Search results

SVB was never the keenest of travellers. Now that he has a World Championship in the bag and has probably made enough money from the game to see life out, I'm not surprised if that reluctance to travel has kicked back in.

I don't see the diluted fields (compared to a few years ago) being an issue. The fields are strong, new players are coming through, and there are more and more elite players - the game is way stronger at all levels. It won't be long before the "diluted" fields are stronger than the fields of a...

Maybe you should enter Q school and get on the World Snooker Tour. You would "easily" have beaten Oliver Brown or Craig Steadman in this event with those higher average breaks in tournament play.

The world championship pays 250k to the winner. The US Open 100k. Several other tournaments 10s of 1000s. The top players are now getting 6 figure sponsorships. They can earn more in exhibitions in a day than many people in the first world earn in 2 weeks. It's hardly third world status - maybe...

For sure. When Alex P tried to qualify for the world snooker tour (and he did well but didn't ultimately fell short) he was complimented, by snooker players, for playing safeties that snooker players wouldn't see. There's always something to learn and the cross-pollination (that is happening...

Shaw said afterwards that he played safeties he knew Trump didn't know how to get out of. He also of course is a much better pool player. It is apples and oranges - snooker players who had dabbled in pool have done well in tournaments but probably need to get lucky with layouts/patterns against...

Yep, he doesn't care. It's a bit like me the first time I didn't care about making a break and run at 8 ball after going a little out of shape on my 7th ball and played safe instead 😂. Except it's a million levels above that and then some, and the game is already won. Every other player, even...

Fargo tells you pretty much all you need to know. Just watch all the games that Ameer Ali has been seen to have played and you'll see that it's more or less spot on. Fargo lacks a "current form" list but I guess we use the other rating lists for this and make a best guess.

He didn't even pause to consider shooting the black after the 15th red. He is a different breed, a genius.

If the balls are frozen (which appears to be the case) then it's a legal hit. The referees and Karl Boyes were probably confused, partly because of switching between games and short memories (Karl actually played a fair bit of English pool after he "retired"), and partly because this isn't too...

Aye that must be why there's all the exhibition shots all over YouTube.

It wouldn't surprise me if we see him in a Matchroom WNT event at some point but I believe he has half his mind on an 8th snooker world championship and the other half on heyball. Great jump shot with the tiny balls and the tiny cue!

I'll disagree. They are playing better. Even if their average shots are exactly the same, they are under more pressure because everybody (on average) is getting better. "It's not how good you are, it's how consistent you are. Which actually is how good you are".

Yes, there is a Chinese O'min too. I have no idea what their cues are like - but it does appear that some top players use them, so they are probably more than ok.

They are playing against the ghost, which means they break and try to run out. If they run out they beat the ghost. If they don't the ghost wins. The specific rules, particularly after the break and whether you ever get a 2nd chance, vary. But essentially "beating the ghost" means running out...

Here is the Facebook page for O'min. Their snooker cues are indeed excellent. They don't make American pool cues.

None of this it true.

He's not American. He represents the USA in Matchroom events. I think you'd struggle to find many Fedor haters. I'm yet to encounter anyone who doesn't think he's awesome. Putting "haters" in the same sentence as something else doesn't manifest haters.

Summer temperatures will rarely be an issue. Heatwaves do happen (90s, occasionally hitting 100) but they are usually short and don't happen every summer. You will not be in a big city so, even in a heatwave, evening temperatures are unlikely to be uncomfortable. If you have a portable AC you'll...

They can and this is why players who tend to call these are dubious characters. Anyone who is so "sure" and calls it, from 10 ft away, that their opponent's shirt touched the ball when everybody else would not have called because they were unsure - they are what most us would call a cheat. If...