Betfair Snooker Shoot-out Pick-A-Pair game

[Tacalabala]

Snooker's version of Twenty20 is back this Friday through to Sunday (all live on Sky Sports), and I thought why not make a game of it?

I've gone for a simple format:

• Below is the draw for the First Round of games, split into those to be played on Friday night and those to be played on Saturday afternoon.
• To enter simply post your selection of two players - you must pick one player from the 'left' side of the draw (for example, Steve Davis), and one player from the 'right' (for example, Barry Hawkins), and you must pick one player that is playing on Friday, and one player that is playing on Saturday. You can not pick a player that has already been selected by someone else, so make sure before posting.
• Once you've picked, you can not change your selection.
• All points that your players score in the tournament (even in the game in which they are knocked out), goes towards your total score. The highest total score wins.

Friday (selected by in brackets)
Steve Davis v Barry Hawkins (toffeelover)
Mark Williams (blahblah) v Mike Dunn
Tom Ford v Mark Allen (Tacalabala)
Stuart Bingham (Surprised) v Anthony Hamilton
Joe Perry (bluenosey) v Michael White
Marcus Campbell v Matthew Stevens (Moist von Lipwig)
Graeme Dott (Richt) v Matthew Selt
Adam Duffy v Jack Lisowski (Knulpuk)
David Gilbert v Ricky Walden (yorkshiredragon)
Jamie Jones (WilBert) v Mark King (juckster)
Peter Ebdon (Shaggy365) v Dominic Dale
Rob Milkins v Ali Carter (murf)
Jamie Burnett (Digsby) v Michael Holt
Jimmy White (Brightwater) v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (CanaryYellow)
Paul Davison v Ben Woollaston
Alan McManus v Fergal O'Brien

Saturday (selected by in brackets)
Mark Selby (murf) v Ken Doherty
Nigel Bond v Cao Yupeng (WilBert)
Ding Junhui (Moist von Lipwig) v Robbie Williams
Mark Davis (juckster) v Yu De Lu
Liang Wenbo v Stephen Maguire (Richt)
Aditya Mehta v Mark Joyce
Tian Pengfei (CanaryYellow) v Jimmy Robertson (Brightwater)
Peter Lines v John Higgins (blahblah)
Kurt Maflin v Jamie Cope (Shaggy365)
Martin Gould (yorkshiredragon) v Rory McLeod
Shaun Murphy (Tacalabala) v Liu Chuang
Dave Harold (toffeelover) v Rod Lawler
Gerard Greene v Alfie Burden
Andy Hicks v Andrew Higginson (bluenosey)
Anthony McGill v Barry Pinches (Digsby)
Xiao Guodong (Knulpuk) v Ryan Day (Surprised)

I hope to be able to provide regular updates during the sessions of play

Entry List (updated regularly)
Richt - Graeme Dott & Stephen Maguire
murf - Ali Carter & Mark Selby
Moist von Lipwig - Matthew Stevens & Ding Junhui
Tacalabala - Mark Allen & Shaun Murphy
blahblah - Mark Williams & John Higgins
Surprised - Stuart Bingham & Ryan Day
toffeelover - Barry Hawkins & Dave Harold
yorkshiredragon - Ricky Walden & Martin Gould
CanaryYellow - Thepchaiya Un-Nooh & Tian Pengfei (brave man )
Shaggy365 - Peter Ebdon & Jamie Cope
WilBert - Jamie Jones & Cao Yupeng
bluenosey - Joe Perry & Andrew Higginson
Brightwater - Jimmy White & Jimmy Robertson
juckster - Mark Davis & Mark King
Digsby - Jamie Burnett & Barry Pinches
Knulpuk - Jack Lisowski & Xiao Guodong

[Richt]

Graeme Dott
Stephen Maguire

[murf]

So if I pick a 'home' player on friday then I need an 'away' player from saturday (and vice versa??)

Ali Carter
Mark Selby

[Moist von Lipwig]

Matthew Stevens
Ding Junhui

[Tacalabala]

So if I pick a 'home' player on friday then I need an 'away' player from saturday (and vice versa??)

Yes, precisely

[Tacalabala]

Mark Allen
Shaun Murphy

[blahblah]

Williams and Higgins

Thnx.

[Surprised]

Stuart Bingham
Ryan Day

[toffeelover]

Barry Hawkins
Dave Harold

Cheers Tac

[yorkshiredragon]

r walden
m gould

[CanaryYellow]

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Tian Pengfei

[Shaggy365]

Peter Ebdon
Jamie Cope

[WilBert]

Jamie jones and yupeng. Thanks tac.

[bluenosey]

Nice one Tac

although there's bigger all left

Joe Perry & Andrew Higginson for me.

Ta

[Tacalabala]

Still not a single direct FISO head-to-head yet! I take it everyone is avoiding Doherty after last week - his was rubbish on that practice table

[Surprised]

Still not a single direct FISO head-to-head yet! I take it everyone is avoiding Doherty after last week - his was rubbish on that practice table

I was tempted to take on your Mark Allen

[bluenosey]

Still not a single direct FISO head-to-head yet! I take it everyone is avoiding Doherty after last week - his was rubbish on that practice table

Was tempted by Dave Gilbert but decided against him in the end.

[Tacalabala]

Bump. We have until tomorrow night.

[Brightwater]

Go on then - I'll take on CanaryYellow -

Jimmy White
Jimmy Robertson

[juckster]

Mark Davis Mark King

[Digsby]

Jamie Burnett/Barry Pinches

[Richt]

Are these the players we stick with for the whole tournament?

[Tacalabala]

Yep, no swaps. Of course, two centuries from your pair in the first round and a narrow high scoring loss in the second might be enough.

[Knulpuk]

Knulpuk: Xiao Guodong / Jack Lisowski

[Tacalabala]

Nobody else tempted?

[coryphaeus]

M White and A McGill

[Tacalabala]

About to get underway on Sky, looking forward to it

[Tacalabala]

Lucky boy toffee

[Tacalabala]

First update:

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[yorkshiredragon]

Get that blue in Ricky