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This is just Round 2 at the Shanghai Masters Snooker event... pic taken 30 minutes before play starts... absolutely packed.

I would love to see kind of turnout for a pool event in the USA... this is great to see...
 

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Bamacues said:
This is just Round 2 at the Shanghai Masters Snooker event... pic taken 30 minutes before play starts... absolutely packed.

I would love to see kind of turnout for a pool event in the USA... this is great to see...
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thanks for the heads up. makes my work day better 😉 trump v robbo on now.

this much crowd is unusual for chinese snooker events (minus hongkong of course), they can be quite empty at times. chinese sport culture in general seems to be more TV than live viewing
 
mjantti said:
I would like to see more pool tournaments in China, but it's all Heyball now. In a way, it's a shame.
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As much as i don't like it Heyball IS pool. I think its tedious at best but its still a form of pool. We'll never see crowds anything close to this in the US. Pool/snooker seems to be aligned with chinese/asian culture in a way it will never even approach in the states.
 
Bamacues said:
Higgins was up 5-2 over Carter... Higgins missed a ball, and Carter took over, winning 6-5.... unbelievably good play...
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williams. tables are for sure playing soft, as often in chinese and saudi invitationals. but well done ali, showed a lot of heart
 
pt109 said:
43 centuries so far….heated tables play softer….and I think the pocket fall is kinder.
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amazing how aggressive they play with softer pockets. zhao and ronnie banking like they were at the DCC.

i've been watching the zhao match but it soon turned lopsided, the kid is too good
 
George the Greek said:
Hey Paul! I wonder how the templates would be on the tables of today vs years ago. Seems like the side pockets are buckets
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George Chenier ran 144 …..Fred Davis declared it a World Championship record….1950 or ‘51.
One pocket was declared slightly bigger so the record was disallowed…142 was the high run until Doug Mountjoy’s 145 in ‘81.
I feel all the pockets wouldn’t satisfy the templates now….and the heated tables really help….the old damp tables were brutal.
 
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skogstokig said:
you not leaving out a certain countryman there, pt?

two actually when i think about it
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If you’re talking about Cliff Thorburn’s maximum, that was later.
And Kirk Stevens tied the 142 in 1980….I believe.
 
I posted the wrong date for Doug Mountjoy’s high run..it was 1981.
Kirk Stevens missed the black in 1980 for what would’ve been the new high run of 143.
 
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