Snooker

[Colin Colenso]

Hi, Colin. Nice to see you again. We used to talk way back when in the Non-Pool section.

Do you know if there's a full length video of Rempe's win anywhere? Youtube brings up zilch.

G'day mate.. long time!

I have seen a video, about 5 mins long which is about Rempe's win, and it includes a few shots. I'm pretty sure there is a thread about it, which includes the link in the English Pool forum on this site.

I'll try to find and link here if I get time.

Cheers,
Colin

 

[AtLarge]

Hi, Colin. Nice to see you again. We used to talk way back when in the Non-Pool section.

Do you know if there's a full length video of Rempe's win anywhere? Youtube brings up zilch.

For Rempe's induction into the 14.1 Hall of Fame, NYCGrind produced a tribute video. It can be found here by scrolling down near the bottom of the page: http://www.nycgrind.com/video-home/pool-billiard-videos/

That video contains a small portion of Jim winning that World Championship over Joe Barbara -- go to about 3:45 and the following few minutes.

 

[shinobi]

Here's the vid. (the situation I'm talking about starts at 9:25). Fascinating stuff. The commentators had no idea until Ortmann cued it up, and then one of them compares it Jean Van De Velde, as if Ortmann was going for something impossible, improbable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InY14qyP4Uo

Not bad for a guy who primarily plays on kiddie tables with bucket pockets

(note: He also roasted Steve Davis in the earlier round. But yeah, pool players are children compared to the otherwordly cueing majesty of snooker players).

First of all, thanks a lot for posting that link.

Secondly, it wasn't even close to a dead ball combo as originally reported. It was a fairly difficult combination. As the commentators mentioned, it was reasonably safe to go for it since he could attempt it while getting back to balk -- though he came extremely close to scratching in the side.