Day 3 World Championship Snooker Extra

As Stephen mentioned, it is a frightening place for some reason.

I have not played competitively for 15 years and you still come down

the park way knowing that you are arriving at Sheffield for the World

Championships, it gives you I played Dechawat last year and he

beat the 4-2. He can play. Have had decent results against top players.

But playing in the Crucible as a whole new experience. He seems to

like playing against Scotsman. He has only made five career centuries.

He's obviously, break-building is not as for two, so you must be a

single match player. But you have got to have an all-round game at

the Crucible. Make no mistake, Stephen Maguire will be nervous as

well. He has been here a few times at the World Championship. It takes

a while to settle. It is always nice to get the first frame one.

Are you surprised he has not won the World Championship, having

practised with him and knowing what a great player he is? He definitely

has the potential. He sort of went missing for two of three seasons.

He's definitely one of the contenders this year. There is no

doubt about that. Well done. The Wapping reported by Dechawat. --

the opening red potted by. Regardless of that loose red, he

will be straight into the pink. perfect angle. It is certainly not

easy to get onto one of those reds. He played that very well. It was a

How do you subtly find out you could play a screw shot to the

other end of the table? Was it through watching Paul? You just

develop certain ways of playing shots. I wouldn't say that I had

invented the shot. But you were the first player to screw into the pink

like that. I think it is important to make sure that the cue ball

comes away from the pack. It is a shot where there are everybody

please. He is unlucky there. Not to have this red and the corner.

did that get to the middle? I am trying to work it out. All he was

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

He takes the bull by the ones, Stephen Maguire. A few players

would have going for the baulk colour there but he went

wholeheartedly for the black. I have not seen this young man play,

yet. We don't know if he is a consistent 40, 50, 60 a great

Well done. He is a very deliberate player. Getting himself in line for

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

Well done. He has played some superb snooker. He is into the

second round. Unfolded was a really good safety battle between the pair

of us. We played some really good He is looking at the red at the

bottom of the pack. It is a question of this simple little

The fact he has finished a fraction lower helps. He will be pushing

that red into play. This is the one I thought he would play the last

time. He is still in control. A little flick, bring that red into

I think at the minute because he is so nervous, he needs to concentrate

somewhat some potting the ball. His positional play is not pinpoint.

You can understand that. He does not want to miss easy balls. He

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

The red they -- that his immediate and bought the black -- that is

immediately above the black. Think he will go for the open red and the

right corner. He did choose a cannon. And nice shot. He is

Anything but straight. He appears to have finished a little bit

straight. There is an angle to run around two cushions. He may have to

screw back and get the choice of three reds. Always best to play for

more than one red. As long as you miss the kiss, it is perfect. And

that is a perfect shot. Well played. He is striking the ball well. Nice

crisp strikes. Sometimes you can be a bit tentative. Your arm might be

shaken a wee bit. Nice and positive through the cue ball at the moment.

A little trivia question for you. There is a player who made a

century on his Crucible debut and he won. Can you remember the that

was? Next question, please!Fergal O'Brien. He made a century on his

debut. This is a very good chance to become the second did you player

in Crucible history to make a He is looking at the pink in the

centre. I do not think this is a Well played. The black this side

would have been easier. But these guys from the Far East practise for

hours a day. They put different situations up. A very -- very good

ball players, the foreign players. The break still going. The break is

that 55. Red, car, red and he has That was a little bit low. The only

way he can get out to be listed play the cannon -- is to play the

In fact, he was able to hold the cue ball. That is the beauty of

these clothss. They are so reactive. He played that well. This red for

the opening frame. Great performance. I must admit, having

seen how far he missed the red by in the corner, I thought he would

pick a long time to settle. This I would love him to make the

century. It would be a feather in his cap. Stephen Maguire can only

One what a shame. It would have been great to make a Crucible

century on your first visit. A great start for the young man from

Stephen Maguire breaks off in the second frame. He did not pot a ball

in the first frame. There is a red to this left corner. It depends how

confident he is. He can play it's slowly for the pink to the left

centre. He can play it with an Or he can turn the pot down

completely and play safe. He got a terrible contact. That is what stop

it the cue ball reaching the top They do know what shot when he

played there. He decided to make sure of the red and then place in

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

it -- safe. It is in his favour to He has got a good white. He played

that nicely. Especially missing the green on the way back. A good shot

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

He obviously did not want the contact on the blue. This red cut

to the right centre. It is a thin Very experienced, Stephen Maguire.

He will not be taking any serious That was good. Well played. Stephen

Maguire was a little unlucky for that red bankrupted come back. But

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

that was an excellent reply. -- The three reds above the black are

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

Looks like the pink would have to go on the black spot. It will not

be too much of a problem. The black is out of commission. He can

He would love the pink to go on the blackspot. It makes break-building

very easy from the pink in play. It If he has landed straight on that

red in the middle, that is a Cushion first, red to the left

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

Looks like it is just this screw back for their red to the right

corner. He struck that nicely. He is going to have to return to the

other end of the table though. He would love to get that blue back on

its spot. That would make this break easier. That looks about

3 reds on the other pink spot. It is just a matter of dropping this

You would have to say at the moment Dechawat is looking very relaxed

out there. Like he has been playing here for years. Just enough angle

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

to stun for the pink into the same He needs to be carefully does not

I have not had the pleasure watching this young man before. But

he is one of these players he does everything properly. He takes his

time, get what there. He is very capable of dishing what his up. No

heroics in anything he does. A lot of players would have been tried to

think a way of getting those three Two of those reds will pot to the

right centre. He's going to play This is a good start, 52 in the

first, 72 and the second, you would think he had been here half-a-dozen

He is hampered by these three reds in the playing the pink, it is

He could be about to stun in behind those three roots, possibly. --

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

reds. That was end of break, but it That was a risky one. He did not

have to take that red on. He has Fisher worked, the first time he

has been at the Crucible, did not want to sit right in Stephen

Only the second red he has potted, Stephen Maguire. That is too much

he has been kept off the table. He would be unlucky not to develop one

of those reds into a pottable He is not at the races at the

Obviously, the red does not pass Has to play the stun of this red.

He does not want to bring it into play. -- off this red. It's a good

Obviously, Stephen been 57 behind wants to get one of these two reds

into play. He doesn't want to get the double-kiss on the way back. He

would like to get it in towards the green, but that is dangerous. That

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

They are hitting the back of the pocket - that was another one right

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

Barring snookers, it will be an excellent opening from the moment,

and he will take a 2-0 lead. -- Looks like he can get through to

this. We cannot see it direct, but he can see it direct. Stephen

Maguire has potted two reds in this game. He could be a tough match but

it would be a match on paper he would have felt certain to win, but

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

now, he will be looking at it a For he is playing exhibition shots

He missed the black but apart -- fantastic performance by Dechawat,

taking a 2-0 lead over Stephen Maguire. Fisher white Poomjaeng has

made a fabulous start as he breaks off in frame three. Bus - Dechawat

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

It is always dangerous to play shots on any table slowly, but

something you have a choice. He would have liked that the little

bit the car so that the white stays away from the pocket. The fact that

it is in the jaws means that this is available to the middle. It will

You can tell by his reaction what he thought of that shot. He didn't

get close to the middle pocket. An opportunity for Dechawat here. He

hit that very well. He hit that shot so smoothly. He can hold the

cue ball at length - as long as you time it properly, and he timed that

to perfection. You cannot win the match in the first session, but you

can certainly lose it. Stephen Maguire has a long way to go. He

does not want to lose a session more than 5-4. He could still go on

to win it 7-2, but you look at the reality of 2-0 behind, and there is

a chance that it could be 3-0 in a At the moment he does not look like

missing anything easy. He is adept It is amazing that little one of

the balls. Imagine in that first frame, he does not miss that and he

flukes at, he sticks Stephen Maguire on, and the whole match

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

changes. It is incredible what It is imperative he leaves a good

angle to get into the pack after the black. Then we will see a

little bit of cue power from the young man. He can push the outside

red out. This one, just below the Pyramid of six, if he screws into

the middle red of those six, that would push the other red into the

It has come out, not quite over the corner, but he has pleaded quite

That pink, I think pots to the corner, so you might be able to

stun for the pink, playing some top-spin with just enough angle to

That was from potting the red on From that camera angle it looked a

little bit straight, but he obviously thought it was going to

catch the near jaw. This is a big shot for Stephen. In fairness there

is not that much pressure on this short because the only one that is

there is the one he is going for. He should be on the black. It is

just a case of, if he does miss it, The same scenario, roll it in to

get into the same position. That He struck that nicely. Played with

reverse side. Having can it the cue ball back to get in to the action.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

Always looking for movement. He would have loved that cue ball to

have gone two inches higher. But both of those reds go to the middle

pocket so he does not have to worry about that just yet. It is not yet

a frame-winning break rather than As a seeded player you always want

to stamp your authority and the match. To press you're more

experienced opponent. At 3-0 down he would be under pressure to stay

Getting rid of the previous red has opened up those two reds into the

middle pocket. Just beating the pink to bring them out into play.

That is what he has done - just left a slight angle. He has got to

catch this half ball - ish - to bring both reds into play. Do you

think you can pot this, one out of He took a risk to leave this one to

the middle, but he's such a good middle ball player, you would

Glancing at the scoreboard, he can see he is 25 points in front, so

red, collar, red, and he is close to the winning line, two reds and

two colours, and he is past the winning line. An important couple

The cue ball has come slightly further away from the cushion than

he would have liked. This is a tester. It is one of those where

you almost want to play to cover it with the black. You can see him

putting bottom spin on the ball so he is not totally confident about

this. Well played, excellent shot, under pressure - super. This has

been a top quality visit by Stephen Maguire. 2-0 down, only potted two

balls previous to this visit. must have thought that cue ball was

bound to go past the middle pocket. An excellent standard so far, with

breaks of 52, 72, and 69, Stephen Maguire closing the gap-2--1 -- to

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

That is more like it. He trailed by 2-0. He now trails by two to one.

Stephen Maguire breaks off, last frame before the mid- session

interval. He will be hoping to be level after this frame. That is an

That was a little bit Peacey by Dechawat. He has left Stephen a red

to the left centre. I do not think anything will be left if he misses

It is so nice to know that if you play at that kind of pace, you

cannot leave anything on if you miss it. That takes a little bit of

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

He just played a nice little canon. The pink is available. That goes

into the top right hand corner. He can run through for the blue or the

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

He has the choice of pink or black Again, he doesn't seem to have an

ideal angle on the black to go well He may cannon the middle of the

Not the desired angle this time. I do not think the top red will pass

the other one. He will have to try to drop in between them. That has

That was a poor safety shot. And he knows it. This young man is very

proficient at this kind of shot. And very proficient he is, too. A

perfect angle on the black. A poor safety shot from Stephen. This

Red it to the right centre. He can go for the pink or the blue. It

depends how much angle is on the red. If it is safe enough, he would

Even though he came to the table 45 points behind, he would have to

suggest he is now the favourite to win this frame. -- you would have

This is almost a practice situation, these next few colours. As we have

already mentioned, he has been excellent at taking what is

available so far in this match. There is only one awkward red. I

cannot see anything at problems The red three away from the pink

pots in the same pocket as the black. That is the one he would

like to get rid of. That is the one he has played for. The next five

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

reds, 5, us mack should not be a He was always going to have a

choice of three red pull. -- reds. I do not know if he has got an

angle. He looks straight. That was careless. It seemed such a

straightforward shot. He took his mind of the positional aspect of it.

He is further away from this red then he would like. And because the

pink does not pot in the right corner, the positional side of the

shot will not be straightforward Could shot. -- good shot. If this

was an exhibition you would pot the It would be ideal if he could land

straight on this red to the right corner. He has gone too far. He

will have to play for the black. He has to make sure he finishes low on

the black. St or High are no good. At first glance, that looks just

about OK. There is an angle. He can force it. He will not be able to

bring the red right out into open play. If he plays the pink, he will

have to play the red in the top I would not like to be left with

this shot, Steven. Would you? has taken what was available. As

you say, this is not the red that he wanted has frame ball. I think

we have seen him play with the rest so far in this match. The way he

was lining up, he is not only going to play the pot. He is only 15

points in front. He will need up to These pocket at that kind of pace

are very tough. - pockets. Another sizeable break. But as yet, not

enough. I think he should have put all his eggs in one basket and go

for the red full-blooded. The minute you have that thought of

safety in your head, it takes a little bit of attention away from

the shot. He has got away with it. Stephen can play this with right

hand side to check the cue ball behind the black. Red up and down

the table. He does not want the That is one choice. That is the one

he would like to play. If he swung it around the three cushions, the

red would possibly come up the table as well. This is not

He decided eventually that it was worth the risk. And it was a risk.

Look where the red is going. 15 Good pot, but difficult to get onto

the yellow. This then for a It is there. What kind of angle

does he have on the yellow? His it's straight? -- is its straight?

If it is, it is difficult to get onto the green. He is 21 points in

front, so he does need to get onto This will be a surprising result to

anybody outside Thailand really. The way this young man had played.

-- has played. Three very good breaks in the opening four frames.

At of those three big breaks, he has won every frame. -- out of

those three big breaks. Excellent first many session from Pechalat.

He will go into the interval feeling very nice about his visit

to the Crucible for the first time. He leads Stephen Maguire, one of

the best players in the world, by Stephen Maguire will take this long

pot on, I would think, and try to get on the pink. It would make his

chances a little bit more possible. Very good. He has got an angle on

the pink as well to get to these reds. Abbas in the pink spot is

covered. I cannot tell. -- I presume. Yes, I have just been told

it is covered. And there you can see it clearly is. If he pots this

pink, another three reds and pinks, he is back in the frame. He had to

force an angle. He played that really well. Perhaps another inch

If he plays a screw, he is going to He has forced through the red. Well

played. That did not look on. I thought the white would stop dead.

Clever shot. Will he risk cannoning into the black? He did do. But you

have got to pot the pink. Stephen Maguire is very close to either

slamming his cue or whacking the table. He gets like that sometimes.

He realised there is still a little 33 in it, 51 on. Still strong

favourite. He will get another shot He may have an angle to pot the

pink in the middle, follow-through. He is staying on the red to the

centre. That is an excellent If he plays the pink, it is a big

target to come off one cushion. He In the end he did not want the

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

He is playing a snooker behind the pink. What a bonus, he is behind

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

If they are short pot the red, you would think he would have a good

chance of winning the frame the way the cars are. -- Corus back. This

is the longest frame of the match. It has been a good standard, really.

This frame has been a little bit He did not really want that to

happen. It is OK if he is on the Just this yellow to move 5-2 in

front. On reflection of the play, I think that is fair? Yes, it has

been an excellent performance by Dechawat. He has looked pretty

comfortable. He is enjoying it. He has been good fun to watch. He

shows a lot of expressions, no matter what shot he plays. He is

good value for his lead. This was the clipped red. Look at how he

clipped the black. He did not want to do it. But it worked out. When

you're in front, you often get a good run of the ball. This is frame

ball. In it goes. There is every chance he could lead 5-2. Stephen

Maguire will definitely carry on if he does not pot the green. He has

just started to look a little bit frustrated. You can see it in his

He makes so many facial expressions. He was blaming his cue action there.

As if he did not play it with the correct strength. Just needed a

slight little kiss. 20 losing himself up as he walks around the

table again. -- he is trying to losing himself up. He would make a

great boxer. Stephen is not seeing The blue is in a good place. He

could play very the in here and take the cue ball around the table

and around the blue, and hopefully the brown would be somewhere in

He played it in the and the black. He needs the brown -- he needs the

brown to travel. Good effort. I don't think he can see enough of it

to pot it. But he can certainly see If he had played that plain ball,

it would not have gone in. But he put at bit of extra swerve on it,

which eventually took it into the pocket. 19 behind, Stephen Maguire.

He certainly cannot get onto the blue from here. They do not know

why he's taking the pot on. -- I do not know why. He will not be

playing to get position on the blue. here and try to get the white in

get the better of his opponent because of his experience. Pechalat

is always flexing his arms, trying to get the tightness at at his

Feeling a lot of attention. And who could blame him? This is the

biggest match of his life. He has done everything wrong there. The

only good thing is I do not think he can get from brown to do without

He obviously cannot bring the white into open play because of the jaws

of the pocket and the chance of kissing the pink all the way back.

I think he has to play the pot. There is no safety shot here. He

may be hoping to get a nice canon of the pink. In the end he tried to

If he plays the stun in behind the pink, he is pushing the brown

towards the corner. He has to play one or the other. He did not really

do anything there, did he? He did not concentrate on one or the other.

Look Lee has got pretty near the cushion. -- luckily he has got

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

Stephen Maguire is playing of the left-hand side of the brown as we

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

No way of getting him in trouble. Will have to play a containing

safety shot here. That was a risk of getting behind the black but the

brown, as you can see is an open play. Not a bad effort, not a bad

effort. I doubt he was planning to put the cue ball as close as there

to the corner pocket. It will make this safety shot a little more

Good shot. He can't see enough of the brown to play the cross double.

If he stands this the white could conceivably stop exactly where the

brown is. As long as he gets a full ball contact. That is what he is

playing. That is OK, though.The brown does past the pink to the

corner pocket. But, as the pink Cup? He only needs the brown. But

it it it's too risky to play the He has no real idea where the brown

is going to go. That is going to disturb the blue a little bit. No,

it is still there. It will be disturbed now, though, so that was

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

His reaction there was just lovely. He even applauded himself! Stephen

Maguire was knocked -- not enamoured of the shot. And of

course what that means is that he is 20 p in front with 22 on, so,

barring snookers, Stephen Maguire will be going 5-2 behind. You have

got to trust and the table year if you do not get the right lines.

Stephen Maguire might be getting a little bit of needle. He is getting

the needle. He was expecting so much of himself. And in fairness,

the lad has outplayed in so far. It is the first time I have seen him

play and he looks a bundle of fun, doing his exercises, everyone

getting involved, people love to The only problem with it playing

this Finley on to the brown, he doesn't want it to go to near the

corner pocket were the black is. -- this thinly. Good effort, wasn't

This could to allow it to be absolutely -- turn out to be

absolutely superb. What an effort. He could try to play with lots of

right hand side to get the white off three cushions but the brown

won't pass the middle pocket so it is a bit risky. He did play that,

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

How's the pace? Looks too heavy to He was going to see if he play it

off the side cushion he could knock the blue in, but it obviously will

That has make things a little more difficult. He may have a play to

get behind the pink but whatever happens he did not want the black

Very clever. If he doesn't pot the brown with this shot, then Stephen

Maguire will have some good chances to get the snookers. This is a big

short for this young man. -- big A very well done. He won't mind

being snooker it. There is 27 in it. So where the balls are at the

moment... A good pot on the brown. Even if he misses it, Stephen still

needs a snooker. The black is in a slightly better position now for

Stephen will obviously pot the blue and then tried to get to the black

will be virtually impossible at his first visit. He tried to hit the

pink. If he had pushed the pink to the bottom cushion which he tried

to do you that of other good chance of getting in behind the black. He

could double the pink of one, two, three cushions it try to get behind

the black. He has got the double- kiss, so we will never know. He has

conceded. A break of 40 was enough for dish a white Poomjaeng to win

the frame and took a 5-2 lead. -- If this is a long frame it could be

the last frame of the afternoon session. Stephen Maguire breaks off

in frame eight, trailing 5-2, and not looking in the best of shape at

the moment. He is looking for a If we did manage to get two frames

in, Stephen Maguire is desperate to get both of them. 6-3 is definitely

gettable. But he certainly will not have as good a night's sleep as

Look at that little kiss. If he's A little bit tight. But, the pink

to the centre, he can get to the black, and if he cannons the red

that is right of of it he will leave himself a red to the left

corner. He's a little help on the left-hand side just to clear the

I think he's decided he can play with a little bit of left-hand side.

He was just about to pull the trigger and he just got up again.

Good discipline. We think that's the red to the right hand corner,

if he plays this pink. He thought he had it there. He has cover at

the red. -- covered. There, you see Stephen Maguire's wry smile that

tells you that he has covered the red. It is one of those you would

fancy him knocking it in, but having seen what has just happened

you're not going down with the same confidence. Good pot, that. Under

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

This is a very important does it to the table for Stephen Maguire. --

We don't have time to play another frame so he definitely wants to

make sure that he wins this one. He will now stung for the black to the

Now if he plays a little cannon on the red he will be level with the

It has gone very tight, hasn't it? That's poor. It wasn't that

difficult cannon to get on that red. It is amazing house -- how things

go wrong when you are struggling. You can see his anger and

When you are one of the contenders for the championship you just want

the nice, comfortable for first round. The last thing you want is

two in the first session, 65 victory down. Looking at the

statistics he has been outplayed. The boy has scored more than him

and potted more balls, he has been outplayed, so he has to knuckle

down. It is going to be virtually impossible for him to get onto a

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

He took that risk and it has not Yellow ball. Foul. Dechawat

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

Poumjaeng one, Stephen Maguire four. The black has gone on to the blue

spot but he can still get on to the black from here. I don't think the

pink passes the red into the middle. He will have a chance in a couple

of shots time to get rid of that red and get back to the pink that

is causing all the problems at the moment. He made so sure that he got

high on the black that he has I don't think the red next to the

pink will pot in the left-hand corner. That is causing a problem

To give you look at that red next to the pink, having a look at it

now, it would be all plain sailing if that red was born, in to the

corner. -- was on. Has he got top side of the black? He's having

another look at this red. Maybe he feels that it does pot to the

corner. That is one of those you would like to be on it, straight.

Getting on to the right hand half We have just been told this is

definitely going to be the last frame which makes it even more

important for Stephen required to win the frame. He has found the gap.

Remember that the black is going on to its own spot. He has found the

gap, so that is a very good There wasn't much room, was there,

through that gap? This is the last He's going to end it with a two

frame deficit, though. Would you That was just purely careless. He

probably relax a little bit, he thought, I am bound to win the

frame and all of a sudden, lack of I was just about to say, it will be

interesting to see how Dechawat police tomorrow. He is excited,

he's having fun. Overnight, he's going to have a lead, people were

going to be telling him, you have Now, he has got to play a cannon of

some sort. Ideally, he would like to get the middle red of the three

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds

He has tried to play into the two, He has an excellent chance, if he

misses the blue, to get in behind the green here, on that bottom

cushion. A fraction heart. But a Stephen got down very quickly to

He's not in a good frame of mind that all at the moment. He just

needs to get that frame don and get Now, has he got away with it? He

hasn't. This is the chance that Stephen has been looking for. He

already leads by 49 points so you only needs red, colour, red. He

will be relieved to be going in three frames behind at the end of

the session. It could have been a I just looked over at Dechawat, and

you shaking his head, but he must be delighted with his afternoon's

work. If someone had said you would be 5-3 at the end of the session,

he would have taken that in a What a shot this is. He knows his

way around the table, doesn't he, Stephen Maguire? When he's good,

That puts the frame beyond any reasonable doubt and we know that

it is the last frame of this session, so looking at each

scoreboard, as it were, Dechawat has played very well, when he has

been among the balls he has scored heavily. So, all and all he can be

pretty pleased with his afternoon's work. Stephen Maguire, on the other

hand, will be very disappointed. That is the end of this session. A

good session of snooker. And Dechawat Poomjaeng takes the lead

going into the next session at 55 It is advantage if Poomjaeng going