Worst Pro Match Meltdown You Seen

You guys remember that time JB mopped the floor with Lou during a one pocket match and Lou lost it and went on tirade.in las Vegas ... ... Haha jk
 
I actually spoke to Roberto about that a few years afterwards when he visited a poolhall I used to play at. He was still depressed about it. He lost out on huge sum of money in sponsorship deals (or something like that, forget exactly what he said) because of that loss.

The crowd really did him no favors despite being a hometown crowd. He didn’t say that, just something I saw watching the match. Once he started letting the pressure get to him they made it so much worse.

well he let them affect him negatively. they were 96% cheering for him, rooting for him. they were literally hanging from staircases and balconies trying to watch the match. sometimes the oohs and aahs become negative i guess, and they probably did in roberto's mind. i still hold that WC as one of the best in terms of crowd buzz and pressure. first prize was 100k iirc so it was a match of tremendous importance.

roberto may have lost the match, but daryl lost the plot being a world champion. he signed an idiot/fraud as a manager that demanded show up money for every tournament daryl would play, which of course didn't materialize. all the while eating away of the 100k. i remember archer and buddy hall discussing it back then and they were just baffled.
 
The great man having a meltdown on the snooker table. He was always pretty calm playing 9 ball. Watch from about 4 minutes 30 seconds onwards. Miscounted and conceded the frame prematurely in the decider.

 
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