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Will anyone be watching the 17-day marathon?

Can Kyren Wilson be the first person to break the 'Crucible Curse'

Who do you think will win the world title at the Crucible?

Qualifers are currently ongoing.

Live coverage will be BBC and TNT Sports.

The championship will take place from 19th April- 5th May.

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    Back in the day before Cliff Thorburn got the first televised 147, £147k was the standard prize on offer for a maximum.

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Qualifying First Round Results:

Hammad Miah (England) 10-0 Jonas Luz (Brazil)

Huang Jiahao (China) 10-4 Amaan Iqbal (Scotland) [A]

Amir Sarkhosh (Iran) 2-10 Mateusz Baranowski (Poland) [A]

Artemjs Zizins (Latvia) 4-10 Dylan Emery (Wales) [A]

Chris Totten (Scotland) 7-10 Mitchell Mann (England)

Antoni Kawalski (Poland) 10-4 Reanne Evans (England)

Wang Yuchen (Hong Kong) 10-5 Brian Cini (Malta) [A]

Duane Jones (Wales) 10-9 Florian Nüßle (Austria) [A]

Liam Graham (Scotland) 10-9 Fergal Quinn (NI) [A]

Robbie McGuigan (NI) 10-6 Hatem Yassen (Egypt)

Ben Mertens (Belgium) 10-5 Daniel Womersley (England) [A]

Cheung Ka Wai (Hong Kong) 3-10 Zhao Xintong (China) [A]

Liam Davies (Wales) 10-2 Ahmed Aly Elsayed (USA)

Sunny Akani (Thailand) 10-3 Kreishh Gurbaxani (India)

Farakh Ajaib (Pakistan) 10-2 Baipat Siripaporn (Thailand)

Alexander Ursenbacher (Switzerland) 10-6 Paul Deaville (England)

Oliver Lines (England) 10-8 Mohammed Shehab (UAE)

Manasawin Phetmalaikul (Thailand) 10-3 Leone Crowley (Republic of Ireland) [A]

Andrew Pagett (Wales) 2-10 Iulian Boiko (Ukraine) [A]

Allan Taylor (England) 10-7 Joshua Thomond (England) [A]

Julien Leclercq (Belgium) 10-7 Zhou Jinhao (China) [A]

Jimmy White (England) 10-9 Anton Kasakov (Ukraine) [A]

Mostafa Dorgham (Egypt) 7-10 Simon Blackwell (England) [A]

Andrew Higginson (England) 10-7 Ryan Thomerson (Australia) [A]

Gong Chenzhi (China) 10-7 Kaylan Patel (England) [A]

Haris Tahir (Pakistan) 10-6 Joshua Cooper (England) [A]

Liam Pullen (England) 5-10 Gao Yang (China) [A]

Haydon Pinhey (England) 3-10 Ken Doherty (Republic of Ireland)

Bulcsu Revesz (Hungary) 2-10 Steven Hallworth (England) [A]

Dean Young (Scotland) 10-8 Michał Szubarczyk (Poland) [A]

Bai Yulu (China) 3-10 Liam Highfield (England) [A]

Ian Burns (England) 10-4 Mink Nutcharut (Thailand)

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Qualifying Second Round Matches

Rory Thor (Malaysia) 5-4 Hammad Miah (England)

Daniel Wells (Wales) 5-4 Huang Jiahao (China)

Ishpreet Singh Chadha (India) 10-2 Mateusz Baranowski (Poland)

Joe Perry (England) 4-5 Dylan Emery (Wales)

Liu Hongyu (China) 2-10 Mitchell Mann (England)

Zak Surety (England) 10-2 Antoni Kawalski (Poland)

Wang Yuchen (Hong Kong) w/o Graeme Dott (Scotland)

Ma Hailong (China) v Duane Jones (Wales)

Ross Muir (Scotland) v Liam Graham (Scotland)

Mark Davis (England) v Robbie McGuigan (NI)

Marco Fu (Hong Kong) v Ben Mertens (Belgium)

Long Zehuang (China) v Zhao Xintong (China) [A]

Sanderson Lam (England) v Liam Davies (Wales)

David Grace (England) v Sunny Akani (Thailand)

Jordan Brown (NI) v Farakh Ajaib (Pakistan)

Xing Zihao (China) v Alexander Ursenbacher (Switzerland)

Michael Holt (England) v Oliver Lines (England)

Robbie Williams (England) v Manasawin Phetmalaikul (Thailand)

Louis Heathcote (England) v Iulian Boiko (Ukraine) [A]

Jamie Clarke (Wales) v Allan Taylor (England)

Jamie Jones (England) v Julien Leclercq (Belgium)

Ashley Carty (England) v Jimmy White (England)

Matthew Stevens (Wales) v Simon Blackwell (England) [A]

Jiang Jun (China) v Andrew Higginson (England)

Stuart Carrington (England) 4-4 Gong Chenzhi (China)

Aaron Hill (Republic of Ireland) 10-0 Haris Tahir (Pakistan)

Tian Pengfei (China) v Gao Yang (China) [A]

David Lilley (England) v Ken Doherty (Republic of Ireland)

Anthony Hamilton (England) v Steven Hallworth (England) [A]

Stan Moody (England) v Dean Young (Scotland)

He Guoqiang (China) [A] v Liam Highfield (England)

Alfie Burden (England) v Ian Burns (England)

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Latest Scores:

Rory Thor (Malaysia) 7-6 Hammad Miah (England)

Daniel Wells (Wales) 6-5 Huang Jiahao (China)

Ishpreet Singh Chadha (India) 10-2 Mateusz Baranowski (Poland)

Joe Perry (England) 7-6 Dylan Emery (Wales)

Liu Hongyu (China) 2-10 Mitchell Mann (England)

Zak Surety (England) 10-2 Antoni Kawalski (Poland)

Wang Yuchen (Hong Kong) w/o Graeme Dott (Scotland)

Ross Muir (Scotland) 7-2 Liam Graham (Scotland)

Mark Davis (England) 5-4 Robbie McGuigan (NI)

Marco Fu (Hong Kong) 8-1 Ben Mertens (Belgium)

Long Zehuang (China) 5-4 Zhao Xintong (China) [A]

Sanderson Lam (England) 4-5 Liam Davies (Wales)

David Grace (England) 2-6 Sunny Akani (Thailand)

Jordan Brown (NI) 4-3 Farakh Ajaib (Pakistan)

Xing Zihao (China) 7-2 Alexander Ursenbacher (Switzerland)

Stuart Carrington (England) 4-8 Gong Chenzhi (China)

Aaron Hill (Republic of Ireland) 10-0 Haris Tahir (Pakistan)

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One player who won't be taking part in the World Snooker Championship is former world champion Graeme Dott who has been suspended by the WST.

I'm not going to post the full details of why he has been suspended as it is quite grim reading:

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Odds: (Coral)

Judd Trump 7/2f

Mark Selby 11/2

Ronnie O'Sullivan 13/2

Kyren Wilson 7/1

John Higgins 12/1

Neil Robertson 12/1

Mark Allen 16/1

Shaun Murphy 18/1

Barry Hawkins 20/1

Ding Junhui 25/1

Mark Williams 33/1

Luca Brecel 40/1

Si Jiahui 40/1

Xiao Guodong 40/1

Jak Jones 45/1

Zhang Anda 45/1

Jack Lisowski 50/1

Wu Yize 50/1

Ali Carter 66/1

Joe O'Connor 66/1

Stuart Bingham 66/1

Chris Wakelin 80/1

Dave Gilbert 80/1

Hossein Vafaei 80/1

Anthony McGill 100/1

Gary Wilson 100/1

Noppon Saengkham 100/1

Pang Junxu 100/1

Stephen Maguire 100/1

Tom Ford 100/1

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Latest Scores/Results:

Rory Thor (Malaysia) 9-10 Hammad Miah (England)

Daniel Wells (Wales) 10-6 Huang Jiahao (China)

Ishpreet Singh Chadha (India) 10-2 Mateusz Baranowski (Poland)

Joe Perry (England) 10-6 Dylan Emery (Wales) [A]

Liu Hongyu (China) 2-10 Mitchell Mann (England)

Zak Surety (England) 10-2 Antoni Kawalski (Poland)

Wang Yuchen (Hong Kong) w/o Graeme Dott (Scotland)

Ma Hailong (China) 0-1 Duane Jones (Wales)

Ross Muir (Scotland) 10-5 Liam Graham (Scotland)

Mark Davis (England) 10-7 Robbie McGuigan (NI)

Marco Fu (Hong Kong) 10-4 Ben Mertens (Belgium)

Long Zehuang (China) 8-10 Zhao Xintong (China) [A]

Sanderson Lam (England) 10-9 Liam Davies (Wales)

David Grace (England) 9-10 Sunny Akani (Thailand)

Jordan Brown (NI) 10-6 Farakh Ajaib (Pakistan)

Xing Zihao (China) 10-6 Alexander Ursenbacher (Switzerland)

Michael Holt (England) 4-4 Oliver Lines (England)

Robbie Williams (England) 7-2 Manasawin Phetmalaikul (Thailand)

Louis Heathcote (England) 3-5 Iulian Boiko (Ukraine) [A]

Jamie Clarke (Wales) 2-7 Allan Taylor (England)

Jamie Jones (England) 7-2 Julien Leclercq (Belgium)

Ashley Carty (England) 6-3 Jimmy White (England)

Matthew Stevens (Wales) 0-0 Simon Blackwell (England) [A]

Jiang Jun (China) 0-0 Andrew Higginson (England)

Stuart Carrington (England) 8-10 Gong Chenzhi (China)

Aaron Hill (Republic of Ireland) 10-0 Haris Tahir (Pakistan)

Tian Pengfei (China) 0-1 Gao Yang (China) [A]

David Lilley (England) 1-0 Ken Doherty (Republic of Ireland)

Anthony Hamilton (England) 8-0 Steven Hallworth (England) [A]

Stan Moody (England) 7-2 Dean Young (Scotland)

He Guoqiang (China) 1-0 Liam Highfield (England) [A]

Alfie Burden (England) 0-0 Ian Burns (England)

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Third Qualifying Round Draw:

Gary Wilson v Hammad Miah

Dominic Dale v Daniel Wells

Zhou Yuelong v Ishpreet Singh Chadha

Yuan Sijun v Joe Perry

Ricky Walden v Mitchell Mann

Jack Lisowski v Zak Surety

Robert Milkins v Wang Yuchen

Hossein Vafaei v Ma Hailong/Duane Jones

Tom Ford v Ross Muir

Ben Woollaston v Mark Davis

Elliot Slessor v Marco Fu

Lyu Haotian v Zhao Xintong

Ryan Day v Sanderson Lam

Noppon Saengkham v Sunny Akani

Martin O'Donnell v Jordan Brown

Chris Wakelin v Xing Zihao

Stuart Bingham v Michael Holt

Fan Zhengyi v Robbie Williams

Joe O'Connor v Iulian Boiko

Jackson Page v Allan Taylor

Xu Si v Jamie Jones

Pang Junxu v Ashley Carty

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Matthew Stevens/Simon Blackwell

Wu Yize v Jiang Jun/Andrew Higginson

David Gilbert v Gong Chenzhi

Anthony McGill v Aaron Hill

Stephen Maguire v Tian Pengfei/Gao Yang

Lei Peifan v David Lilley/Ken Doherty

Matthew Selt v Anthony Hamilton

Jimmy Robertson v Stan Moody

Scott Donaldson v He Guoqiang/Liam Highfield

Ali Carter v Alfie Burden/Ian Burns

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Qualifying Second Round Results:

Rory Thor (Malaysia) 9-10 Hammad Miah (England)

Daniel Wells (Wales) 10-6 Huang Jiahao (China)

Ishpreet Singh Chadha (India) 10-2 Mateusz Baranowski (Poland)

Joe Perry (England) 10-6 Dylan Emery (Wales)

Liu Hongyu (China) 2-10 Mitchell Mann (England)

Zak Surety (England) 10-2 Antoni Kawalski (Poland)

Wang Yuchen (Hong Kong) w/o Graeme Dott (Scotland)

Ma Hailong (China) 1-10 Duane Jones (Wales)

Ross Muir (Scotland) 10-5 Liam Graham (Scotland)

Mark Davis (England) 10-7 Robbie McGuigan (NI)

Marco Fu (Hong Kong) 10-4 Ben Mertens (Belgium)

Long Zehuang (China) 8-10 Zhao Xintong (China) [A]

Sanderson Lam (England) 10-9 Liam Davies (Wales)

David Grace (England) 9-10 Sunny Akani (Thailand)

Jordan Brown (NI) 10-6 Farakh Ajaib (Pakistan)

Xing Zihao (China) 10-6 Alexander Ursenbacher (Switzerland)

Michael Holt (England) 10-8 Oliver Lines (England)

Robbie Williams (England) 10-4 Manasawin Phetmalaikul (Thailand)

Louis Heathcote (England) 9-10 Iulian Boiko (Ukraine) [A]

Jamie Clarke (Wales) 8-10 Allan Taylor (England)

Jamie Jones (England) 10-7 Julien Leclercq (Belgium)

Ashley Carty (England) 10-5 Jimmy White (England)

Matthew Stevens (Wales) 10-3 Simon Blackwell (England) [A]

Jiang Jun (China) 10-5 Andrew Higginson (England)

Stuart Carrington (England) 8-10 Gong Chenzhi (China)

Aaron Hill (Republic of Ireland) 10-0 Haris Tahir (Pakistan)

Tian Pengfei (China) 6-10 Gao Yang (China) [A]

David Lilley (England) 10-2 Ken Doherty (Republic of Ireland)

Anthony Hamilton (England) 10-8 Steven Hallworth (England) [A]

Stan Moody (England) 10-3 Dean Young (Scotland)

He Guoqiang (China) 10-3 Liam Highfield (England) [A]

Alfie Burden (England) 4-10 Ian Burns (England)

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Third Qualifying Round Results:

Gary Wilson (England) 10-1 Hammad Miah (England)

Dominic Dale (Wales) 4-10 Daniel Wells (Wales)

Zhou Yuelong (China) 10-5 Ishpreet Singh Chadha (India)

Yuan Sijun (China) 10-5 Joe Perry (England)

Ricky Walden (England) 10-9 Mitchell Mann (England)

Jack Lisowski (England) 8-10 Zak Surety (England)

Tom Ford (England) 7-10 Ross Muir (Scotland)

Ben Woollaston (England) 10-9 Mark Davis (England)

Elliot Slessor (England) 10-6 Marco Fu (Hong Kong)

Lyu Haotian (China) 4-10 Zhao Xintong (China) [A]

Ryan Day (Wales) 10-5 Sanderson Lam (England)

Noppon Saengkham (Thailand) 7-10 Sunny Akani (Thailand)

Martin O'Donnell (England) 10-8 Jordan Brown (NI)

Chris Wakelin (England) 10-5 Xing Zihao (China)

Dave Gilbert (England) 10-6 Gong Chenzhi (China)

Anthony McGill (Scotland) 5-10 Aaron Hill (Republic of Ireland)

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Third Qualifying Round Latest Scores/Results:

Stuart Bingham (England) 5-7 Michael Holt (England)

Fan Zhengyi (China) 8-5 Robbie Williams (England)

Joe O'Connor (England) 8-4 Iulian Boiko (Ukraine) [A]

Jackson Page (Wales) 10-2 Allan Taylor (England)

Xu Si (China) 5-8 Jamie Jones (Wales)

Pang Junxu (China) 10-2 Ashley Carty (England)

Matthew Selt (England) 6-3 Anthony Hamilton (England)

Jimmy Robertson (England) 6-7 Stan Moody (England)

Playing To An Finish from 7pm:

Robert Milkins (England) 3-6 Wang Yuchen (Hong Kong)

Hossein Vafaei (Iran) 4-5 Duane Jones (Wales)

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Thailand) 3-6 Matthew Stevens (Wales)

Wu Yize (China) 6-3 Jiang Jun (China)

Stephen Maguire (Scotland) 3-6 Gao Yang (China) [A]

Lei Peifan (China) 5-4 David Lilley (England)

Scott Donaldson (Scotland) 6-3 He Guoqiang (China)

Ali Carter (England) 4-5 Ian Burns (England)

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Fourth Qualifying Round Draw:

Gary Wilson (England) v Daniel Wells (Wales)

Zhou Yuelong (China) v Yuan Sijun (China)

Ricky Walden (England) v Zak Surety (England)

Milkins/Yuchen v Vafaei/D Jones

Ross Muir (Scotland) v Ben Woollaston (England)

Elliot Slessor (England) v Zhao Xintong (China) [A]

Ryan Day (Wales) v Sunny Akani (Thailand)

Martin O'Donnell (England) v Chris Wakelin (England)

Bingham/Holt v Zhengyi/R Williams

O'Connor/Boiko v Jackson Page (Wales)

Xu Si/J Jones v Pang Junxu (China)

Un-Nooh/Stevens v Yize/Jun

Dave Gilbert (England) v Aaron Hill (Republic of Ireland)

Maguire/Yang v Peifan/Lilley

Selt/Hamilton v Robertson/Moody

Donaldson/Guoqiang v Carter/Burns

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Jackson Page made history by becoming the first ever player to craft two 147 breaks in a single match, claiming a massive £147,000 bonus in the process. 

The Welshman made two maximums during his 10-2 win over Allan Taylor in the third round of Halo World Championship qualifying. His first came yesterday afternoon and astonishingly a second came in the last frame of the match today.

10 minutes ago, Mack said:

Jackson Page made history by becoming the first ever player to craft two 147 breaks in a single match, claiming a massive £147,000 bonus in the process. 

The Welshman made two maximums during his 10-2 win over Allan Taylor in the third round of Halo World Championship qualifying. His first came yesterday afternoon and astonishingly a second came in the last frame of the match today.

Back in the day before Cliff Thorburn got the first televised 147, £147k was the standard prize on offer for a maximum.

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It was up until 2011 when £147,000 was the standard prize on offer for a maximum at the World Snooker Championship.

5 hours ago, Mack said:

It was up until 2011 when £147,000 was the standard prize on offer for a maximum at the World Snooker Championship.

£147k when Thorburn did it is now worth around £500k. That's an indication of how a 147 isn't particularly special now. That's not to take away anything from Page's achievement of doing it twice in one match.

I've seen both 147s now. The first one was particularly good. It must be quite dispiriting to make such an excellent break in front of just a handful off spectators.

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Third Qualifying Round Results:

Stuart Bingham (England) 6-10 Michael Holt (England)

Fan Zhengyi (China) 10-6 Robbie Williams (England)

Joe O'Connor (England) 10-4 Iulian Boiko (Ukraine) [A]

Jackson Page (Wales) 10-2 Allan Taylor (England)

Xu Si (China) 7-10 Jamie Jones (Wales)

Pang Junxu (China) 10-2 Ashley Carty (England)

Matthew Selt (England) 10-3 Anthony Hamilton (England)

Jimmy Robertson (England) 10-9 Stan Moody (England)

Robert Milkins (England) 5-10 Wang Yuchen (Hong Kong)

Hossein Vafaei (Iran) 10-7 Duane Jones (Wales)

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (Thailand) 8-10 Matthew Stevens (Wales)

Wu Yize (China) 10-4 Jiang Jun (China)

Stephen Maguire (Scotland) 3-10 Gao Yang (China) [A]

Lei Peifan (China) 10-6 David Lilley (England)

Scott Donaldson (Scotland) 9-10 He Guoqiang (China)

Ali Carter (England) 10-8 Ian Burns (England)

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Fourth Qualifying Round Latest Scores:

Gary Wilson (England) 5-6 Daniel Wells (Wales)

Zhou Yuelong (China) 5-4 Yuan Sijun (China)

Ricky Walden (England) 3-7 Zak Surety (England)

Ross Muir (Scotland) 3-4 Ben Woollaston (England)

Elliot Slessor (England) 4-6 Zhao Xintong (China) [A]

Ryan Day (Wales) 6-3 Sunny Akani (Thailand)

Martin O'Donnell (England) 2-7 Chris Wakelin (England)

Dave Gilbert (England) 3-7 Aaron Hill (Republic of Ireland)

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