The third annual Snooker Podcast Popularity Poll is coming soon.
@totalclearance.bsky.social won the first and the Onefourseven Podcast won the second.
There are 23 active podcasts, i.e. having episodes from May 2025 or later.
Please let me know if I missed some:
www.snooker.org/msc/podcasts...
Screendump of the order of play (https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=45&event=2214)
Four matches will be played to a finish today;
Allen/Zhang (3-5)
Hawkins/Stevens (7-2)
Xiao/Zhou (5-4)
Williams/Kowalski (6-3)
Two more matches will start:
Ding/Gilbert
Higgins/Carter
Here is the full order of play:
www.snooker.org/res/index.as...
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Weekly Poll #12
Which of the 2026 Crucible debutants do you think will have the best career?
vote.easypolls.net/69e3cc5e66bf...
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Pos Player Picks % 1. Zhao Xintong 387 31,0 2. Judd Trump 240 19,2 3. Ronnie O'Sullivan 237 19,0 4. Mark Selby 116 9,3 5. Kyren Wilson 45 3,6 6. Wu Yize 43 3,4 7. Neil Robertson 39 3,1 8. John Higgins 29 2,3 9. Shaun Murphy 24 1,9 10. Mark Allen 16 1,3 Mark J Williams 16 1,3 12. Ding Junhui 13 1,0 13. Zhou Yuelong 5 0,4 14. Chris Wakelin 4 0,3 Zhang Anda 4 0,3 Xiao Guodong 4 0,3 Stan Moody 4 0,3 Barry Hawkins 4 0,3 19. Si Jiahui 3 0,2 Gary Wilson 3 0,2 21. Liam Pullen 2 0,2 Antoni Kowalski 2 0,2 23. Ali Carter 1 0,1 Jak Jones 1 0,1 Qualifier #09 1 0,1 Hossein Vafaei 1 0,1 Lei Peifan 1 0,1 Qualifier #16 1 0,1 Matthew Stevens 1 0,1 Qualifier #05 1 0,1
Zhao Xintong is the top pick in the 2026 Crucible Contest.
He got 31 % of the votes, followed by Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan, who both got 19 %.
event-prediction.com/statistics.a...
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A great time to be alive! :-)
The Halo World Championship runs from 18 April to 4 May.
It's the last of 18 ranking events on the Main Tour this season.
www.snooker.org/event/2214
Zhao Xintong (China) is the defending champion.
How to watch:
www.wst.tv/news/2026/ap...
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Ronnie O'Sullivan: 890 (31 %) Zhao Xintong: 606 (21 %) Mark Selby: 235 (8 %) Judd Trump: 225 (8 %) Mark J Williams: 198 (7 %) John Higgins: 135 (5 %) Someone else: 122 (4 %) Ding Junhui: 111 (4 %) Neil Robertson: 101 (4 %) Shaun Murphy: 82 (3 %) Jack Lisowski: 65 (2 %) Thepchaiya Un-Nooh: 63 (2 %) Jimmy White: 35 (1 %) Voters: 2868
The votes are in for Weekly Poll #11:
"Who is your favourite player among the current professionals?"
More than half of the 2,868 respondents picked Ronnie O'Sullivan (31 %) or Zhao Xintong (21 %).
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Notes about the Round-One streaks:
- O'Sullivan's streak started in 1993. The only other current pro to play in that round was Jimmy White.
- Higgins has a streak of 22
- Both Higgins and O'Sullivan lost to Alan McManus in the first year of their streaks which were also their Crucible debuts
Longest active streaks per round at the Crucible:
- Quarterfinals: 11 (John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan)
- Round Two: 11 (Higgins)
- Round One: 24 (O'Sullivan)
Notes:
- Final and semis excluded as nobody has a streak over 1
- Round One includes 2026
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12 hours left to the deadline of the 2026 Crucible Contest.
3. Reddit (/r/snooker): www.reddit.com/r/snooker/co...
4. WST: www.wst.tv/news/2026/ap...
5. Snooker Island: www.snookerisland.com/forum/viewto...
6. Matthew Lowson (Twitter): x.com/PLtheLegend/...
Good luck!
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The Crucible Contest is not the only prediction contest running during the World Championship. Here are a few others, both from us and elsewhere:
1. World Championship Prediction Contest (our chat room): www.snooker.org/res/index.as...
2. The Crucible (Marian Kraus): www.kicktipp.com/crucible/
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It needs a specific sequence of results, but Zhao could end this season as the WN1.
Read here 👇
snookerhq.com/2026/04/17/z...
Good question! I can’t think of any.
What a lovely story:
www.instagram.com/p/DXJXx0BDPqa
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![22:24 Gary Wilson (Eng) [27] 10-9 Xu Si (Chn) [38]
20:50 Ali Carter (Eng) [23] 10-7 Anthony McGill (Sco) [42]
20:12 Lei Peifan (Chn) [30] 10-5 Ryan Day (Wal) [35]
20:07 He Guoqiang (Chn) [47] 10-5 Jack Lisowski (Eng) [18]
19:59 Jak Jones (Wal) [19] 10-5 Luca Brecel (Bel) [46]
19:50 Liam Highfield (Eng) [90] 10-2 Oliver Lines (Eng) [58]
19:50 Fan Zhengyi (Chn) [63] 10-4 Ben Mertens (Bel) [66]
19:22 Zhang Anda (Chn) [22] 10-3 Zak Surety (Eng) [43]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dirpyjodrfbbm6wilcre5o5e/bafkreigc6vg3oapz6cq27fpe52sct7ziiy6m4em73zovhzxcf7wqcsdmma)
22:24 Gary Wilson (Eng) [27] 10-9 Xu Si (Chn) [38] 20:50 Ali Carter (Eng) [23] 10-7 Anthony McGill (Sco) [42] 20:12 Lei Peifan (Chn) [30] 10-5 Ryan Day (Wal) [35] 20:07 He Guoqiang (Chn) [47] 10-5 Jack Lisowski (Eng) [18] 19:59 Jak Jones (Wal) [19] 10-5 Luca Brecel (Bel) [46] 19:50 Liam Highfield (Eng) [90] 10-2 Oliver Lines (Eng) [58] 19:50 Fan Zhengyi (Chn) [63] 10-4 Ben Mertens (Bel) [66] 19:22 Zhang Anda (Chn) [22] 10-3 Zak Surety (Eng) [43]
Here are all the results from the second and final Judgement Day:
www.snooker.org/res/index.as...
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Seven of the top 16 picks managed to qualify.
The top pick Jack Lisowski lost out.
The lowest to make it were Liam Highfield and Liam Pullen at No. 58.
Pos Name Nationality Points 1. andrew white England 10 1. BORA BURC Turkey 10 1. Gary Peniket England 10 1. Hugo Gomes Portugal 10 1. Liam Henton England 10 1. Luke vokes Wales 10 1. M K Estonia 10 1. Marc Tarsky England 10 1. Norman Kenyon England 10 10. Ahmed Atiq Pakistan 9 10. Andrew Haynes England 9 10. Anthony Giordmaina England 9 10. ATHANASIOS MELETIS Greece 9 10. Chen yu Chao Taiwan 9 10. Chris Australia 9 10. David Blackford England 9 10. Duarte Portugal 9 10. Eren Arslanoglu Turkey 9 10. Gavin Martell England 9 10. Jamie Ireland 9 10. John Hogarth England 9 10. Marius Simescu Romania 9 10. Nathan Kellermann United States 9 10. Paul Nilsson Sweden 9 10. Robert Butler Ireland 9 10. Roland Cox England 9 10. RonnieGirl147 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 10. Sophie Evans England 9 10. Stephen Pitts England 9 10. Sum Map Cambodia 9 10. Valerie Hunter Canada 9 10. Zohaib Ali Pakistan 9
Nine win the 2026 Crucible Qualifiers Contest with 10 points:
Andrew White (Eng)
Bora Burc (Tur)
Gary Peniket (Eng)
Hugo Gomes (Por)
Liam Henton (Eng)
Luke vokes (Wal)
M K (Est)
Marc Tarsky (Eng)
Norman Kenyon (Eng)
snooker.org/msc/wcqual_2026.shtml
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… and of course he returns with a 143!
Creative shot by Zhang Anda against Zak Surety.
www.youtube.com/shorts/kPxQq...
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Not so shabby by Jak Jones (+Luca Brecel) and Gary Wilson either:
www.wst.tv/match-centre...
www.wst.tv/match-centre...
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Screendump of frame scores in the official scoring page: https://www.wst.tv/match-centre/42500c78-d8cc-434e-a376-8d52df92f07a
Amazing session by Zhang Anda against Zak Surety, leading 8-1 with a flurry of breaks:
61, 64, 67, 80, 105, 108, 109, 134
www.wst.tv/match-centre...
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Such a great interview by Antoni Kowalski:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0HF...
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Nos.61 to 83 in the provisional money rankings: https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=35
Kowalski secures a Tour card as one of four from the one-year list. Either way he still would have received a card for reaching the Crucible.
Currently the three others are Burden, Leclercq and Zizins.
Things can still change though depending on how many matches he, Pullen and Highfield will win.
CORRECTION: Kowalski gets his Tour card via the one-year list. So Taylor is not in via the one-year list. Sorry about that!
Here is a colour-coded overview of picks for each players in the Crucible Qualifiers Contest.
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Three competitors share the lead halfway through the Crucible Qualifiers Contest with 6 of 8 pts:
Bora Burc (Turkey)
Morlin / @eselfreund.bsky.social (Germany)
Simon (England)
You can find the ranking of all 668 competitors here:
www.snooker.org/msc/wcqual_2...
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You are welcome!
