Tony Drago loses his cool vs. Alan McManus at German Masters Q

why did Tony shoot at the 6 when the 5 was still on the table? If the wire was 13 I assume shooting the 6 is a foul making the point difference 19 with 18 left. Maybe I am wrong or missed something in the video but...I don't play snooker so I probably missed something.

Montana Mike said:

why did Tony shoot at the 6 when the 5 was still on the table? If the wire was 13 I assume shooting the 6 is a foul making the point difference 19 with 18 left. Maybe I am wrong or missed something in the video but...I don't play snooker so I probably missed something.

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That was a regular shot. He had a freeball after MacManus did a foul and let him snookered on the blue ball. That means that he can shoot at an other ball, wich count as a red, that ball beeing respoted if he pot it.

oldzilla said:

In the related videos I seen this very funny episode.

Don't know how it is related to snooker but what the hey !

The Groucho Marx Show: American Television Quiz Show - Door / Food Episodes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BPm40HGTk4

Groucho is very funny !

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i also watched this, couldnt stop watching, absolute quality, fast forward to 1hr 4 mins, watch the guy from Kansas.

billbOK said:

That was a regular shot. He had a freeball after MacManus did a foul and let him snookered on the blue ball. That means that he can shoot at an other ball, wich count as a red, that ball beeing respoted if he pot it.

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In this case, the pink has the value of the blue ball, 5 points.

The free ball rule should have scrapped a long time ago.
The option of 'shoot again' is enough.

Jason Robichaud said:

Tony is a piece of s#^t and I told him so in Vegas when he cheated against Stan T. Everyone there saw him cheat, but he wanted the win, no matter what.

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It would be nice to hear the full story....and video.

pt109 said:

It would be nice to hear the full story....and video.

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I don't know, that seems like pretty well practised asshole behaviour.

pt109 said:

It would be nice to hear the full story....and video.

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Stan was on the Hill at the 10 ball event in Vegas when he hooked Tony with only 3 or 4 balls left. Tony clearly missed the ball and Stan called a foul (no ref to watch because the ball was in the open) Tony told Stan to call a ref and see what the ruling will be. Everyone watching was saying he fouled and Tony's reply was - that is what you think, I think I hit it.

Stan should have cleaned the easy table for the victory. Instead, he couldn't shake that hustle and lost to Tony.