O'Sullivan just got another 147. Most talented sportsman that ever lived in my opinion. But I am a snooker fanatic, so...

Just now, Dimron said:

I read somewhere he now plays synthesiser in a progressive rock band

Interesting.

I’ve just put this on

Theres a bloke trying to hit the white ball but his bat keeps falling off the rest and hitting a brown ball

These are the best in the world then are they?

I reckon I’d have a chance here

Perfect weather for snooker. 

Reckon it will be a late night tonight. Every frame is turning into a scrap. 

If Jose Mourinho played snooker….

17 minutes ago, Spider said:

I’ve just put this on

Theres a bloke trying to hit the white ball but his bat keeps falling off the rest and hitting a brown ball

These are the best in the world then are they?

I reckon I’d have a chance here

Racist snooker. 

24 minutes ago, Spider said:

I’ve just put this on

Theres a bloke trying to hit the white ball but his bat keeps falling off the rest and hitting a brown ball

These are the best in the world then are they?

I reckon I’d have a chance here

Like Darts really, practice for a couple of hours a day, for four of five days a week, for a year, you'd probably get in the top fifty in the world. Obviously it's far, far easier in the darts, but the same principle still holds, you'd just need to practice snooker a little bit more.

3 hours ago, Dimron said:

I read somewhere he now plays synthesiser in a progressive rock band

yes that's right.

he's been a DJ for a while too

Replayed some classic moments this afternoon. Cliff Thorburn’s 147. What a great sporting moment!!

34 minutes ago, Smiley said:

Replayed some classic moments this afternoon. Cliff Thorburn’s 147. What a great sporting moment!!

Best bit about that is Bill Werbenuick stopping playing on the other table so he could watch his mate making history.

Come on Shaun. I'd love a final frame decider for this. 

2 minutes ago, boogs said:

Come on Shaun. I'd love a final frame decider for this. 

Good final session this.

 

Just now, wanderer1984 said:

Good final session this.

 

Been a belter. I think this is it now though. 

Well played Selby. Hats off to Murphy for making it a decent match.

Happy for Selby, but was rooting for Murphy at the end, cracking tournament and great to see the crowds back

that's 2 nights in a row that the BBC have shafted me with a massive anti-climax 

Enjoyed that

500k for 2 weeks work ain't bad.

Murphy is donating his prize money to da Real IRA.

murphy is a scratch golfer to, talented man

can't watch selby playing for 4 snookers he knows he wont get

 

Just got tickets for the champion of champions tournament at the hotel in November. 

14 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

Just got tickets for the champion of champions tournament at the hotel in November. 

I'll see you there. I'm scheduled to play Sweep in the quarters, winner meets Alex Brooker in the semis.

4 minutes ago, Traf said:

I'll see you there. I'm scheduled to play Sweep in the quarters, winner meets Alex Brooker in the semis.

🤣🤣 good for you that one pal 

On 03/05/2021 at 14:39, Sweep said:

Like Darts really, practice for a couple of hours a day, for four of five days a week, for a year, you'd probably get in the top fifty in the world. Obviously it's far, far easier in the darts, but the same principle still holds, you'd just need to practice snooker a little bit more.

More like 6 hours a day, 6 days a week, with a match on the other day, for 10 years.

On 03/05/2021 at 22:06, Alf Hartigan said:

Best bit about that is Bill Werbenuick stopping playing on the other table so he could watch his mate making history.

Yep, spotted that, all added to the moment. 

23 minutes ago, Smiley said:

Yep, spotted that, all added to the moment. 

Love the bit on Bill's wiki page

"

Werbeniuk was noted for the copious amounts of alcohol he consumed before and during matches – at least six pints before a match and then one pint for each frame. In total, he drank between 40 and 50 pints of lager per day.^[1][3] Doctors advised Werbeniuk to drink alcohol to counteract a familial benign essential tremor.^[4] Later in his career he also took propranolol, a beta blocker, to cope with the effects of his alcohol consumption on his heart.^[5]

Bill was also famously reported in the UK tabloid press as successfully claiming the cost of 6 pints of lager before every match as a tax deductible expense.^[2]

Some of Werbeniuk's most famous feats of drinking include: 76 cans of lager during a game with John Spencer in Australia in the 1970s;^[1] 43 pints of lager in a snooker match/drinking contest against Scotsman Eddie Sinclair in which, after Sinclair had passed out following his 42nd pint, Werbeniuk was reported to say "I'm away to the bar now for a proper drink";^[6] 28 pints of lager and 16 whiskies over the course of 11 frames during a match against Nigel Bond, in January 1990 – after which Werbeniuk then consumed an entire bottle of Scotch to "drown his sorrows" after losing the match.^[1]

^"