Snooker - World Championship 2014
 

Anyone like it? And whos watching the Grand Prix?

I don't have a clue how to play snooker

Watch a match and learn. :D

Yeah I like snooker a lot, great sport/game

Grand Prix is 3rd -11th October, I didnt realise it had started yet...

Yeah not seen much of it. It's on Euro Sport and has HL's pretty late on the BBC.

There are live matches on the BBC website.. Ding Junhui and someone else are playing right now I saw, cant remember who.

Doherty beat Selby yesterday!!!!!:dance:

Think O sullivan is playing on Tuesday..

I'm related to former played Alan McManus.

He is my mum's cousin.

Well Ronnie is a legend, and could be going CBB. Jimmy White did the jungle, which he didn't need. Go on Jimmy, met him, top geezer.

I watch it if i remember it's on. I tend to end up seeing beginning rounds then missing rounds in middle and seeing Semis/Final and usually missing the winning frame too.

Anyone watching the Masters? O'Sullivan playing Neil Robertson on BBC right now.

Thanks for the heads up. My two favourite players so this'll be a great match :thumbs:

What a comeback he is putting up. I love Ronnie when he is on form.

Anyone see Hendry's 147 yesterday??? amazing!

Twas good alright. Robertson just got a great 140 himself.

Only watch the world championships not much point in anything else

Fair enough even though your logic is ... non existent. Great snooker games are hardly determined soley by the tournaments they are played in. Today proved that.

Only care about the best tournament - to me it doesn't matter who wins the side ones

I couldn't care who wins either bar supporting Ronnie. I think Snooker is fairly free of much fandom. Most people just want to see a good game.

Indeed, have seen a few Charity matches, with John Parrot, Jimmy White and Paul Hunter (RIP) They were good, and they have a bit a fun with them as well.

Apparently the best Snooker either O'Sullivan or Jimmy White have ever played was blind drunk at about 4 in the morning in Ronnie Woods house.

Would not suprise me lol

I think the new entrances are pretty damn funny.......ali carter what a legend! (dont tell me who won by the way, i wanna watch it in a few)

Got a feeling the Chinese will dominate soon, they are mad for it.

Oh yes definately, the past 2 years Snooker has been topping TV ratings in China......the chinese have to move to europe to be sriously ranked contenders, hence why not so mnay have been in top 16 yet, it will happen though next year or two...

I'm looking foward to the future of Snooker in the UK under the Barry Hearn era. He did wonders for Darts, after all.

Can't see the media drowned, internet savy youth of today having much of an attention span for the game though, which is a shame.

Ronnie O'Sullivan hit top form at the World Open in Glasgow today as he hit a maximum 147 on his way to a convincing 3-0 victory over Mark King but had to be persuaded by the referee to complete his break.

The world No6 took the first frame easily with breaks of 38 and 75 before getting the better of King in a scrappy second.

O'Sullivan hit his maximum in the next, but did not do so without controversy and had to be urged by the referee to pot the final black after seeming content to end his break at 140.

Earlier in the frame O'Sullivan had stopped to ask what the reward for a 147 was, only to be told there was no specific prize except for a £4,000 sum for the highest break. He took less than 10 minutes to reach 134 but shook hands with King after potting the pink. The referee Jan Verhaas then had to convince O'Sullivan to finish the break and he eventually potted the black before walking off.

"I wasn't going to pot the black because I asked and was told there was no break prize for a 147," O'Sullivan told the BBC. "What's the point of making a 147 if you're only going to make £4,000?"

This 147 means O'Sullivan now holds outright the record for the most televised maximum breaks – today's was his 10th, taking him clear of the previous record he held jointly with Stephen Hendry.

The 34-year-old's victory sets up a fourth-round match with his boyhood hero, Jimmy White.

Coulnt find a video but it was one of the most Bizarre things I've ever seen!

I can't remember them doing best of 5 frames before lol!

oooo I forgot about this thread. Gonna start watching properly tomorrow. This thread should be stickied :love:

I'll sticky whoe the tournament is on.

(If I can sticky never tried before.)

Oh for **** sake, I was already gutted I was missing the Ronnie match because of school, but he made a 147 as well? Always happens when you're not able to watch :(

it was bizarre he wasnt going to do it because he ouldnt get a big prize.....

Then afterwards he slated Barry Ahern........(is that the guys name)

Good old Ronnie :D


Was watching a bit earlier and they were on about the Higgins thing and gambling. Apprently there is gonna be loads of new rules about players betting on themselves and also family betting on them. It's gonna be a lifetime ban if anyone is caught. It's good really cos it scares people, and Snooker is a dying sport as it is.

Yeah they set up a team whoch involves the police, its like a new governing boy of the sport, he gave an interview the other day so it might be on the BBC IPlayer thingy!

Just watched it on the BBC Snooker site now. Love it. Ronnie never fails to amuse me :joker:

He's right though, why should he do the best possible break for 4 grand...... I mean its still a rare enough thing....

Yeah, I do agree. Pretty pathetic sum really.

It used to be £10k didn't it? Or something like that

In professional tournaments, there is usually a substantial prize awarded to any player achieving a 147 break, typically an amount contained "147", e.g. £147, £1,470, £14,700 or £147,000 depending on the prestige of the tournament. As an extreme case, Ronnie O'Sullivan's 1997 maximum earned him £165,000 (£147,000 of this was for making the 147 break and another £18,000 was for achieving the highest break of the tournament).

wiki is my friend :D

Damnnnnn, that is some good money.