Category: Tournament Reports
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2nd Annual Southern Classic
The summer version of the Derby City Classic is happening right now in Tunica, Mississippi. The Southern Classic is being streamed by the excellent folks at Accu-Stats. Check it out at  http://www.accu-stats.com/ The 9-ball is wrapping up in the next couple of days. Winners of the first two divisions were Alex Pagulayan winning the banks…
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Ronnie O’Sullivan defeats Judd Trump to advance to finals
The defending world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan prevailed 17-11 over Judd Trump for a chance to repeat. Yesterday, there was some commotion in the session when referee Michaela Tabb warned him for making a lewd gesture with his cue stick. I captured these photos while they discussed the indecent. Ronnie said he simply had to wipe…
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Jonesing for some time on the baize!
Watching all this world-class snooker has me itching to play a few frames. I can’t tell you it was lucky for me there were no cues laying about in the practice room. I was in there alone for a while examining the equipment. If there had been so much as a broomstick, I’d have been…
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The Emotions of Ronnie O’Sullivan
Tortured Genius Defending world snooker champion Ronnie O’Sullivan dropped another small surprise in the press conference yesterday after advancing to the semi-finals over Stuart Bingham. O’Sullivan revealed he’s really not missed snooker after taking a year off, but he missed the money. Citing his children’s private school tuition as his primary reason for jumping back…