Ronnie O'Sullivan does it again, Oct 5, 2019
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love it..thanks for posting!
I simply love it , she is one that has pushed for equal prize money in snooker when the 2 are miles apart in skill level, No doubt Ronnie was looking for a beat down and he did just that
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HOLY TOLEDO!! Wow, that was amazing!
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The ref was wearing running shoes.
A pretty clean maximum. Sadly it does not count towards his official total since it was an exhibition.
I particularly liked the shot where he went partly over a ball.
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Mesmerizing. Looks harder than running a rack of 9 ball. This website says a total of 151 147 have been made in competition. https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/all-of-snookers-147-breaks/35800
What would be the 147 equivalent of racks run in 9 ball? Straight pool run?
What would be the 147 equivalent of racks run in 9 ball? Straight pool run?
I don't think a 147 is any tougher than a run of 200 in straight pool or a six pack in 9-ball. Many non-professionals snooker players have had a 147 break.
I guess one indicator is that a maximum usually does not occur in major tournaments, but it does occur several times per year. If there were more 14.1 tournaments, it might be like 150-and-out if that were the standard length. A six-pack seems about right for nine ball -- where is AtLarge when you need him?
One thing that makes it a little hard to compare is that after 80 points of snooker the rest of the frame is an exhibition since the opponent will almost certainly concede as soon as you miss.
She needs to work on her lag.
The exhibition ended with a score of 4-2. I don’t think Ronnie was looking to on beat down. He prefers playing exhibitions to tournaments because he gets purely to entertain people. That would have been his motivation.
A 147 is much harder than a 6-pack. Much, much harder.
EDIT for clarification: I guess it depends on the racking/break rules, but even with the toughest racking rules I believe a 147 is harder.
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Excellent point, thats why its hard to compare to a run in 14-1 or a x-pack in 9-ball. In pool, your opponent can always come back in each game. In snooker, all the pressure is off after 80 points - in that particular game.
That said, RS is a true artist an perhaps the best cueist ever
I'm sort of surprised Ronnie hasn't tried or converted an all pink, blue, or heaven forbid brown, green, or yellow clearance. He seems like the kind of guy that would do something so crazy.
He took 15 reds and pinks and missed on one of the colors. Can’t remember when or which tournament, but the black was in balk.
EDIT: Found it.
https://youtu.be/hICY9KXh058
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Yes, that's the shot. He plows through a few loose balls with follow and somehow finds the carom angle and speed for position on the black. You could see from his facial expression before the shot that he was upset with himself for having landed in such poor position --- but then he pulled a rabbit out of his hat.
https://youtu.be/W-aVllqDibM?t=281
He was in trouble there when he came up short on position but created a shot to get out of it.
He was in trouble there when he came up short on position but created a shot to get out of it.