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Scaramouche

Scaramouche

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thanks for the link

just finished watching the run out
perfect position play
and you have to have played on a snooker table to appreciate how accurate you have to be to make a ball
 
Thanks for posting this.

Amazing how easy he makes it look.

I just hope I do not see too many guys at the pool hall with

bobby pins in their hair.
 
A bookmaker has offered 61,000 pounds if Ronnie makes a 147 during the rest of the tournament.

Ronnie has said that he would donate part to charity. :D
 
Scaramouche said:
In the Welsh Open, running this week,
see
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=418773

Ronnie made a 146
See frame video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaDGku2TiHw

And collected much comment, as Ronnie is prone to do :grin:
For example:
http://www.inside-snooker.com/snooker/2016/2/16/criticised-osullivan-shows-off-his-publicity-power

His next match, 39 minutes, if you have time to fill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-rfFbfjz5k
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HE'S THE DEFINITION OF GENIUS! :thumbup:
 
Ronnie is amazing, and Barry Hearn comes off as a bit of an ass in his tweets, IMO. Cheers to Ronnie for letting the maximum break pot roll over so the next chance someone has at one is more lucrative for them (or him).

If I was a spectator for that match, I would think that the intentional 146 was possibly more memorable and unique than a 14th competitive 147. I mean really, when does something like that EVER happen?
 
I feel the same way. It's rare to see a 299 in bowling but not the same as a 146. Ronnie has to stay loose and keep it easy going to keep playing. He looks like he is trying to win the tournament so he should pace himself. Another 147 might distract him. College basketball games have ways of going back and forth based on emotions. When I pull off an "Efren like" shot, my emotions get the better of me and I usually end up missing a far easier shot sooner or later.
 
Atlatlien said:
Ronnie is amazing, and Barry Hearn comes off as a bit of an ass in his tweets, IMO. Cheers to Ronnie for letting the maximum break pot roll over so the next chance someone has at one is more lucrative for them (or him).

If I was a spectator for that match, I would think that the intentional 146 was possibly more memorable and unique than a 14th competitive 147. I mean really, when does something like that EVER happen?
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I believe the 146 is rarer then the 147 and the story is amazing!:thumbup:
 
Scaramouche said:
Ronnie's View On A 146
https://youtu.be/FIzH0KxV3QE?t=2m52s
:grin:
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I agree with Ronnie. Personally, I think there has been more coverage and exposure from Ronnie declining a 147 than if he had made his 14th maximum. You may never see another player intentionally decline a maximum again. Though I don't agree with his overall stance on the 147 prize money. 10,000 pounds is sufficient given how many maximums we get nowadays.

He has been absolutely spectacular this tournament. I'm looking forward to his next match with Mark Selby.
 
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I feel like his attitude about it is a little insulting, to both the people who put on the event
and to working stiffs who would consider ~$15,000 a lot of money.

Remember, he couldn't lose the frame here. He absolutely had a free roll at that money.
He could have given a spectator the chance to see something rare
they may never get the opportunity to see again.
And he could have extended a record that already may last decades.

Even if he doesn't need the money, he could have donated it to charity or something
(which he's done in the past). But apparently he wipes his ass with 15k.
"I just thought that's a bit too cheap really".

He's talking literally about making one extra ball.
Like someone dropping a 3 carat diamond and deciding it's not worth the effort to bend over and pick it up.
 
CreeDo said:
I feel like his attitude about it is a little insulting, to both the people who put on the event
and to working stiffs who would consider ~$15,000 a lot of money.

Remember, he couldn't lose the frame here. He absolutely had a free roll at that money.
He could have given a spectator the chance to see something rare
they may never get the opportunity to see again.
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On the contrary, now they have something even rarer -- someone turning down a 147 when it was clearly in their grasp. Everyone in the audience has surely already seen 147s by Ronnie on the telly, but none of them ever saw a 146 by him.

I like what he did with the final blue.

And his point about "too cheap" is valid. At 19 (IIRC) he got about $220,000 for a 147 -- see Scaramouche's summary of the dollars per second for that frame.

Ronnie gave the fans Ronnie. It was excellent snooker and pretty good theatre.

In his next match he beat his opponent like a rented mule in under 45 minutes -- for the whole match, race to 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9FFRNcc6mY
 
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