I was down 35 points once with only the 6 and 7 balls left on the table and managed to win the game. My opponent was not a world champion, though.
Ronnie O'Sullivan up next live
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For those who don't know the rule... If you can hit a red full ball when playing reds, you must hit a red within three tries or you lose the frame. Ronnie could just get through the window and go straight at a red. Now, another snooker rule comes into play. He could not actually hit the red he could go straight towards because another red blocked the full-ball contact. But at snooker, you cannot be snookered by a red when playing a red. That means you have to imagine, in turn for each red, only one red left on the table. In that imaginary situation, it was possible for Ronnie to go through the window between pink and brown to make full contact.What was this rule about?
Snooker has many of these bizarre rules that even players like Ronnie are clueless
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Note that the rule for being snookered is different. You are snookered on a ball when you cannot hit both extreme edges of the ball. In the situation in the video, Ronnie was snookered on the red on which he could make full-ball contact because the pink was in the way of hitting the red all the way on the right side (from our viewpoint).
Trump/O'Sullivan starts as soon as they get the equipment cleaned.
They had hoped to start this two hours ago but the Selby/Vafaei took a while. Vafaei could have forced a decider with one more good shot.
They had hoped to start this two hours ago but the Selby/Vafaei took a while. Vafaei could have forced a decider with one more good shot.
I was not old enough to buy beer and he didn’t drink.Now that's just dirty. Hopefully you bought him a beer afterwards
He was a cheap bastard anyway and would never spend a dime in the pool hall, except for table time.
he's alright hossein, nice flow when he is on. you wouldn't think it but there's quite a few good iranian players of which some also shoots pool
In the end Judd wins 6-1.
The second semifinal is Saturday at 2PM Eastern/11AM Pacific between Mark Selby and Jack Lisowski with the final to follow on Sunday.
The second semifinal is Saturday at 2PM Eastern/11AM Pacific between Mark Selby and Jack Lisowski with the final to follow on Sunday.
Judd finished with two centuries and a 70....he’s the new MAN
Mark Selby v Jack Lisowski semifinal starts in an hour. First to 6.
Jack was up 3-1 last time I looked.
Jack is ahead 5-4 going to 6.
And the first session of the Trump/Lisowski final is at 8AM Eastern. Second session at a much more reasonable 2PM Eastern/11AM Pacific.
While we're waiting for the next tournament, here's Ronnie's 10th maximum, condensed. The scenario is a little like Babe Ruth pointing at the wall.
Ronnie passed Stephen Hendry's record for 147s with this.
Ronnie passed Stephen Hendry's record for 147s with this.
i liked the one where o’sullivan was playing ding junhui a few years ago and he easily had a 147, but after faking a shot to go for the blue towards the end, making everyone in the crowd gasp, he made a pink instead of a black and settled for a 146. that time they couldn’t force him to shoot the final 147 because it wasn’t there
I think the 146 was more memorable for the crowd than a 147 -- a 147 that was refused. Maybe the only one.i liked the one where o’sullivan was playing ding junhui a few years ago and he easily had a 147, but after faking a shot to go for the blue towards the end, making everyone in the crowd gasp, he made a pink instead of a black and settled for a 146. that time they couldn’t force him to shoot the final 147 because it wasn’t there
Ronnie plays Ali Carter in the Champions League in 15 minutes. This is a best-of-5 round-robin format. It's on https://matchroom.live/home with two cameras. They seem to play League sessions in between other events and it goes on for a while.