For Pool Players - Step By Step Instructions To Run 147 In Snooker

That was cool. What's "169 maximum" and "cannon" mean? There's so much about the English english that I don't understand.

-yow!
 
ericyow said:
That was cool. What's "169 maximum" and "cannon" mean? There's so much about the English english that I don't understand.

-yow!
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Snooker maximum is 147, not 169

Cannon means to collide with another ball after hitting the object ball

Plant = Combination

During the UK championhips, in the late stages I couldn't get into the BBC video web feed

From the BBC website - frame by frame report of Higgins vs Selby - what you have to contend with when you suffer a video deficiency and can't see the match

Jimmy White tells Ray Stubbs that Higgins "hasn't had a drink since Malta". They must have been on a jolly boys outing together. Wonder what Higgins did to make him stop? Just seen the Higgins family backstage - Denise still looks as though she couldn't give a monkey's, but the old man looks like he's chewing on a wasp.

Higgins Barneys one into the right middle

Higgins gets a massive slice of luck with icing and hundreds and thousands on top

Some naughty sausage is rustling a sweet wrapper. Referee Eirian Williams is apoplectic - that's The Crucible equivalent of dropping your strides and streaking at Lord's.

You're all gonna be cream-crackered at work tomorrow!

Higgins looks like he's got his potting boots on this evening.

Higgins looking grim in his chair now - he hasn't potted a ball for an hour. His eyes are closed and his head cocked slightly, like somone desperately trying to get some kip on the Central Line.

Selby, looking like he's sat in his living room drinking tea and tucking into a pack of Boasters, has a bit of a giggle with the crowd.
 
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LOL at cream-crackered. It can't possibly mean what it makes me think of.
Don't click if you find offensive things to be offensive o_O.

smaller lol at potting boots and breaking at Lord's. I think I understand those, barely.

oh and that link was excellent. It's an impressive run with plenty of careful explanation about getting on the correct side of the ball and playing area position and having insurance on all tricky shots. Very enjoyable.
 
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the BBC sports commentary cracks me up, no wonder the sweep the webbys every year. The commentary of the cricket was equally hilarious. I can't imagine our foreign friends understanding everything though so real quality slang in there.
 
CreeDo said:
LOL at cream-crackered. It can't possibly mean what it makes me think of.
Don't click if you find offensive things to be offensive o_O.

smaller lol at potting boots and breaking at Lord's. I think I understand those, barely.
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LOL kinda reminds me of the rugby ritual, one thumb in mouth and one well connected to guy infront, bunch of guys in circle, when music stops change thumbs lol

ANyway its not that gruesome, its cockney slang for "knackered" = tired.
 
"For Pool Players" ... I thought the first step would be a power break (with control of course....hmmm) and pocket a red ball.
 
Scaramouche said:
Snooker maximum is 147, not 169

Cannon means to collide with another ball after hitting the object ball

Plant = Combination

During the UK championhips, in the late stages I couldn't get into the BBC video web feed

From the BBC website - frame by frame report of Higgins vs Selby - what you have to contend with when you suffer a video deficiency and can't see the match

Jimmy White tells Ray Stubbs that Higgins "hasn't had a drink since Malta". They must have been on a jolly boys outing together. Wonder what Higgins did to make him stop? Just seen the Higgins family backstage - Denise still looks as though she couldn't give a monkey's, but the old man looks like he's chewing on a wasp.

Higgins Barneys one into the right middle

Higgins gets a massive slice of luck with icing and hundreds and thousands on top

Some naughty sausage is rustling a sweet wrapper. Referee Eirian Williams is apoplectic - that's The Crucible equivalent of dropping your strides and streaking at Lord's.

You're all gonna be cream-crackered at work tomorrow!

Higgins looks like he's got his potting boots on this evening.

Higgins looking grim in his chair now - he hasn't potted a ball for an hour. His eyes are closed and his head cocked slightly, like somone desperately trying to get some kip on the Central Line.

Selby, looking like he's sat in his living room drinking tea and tucking into a pack of Boasters, has a bit of a giggle with the crowd.
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neither are right i think.

155 is the max break that can be obtained in one inning.
162 is the max points optained in one inning.

opponent fauls on black: 7 points
free ball: u pot a coloured ball that counts for a red one and it goes back on the table + black = 1 +7 points
max break: 147+1+7+7=162


= 147+ 7 + 1 +7 = 163
 
Assuming you will pot at least 8 reds, what's the least number of shots you would have to play in order to reach a points total which would leave your opponent in a position where there are not enough available points left on the table to beat you without snookers?:)
 
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ericyow said:
That was cool. What's "169 maximum" and "cannon" mean? There's so much about the English english that I don't understand.

-yow!
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The 169 number mentioned is the number of times, including in practice, that Willie Thorne has made a maximum break (147 points if your opponent doesn't start with a foul). Break in snooker means the same thing as run in straight pool.

Of course by the end of the video it's 170.

Thanks for posting, Scaramouche, that really provides a lot of insight into the intricacies of snooker. I think, like 14.1, it can look simple to the unexperienced eye, when in fact there's a lot more pattern play and touch involved than is immediately apparent. I especially liked the insight into the constant decision "do I go into the reds or not", that is re-examined before every shot on the black, and in fact usually before shooting a red, thinking about the desired angle for the next black. It would seem that snooker demands more caution in going into the cluster than 14.1, due to the extreme unlikelihood of having a makeable shot if you come off the pack badly.

-Andrew
 
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