Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I tika a Mark Selby ki roto i te rerenga pai i a ia e timata ana ki te tiaki i tana taitara i te Petipeti o te Ao o Betfred i te Rahoroi. Ko te 31-tau-tau mai i Leicester i wiri i a Ronnie O'Sullivan i te whiringa toa o te tau kua hipa, kia riro i a ia tana taitara Crucible tuatahi, a ka hoki mai ki te 6-3 i mua o Kurt Maflin i to raatau whakataetae tuatahi. Kāore he toa toa tuatahi i Sheffield i hoki mai ki te pupuri i te tohu 12 marama i muri mai, ā, ko tērā take i tapaina ko te 'Crucible curse'. Ka tākaro a Mark Selby i tētahi whiu i te whakataetae a Kurt Maflin i te ra tuatahi o te whakataetae o te Ao. E mātakitaki ana a Mark Selby rāua ko Kurt Maflin o Norway i a rāua tukinga tuatahi i te Crucible i Sheffield. Ka mihi atu a Selby ki te mano o Crucible i tana taenga mai. Kei te rite a Selby ki te ahua hei wikitoria i te wa ano, i te mea i whakaarahia e ia nga taitara Tiamana Tiamana me China Open i tenei tau, me nga wehenga o te 84, 108, 53, 69 me te 56 i whakawhiwhia ki a ia he rangatira rangatira ki te tango i te huihuinga o te ahiahi. Ka mutu tana tukinga ki a Maflin i te Rahoroi, ko te tukinga anake kia tae ki te mutunga i te ra tuatahi o te whakataetae, ana ko Selby te ahua kaha rawa atu mo tana hoa whawhai i whanau mai i Ranana e tohu ana i Norway, i noho ai ia mo te neke atu i te tekau tau. I hinga a Maflin i a Steve Davis i ngā wāhanga tohu, ā, i hinga ia i a Selby i Tiamana i te tau kua hipa, engari koinei te tīmatanga o te Crucible mō te tangata 31 tau te pakeke. Ko Selby, ahakoa e rua marama noa iho tona pakeke i a Maflin, he ringa tawhito ia i te whakataetae, i tana putanga tuatahi ki te Whakataetae o te Ao i te 10 tau ki muri. I tohaina e raatau nga anga e wha i mua i te wa o waenga-waahi, i eke a Maflin i te 96 me te 60, i mua i te whakatuwheratanga a Selby i te ara e rua-aukati ka kii ano i te tuawhitu i muri i te pango pango. I kitea he anga nui, i te mea e rua nga whakamatau a Maflin ki te taarua i te pango, engari i te wa tuarua ka waiho e Selby he kohua roa, i tukuna e ia ki te pokapū o te pute. Ko te tukinga a Selby ki a Maflin ka mutu i te Rāhoroi, ko te tukinga anake ka mutu i te ra tuatahi o te whakataetae. I hoki mai a Maflin me te 88 o te wa, engari i te wa i pakaru ai a Selby i te...
E ārahi ana a Mark Selby i a Kurt Maflin 6-3, ā, e whā noa iho ngā whārangi hei wikitōria. Kāore he toa tuatahi i Sheffield i hoki mai ki te pupuri i te tohu. I tiritiri a Selby rāua ko Maflin i ngā kāmera tuatahi e whā i mua i te wehenga atu o Selby. E ārahi ana a Marco Fu i a Jimmy Robertson 5-4 i muri i te wehenga o te 66 i te whārangi whakamutunga.