snooker world championship final

"barry hawkins to break" - he already has, I'd say.

Hilarious, he has basically annihilated anybody bar Joe Perry...no traces of a tortured soul at all. He has actually become efficient and frightening to play in the last couple of years, virtually no 'incidents'.

Oh, and another thing: headset wearing punters laughing because the BBC pundits are cracking jokes: dud.

Snooker player nicknames are the worst. Did we poll some of them once? We should.

Robbo is The Centurion now? Groan.

Robertson has lost his way in the match - long potting gone astray.

Selby on the way to 10-6. No biggie, plenty of time to pull it back.

Selby has broken down on 53, great chance for Robertson!!

Pinches it: 9-7!

glad Robertson won that; Selby couldn't win 4 frames in a row playing that badly without offending some divine guardian of the game

How many kicks has Hawkins got in this match? About five?

Smoking hot long shots from Ronnie: 13 - 6.

jesus mode time.

Century and now "black tied up/pink tied up". 30 secs after and its a frame winning chance

Ronnie when he's in the zone = zen

Barry losing heart.

Who can blame him?

How is O'Sullivan only placed 33rd in the world ranking? Does he only play the tournaments with the highest prize money?

I think he selects a few tournaments.

Anyway, into the final and a session early again.

His long potting is razor-sharp now.

Poor Barry. Still, he did get 7 frames this time.

I think the question is will Robertson or Selby be too knackered to play? It seems that Robertson takes a session to warm up and that might not be good enough if he gets through..

The long, scrappy, tactical battle frames in their match are probably doubly exhausting as well+ this one could very easily end in 16-17.

How does the ticketing work for snooker tournaments? There'll be people with tickets for the last session of the Ronnie semi I guess. Some disclaimer? We reserve the right to make alteration to the advertised details for the performance and you may get some John Virgo trick shots instead. It must happen all the time.

Said with the most bored & serious expression ever: "my nickname is The Jester from Leicester"

lol - lets if he has slept off that opportunity to go four up.

"he always plays with a smile on his face, that's why we call him the jester" : no, he bloody doesn't, it's just the only thing you could think of that rhymed with Leicester, you knobhead.

Blow for blow at the min: 10-8

Happy? No!

lol

Epic frame - this is the type that Selby would win.

ok ok, he is pretty funny, I take back what I said.

In the final against John Higgins Selby did do funny faces and the like, think that's where it comes from.

Another epic - Neil should've won this but missed a blue off the spot.

Some fantastic safety play here from both of them.

All square at the mid-session.

wow, a wewack!

Trump was run over once Robertson got going - not Selby, 70+ break to regain the lead.

Are referees paid by the hour?

12 all. Not stellar, but entertaining.

LOL, just rewound a little because I thought I heard it and Willie Thorn actually really just said "it's going to be a real battle of nutrition"

(it's been pointed out to him and he's now corrected himself btw)

This evening session is A+++

Selby is producing some really great form - should be within one off the final in a few moments..

More like 15 mins later (Ronnie must be loving this). Robertson needs to win the remaining frames.

On the ropes and Robertson makes a century!

It's like they're doing this on purpose. Are they sponsored by a heart attack clinic?

What a match!

Selby gets through with a 74. Just got stronger at the right time.

Selby does play the game that could bog Ronnie down but that was an epic and its just whether he gets a chance to recover. Suspect not.

Missed the start, checked the score online one hour in and it's 3-0 already!?

Selby ws terrific - toughing it out to 5-3 at the end of the first sesh.

oh this is vintage stuff

Ronnie only started pushing the gas pedal once he knew he'll be in the lead overnight.