Category: Snooker
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The Big One — Why I Wish I Was in Sheffield
My favourite snooker event of the year is just entering the second round. Eight of the qualifiers upset their seeded opponents. I’m not enough of a snooker historian to know how that compares to other years, but it seems high to me. In fact, I’d like to know the complete list of unseeded players to…
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Snooker: The Masters
This is my third favourite snooker tournament of the year after the World Championships and the UK Championships. Still, it’s a great 8 days of snooker! June asked a question on the forums and I thought it would make a perfect post. Sorry for the derailment of my post a day this month. Hand problems…
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World Snooker Championship Continues
Day 6 from Sheffield is underway. The first round is nearing completion and players are happy to play longer matches when the second round begins. First round is a best of 19 frames and the second round lengthens to a best of 25 frames. I’ve been impressed as always with the BBC coverage, favouring it…
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Pool Synergy: Favourite Game
For all the PoolSynergy crew’s articles on their favorite games, please visit Johnny’s PoolSynergy summary here. I nearly wrote this about 8-Ball on the common 7 foot Bar Box, but that would have been so, well, common. I’d wager that 8-Ball is the most well known and accessible game to most players in the United…