02/12/2013 UK Snooker Championship Extra

Hallow. It has been 21 years since Jim Whyte last lifted the United

Kingdom trophy and three years since he appeared in action at the table

on BBC sport. He has earned his place in the limelight again. He has

owned the rights to play the world 's number ten, Stuart Bingham. It is

a best of 11 frames are fair and it is Dennis Taylor and John Parrott

who will be guiding us through. Stewart won the toss. He breaks.

That is a pretty length. -- pretty good. Even with his vast experience,

this will be quite nerve racking. I think the Masters was the last time

he played on BBC, against Mark King, and he could not get going. He was

under pressure. It was just after he came out of the jungle. He could not

get going. It is another day and another game of snooker. Can he

knock a long one in and get on the black?

I watched him knock a few balls in this morning. It looked like he was

hitting them well. But it is a different thing when you're the

auditorium. -- in the auditorium. This is a slightly easier chance

than the first one. If he can knock this in and get on the black, he

could give himself an early chance to settle down. He just has to be a

bit careful with the Canon here. Spotted something... Something on

the table, in between the reds. No, that was a quick one. He was

concentrating on the Canon. That is the last thing that Jimmy wanted.

Let's have a look at this cue action. Not quite as smooth as we

are used to seeing from him. It's tough when you have not done it for

so long to go out there in these conditions. If anything, that's a

classic example. What goes first as your concentration. That is funding

he should never have missed. Unfortunately, it comes with age. --

something he should never have missed. But, that's what happens.

Is he on this thread? It must be a bit tight. Just about. -- red? Not

perfectly on the blue. That looks to be pretty straight. Don't know if he

has a slight angle. If he has not, it is the break. These reds are all

covering each other. He's going to try to force the angle

here, is he? And he did. That was almost straight. If anything, he has

gotten too much into it. pot on. But he might have to. He is

going to punch it on. He might just be OK. He has got away with this. It

looks as if everything is blocked into the right corner pocket and he

has covered the other one. APPLAUSE. He can't get to be red directly with

the blues there. He will have to come off the cushion.

I watched that documentary on Jimmy and it was fascinating. Some of the

old footage of his early career... It showed a black that he missed

against Stephen Hendry. If he had not been around, Jimmy would have

been world champion a couple of times.

I think the big one was when he led eight frames and Stephen Hendry one

ten frames in a row. -- won. And he is still here, still trying his

socks off. Such a tremendous record. Obviously, the results of his six

finals are not what he wanted but just to get there... And the one

major he did when was in 1992. He beats me in the final. -- beat. Foul

and a miss. Jimmy had a look at it. He could have made him play from

wearing finished. He noted the shot that Stuart was after requires a

very thin snick HAZEL IRVINE: Hello, it's all about two entertainers from

two very different areas here Three Mrs and you lose the frame --

misses. It has happened a few times. You have to hit at this time

otherwise you forfeit the frame. -- hit it.

Not the best, that. Not easy for him to play a reply. He is probably the

most improved on the circuit, Stuart Bingham. He has always been a

confident player. I thought he was a potential for the top 16. The way he

has played the last couple of seasons, he has been right up there

with the best for consistency and winning events. Improved no end. A

chance for Jimmy here. Stuart Bingham was hoping to at least what

will be red into the jaws of the pocket if he did not pot it. He has

the perfect angle on the yellow. If the pink is tied up, he is just

looking to see if it is available... If it is not available,

he played the canon. But it is not perfectly placed for that. He will

just have a little check there to see if the pink is available. If

not, he may elect to canon into them. Maybe he feels that he can pot

this thread in the right corner. -- red. Jimmy has always had a terrific

snooker brain. If the pink goes on to the black

spot and then it will help the situation. That is when he can pot

it. This looks tight. He obviously thinks its OK otherwise he would not

have played on it but there is not much margin for error there.

And it was tight. He could not have gotten much closer to be red without

hitting it. Wrong side of the pink. Stuart has not quite settled. He has

not got the pace of the table. Earlier in the frame, he could not

get up to the blue. He is not used to the table yet.

That helps the situation. The pink spot will be freed when he pot this

red. I love watching Stuart Bingham play. I think you have a lovely

manner around the table. He strikes the ball beautifully. He is a great

break builder. He has made 216 centuries and three maximum break

's. I think when he won the Australian Masters in 2011, that was

a turning point. There is usually one in your career, when you realise

that you are good enough to beat the best. He has not looked back since

then. He has been in superb form. It took Ronnie O'Sullivan at his best

to beat him in the last tournament. 10-8 semifinals. -- in the finals.

Clever little shot from Stuart, the way he played it. This is what to

Jimmy White has to do win the chance comes. He has to school. -- score.

That's, more or less, will secure this opening frame for Stuart

Bingham. Opening those reds up. He has had a couple of chances, Jimmy.

But it's looking good. Bingham at the moment. For him to score a few

points when his chances come shows his opponents that he will score. It

makes it easy for your opponents if he known that when you get in, you

will not score. Stuart looked a little apprehensive at the start.

Quite rightly. He was not sure what Jimmy was going to do. This will

settle Stuart down. As we have said, he is one of the players in

form. It will be a tough afternoon for Jimmy.

He has taken these very nicely. A lot of fluency in his break

building. He does not hang about. It makes good to watch.

Nicely played. He might just try to nudge the blue out as well here.

He has finished a very awkward now. He is trying to do something with

the cue ball but it doesn't really matter here. So, the best possible

start for Stuart Bingham but Jimmy did have a future answers. In the

end, it was Stuart Bingham with that break of 71 who takes the opening

frame. We will see if he can get a good break off shot.

Well, he can. That's pretty good. The referee is just checking to see

if Stuart... Stuart was looking to see the could play a shot between

the blue and pink but I'm not sure that is on. Foul and a miss. It

should have been. He just clipped the pink there. The players are

getting used to the tables as well. The way the cushions slide down. I

would not expect Stuart to make the mistake of second time. -- a second

time. The referee is just checking where the balls were. That is where

they were. This is where they are now. Red behind the pink is not

quite right. But it's not that important. He is going to play the

same shot and to the side of the park. It should not make much

difference. -- side of the pack. Excellent shot from Stuart. Very

good. He has to judge this one correctly.

He is trying to get the cue ball back across. He has hit that far too

hard. He stuck Stuart arrived in amongst them. He was trying to lay

on the cushion somewhere behind that red and just miss hit it. An example

of a short, JB cue action. -- jabby. Did not play that smoothly. A bit of

tension. Complete miss hit. He will have to sit and watch. With these

balls, you would expect Stuart to hit a few. He is in a situation,

Jimmy, where he is out there and is probably trying to hide. Trying not

to make elementary mistakes. When you have been away from the scene

for a while, it's difficult to get used to it again. That's why what

Ronnie O'Sullivan achieved after not playing a competitive match for 12

months, to come back and win the World Championship, was quite

remarkable. It's funny how it works out. The

last couple of seasons I was playing, you go down the ramp. You

get conditioned to playing in the cubicles and that atmosphere.

Despite the fate you have the experience of playing in the

auditoriums, you get out of the habit of doing it. It gets strange.

You have to re- teach yourself how to cope with that situation. That

has missed. Has he left Jimmy anything easy? At first collapse, I

don't think so. -- first collapse. He can get his bridge hand between

the rates there. -- reds. Foul. He put everything into the pot and

forgot about that middle pocket but it has always been there. You can

see Jimmy looking at it. He knew he misjudged it. If this red goes in,

it could be costly. If the Red Hat have been slowly more

to the left, he would have taken the pot on. It's still a free shot. Wow!

Not a bad effort. Has he covered it, though? It was that good and effort,

he got stuck right in me jaws. He has left Stuart a pot. One of those

once you are better off missing by a mile.

Jimmy has had a couple of examinations of cueing so far. There

is another one. This is tough. Well done. You must have been giving him

lessons. You were the best in the business.

Willie Thorne would always say, it you shouldn't have been on the

cushion. He has still got a possible pot. He is pretty good with the

rest, Jimmy. He can take this red on and still have the side cushion. He

would have liked to get into the reds are little better than that. He

has a chance. Well played. Beautifully cute. --

cued. Even though it is early, this is a big part of the match. He can

keep the ball under control... I think he might be OK. He is not on

the red he played for but I think he can go past the pink into the middle

pocket. Little bit straight on the black then he intended. --

straighter. He is having to do a little more with the cue ball.

That's what can happen. He is now nearing a cushion. He has not quite

got that cue ball under control. You can tell the way he is flexing

his arm that he is a bit uptight. If you keep getting slightly out of

position, it snowballs. He did not hit that one particularly

well. Just about scraped into the pocket. The red in the baulk area is

handy for him. The cue ball knocked 100% as he

wants it. After this shot, it should be perfect.

Slightly overheat that one, it looks like he hit the cannon of it. He

played for the one below the pink for the gap. He just needs to be a

little bit careful with this. I think that kicked. I'm sure he

didn't hit it that badly. I merely certain he had a terrible contact.

Dear me. Only like a mule, Dennis. The only saving grace for Stuart is

that he hasn't left anything easy for Jimmy.

It is bad if you get a kick and you don't stick your opponent rate in

the balls. -- right. It's not what you want, that's for sure. People go

for the red -- he will go. Not sure what the PTC tables play

like that they are not like the TV tables, they are so lively and so

fast. The conditions always looked more difficult. What a good shot

that was. Beautifully queued at that pace. -- cued. That was superb

cueing. Right at the bottom of the cluster it goes, he couldn't have

hit that any better. Played perfectly, it looks almost

certain that it is going to be 2-0. It has to be said that Jimmy had his

chances. He hasn't settled. We have about four frames before the

mid- session interval. This frame has gone. Jimmy has had his chances

so he will need to get going in the next frame. He still looks pretty

relaxed but I am sure inside he is a little bit uptight. I expected a

miss on the black from Stuart. It is surprising, believe it or not. What

a steal this would be. We might have the frame over and suddenly he hits

the black off the spot. He needed at least the pink and tea has just over

screwed that slightly. A bigshot coming up for Jimmy. That was a much

better shot from Jimmy than the rest. The spot is a little bit

awkward again, he needs to use the rest. Brilliant. Can he hold himself

together? Can hear me this frame? Could -- could he. It would give

Stuart Bingham something to think about. The black is okay for Jimmy

being a left-hander. No problem. He has gone a little bit further

than he wanted. He will have two comeback across the table. -- to

come back. He didn't want to be playing with his hand on the table

so he will use the rest. What a steal this would be. Well it looks

certain. That was a good clearance under pressure. It has given being

something to think about. It is all level out 1-1. -- at.

It was interesting that that safety shot was overrated. It has been

going on for five minutes and they have been all safety shots. Yet to

have eight pot yet. -- a pot. In between sessions, Jimmy was

backstage and having a coffee. You thought he would come on the scene,

he was a little bit hyper and looking forward to getting back

out. Disappointed with what had happened. He was saying that he

feels so strange being out there again. No matter how hard you try to

keep calm, there is no way, there is no substitute for being out there.

The more you do it, the easier it becomes. It is all a bit strange for

Jimmy at the moment. This is the first possible chance at

a pot. If he takes this on, he might be able to bring the black into

play. If he plays the cannon next to the red, he could sleep himself on

the black. It will be interesting to see how he places. There is a chance

to cannon the red door can and the black -- cannon. That is the second

shot he has played with a controlled follow-through. Straight into the

centre of the pocket, a perfect cannon on the red. That is a little

beauty there. It looks so easy. He is starting to move around the table

with quite a bit of confidence. He has to be careful with his

position in this break. At the moment, it is only the black he can

pot. He probably needs to keep the cue ball under control. Very

important to keep a nice tight cue ball control here.

I didn't see that caption there, I'm not going to mention it. This pot is

about 55,000 brown -- ?55,000 for a break here. A break here. They feel

this have had a go at it. He had a bit of a chance on the other table.

He is a bit stronger than yesterday. At one point, he looks like he was

chasing the pot of gold but it didn't come off. Definitely worth

winning. They are not easy though, are they?

He could still get on the black ear. He has made that magical

maximum three times. Also looking at the way the reds are

sitting, you need to be precise. He needs to keep running. That is okay.

He might have to start looking for a cannon very shortly. They are not

ideally placed. He will have it at the back of his mind because his

main concern is to secure the frame. What goes into this left corner...

It may have been in the back of his mind, it is definitely at the front

now. He would have thought the cue ball would have been higher than

that. He is not sure he can get the black from here. I think if he plays

with an awful lot of topspinner, he could force through the Reds.

Certainly bring them into play. He doesn't want to disturb them too

much and bring them on to the caution. -- cushion. It needs to

bounce. He needs to get in and out of the balls, he will need to leave

a long pot if he leaves the black. If he could screw it in and misty

blue and green he could get back up to the Reds. -- miss the. He could

drop the black in and leave a long red or find a gap around the table.

I think you are dead right there. If he misses the blue he could get the

green on the way back. He did exceptionally well to hold out. It

is still going, it is a great shot. A lot of action on that cannon on

the pink. Would you believe it, he cued right across. At the end of the

chance of the match, he had the chance of securing the frame.

A long way to travel with the cue ball if he is getting to the Reds.

He didn't want to hit the black, though. If there is nothing

available into the middle pot, he will have to take a tricky read up

into the left corner. -- red. That is the one. Well played.

Jimmy might have to use a Canon on to the pink to hold for those reds.

He is not quite on the black as he intended. -- cannon. He has missed

the pink. He still has the rate at the other end of the table that had

he have cannoned the pink bag, he would have been perfect. -- pink

there. A bit short with his cue action. It is so difficult for the

moment at -- right there. They have both potted six out of

six. He hasn't left anything but a puff

of the cheeks tells you that he let another good chance slip away. That

was difficult to judge. He would have liked to be able to

play a safety shot but he might need to take this pot on. Things could

turn out okay. He could be in trouble after the next shot that he

will settle for that. 42 the difference. Stuart just needs a red

and any colour to win this frame. Just looking to see if Jimmy can

bring the cue ball back behind the black. He might get Stuart in a bit

of what they hear. -- bother here. Another jumpy cue action here.

Stuart would normally take this pot onto the left corner, but what might

stop him from doing that is the white cannon into the blue possibly

making its way up the table. That is the reason he is just contemplating

which way to play the shot. If the blue wasn't there, he would play it

as a shot to nothing. He can't really leave the White at the other

end of the table because the reds would be potted into the middle

pocket. He might have to do this. And hope that he doesn't cannon the

blue. If he pops the red, -- pots, it might not matter that he cannon

is the blue. -- cannons. He has thought now for just over a minute

and 12 seconds and counting. As I mentioned, as long as he potted the

macro one -- red, he just needed the yellow. It was worth the wait.

What about that for a shot! Okay, there is no pressure on.

Looking at the school there, it looks a very comfortable is --

frame. It was the early break of 64 for being but Jimmy white did not

have his chance. Stuart Bingham now leads four frames to one. A little

wry smile from Stuart. Just looking to see if he can play a

safety shot. That has opened the reds nicely. No

way through to that one. It might be a possible shot. He feels as if he

can get round the black if he pots this. That's one way of getting back

up the table. He hit it too thin in the end. He is so good at this type

of pot. Not this time. Far too then. He might have got away

with it somewhat. The red to the right corner is not a lot of use

because the pink and black are tied up.

He played a clever little shot there. He pleaded with an element of

safety, also. Not bad at all. Safety shot is on down the

right-hand side of the table but all of a sudden, the black looks a good

bull. It could be involved. He may not choose to pay that. You can see

Jimmy shaking his head. He knows full well that is definitely a

possibility. Played a 12 ball plant there. Did

not spot that one. Holds his hand up but it was quite a clever shot. He

hoped to screw the white back near the cushion. It has given him a

chance. Bit like your line yesterday. When in doubt, give it a

client. -- clamp. Oh, Jimmy! So frustrating for him. He is out there

and it becomes embarrassing. That's were Jimmy will be starting to feel.

He would never missed shots like that. He still doesn't miss shots

like that at practice and PTC events. It's tough to tell you how

he's feeling inside. He is possibly just trying to hide all the time. --

too hard. If that's not the worst shot he has

played today, I'll be very surprised. How is he not on a red

there. I think he lost some focus. He must have. He has six or eight

feet of table there to play the cue ball into. Got to be onto the red in

the middle to finish there, he will be kicking himself.

He will probably get down, pot this, screw behind the black and

finish up. So, Jimmy is back at the table,

unexpectedly. It has to be said. Good effort but not good enough.

Good examples are power hard the pockets were. Stuart hit that really

slowly. It always makes me laugh when you see the players in the club

scene, those tables that you are playing on, they are easy!

Honestly, these pockets are so difficult. The comparison I make to

people is that, when you were watching darts on the television, it

looks quite big. You go look at a dart board in a pub and see how

small it is. Same thing with the snooker table.

Not totally straightforward, this break. The reds below the pink are

sort of lines up with each other for corner pocket. -- lined up. And I

don't know whether that is it. He played sort of a stun run through

and he did not get on the red as he wanted. He wanted the whites to run

through another six or eight inches. A nice, easy red. He is

coming around to look at that red that he could have got on to see

whether... He is not looking at the plant, surely. The high percentage

against getting this... It looks easy on that shot. Well played. He

made it look easy. People think, it did not look that

difficult, but when you that distance between the reds... Oh,

no, he did not miss the pink! He thought he had missed it. He is

looking at us in the commentary box and shaking his head. He thought he

had missed that one. LAUGHING. He is such a character, Jimmy White. He

comes up with some lines! Couldn't have played that one

better. That is now perfect position. Just needs to make a frame

winning contribution here. Give himself some confidence. Something

over 50 or 60 just to say, that's all right, I'm playing well. Give

himself some confidence. It may sound as if we are biased. We

are always neutral in the commentary box. I think everybody just wants to

see Jimmy put in a performance here and do well.

That is now his highest break of the match. His previous was 34. Once

again, he did not get through the ball and instead of having a nice,

comfortable pink it is now tight. He have to win this frame. That is all

there is about it. If he goes five - one down, forget about it. 4-2,

still a chance. Doesn't look like he can pot this

so, make sure you at least put a ball say. He has not managed to do

that. -- safe. Disappointed. He has a 37 point lead but he could have

won the frame there. That's a nice flick. Pushed to be

red towards the corner. -- the red. Now Jimmy has to get this absolutely

spot on otherwise you leave that to red. He brought the other one up

over the middle pocket. The blue is tied up. The black is a little bit

awkward. It's a thin snick to the middle pocket. If you can't get that

one in, he has the one at the left corner. He might even head over

towards the black when potting this. Where is the cue ball going to

finish? That was his intention there, to

bring the black into play when potting that red. It could have

worked out better. He doesn't want it to go in, now. He

sniggered himself. A vintage Jimmy White would have

been down and knocked this red into the right corner pocket but this is

a different era. He must be a strong favourite in this. A 37 point lead.

Look where the reds. Three of those are tied up. A good, clean pot here

on the angles. It has to be on a colour, hasn't it? Pink or black.

APPLAUSE. Good pots. Just where you want to finish. Right in the middle

of both of them. Good cue in there. It's a bit of a thin snick on the

black. The pink is hampering him slightly. There is a clearer path

through to the pink of there. As we showed you, he has 100% success rate

with the rest so why not take this pink on? Never in doubt. If they had

a World Championship with the players having to use the rest with

every shot, Jimmy would use the will -- would win the championship every

year. If he pots the pink, he is 51 on the

front of a possible 51 on the table. He can take on the one that is near

the corner pocket. To get him back to just two behind. No heroics here.

Just drop this in, deadweight. It should have been dropped in

deadweight. The first one he has missed with a rest as well. I don't

know why he hits it that hard. I thought it was just, drop it in. It

was one of those we hit the ball and the cushion at the same time, you

can't miss it. But these are so tight. You have to hit them spot on.

It's Stuart's term to try to make a counter-attack. -- turn.

Leaving a double here, on this thread.

APPLAUSE. If he has a slight angle, he can force past the blue and

behind the final red. He has got the angle to do that.

Going back to Jimmy's myth there, it is just one of those. Deadweight,

just drop it in the pocket. But he missed it. And here is the

counter-attack. Yellow of course. Stuart Bingham is not too bad being

right-handed. Even with the safety frame earlier, he did not get that

quite right. Look where the blue is. He could leave himself in a position

where he gets the snooker in behind the black. He can only tie at the

moment. A lot of shots ahead. That could be a distinct possibility, if

he does manage to get the yellow, green and brown. He won't attack the

yellow from here, though. Just wondering if the middle pocket

is in the way you. He will have to play at a touch aside. Well played.

Little beauty, that. He is unlucky. He has brought the blue into play

and he has left the yellow out. That's amazing! A double whammy! Is

one thing that was a little bit of security for him... It is difficult

to get on the green off this. Needs to pull up. Just about. He

can't get close to the ground. -- brown. That is all that Jimmy White

would need. Respotted black. Yes. Wasn't easy. A straightforward

green. We show you that miss from Stuart. There is the disappointment.

I think you try the ultimate. He played that and he went all out.

Maybe it would have been better just dropping that and is taking the

longer brown but it is water under the bridge, now. Still in the match

at 5-1. Very little chance at 4-2. But you never know. It will

certainly make Jimmy feel a little better in himself. It will give him

more confidence. It doesn't matter about that. He is not bothered about

missing the blue. That was such an important frame for Jimmy White.

Stuart Bingham will be disappointed at losing but it is 4-2 to Stuart

Bingham. That's a pretty good safety shot.

Having said that, there is a gap through to get back down the table.

Baulk definite path down to the area here. He needs to make sure he gets

a good cue ball and go round to the back of the black. He has played

that well very. Excellent cue ball. This next shop will be a test for

Jimmy's cueing and his eyesight. He needs a very thin snick you. He

played it well. -- snick here. Looks as if he can get through to

this red. The white will head over in that direction.

Not the best in the world. He forced it so that he would not cannon into

all the rats. Bit unlucky. -- all the reds. How does he find that gap,

though? How did he go all day without cannoning into something? It

looks like he wants to have a go at this. The pink is safe and the black

and blue are out of commission. He may take the pot on for the reason

that the value to colours are safe. He is definitely taking it on. How

is your lot? -- luck? Not that bad. I'm just wondering what kind of

angle he has. He might be able to get in behind the black. That's what

it is looking like. There is a chance. It's pretty tight, actually.

Up to the right-hand side of the cue ball is the one problem. Can he

avoid that cannon on the red that is further up?

He is just looking there but I am not so sure. Yes, he is going to

take the other red, isn't he? Slightly more difficult pot but that

will take him towards the yellow, green and brown.

If he can keep this going for a couple of shots, he could always

bring that pink and reds into play. It wasn't a brilliant chance, that.

With the blue, pink and black out of commission, it's all good. --

awkward. That white was always going to be

close to the pocket. But not too serious because the three colours

are safe. A couple of pots to go. He is as to having a little look

around. -- is just having. It will be difficult to score.

In friends like that, the blue is massive being off its spot. With

that being out of commission... He has a shop here. -- shots. There is

a possibility at this red. It is the only shot he has on. That is what he

is contemplating. He is giving himself enough angle they are too

stunned this in. Hopefully he will get on the black. It will be a great

shot if he pulls it off. And he certainly did! APPLAUSE.

That really was the best shot of the match. That red! They just don't

come any better than that. And to get the black into play was

absolutely terrific! He has a chance, if he wants, to cannon the

pink and red is. It is an option for him. That is what he is thinking

about. If he stuck on the pink, he might still have a red in the

middle. It might be his choice. He does not have to do it.

He hit that to heart. -- too hard. The one thing is that if you run and

let the cue ball code too far, it is hard to get back to the black. -- go

too far. It looks as though he will play a cannon into the pink. It is

all he can do. It is not perfect but he has a chance up into the corner.

He has to take leg glance at the scoreboard -- has had a glance. You

can tell he didn't fancy that, if you are going to take that shot on,

you need to get down and take it straightaway. The more you think

about it, it puts more doubt in your mind. It all came from the bad shot

selection, he should have played the cannon.

Just got to give this a little bit of care and attention to make sure

he doesn't cannon one of the bold colours.

I don't think he can get behind the pink, he will have two play on the

caution and use the green and brown. -- cushion.

So the first look from here, it looks like trouble from the

commentary box. I suppose he could play to drop on the red on the top

cushion. The one you can see is very thin and if you play that went you

are going to cut it over the corner pocket. -- play that one. There is

not much choice if he plays the red. If you just rolled to that,

everything would be pretty safe. If he tries to get back down to the

table, he has to cover that side of the table. I don't blame him going

to cushions here. -- two cushions. You don't have two hit it that hard,

Stuart. But it may have worked out all right. He has been a bit

fortunate there. He could be be -- be in behind the pink here.

Just the thinnest of snicks to get it passed there.

He might have two take this pot on because there is no easy safety

shot. -- to take. He is just looking to see whether if he takes the pot

on, he could get himself onto the black. And not leave anything if he

misses the pot. There is the pot. An element of safety attached to that

attempt. It was still quite a complicated frame, it will go on for

quite a while here the way the balls are situated.

They did exceptionally well to get himself out of that situation. He

left it with Jimmy. What can he do? He tried a delicate little safety

shot. Then he missed the ball completely. He nearly flipped it

into the middle pocket. Will it cost him the frame, already 31 the

difference? A couple of easy reds available after this black.

That is available after this black.

A chance here to see the cue passed by Stuart Bingham.

It was just the one slip up. From Jimmy White when he attempted a

safety shot and that was the end of the frame. That was a great effort.

That secures the frame from Stuart Bingham, he is just one away from

victory. He leads 5-2. Stuart just wandered round the table

to see whether he could get onto the black from the right corner which

tells us he will get onto this red. Only the red he is attempting. He

was up and around, he was up and walking, he knew immediately that he

could pot that. He has pottered about two or three today, he must be

as good as anyone at that job. Very impressive. Doesn't seem to be a

problem. It. Just looking at them, not a bad idea

to go into the blue and then into the pink and reds. There is only one

pottable red after this one. It is closest to the black. He has gone

too far into the cushion to play that shot so he will need to go for

the reds near the black. Certainly got a bounce off the top cushion, I

don't think he quite believes that. Certainly quicker than it went on.

Because of that, it has affected the position. It is a tough shot on

these tables. Feeling good about himself now,

Stuart Dean. He made that look easy. -- Stuart Bingham. This is another

classic example of rolling the ball through, he has cued these

beautifully today. It has been well constructed. Just looking at the

ankle he has on this red here, I wonder whether he will try and pots

this or play it directly into the blue. He has missed that completely.

That is a shocker. That is the worst possible outcome. He knew

straightaway he couldn't make good contact with the cue ball there. It

jumped, to be fair. Maybe it was a heavy contact that pulled the white

up short. Just five more points and then a safety. I say as safety

because the reds are all bunched up. We've talked about the pockets, HAL

world city hits that? It didn't look like it was going in.

-- howl well did he hit that? You've got to be careful that when you

stick the balls up you don't hit something over the corner. He had to

say I am sorry about that play. One more mistake and that could be

the end of the championship for White. The first time we have seen

this very popular player on BBC television. It has been three years.

How much longer will we see him in the UK Championship?

That has buried the black into the bunch. Doesn't really help Jimmy's

situation but he has left the reds open anyway. Not the best from

Stuart there. This red might be slightly in his way as he leans over

the table. That's okay, he is nowhere near it.

I am presuming that it is looking like the reds the bottom. -- the red

at the bottom. He will take this one first. The two reds above the pink

are ideal. An easy positional shot. You want to get the frame and match

over these two. No need making it more difficult than it needs to be.

It was a strange match. It. To play a legend like Jimmy White. He hasn't

played all that great in this match. He has had a couple of 60 and 70

breaks but he has missed quite a feud. Jimmy has had his chances, all

he can do is think about those chances. He still has the belief

that he can win this game, it but it is going to get tougher as each

tournament goes by. He has played on this bottom rung that looks pretty

tight. There is the answer. The cue ball got a little bit away from him.

He is almost bare. You can see a little bit of a smile. One more good

shot and that is the end of the match. It looks like the yellow is

the easiest ball to get up to the reds. He has snookered it behind the

reds. The only positional place you cannot play it is there. A good

clean pot. The only place he can finish is exactly where it has. A

good shot that one, good cueing. A bloody long. -- blow. Watch this

little mannerism, just throwing his hands up. So not quite over the line

just yet, but in a very strong position. Let's have a look at the

black comedy pink, have a look at the difference, 59. -- in the pink.

He is looking at the ankle into the middle of the pocket. -- angle.

Excellent clean pot. Good cueing. Now 60 in front. 69 on the table.

Just drop this pink in, no need for any relics. -- heroics. Stuart

Bingham has got himself into the next round and really should win

6-2. For the life of me, I don't know why he is not playing this

deadweight. Just drop the pink in and game, set match.

That has sort of brought the black into play. There has been only one

snooker that has made it at the moment.

Jimmy has snookered all of the reds. Yellow snooker in one red. --

snookering. REFEREE: foul. One good pot from Stuart here, the pink needy

pocket. It should be all over. Just a little exhibition type

positional shot there. There is another one. He really does get ball

-- threw the ball so well without forcing it. So he wants to go out by

clearing the lot. And Jimmy being the perfect gentleman, he could have

quite easily have come forward but he is letting Stuart clean the

covers up. Just finishing it off in silence. Not the best of days for

Jimmy White and his fans. He has had plenty of chances. But the result

was going to be very difficult for him. Stuart hasn't been at his best

but it has been good enough. Demonstrating the cue part again. He

may as well go all the round and finish with the black. He hasn't

potted the pink. Well, Jimmy will be a little bit of -- disappointed but

in the end Stuart had a couple of 60 breaks and 70 breaks to round out a

very comfortable winner. Stuart Bingham marches on in this

championship but it is farewell to the great Jimmy White. We will have

more light snooker at 1:00pm this afternoon. Good night.

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