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Is it shown (or heard of) in the U.S.?

no.

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 10:14 (eighteen years ago)

No, they prefer pool there (snigger)

― Tom D., Tuesday, 8 May 2007 10:15 (eighteen years ago)

Selby is last year's pool world champion, hence his surprising plants sometimes.

― StanM, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 10:19 (eighteen years ago)

And that female referee who did the semi final between Murphy & Selby has been a well known pool referee for a while now too. So stop sniggering.

― StanM, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 10:23 (eighteen years ago)

No, I like pool but it's kids stuff really

― Tom D., Tuesday, 8 May 2007 10:24 (eighteen years ago)

(try to ignore the childish (hey! childish comments by snooker fans! what a coincidence! xpost) comments)

― StanM, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 10:25 (eighteen years ago)

I loved the yellow ball contest! Those safety exchanges were great! (and I say this when watching it with a fever last night).

I think Selby did the 1m40secs thinking time on his semi-final too.

He has adapted a bit of pool to snooker. I saw him make a century with 3 plants, then another with two. So his knowledge of pool plays a part.

This wz def one of my favourite finals. Hope that Selby does go on and win it but it remains to be seen, he could become another Matthew Stevens - does seem to be 'tougher', tho'.

― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 11:09 (eighteen years ago)

Yes, 19 minutes on the yellow ball! Brilliant!

― Tom D., Tuesday, 8 May 2007 11:13 (eighteen years ago)

Snooker players have been playing plants since forever, it's not a concept in any way exclusive to pool.

Also, Selby's been well known in snooker circles since his junior days, he's not some Johnny-Come-Lately pool player who thought he'd give snooker a bash.

― onimo, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 11:16 (eighteen years ago)

Why did they change his nickname for the final session? (all tournament, it had been "the jester from leicester" and for the final session of the final, it was "marvellous mark selby") Maybe changing nicknames is bad luck and that's why he lost!

― StanM, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 11:25 (eighteen years ago)

"Snooker players have been playing plants since forever, it's not a concept in any way exclusive to pool."

I know that! But there ws one or two that he picked out that other players might not have, I don't think. Don't remember a someone picking them out and getting that many plants in a championship. But yes obv I could be reading way too much into the pool connection (have only played pool on a computer :-)), how maybe a few maybe pick on the fact that Roger Fed played a lot of squash when younger.

― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 11:26 (eighteen years ago)

I don't associate plants with pool anymore than snooker

― Tom D., Tuesday, 8 May 2007 11:29 (eighteen years ago)

― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 11:39 (eighteen years ago)

Must have been tough for Willie Thorne to try stay impartial!

― Tom D., Tuesday, 8 May 2007 11:41 (eighteen years ago)

The concept of being the most jester-like snooker player just makes me think of Lee and Herring's "Britain's Jauntiest Shepherd"

― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 11:43 (eighteen years ago)

"No, I like pool but it's kids stuff really

-- Tom D., Tuesday, 8 May 2007 10:24"

you say that to his face

http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/images/031007a.jpg

― Frogman Henry, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 11:46 (eighteen years ago)

five months pass...

It turns out that me bird's ma loves snooker. Or rather, she loves Ronnie O'Sullivan. Is snooker generally popular with older women?

― The Real Dirty Vicar, Sunday, 21 October 2007 21:10 (seventeen years ago)

Ronnie is.

― Noodle Vague, Sunday, 21 October 2007 21:11 (seventeen years ago)

well done marco! :)

― Just got offed, Sunday, 21 October 2007 22:46 (seventeen years ago)

As Oriental snooker talents go, though, I'm more excited by DING JUNHUI, FUTURE GOD OF SPORT. I think I started an ILX thread about him somewhere. With precisely those words.

― Just got offed, Sunday, 21 October 2007 22:47 (seventeen years ago)

I find it hard to care about sports where there are so many tournaments that include the same competitors. Ronnie O'Sullivan is looking old though.

― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 22 October 2007 00:02 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

ah, fuck, snooker world championship RIP :-(

― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 25 April 2009 11:35 (sixteen years ago)

i used to not know the rules and was sort of fascinated by it (daytime television) but now i know how it works and it's boring.

― Ludo, Saturday, 25 April 2009 11:39 (sixteen years ago)

Its OK, Ronnie's out :-(

― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 25 April 2009 11:43 (sixteen years ago)

:( a sad day

― sorry for british (country matters), Saturday, 25 April 2009 11:44 (sixteen years ago)

damnit :-((

― Gerard (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 25 April 2009 12:07 (sixteen years ago)

awesome!!

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 25 April 2009 12:55 (sixteen years ago)

poor Marco, got a good beatin'

― not_goodwin, Saturday, 25 April 2009 13:07 (sixteen years ago)

Sadfaced about Ronnie :-(

― ailsa, Saturday, 25 April 2009 13:08 (sixteen years ago)

SERIOUSLY FUCK OFF HIGGINS

― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 27 April 2009 16:44 (sixteen years ago)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH WHY DID I WASTE MY AFTERNOON WATCHING THIS

― sorry for british (country matters), Monday, 27 April 2009 16:44 (sixteen years ago)

better than wasting the afternoon on ilx tbh

― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Monday, 27 April 2009 17:20 (sixteen years ago)

I quite like Higgins - way better than 'Hendry the 8th' (I really hope that never happens)

Like Selby or Higgins to win now.

― xyzzzz__, Monday, 27 April 2009 21:21 (sixteen years ago)

That was a terrific 147

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 12:21 (sixteen years ago)

Is there such a thing as a bad 147?

― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:02 (sixteen years ago)

Ay, 147? (Damn, must switch on da telly!) Who dunnit then, the 147?

― t**t, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:09 (sixteen years ago)

wasn't ronnie

― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:10 (sixteen years ago)

hendry, it's on the bbc snooker page.
was ok as far as potting every ball in the right order to get the max break and look cool with the added bonus of a bonus in the shape of a check in your name with lots of money above it.

― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:32 (sixteen years ago)

I went on the BBC site to watch this and spotted the video was only 4:28 long and thought "Quicker than Ronnie? WTF!" then pressed play and he was already on 89.

― the innermost wee guy (onimo), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:37 (sixteen years ago)

now we just need someone to beat the score by a free ball + 147 break combo.

― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:40 (sixteen years ago)

cmon selbs

― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 14:37 (sixteen years ago)

oh fuck off higgins

go away

― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:22 (sixteen years ago)

go the fuck away

― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:51 (sixteen years ago)

louis seems to hate scottish snooker players

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:53 (sixteen years ago)

nah just the dull uncharismatic ones

― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:54 (sixteen years ago)

oh wait

― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:54 (sixteen years ago)

I thought you preferred quality over charisma Mr J

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:55 (sixteen years ago)

I prefer talent and inspiration to efficiency, at least on the snooker table...it's a game that ought to reward the sublime rather than the functional

...and besides, I prefer players with individual styles, with facets to their game which separate them from the cluster. Otherwise what is there to follow?

― sorry for british (country matters), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 15:58 (sixteen years ago)

It's not a game that "ought" to reward the sublime. I agree that Scottish snooker players tend to be on the nice-but-dull side though.

― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:05 (sixteen years ago)

I mean, if you're lucky it is, but that applies to any sport really.

― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:06 (sixteen years ago)

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