That's exactly how I started with watching snooker. No idea how the game worked, just respected the clever shots haha

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/edCDiriF0NvUgaM.html I'd recommend ninh explains snooker. 5 minute vid

Its actually bit too hard to grasp. Reds are worth 1, colours are worth 2 - 7. It goes red, colour, red, colour etc. Then the colours have to be potted in a certain order. Black is worth 7. Look up 147 break to get the order of the potting :) as for snookering an opponent - to put the cue ball where they cant play a shot - meaning they have to concede the frame. A frame is 1 game to you an I. A match is the entire thing, they do best of 11-17 off the top off my head

@@irishwristwatch2487 spot on but it can be 25, 33 or 35

Let me tell you. Snooker players are not hustling the other player they are playing the balls trying to score enough to win each frame. Snooker is man vs the game not the opponent. They couldn't care what the other guy does.

Go try a few frames

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@@Tsuntsu86 think you're misinterpreting what he meant

@@iamfantastic.iamgreat3649 me when bob

Absolutely. Go and try yourself. I was happy when I had a break of 30-40. These shots are THE best. I'm sure you play pool , don't you ??

Knowing the intricacies of billiards comes in handy when playing snooker. Many of the shots in this video are "bread and butter" for a class billiards player.

Not really lol just know the rules

Oh come on. These shots were hard to execute, but hardly difficult to conceive.

@@toziassmitt only one missing here is the piss poor era overrated fraud hendry

It's supernatural.

Completely agree. 👍 I particularly remember seeing this one live, repeating "What the.. What the.. What the.." 😊

It wasn't

@@flawlessmsc bruh you don't k ow what a good snooker is then

@@saintkie1588 More like you don't watch enough snooker. Stop showing your ignorance

@@flawlessmsc 😂😂 Okay bro

Me too! It was only when the commentators said "touching ball" that I understood. Had to rewind! :)

@@maxington26 is it because as it's a touching ball when you strike the cue ball you've basically already hit a red, so you can cannon onto whatever you like?

@@redrob6026 Yep, or cannon nothing - I'm just saying I didn't realise it was touching when I first saw the clip.

@@maxington26 no I didn't know either, came to the comments to find out what he did

Yes, a "touching ball" definitely opens up you options. It also helps when playing a safety shot.

I've been searching for that shot on KZfaq since the day it was played. Beyond chuffed I've found it

Isn’t that against the rules

@@drsnooker1776 that was a touching ball, so he had to release the cue ball

@@drsnooker1776 no its legal shot

@Evan Gage what the fuck are these bots and why isnt youtube hunting them down

errybody, it was a touching ball, so you can play the blue and not foul. Basically it assumes that the red is already made before the shot has been played.

Beautiful shot. How did Hawkins reply? I can't remember

It looks Tha was just luck

@@aeaeaeluis maybe it was, it was Mark Williams after all , but I don't think this was just luck because I have seen Judd Trump hit a safety shot like this too.

No crowd. Covid.

You just edit them together. It's quite simple really. One might say "rudimentary".

@@castleanthrax1833 I didn't mean that. I meant the collation and curation of the clips in the first place. There's a lot of work here.

@@Dionysos640 Yeah I know. My response was said with tongue firmly in my cheek. Sorry. ✌️

I stopped the video after the first shot before getting cringed more. It's not clever, It's basic to think and hard to execute. Snooker can't be complicated if you have a carom and pool background.

What about the rest of us🤔? Oh, and by the way, there's only one "L" in intelligent...

@@mickieb74 Haha, pretty good that

@@maxington26 lol 😉

@@mickieb74 😀

only one missing here is the piss poor era overrated fraud hendry

true. and the reaction at 14:05 is just as bad

To be charitable, maybe everyone was stunned into silence and immobility. What a plant!

Most likely they didn’t realize it was the plan.

Was there even a crowd there? I'm not going back to look, but there were no spectators during covid, so that may explain it. They generally used an applause track, but it wasn't very good, and they missed playing it for some shots. The operator may have been stunned by the shot and forgot to hit the button maybe.

Aha, I see what you did there. Off to the punatentiary for you mate.

He was one of the best players of his generation, memes aside he was a force to be reckoned with on his day

@@LaneyStudios5 People forget he was world champion.

Some how

defo

I played snooker for 30+ years. Anybody with a cursory understanding of the rules, and the slightest experience with the game knows the touching-ball rules. Nothing even remotely clever about this as a rank amateur would know to do this.

@@KrudlerTheHorse I've been watching for over 20 years and have never seen it before. I guess it's just goes to show how infrequently that specific situation occurs. However, judging by the reaction of the commentary team during a top level professional match, I highly doubt anyone with the "slightest" experience knows to play that shot. Appreciate the condescending, exaggerated nonsense reply that definitely didn't need to be added though.

@@RL- lol nice comeback

@@GrimeisAlive there was just no need for it man 😂 weird, I stumbled across your channel a few weeks ago when I was on an old tune hunting sesh. Small world!

@@RL- bro lmao this seriously fucked me up.... grime snooker algorithm must be on lock or something which makes no sense hahahhaha.... aye one love brother keep doing you

Most of these shots actually received "no" points. They were safety shots.

By that maths, 60% the time it fails

@@dudleyspringleaf.8321 correct the guy needs some maths lesson's..

That’s why he’s world champ!

I watched it again and although he was going for a plant, I don't think he got the one he was playing for. Either way he's definitely a great player. ✌️🇦🇺

You are Mark Selby and I claim my five pounds.

I really think you need LOTS OF THERAPY, He's good but excruciating BORING, He is not the best tactical player

Are u stupid or what?

@@flawlessmsc lol!

The cue ball already touched the red, so no need to go in off another red, it's a 3-ball plant in essence.

When opponent finishes a shot and the cue ball ends up touching a red ball the referee must call a "touching ball". Under that rule it means that the following player can now play away from that red that is in contact with the cue ball. You can have the option of hitting no other balls or hitting any colored ball and it wouldn't be a foul because as far as the shot is concerned you "already hit " the starting red you're in contact. This was a touching ball in this case so hitting the blue there is no foul.

idk that's a "touching ball", thank you for your explain ❤️ at first i thought Mark was crazy haha, sorry my english is not good !!!

The black ball was safe and he needed it to win the frame! He used the pink ball to bring the black into play and left the pink ball safe for his opponent!

@@zanyarali5391 but Mark King only required the pink to win. And the pink was not that saved, considering the position of the cue ball.

Basically he used the black to stop the pink going over the pocket. Nothing to do with bringing the black into play. Clever play but not that outstanding considering the rest in the video.

Well, there's 168 hours in a week - go from there.

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No crowd, wasn't televised. Qualifiers and early rounds are often (always?) filmed by a limited crew or one or two static cameras. This was likely the last 64 round of the 2019 World Open. The venue was a Chinese middle school. It definitely would have been commented on!