that cloth was brand new, changed for that match, its just how the light reflects off it, is what you saw.
Video - 2013 World Snooker Championship - Final - O'Sullivan vs Hawkins
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that cloth was brand new, changed for that match, its just how the light reflects off it, is what you saw.
I've never played snooker. But I've got to say that I think watching Ronnie O'Sullivan play snooker when he is really "on" is about as enjoyable as anything I've ever seen in the cue sports. His combination of pocketing and positional skills, accomplished with such dispatch, is just amazing.
Here's a superb frame of his against Stuart Bingham from earlier in this year's World Championship: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqwDhOvqDfA
Here's a superb frame of his against Stuart Bingham from earlier in this year's World Championship: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqwDhOvqDfA
The referee needs to get running shoes.
Pathetic Shark
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I vaguely remember one of them mixing his metaphors and thinking WTF has he just said, and I think it was that. He meant to say "titanic struggle", obviously.
Perhaps a mélange of fracas and struggle? Or his tang got tungled up.
Nice clear camera shot showcasing a brutal skid/kick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kfVGPHTz2xI#t=218s
Sucks to have that happen when you're in good shape to rack up some points in a world championship.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kfVGPHTz2xI#t=218s
Sucks to have that happen when you're in good shape to rack up some points in a world championship.
Pathetic Shark
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There were some astonishing kicks in the earlier rounds of the championships.
Pixie dust still feared.
http://www.thesnookerforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php/43296-Clean-the-white-please
You can see below that the black went a little airborne. I'm not so sure that it skidded. Hitting down even a little at speed, which he did, can cause the cb to jump a little. That in turn means that you are not going to hit the ob where you intended to if the cb is airborne when it hits the ob. Looks like that's what happened, because the ob jumped a little too.
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Snooker Championship 2013
European snooker fans are awesome!, a packed house!
American networks should open their EYES!
I wish we Americans had televised pool, if we only had a weekly pool league with the bio's of the players ....ect, I think it would go over pretty good here and have a good following of fans, I just don't understand why pool isn't on the TV !
David Harcrow
European snooker fans are awesome!, a packed house!
American networks should open their EYES!
I wish we Americans had televised pool, if we only had a weekly pool league with the bio's of the players ....ect, I think it would go over pretty good here and have a good following of fans, I just don't understand why pool isn't on the TV !
David Harcrow
I agree with you. It's amazing.
But I must say: You will probably never fully appreciate what they are doing until you try playing snooker on a 12-foot table. It's amazing too. If you have a chance, have a go
I just wish Barry Hearn would work his magic from across the pond and get international snooker going strong in the US. Can't see that ever happening though.