Mark Selby jokingly threatened to whack Mark Allen with his snooker cue during his Masters defeat against The Pistol. Selby suffered some horrendous misfortune as he fell to a 6-2 loss in the quarter-final.

MARK SELBY pretended to hit Mark Allen with his cue during his Masters defeat. The pair met in the quarter-final at Ally Pally. Allen came out on top after a gruelling battle with the four-time

Mark Allen admitted he got the rub of the green but was nonetheless delighted to overcome Mark Selby and reach the Semi-Finals of the Masters at the Alexandra Palace.

MARK Allen will face Shaun Murphy in Saturday’s first semi-final at the Johnstone’s Paint Masters at the Alexandra Palace in London after beating Mark Selby 6-? in Thursday evening’s quarter-final. The Antrim man was always in control of the contest, which was a repeat of last year’s quarter-final, which Allen also won (6-5)

Shaun Murphy hailed one of the greatest moments of his career after he produced a maximum 147 break in his Masters semi final win over Mark Allen. The former world champion came close to achieving the feat in the previous round against Neil Robertson but managed to snooker himself behind the blue attempting to get up to the yellow.