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Dott v Ebdon claims that by quite a way.Stig said:Most boring final ever?
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Purely coincidentally *ahem* my wife asked me yesterday as I was inflicting the final on her why we'd never seen a robot playing snooker?Gravesend_Addick said:I know Selby is a grinder & a fantastic player, but i find him so boring to watch
My wasted quips about Cliff Thorburn and Eddie Charlton aside I struggled to answer why we've not seen O'Sullivan in an exhibition match against one of Boston Robotics finest yet. If there's one sport suited to something having a metronomic, repetitive action with ridiculously high levels of success percentage calculation and geometry, etc. It's snooker. Or pool I suppose.
With the advances in AI we can't be far off this being theoretically possible, albeit boring as...0 -
Monday 3 May
13:00 (eight frames)
Shaun Murphy 7-10 Mark Selby
19:00 (10 frames)
Shaun Murphy v Mark Selby
Live coverage - Final
13:00-18:00 & 19:00-23:00 - BBC Two and BBC Sport website & mobile app
Live on Eurosport from 12.45 & 18.45
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there was a programme in late 80’s early 90’s where they built a machine to play a match against Steve Davis. It was positioned four foot or so over the table and the cue/arm would drop down like one of those grabber machines at the amusement arcade and play the shot.Bournemouth Addick said:
Purely coincidentally *ahem* my wife asked me yesterday as I was inflicting the final on her why we'd never seen a robot playing snooker?Gravesend_Addick said:I know Selby is a grinder & a fantastic player, but i find him so boring to watch
My wasted quips about Cliff Thorburn and Eddie Charlton aside I struggled to answer why we've not seen O'Sullivan in an exhibition match against one of Boston Robotics finest yet. If there's one sport suited to something having a metronomic, repetitive action with ridiculously high levels of success percentage calculation and geometry, etc. It's snooker. Or pool I suppose.
With the advances in AI we can't be far off this being theoretically possible, albeit boring as...0 -
who won?MrOneLung said:
there was a programme in late 80’s early 90’s where they built a machine to play a match against Steve Davis. It was positioned four foot or so over the table and the cue/arm would drop down like one of those grabber machines at the amusement arcade and play the shot.Bournemouth Addick said:
Purely coincidentally *ahem* my wife asked me yesterday as I was inflicting the final on her why we'd never seen a robot playing snooker?Gravesend_Addick said:I know Selby is a grinder & a fantastic player, but i find him so boring to watch
My wasted quips about Cliff Thorburn and Eddie Charlton aside I struggled to answer why we've not seen O'Sullivan in an exhibition match against one of Boston Robotics finest yet. If there's one sport suited to something having a metronomic, repetitive action with ridiculously high levels of success percentage calculation and geometry, etc. It's snooker. Or pool I suppose.
With the advances in AI we can't be far off this being theoretically possible, albeit boring as...0 -
Murphy has to come out more aggressive. stop pissing about matching Selbys mind numbing antics of wandering around the table envisioning every possible angle and shot.0
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Think robot won. Hardly missed a ball from memory.Karim_myBagheri said:
who won?MrOneLung said:
there was a programme in late 80’s early 90’s where they built a machine to play a match against Steve Davis. It was positioned four foot or so over the table and the cue/arm would drop down like one of those grabber machines at the amusement arcade and play the shot.Bournemouth Addick said:
Purely coincidentally *ahem* my wife asked me yesterday as I was inflicting the final on her why we'd never seen a robot playing snooker?Gravesend_Addick said:I know Selby is a grinder & a fantastic player, but i find him so boring to watch
My wasted quips about Cliff Thorburn and Eddie Charlton aside I struggled to answer why we've not seen O'Sullivan in an exhibition match against one of Boston Robotics finest yet. If there's one sport suited to something having a metronomic, repetitive action with ridiculously high levels of success percentage calculation and geometry, etc. It's snooker. Or pool I suppose.
With the advances in AI we can't be far off this being theoretically possible, albeit boring as...Think also Davis predicted it couldn’t pot a red from the break but it did (not in match conditions as in match play it was programmed to get white ball safe)0 -
Selby using the bridge one shot and swan the next to basically mishit the cue ball, roll it an inch and then hit the brown with the cue made me feel a lot better about my own game!0
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Looking costly now, could be ahead rather than 3 behind.North Lower Neil said:Bit of a shame Murphy is only 2 ahead, had chances for that to have been 6-2 or 7-1, but glad he's ahead and playing better.0 -
looks up to it in the last two frames.0
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Fingers crossed! Big frame now, 13-12 would be anyone's this evening, 14-11 you'd expect Selby to finish the job.0
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still 3 in front. shame really. Selby quite possibly the most frustrating World Champion there has ever been to watch.0
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That was an incredible break by Selby, especially given the pressure.0
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Nah, Ebdon was much more annoying.Karim_myBagheri said:still 3 in front. shame really. Selby quite possibly the most frustrating World Champion there has ever been to watch.
Selby is definitely reasonably close though, so effective at basically dragging the better breakbuilders into his style.0 -
And a great response by Murphy under even more pressure.
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Brilliant from Murphy, he won't give it up.0
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Come on Shaun, back to back centuries0
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Couldn't open the Champagne bottle though.MrOneLung said:
Think robot won. Hardly missed a ball from memory.Karim_myBagheri said:
who won?MrOneLung said:
there was a programme in late 80’s early 90’s where they built a machine to play a match against Steve Davis. It was positioned four foot or so over the table and the cue/arm would drop down like one of those grabber machines at the amusement arcade and play the shot.Bournemouth Addick said:
Purely coincidentally *ahem* my wife asked me yesterday as I was inflicting the final on her why we'd never seen a robot playing snooker?Gravesend_Addick said:I know Selby is a grinder & a fantastic player, but i find him so boring to watch
My wasted quips about Cliff Thorburn and Eddie Charlton aside I struggled to answer why we've not seen O'Sullivan in an exhibition match against one of Boston Robotics finest yet. If there's one sport suited to something having a metronomic, repetitive action with ridiculously high levels of success percentage calculation and geometry, etc. It's snooker. Or pool I suppose.
With the advances in AI we can't be far off this being theoretically possible, albeit boring as...Think also Davis predicted it couldn’t pot a red from the break but it did (not in match conditions as in match play it was programmed to get white ball safe)1 -
Aargh, that red.
Was shaping up to be so tense.0 -
Gutted from a personal point of view. I had Murphy at 33/10
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How nice to see a sporting event with spectators, it reminds you of what we've missed1
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An average final for me. I had tickets for both sessions today, glad I transferred them to next year.1
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At no time did I think Murphy would win. Even if he'd won that last one, Selby would probably have slowed the game down and the next frame would have been 40 minutes.sholland said:An average final for me. I had tickets for both sessions today, glad I transferred them to next year.
Murphy's long potting was incredible but he didn't make the most of his chances.0 -
Surprised Murphy took that red on to be honest.
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He shouldn't have done, really. Was a 50-50 when a safety would have left him well ahead in the frame.Gravesend_Addick said:Surprised Murphy took that red on to be honest.
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In interview he said he couldn't see a good safety shot.North Lower Neil said:
He shouldn't have done, really. Was a 50-50 when a safety would have left him well ahead in the frame.Gravesend_Addick said:Surprised Murphy took that red on to be honest.
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Fair enough.LawrieAbrahams said:
In interview he said he couldn't see a good safety shot.North Lower Neil said:
He shouldn't have done, really. Was a 50-50 when a safety would have left him well ahead in the frame.Gravesend_Addick said:Surprised Murphy took that red on to be honest.
Great clearance from Selby under pressure
And I'd trust his judgement more than mine, to be honest.0 -
Final
Mark Selby 18-15 Shaun Murphy
Highest break
144 - Shaun Murphy v Yan Bingtao
Winner £500,000
Runner-up £200,000
Semi-finals £100,000
Quarter-finals £50,000
Last 16 £30,000
Last 32 £20,000
Highest break £15,000
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I saw a while ago, maybe a few years ago there was one that was playing pool. In practice it sounds pretty easy but a bit pointless, there was also something similar where people bought like a virtual thing (not VR) where it would draw out the lines, where the ball will land. Not sure it will add anything to have any sort of AL playing/practicing, seems alot of money for nothing.Bournemouth Addick said:
Purely coincidentally *ahem* my wife asked me yesterday as I was inflicting the final on her why we'd never seen a robot playing snooker?Gravesend_Addick said:I know Selby is a grinder & a fantastic player, but i find him so boring to watch
My wasted quips about Cliff Thorburn and Eddie Charlton aside I struggled to answer why we've not seen O'Sullivan in an exhibition match against one of Boston Robotics finest yet. If there's one sport suited to something having a metronomic, repetitive action with ridiculously high levels of success percentage calculation and geometry, etc. It's snooker. Or pool I suppose.
With the advances in AI we can't be far off this being theoretically possible, albeit boring as...0
