incident that John Parrott did. Many years ago, a very cocky little

flat. -- Lad. Judd Trump was forced to make the grade, now Michael is

coming into the back time. Every chance to win this match. An

outside chance of the semi-final at Very nicely controlled. This one

He has served his apprenticeship. Been professional six years. The

only surprise is we have not seen him at Crucible before, because he

is a wonderful talent. Yes, superb striking of the ball. Times it

beautifully. The ball occasionally ask what timing means. -- people.

Especially on power shots that require spin. You are trying to

retain maximum acceleration of the cue tip. At the moment of impact on

the cue ball. The more acceleration you can get, the more force you can

That is what Michael White does so well. We hear commentators talk

about deceleration at the moment of His opponent is in a hole at the

moment. Everything is perfect on the black. Perfect again to get on

We could have an example of his cue Dechawat Poomjaeng and a bit of

trouble. He trails, 4-1. White took frame six to make it 5-1. Dechawat

Poomjaeng still has not potted a red with a colour since that

infamous incident. He is struggling and his 50 points adrift in frame

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If he was not 5-1 behind I would say he is a certainty to win this

But the way things have gone you I would love and to clear up, he

would clap himself at the end of He looks to have got some focus

back here. There is a good feel to He has just got to make sure that

if he does get a chance he leaves himself correct angles on the

Of course, there is an argument that you should not need it until

the last red. Perhaps the right Oh, No. Why not just roll it of the

cushion? Oh, dear. I am beginning to feel a little bit sorry for the

Scored 40 or 50 every time he got in. It looks like he will now

27 points in front. Still needs the Will have to generate a bit of an

angle to get on the red. He will just roll this in. He will not find

-- mind finishing straight on the No heroics, good position, the

Dechawat Poomjaeng becoming frustrated. He knows he has had

chances. I was potting every one of these two days ago, to the eye

cannot pot a ball. That is the Michael White looks like certainly

For Max Nichols. A very big ask. -- for smokers. -- four snookers. He

Remember that a short journey White played all the years ago? That is

what he tried there! That short Jimmy White played. A Dechawat

Poomjaeng made a break of 51 but it is all getting very tight and

There will be a few deep breaths here. A chance to get another frame

on the board. A horrible shot to take on. If he misses he will lose

control of the cue ball. The red is at the top of the table. A tough

That is what Steve was saying. If he covers the red of the black,

which he hasn't, then Michael is 17 points behind. If he pots this red

he is now favourite to pinch the If the brown was on its sport that

red along the back cushion would be Just looking at the scoreboard,

making sure he can recover, which There you can see it. One good shot

here, nicely on the yellow, 7-1 Possibility that look too pink

could be a problem, but I doubt it Michael White must be careful not

to take things for granted. He has given Dechawat Poomjaeng a few

chances this evening. He needs to tighten up a little. He cues

beautifully and the break-building as lovely. Stephen mentioned that

blew to pink could be a problem. One cushion, two? Left-hand side,

stun it across the brown spot. Drift towards the pink. Or leave

the long pink. I thought for a minute the way he was lining up he

He gave himself an awful lot to do. Stephen mentioned it a shot. But he

completely missed Het the blue. Perhaps he should have potted the

He must keep the object all safe, rather than the cue ball, in this

On reflection, perhaps Dechawat Poomjaeng for the effort he has put

That is just going to do it all down far enough to make it a

problem. Dechawat Poomjaeng can see the edge of the pink. He must be

Excellent, excellent. As good a And the fact that he has got the

cue ball tight on the bottom cushion means that it is very

difficult for Michael White to play with any side spin. Or to play up

the back of the pink. He can play just past the black, controlled his

-- escape. Very well done. Very well done. Not really the perfect

angle for a double opportunity. I do not think he has even considered

Has it gone end? Well, he has got a fluke. But he needs another good

shot. He did not play that, that is He was anxious there. He found that

shot very quickly. He has had at least two or three chances in most

Michael White played a lot more consistently than his opponent.

Dechawat Poomjaeng, the gentleman that he is, acknowledges that. But