Recent content by jbygden

It's not that different, this is from the official snooker rules:

They are both run by Matchroom...

This for instance

We don't know if either the area ref or Marcel ruled it a push or a double hit, or what Marcel did (although, as has been suggested, he might have just told the player that he wouldn't overrule the area ref)...

He did win the equivalent tournament in 2012 though, albeit a non-sanctioned event...

Bob just posted this comment on his Facebook post about it:

Look in your settings for "High Contrast"

My guess is the reason for that is the players believe it to be a foul and hence doesn't even try - until now...

Here's Alex's video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/738097261201037/?s=single_unit&__cft__[0]=AZX-NEM985ooXgtJxgW4JHrgpXPGP3Bq_mMcJez0W1KBD_nnwOzzH9N8T6rJ9_Kk4ZA0m1_3mWCQuFyilNrJeQtReYcqKM5eyfm-ErDbgLDIezBwhB7dPd6wrZ0Y7xqNOP6blZXWiYD0LjqrcMsQSmj8U9LIA8kqyakxO3rTb-tIMahcRbHcQ6lwrkaeeZzsbrw&__tn__=H-R

And, of course, if you scratched with the cue ball, one of your potted balls was spotted back up...

When I was in highschool you had to pot the 8 in the same pocket as you potted your last regular ball...

He's scheduled to watch it himself today...

They use a template (or Magic) rack up to the last 16 in the US Open, from then on they rack with a triangle - why?

British snooker commentators call it "banana shot"...