Snooker HQ Headlines.....

2026 World Snooker Championship: Round 1 preview and predictions :​

https://snookerhq.com/2026/04/18/20...QNXI0Sg7Yisjmekykk_aem_nSYRi7agp8jjnsLlPgPavw

Who are the Crucible debutants at the 2026 World Snooker Championship? :​

https://snookerhq.com/2026/04/17/crucible-debutants-2026-world-snooker-championship/

How Zhao Xintong could become world number one by just £1,000 :​

https://snookerhq.com/2026/04/17/zhao-xintong-world-number-one-1000/

‘Right now I feel like I don’t want to play’ – Ken Doherty on retirement plans :​

https://snookerhq.com/2026/04/17/ken-doherty-retirement-plans/

Only four have done it – can Zhao Xintong join an exclusive Crucible club? :​

https://snookerhq.com/2026/04/16/zhao-xintong-exclusive-crucible-club/

World Snooker Championship 2026: Seeds analysed and form guide :​

https://snookerhq.com/2026/04/16/world-snooker-championship-2026-seeds-form-guide/

Ali Carter: ‘I don’t want to play Ronnie O’Sullivan again’ :​

https://snookerhq.com/2026/04/16/ali-carter-ronnie-osullivan-world-snooker-championship-draw/

Confirmed: The 16 qualifiers for the 2026 World Snooker Championship :​

https://snookerhq.com/2026/04/15/2026-world-snooker-championship-16-qualifiers-confirmed/

Top 10: Players who never won a World Snooker Championship :​

Neal Foulds names the best players to never win the World Snooker Championship :​

Sporting Life Headlines.....

The Sporting Lifes Richard 'Tricky Dicky' Mann prredictions :

https://www.sportinglife.com/snooke...preview-and-best-bets-for-the-crucible/231508 :

Snooker betting tips: World Championship​

3pts Ronnie O'Sullivan to win the World Championship at 7/1 (General)

0.5pt e.w. Zhang Anda to win the World Championship at 50/1 (General 1/2 1,2)

0.5pt e.w. David Gilbert to win the World Championship at 100/1 (General 1/2 1,2)

James Cooper's snooker betting preview: World Championship tips for the Crucible :​

https://www.sportinglife.com/snooke...rld-championship-tips-for-the-crucible/231525 :

Snooker betting tips: World Championship​

1pt e.w Shaun Murphy to win the World Championship at 20/1 (General 1/2 1,2)

Neal Foulds' World Snooker Championship top 16 profiles including Ronnie O'Sullivan and Zhao Xintong :​

https://www.sportinglife.com/snooke...ding-ronnie-osullivan-and-zhao-xintong/231377

Nick Metcalfe snooker column: Wide-open World Championship set to beguile us once more :​

https://www.sportinglife.com/snooke...ampionship-set-to-beguile-us-once-more/231516

Snooker betting tips: World Championship first round preview and best bets :​

https://www.sportinglife.com/snooke...ship-first-round-preview-and-best-bets/231513

Neal Foulds snooker column: Zhao Xintong can rule the world again at the Crucible :​

https://www.sportinglife.com/snooke...n-rule-the-world-again-at-the-crucible/231321

Nick Metcalfe Snooker Column: Longer matches are the heart and soul of this sport :​

BBC Headlines.....

World Championship 2026: Matches, top seeds & BBC TV schedule :​

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/articles/cg73glyre3jo

How many nationalities have played at the World Snooker Championship? :​

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/articles/c4g58g3jex9o

O'Sullivan to play China's He in Crucible round one :​

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/articles/cnv8pzvr1jpo

Snooker world turns out to remember John Virgo :​

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k321l1e44o

Allen out to 'put right' poor run of form at Worlds :​

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/articles/ce3de172041o

'I'd run the M4 naked' - Williams targets snooker history :​

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/articles/cgmeerx9pxwo

O'Sullivan chasing eighth Crucible title aged 50 L​

Zhang Anda
40/1
Barry Hawkins
40/1
Jak Jones
50/1
Chris Wakelin
66/1
Hossein Vafaei
66/1
Xiao Guodong
66/1
Zhou Yuelong
80/1
Ali Carter
80/1
Si Jiahui
80/1
Ding Junhui
80/1
Gary Wilson
80/1
Stan Moody
100/1
Dave Gilbert
100/1
Pang Junxu
150/1
Lei Peifan
200/1
He Guoqiang
250/1
Fan Zhengyi
250/1
Liam Pullen
350/1
Liam Highfield
350/1
Antoni Kowalski
350/1
Matthew Stevens
500/1

Skybet Markets : https://skybet.com/snooker/world-championship/world-championship-2026/mwe-930.308506470

World Championship 2026​

Each Way: 1/2 Odds, 2 Places
Zhao Xintong
2/1
Judd Trump
5/1
Ronnie O'Sullivan
13/2
Mark Selby
8/1
Kyren Wilson
12/1
Wu Yize
14/1
Shaun Murphy
18/1
Neil Robertson
20/1
John Higgins
25/1
Mark Allen
28/1
Mark Williams
28/1

if i was looking for other options, andy cloth is a really good choice, very hard wearing, but feels completely different, And then there is Z9 from Germany. The closest there is to Simonis, and really fast!
I have also played on Brunswick cloth, which i didn't really like. (Didn't like the feel of that stuff)

Baby Huey said:

Cue sports is the only game where two round objects must be struck in order to score. That increases the degree of difficulty equation significantly.

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Actually, only one is ever struck. Further, it is always a set strike.

Hope this removes all the difficulty.

Going in the watwr doesn't help either.

gossip gathered from the usual suspects in the snooker punditry: trump may be affected by home issues, neil robertson and mark williams are out of stroke. most of them say zhao and trump final.

i went with shaun murphy finalist and selby finalist.

i agree toilet paper is getting way to expensive to think about even using it.

If I had room for another, I'd scoop this. Great price

I guess they are closed on weekends which would be the only time I'd be able to get up there anyway haha (with the exception of taking some time off)

Have been curious to try. Current tip is a Kamui Black medium. Which one is closest to that in composition/feel?