the rolling towards the pocket snooker championship thread

just watched final frame of selby - higgins. one of the great frames

knew I had seen this before

http://www.virginmedia.com/images/tabb2.jpg

http://31.media.tumblr.com/a07215930685f05ccd9e666bba9f709f/tumblr_mobthnv7OM1su2hd3o1_1280.jpg

Awful portrait.

yet it is probably the best painted portrait of a female professional snooker referee ever created :(

I think this one is better

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?s=7e8ea29a8e54a31265fd4eace0a598d9&attachmentid=406908&stc=1&d=1210113576

Jan Verhaas doesn't get objectified like this. Or does he...

Haha that's even worse! Why is her head just floating there? It looks less than the real woman than the first one did.

Ronnie in Jesus mode last night...

Amazed Walden didn't join the crowd after O'Sullivan knocked off that century.

to clap although he could just sat in the arena too.

That was one glorious bit of snooker yesterday afternoon, also enjoyed the presenter dude shiting it about how they were going to fill about three hours of remaining airtime.

Just spent an hour watching Ronnie's exhibition match in China with Pan Xiaoting in pool (9-ball I think) from Christmas-time. He's not playing his hardest, but still fun to see.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PgyAbL02ZA

do I wanna read the comments on that

hmm, weirdly civil. there is hope for you yet, youtube

haha, comments for video 2, where they play each other at snooker, much more what I was expecting

When he first displayed this left-handed ability in the 1996 World Championship against Alain Robidoux, the Canadian accused him of disrespect. O'Sullivan responded that he played better with his left hand than Robidoux could with his right.[243] He was summoned to a disciplinary hearing in response to Robidoux's formal complaint, where he had to prove that he could play to a high level with his left hand. He played three frames of snooker against former world championship runner-up Rex Williams, winning all three. The charge of bringing the game into disrepute was subsequently dropped.[244]

Haha that is great. So is this, also from Robidoux's wikipedia page:

Robidoux reached the semi-finals of the 1997 World Snooker Championship, but subsequently slid rapidly down the rankings.[2] He blamed his decline on the destruction of his favourite cue,[2] which he referred to as "the Eel". The incident occurred after Robidoux returned the handmade cue to its maker – an elderly craftsman in Canada – for repairs. But when the cuemaker saw that the cue's butt had been adorned with the logo of Riley, a leading UK cue manufacturer, he took such grave offence he smashed the cue into pieces and sent the remains back to Robidoux.[2] Several years later, Robidoux was asked whether the passage of time may have eased his anger towards the cue maker; "I want to kill him," was his heartfelt response.

hahaha I found that exact bit & strongly considered putting it here

more from snookipedia

In 1996, Ebdon recorded a version of the David Cassidy song "I Am A Clown"

He does not have to wear a bow tie in professional snooker matches due to medical problems, for which he has a doctor's letter.

Stephen Maguire also has a letter from his mum excusing him from doing cross-country in short sleeves.

was gonna post about the boy cahill, but he's just fucked up winning in about the most awful way possible. deciding frame now. tbf ding was str8 incredible from 11 foul points needed

cahill wins! good lord

he should have won (with his chances), he should have lost (as part of his educational arc), but has still learnt some almighty lessons, good luck to him

Enjoyed that as well - thought it was some late highlights at first.

Yeah that was a great match, from both players - was rooting for Ding for most of his comeback but Cahill's hanging on in the face of all that got me to switch sides for the decider.

So Ronnie nearly made two 147s in a row today...

lol @ "I'm like a born again Christian"

Bingham seems to self destruct atm. 4-4 after him being 4-1 up.

Beautiful match.

The next frame after 4-1 Bingham gave him a few opportunities but then its 3x60 breaks, a century and the 87 at the end, and that pot on the red (when he could've put Stuart back) was top stuff!

Yes that pot was magnificent. Ronnie v composed and 'with it' in the post match interview too.

He's been v with it for a long time now.

Can I say how much I enjoy Hendry's commentary, especially during Ronnie's matches. Never talks too much, just enough and there is nothing too obvious.

Absolutely agree on the latter, he's surprised me in a positive way.

That's good to hear about Ronnie, I've not been following snooker for a while so didn't know.

Its been a boring final - almost the only way to beat Ronnie is to play tactically and get his timing off (sounds cynical but it isn't), then score heavy when he makes mistakes. In the past Higgins was great at this and Selby beat him at the WC like this.

Ding and the likes of Trump aren't. 8-4 right now.

Not so boring now.

mad, mad stuff: 9-9 from 9-4! It was lightning too.

Incredible last hour - Ronnie pulls out a good safety and then took the points well.

Yeah that was good stuff. It was scrappy from both before Trump started getting into gear.

Loved the shots right after the end: Ronnie looked like he'd lost, like he couldn't believe it, whereas Trump was all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ after a couple of minutes.

cuddly ken, you cunt! she was supposed to win

needed a snooker on pink and black to prevent epicke final frame, got it

you want one loveable ambassador of the game to lose to a woman, proving her right to be in the men's game in the popular opinion, you choose ken, and he fucks it

lol anyway, she played ok and women should be allowed to attempt to qualify always now, should have always been allowed

Women should be allowed to qualify/play in all tournaments really. Might take a few years but all that should flow through to the World championships.

selby with the eeyore celebration again lol

Anyone here bothering with the Crucible this year?

RIP Ronnie, heaven needed an intensely bored and uninterested snooker player

ronnie and ding on the 13th!

lol RIP Shaun Murphy's actually-he's-a-decent-guy rep

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/nov/24/its-not-fair-shaun-murphy-rails-at-amateurs-in-pro-snooker-after-uk-championship-defeat-by-amateur
lmao