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Snooker: Do or Die

submitted by Ickster

9 years 9 months ago

If you're not familiar with Snooker, this video is all about attempts to stay alive in a frame.

In each of the games shown, there are 13 points left (pink is 6, black is 7), and the shooter is usually behind by more than 13 points*. The pink ball has to be hit first; failure to do so results in a foul, which means 6** points to your opponent and play passes to them. What the shooter is trying to do in every case is stay alive by hitting the pink without potting (pocketing) it and leaving his opponent snookered (meaning there's no clear shot on the object ball) in the hopes of gaining the points from a foul and then potting the remaining two balls to win the frame.

There are some brilliant shots here.

*there are a couple of frames where the shooter could win by potting the pink and black outright but the shot on the pink is too risky to go for a pot.

**a foul is worth four points or the value of the object ball, which ever is higher. (Added after Arg pointed out my ignorance. Thanks!)

13 Comments

I just want to see the shots that came after these ones!

As an aside, one of the things I love about Snooker is the sportsmanship. In a lot of these, you can see the player who was just snookered tapping the rail of the table with their cue or with their palm; they're applauding the shot. I think that's fantastic.

A foul on the pink is worth six points.

UGH god, thanks for reminding me of Ebdon. The most dismally boring snooker player ever seen on tv. Average shot time 20 minutes.

Thanks for the wonderful description as I couldn't figure out why they were not trying to pot the balls in the first place.

Really? I've somehow missed that. Are fouls worth the points of the object ball with a floor of four or something?

Yup, after review, that's exactly the case. Four points or the value of the object ball, whichever is higher. Can't believe I didn't know that.

A foul on the pink is worth six points.

Also worth noting that you get extra kudos for leaving the object ball (the pink in this case) in a position that will make it almost impossible to pot normally, such as against the cushion, and also making it so that to play the cue ball would mean stretching almost the full length of the table, making use of an extension and/or rest, to make things even harder!
But +1 for wanting to see the shots played after these

*quality

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by antonye.

I am about ready to stick a cue in both my ears.

Snooker championship in deed..

Video is private and so *dead

This video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by RFlagg.

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