Day 7 World Championship Snooker Extra

I think I heard you mention the name Jamie. Were you thinking of

someone? I was thinking of last year and Jamie Jones from South

Wales. Many viewers will have watched him get to the quarter-

finals last year playing some fabulous snooker. And here we have

Michael White doing exactly the He misjudged that one. Well, I said

it in the last frame, and I will say it again, Poomjaeng, you must

One good positional shot and he can get up to the reds. There are two

or three reds available. The one near the pink spot might pot into

the corner where the referee's head is, into that corner pocket. There

are a few balls that will pot into That looks to be pretty good. He

has the one at the back. But there might be another one available, so

he does not have to cannon into anything, which helps. There is

another red in the middle of the bunch that will go into the same

pocket, so he does not have to play He just seems to be struggling with

his position here. Everything is a little bit off all the time. You

know yourself, Dennis, when you are making these breaks you need to be

in perfect position, because it keeps adding up and putting

Am not surprised he is getting up. This is not straightforward because

his cue ball has not been good. he has to hit it hard, hasn't he?

Well, John called it. He did not get the right angle on the black,

and that has caused the problem. Yes. It seems to be within the

first or second shot, he has lost the cue ball and the breaks are

becoming more awkward. It does not look like he has got his game

together in this match at all. Nothing gives your opponent more

confidence than when they are not getting hit back. I would be the

world's greatest boxer if nobody You had one of the world's greatest

boxers from the same neck of the woods as you, who you bump into on

the golf course now and again, John Well, that is not the best shot.

Although, saying that, I was thinking he would stay on for the

pink there, to be honest, because the bottom reds would go. But he

He played that really well. He was striking the cue ball to the right

of the white, to get the angle. The natural angle would have taken him

into the reds. It looks so easy but He has had a look at the scoreboard.

He knew that was enough to put him One person who will not be

particularly happy watching this, Dennis, is Stephen Maguire. He will

be spitting feathers in Scotland when he sees this scoreline.

Poomjaeng played fantastic against him in the first round. But he has

just not turn up for this match. would be surprised if Stephen is

watching. After you lose at the Crucible, you want to go and do

something else. Get away from snooker for a few days. There is

nothing worse than when you have played somebody who has played

exceptionally well and you tell everybody how well they played, and

in the next round they cannot pot a ball. Yes, he is well and truly

He has a win against the former world champion, Mark Williams. He

No big breaks in the opening frame. 36 and 32. He got a bit of a heavy

contact there, but the frame is over. It is all too easy for

Michael at the moment. He is not bothered about the black. And with

the aid of that 71 break, Michael White takes himself further into

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Keeping things tight, Michael. Showing Dechawat the respect. And

you cannot blame Michael for that. He does not want to let this Thai

player into his stride if he can help that. He is 9-1 in front, and

he will want to win it, as John said earlier, as quickly as

possible. There is Michaela Tabb, looking very smart, as always, with

that purple, I am not sure what it You have taken yours off, John,

He has not fluked it. Look where the black and the pink are. A

couple of reds available. If he can get on the blue off the red to the

right of the pink, he could then play the cannon into the pink and

reds, so come on, Dechawat. Let's see if you can get a good pot and

good position and give yourself a It is just not happening. There is

definitely a goalkeeper him that whole after that shot. How many

times did it bobble in the jaws? At And look at the kiss on the brown.

When you are playing well, you get those sort of kisses. When you are

struggling, they wobble in the It is just the nature of the game.

I suppose any ball game, when you are playing well, you get the run

of the ball. When you are struggling, everything goes against

He has overscrewed that one. I will tell you what, the white stopped

and then it is the back. Was that a It is not a great board at the

minute, with the pink and black tied up. We could do with a safety

off the side of the pack to open Michael taps the table for that

very good safety from do to work. - There was definitely a young man's

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safety shot. You need good eyes for Well, what a terrific escape that

was. The old two cushion get out, and he could not have played it any

I have to say I am very impressed with the young Michael White at the

minute. He is still playing all the right shots, putting 100% into

every ball, not looking at the scoreboard. He is 9-1 ahead, but

trying to win every frame and play every shot correctly. I think he is

trying to get this over with, and He needed plenty of side on that to

avoid the reds to the left of the table. He did well to find the gap.

This is new territory for both That was a shot to nothing, the red

by the pink. Yes, it is one of those things. Maybe you play in the

club before you come. We were saying that Willie Thorne used to

get up early and prepare for his 10am match. I would play a best-of-

25 before coming, because you do not do it all season. Better to be

He does not want the white to go right on to the cushion. Otherwise

there might be a path through to the red that has been pushed over

the corner. He is unlucky if there is a path through. And there is not.

That was a free shot, because if he potted it, the green was over the

middle pocket and he would always cover the one over the left corner.

Yes. This is much more difficult for Dechawat. He has to try and

negotiate back to the baulk area, but he cannot play a similar shot

to Michael because the red to the left of the pink, the natural angle

would bring him into the three reds on the left side of the table. So a

lot more to think about. He is just looking whether he could come off

the side cushion. Well, what a shot Well, he played round the angles,

and he potted it. I must confess, I did not see that one. I do not

think he saw it either, because he held up his hand to apologise. He

did not play the plant. He just wanted to move that red. But he is

in the balls. Now, can he make a few points here? This crowd would

be right behind him. I am going This Crucible crowd, well, everyone

that has watched him has taken this Thai player to their hearts. It

would be nice - nothing against Michael White - but it would be

nice if he could knock in a He decided to play that red instead.

He could not have hit it much better. It is a lot better cue ball

There have been indications this afternoon that he has not had the

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cue ball on a string so far. But A good recovery. Not so great with

Just starting to get a little more difficult now, with the way that

the reds are situated around the black. There are still another

There is one more red in that little bunch of six that is

available. And then he needs an angle on the pink to go into the

reds, because he cannot go into them from the blue, because of the

Well, I do not think he played a decent shot there. He should have

been playing for the red in the middle of the pack. It might work

Unlucky. Looking at the camera angle, the red in the middle of

that five, we thought it would go in, but from that angle, it does

not, so he had to play on that one. But these are tricky on

championship tables. Nothing easy about those shots. Yes, they are

slightly easier when you are playing well and you have a lead.

It is just the nature of the game. That is all about confidence, and

at the moment, Dechawat is lacking in confidence. I am wondering

whether he will take a chance and pot the red on the right plain ball

and tried to promote the reds and black and take a chance here to get

That was not a bad shot, your choice, but he played to get on the

pink in such a way... I think the red at the top of the five goes

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And when he pots this, it might He just has to be a little careful

with this shot, slightly into a blind pocket. He has to play a

little cannon as well. Not totally He made it look very easy in the

And he is just looking at the angle now, to see if he can get on that

red. He might be able to develop So he is seeing things pretty

clearly at the moment. This is the I don't know if he has the angle to

develop the red and black. He might have to play for the pink on this

He got a kick there, because the white did not cannon into the black

and red as he intended. Yes, the red jumped. Let is why it cannoned

the right side of the red, as we look at it. But he has covered the

one over the pocket. So that kick Quite a good shot, that. He has

covered the red on the right with He decided to play down the table,

and he has hit the blue. I would have attempted to play something a

little different from that. Once It is not like he has not had any

chances. He has had plenty. He has just not scored. Just a bit of

noise from the other side of the Well played. Very good shot. Look

where he has placed the cue ball. Choice of reds, one in the middle,

one in the corner. Could not have played that any better. That is

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Well, he played the shot that I mentioned, and he could not have

played it any better. He has given I am not so sure he has gone up far

Now then, do you take this on, or do you stun it, send it down the

table and brighter play the snooker? Choices. -- and try to

Well, he is very unlucky, because that was a brilliant pot. It really

is very good, that. On these championship tables, that was an

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It has been very entertaining, Hazel, and in this frame, Detroit

got in with a break of 44 and now he has a chance to knock in this

And he is on the green. He just needs the green. We have had all

sorts in this frame. He has been giving himself a round of applause

Well, he has another frame on the board, and this is great to see.

Because he totally relaxed in this frame and just went out there and

had a go. He had more or less given up. He was smiling. But now he has

If he can win one of the next two, they are guaranteed another session.

He has not allowed the score line to affect him too much and has kept

He is thoroughly entertaining to watch. And Michael White concedes

the frame, so Dechawat Poomjaeng gets one frame back, but he has a

long way behind. -- he is a long REFEREE: Thank you, frame 15,

Well, that was a lucky flick on the blue. Although, having said that,

there is a path through for the red Not quite. Everything is safe,

Well, he had a look to see if the pink will go but this is a tricky

It wobbled, but he played it well. Any more pace, it would have

wriggled and come away from the pocket. It looked easy from that

You don't really want to see this match finish with a session to

spare, but Michael White would like Yes, if you can win as easy as

possible at the Crucible, take as little out of yourself, it is a

great way forward. And the prospect of a quarter-final place in the

That one was beautifully struck. You could see the cue ball with

loads of backspin. He would have loved it to come back another

couple of inches. He hit it really well. It did its best. As it is,

unless he decides to take one into Do you think he is thinking about

winning with one session to spare? He is really concentrating. It was

beautifully cued. The hard thing about that was touching the red on

the follow-through, but he played He just overscrewed that slightly,

but he has the green that will get him back up to the reds again. He

could take the brown also. The green is the better angle to get

back up to the reds. He has three If anything, sometimes he gets into

the ball too well, Michael, doesn't he? He has had a few shots today

which have been overscrewed, because he has been cueing well and

hitting straight through it. mentioned earlier, the winner of

this match will play the winner of the Ricci Walden, Robert Milkins

match. So we will have a new player through to the one table situation,

when you get to the semi-finals. And that will be a milestone in one

of three players' career, because you will not give Dechawat much

chance here. Interesting choice of shot there. I thought he would

cannon into the four reds, but he It has turned out OK. He does not

have to, but he might use the four He did not have to cannon them

because he wasn't enough in front, so why risk it. Already 51 ahead.

He can score enough without any of Once again, he has no need to play

into these if he does not want to. He can play for the loose red. He

has played this break as if he was taking no chances. He had a couple

of opportunities of playing the cannon into the pack, but he has

And that is just about perfect. He can still get to the potting angle

of the one to the right of the black, and that is the red that

will put him one frame away from a I think this has been the big

difference in this match. Michael's quality of cue ball and break-

building has been quite superior to Cue ball control and break-building

He is 73 in front with just a possible 67 on the table. It is

REFEREE: Thank you, final frame of the session, Dechawat Poomjaeng to

A good opening a long pot. It was not the best break off shot in the

world. But he is not on a baulk colour. Not a bad time to tuck in

behind a colour because there is a red either side of the bunch so the

straight forward escape may be a problem. Well, he hit it too hard.

Has he got the snooker? Everybody Is there just enough sticking out?

He might have to play with a trace I always felt the shot that Michael

has just played was one way you had to play with a bit of drag on the

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Well, that has really opened up the reds. That is what you call an

attacking safety shot. The last frame of this session. Is it going

That is a pretty good return safety And even though he has not been at

the races, so to speak, he has You used the expression, at the

races. In 1991 when I was fortunate enough to win, I won my second

round match with a session to spare and my team talk was, if you win

the next six frames, we can go to Pontefract races on Monday. I came

out and never played better. Instead of having to come here and

go back to another session of snooker, I enjoyed myself. It makes

a difference. And did you have your fascinator for your hair that you

mentioned earlier? I will leave There is the fascinator that

Michaela Tabb is wearing for a That was a pretty good shot from

Michael. There was no easy return to the safety zone -- there is no

He cues up as if he was going to play with one hand, and then he

What a shot that was! Well played. That is as good a safety shot

Mersey will ever see. Come on, he said. -- as good a safety shot as

Do you know, I think he hit the wrong red. He was trying to play

Yes, you are right, he played to hit the other red. There is a bit

of noise from the other table. It looks like recession has come to an

That was a delicate shot, and he has on the black, so he has a

chance here to keep this match This is great credit to him, the

He has not played well in this match, but he has kept on going.

Even though he has missed lots of balls and given loads of chances to

his opponent, good on him for And wouldn't it be something if he

could make a frame-winning break I think there is only one gentleman

in the Crucible Theatre that does not want that, and he is sitting in

the other seat. The rest of them would like to see them back in the

morning. Michael has his dad here, so there might be two. The son,

Michael is going to win this match, but it is just a matter of when. --

listen, Michael is going to win. would be nice if he could make a

He did not look as if it was going to fall, did it? -- it did not look.

Did he below that in, do you think? It is a bit of a stretch to get to

this one. You would think there would be something straight forward

He caught the other red. It will have to be a long, straight pink if

he wants to keep the break going. He has very little to do with the

cue ball. But if he takes the long pink, he has to get it, otherwise

he will put Michael right in He did not get anywhere near it.

be fair, that is half the problem. He cued high on the white forest on

shot. Why he was playing to take the cue ball up there, I do not

know. He cued it very high and played it like a stun run through.

He was always going to leave one, so he might as well have played it

Well, the chance falls to Michael White. There is only one red which

is awkward. The two behind the black are not that well placed. So

he has six comfortable reds, but he will need one of the three awkward

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So it is not a clear cut run to the He had it. He does not want to be

I do not know whether he can get through the gap for the red above

the black. It is pretty tight, so He played that beautifully, didn't

Three reds certainly pottable. He would like to have had a bit more

on the cue ball than that. He does not want to be off straight. He may

Well, he is saying it kick, but I was very surprised with the choice

of shot anyway, playing those. I thought he might have left those a

Tricky shot coming up when these Well played. A good recovery, more

difficult than it looked. Back in good position. He can clinch the

He got another kick, but he is OK. He will be a player from South

Wales through to the quarter-finals of the world's championship. Jamie

Jones did it last year. I think he made something like seven centuries

at the Crucible last year, his He will probably be watching

Michael, who had a great win against Mark Williams and, it has

to be said, this has been quite easy match for him. Dechawat just

could not get going. I think the match with Stephen Maguire took it

all out of him. Yes, I hope Stephen Maguire has not been watching this,

for his own sake. Dechawat played really well in the first round

It has definitely left a mark on him for the second round. If

Stephen Maguire had one, he would certainly have given Michael more

of a game. He has been great to watch, though. Even though he has

struggled in this match, there have been some very entertaining moments.

At 11-2, he came out and made a break of 44 to make it 11-3 and it

was one of the most entertaining breaks I have ever seen at the

He just changed his mind. He was going to play the screw shot and

just drop it in instead. -- he just It was all about the red. He is

through to the quarter-final. There was little reaction. It is a

milestone in this young player's career. And every chance now that

he could get through to the semi- And in goes the double. He is going

A fabulous feeling, when you know you have won. And what a great

venue to do it in. Well played. he has the morning off, so he and

his family can go and enjoy themselves this evening. Sheffield

it does become your favourite city in the world when you play like

this in the Crucible. Yes, and when you hit the ball as sweetly and you

can score as heavily as he does, He had a break of 83 to go 11-2 and

a break of 73 to go 12-3, and he is What a way to finish. He is going

to finish with a century break. Well done, Michael White. And

Dechawat comes forward and applauds him. It really was a superb

performance from this young Welshman. In the end, he runs out a

comfortable winner with a break of 102. He has the morning off. He

wins the match, 13-3. But well done to Dechawat as well, a total breath

of fresh air. I have enjoyed every minute. He is shaking hands with

the audience. He is a popular Thai player. I hope we see him again and

I will look forward to it. Michael White through to the