snooker world championship final

waht

White'll still win his "Group 2" probably, next round he's playing Ken Doherty (I think. Don't quite understand this tournament yet)

One of the BBC pundits had Brecel in his "who'll be in the top 10 in 5 years" prediction too, IIRC

(it's on Eurosport, but I can't bear to watch it, their main camera position has the table looking like a perfect square instead of a snooker table)

o_O

He'll be disappointed about that, Louis. I just looked up the lad, and google rewarded me with the magnificent sentence: 'Belgisch forum voor snookerfreaks'

He's the current under 19 European champion, but that's not on his Wikipedia page yet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Brecel

LOL @ link to "Belgian Snooker Players" - but he's not on that list of 2

obvious choker imo

Yeah, this is just until he discovers girls. :-)

Alain Robidoux slid rapidly down the rankings in subsequent years, partly as a result of losing his favourite cue, which he referred to as the "Eel"; he returned it to its maker - an elderly craftsman in Canada - for repairs, but the craftsman smashed the cue into pieces and sent the remains back to Robidoux, reportedly taking offence because both the cue and the cue-case had a logo for 'Riley', a leading UK cue manufacturer

looooooooooool thats some kill bill shit

also, the fukin sauce of it:

Luca Brecel just beat Ken Doherty, to play against Graeme Dott next

"just" = yesterday (don't know where to get real time info about this, only found out from a Belgian news site)

http://www.hbvl.be/imgpath/assets_img_gvl/2009/05/09/458301/luca-brecel-te-sterk-voor-legende-jimmy-white-en-ex-wereldkampioen-ken-doherty_5_460x0.jpg

Lost to Dott 5-4

The Crusher of Dreams

i bet his voice is lower-pitched than dott's

watching the nugget hold on.

robertson will win this whole thing. i hope.

pourquoi?

i like the way he plays! plus to have beaten gould the way he did...the winner of that match needs to win, to placate me

o'sullivan-selby is a great match, by the looks of it. two other players i wouldn't begrudge this year's title.

yeah idk why i'm watching steve davis tbh. well other than it will probably end soon and i can change over.

robertson used to be fat

ronnie doing a bit of referee-bullying

nagl but still <3 him

I quite want Mark "the Jester" Selby to win, because he's the only snooker player with anything approaching O'Sullivan's charisma levels.

Ronnie - Mark: 11 - 13

selby-carter final would be nice.

Selby got stronger and stronger. Ronnie's shot selection was non-existent at the end. Sometimes it amazes me as to how he has managed to win a hat-trick of world titles.

I think Dott might provide a tougher test but I reckon it'll be Robertson - Selby in the final.

^^^^^yes please

I want dott to win

not again! cmon let a flashy first-timer win it

Wouldn't mind if Dott won -- great to see him back, and I reckon he is playing better than he has ever done.

given the quality of this second semi so far, robertson is gonna walk this

selby to win please

lol carter is one boring wee dude

lol carter will make me a few quid if he keeps this up

ok what have i always said about this guy

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/801641/How-snooker-world-champion-John-Higgins-plots-to-betray-his-fans-for-cash.html

blimey

but even then, i'm kinda lost for words now

hes been the one banging the drum for barry hearn to takeover so he can earn more money.

I have somehow avoided watching a single Dott match so far.

Was rooting for Selby tbh.

dott is a local lad (so is higgins i suppose)

I enjoyed the last frame of the dott match, some good snooker in that.

graeme dott's 47 break was incredible

LOL @ Paul's comment:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article7113896.ece

paul lynch wrote:
Extraordinary story. Does it ever get around to naming the sport?

A collision of two tough players, each with a remarkable story, will take place today and tomorrow in the final of the world snooker championship.