Not sure where this is taken from, but it might just be a match without any specators.

That's from the Championship League Snooker - it doesn't have any spectators.

Wahahahaha

I've never hit the left cursor key on my keyboard so many times watching a video. What kind of sorcery was that shot?

Can’t bear him for some reason even as an Irishman....did like it when he put it up to Ronny last year....showed a lot of bottle

@@MarkBak76 Sorry, I'm not a native speaker so please cut me some slack if this sounds spectacularly dumb, but what does "showed a lot of bottle" mean?

@@homerj.simpson7562 "showed a lot of bottle" = was very brave, (or fearless)

He has some personal life controversies, but you can't deny he plays amazing snooker on the table

Matchroom disables monetization if the fragment is longer than 30 seconds. It doesn't allow me to show the next shot.

@@GTKomissaR Couldn't you just cut the one fragment into two short fragments, one being "clever shot" and the the next one with following shot?

@@mariuszw9665 KZfaq ContentID system is smarter than you think it is

Translation “ if we show both we don’t make money”

@@snoogway8511 And?

Not really. It's just a basic understanding of geometry

it's random if you hit it too hard, or hit it too close to the pocket. Also these tables are incredibly flat so balls can roll really straight even when they're slow.

Selby’s opponent needed the black so Selby moved the pink away from it so his opponent wasn’t able to use it or the cue ball to move the black off the cushion.

OK, but any shot would move the pink away from the black anyway, wouldn't it?

@@waytothewill The typical safety shot in that situation would be to play the pink onto the side cushion (not past the middle pocket), and leave the white roughly parallel with the pink. Jordan could then have the chance to play the pink towards the baulk end and try to move the black with the white. Playing it the way Mark did eliminated this option for Jordan.

@@mervyntong3355 Wow, I get it now, thank you!

@@mervyntong3355 But, doesn't that mean this shot isn't really that clever because the "typical safety shot" seems to be dumb. I suppose the question is, what is the benefit of playing the typical shot when getting the pink as far from the black as possible seems more obviously beneficial? Unless, of course, the shot he played is far more difficult than it looks.

fancy slow clap, raised eyebrow and nod in appreciation followed by sip of tea cup with raised pinky.

Your right…

Alan McManus commentating on Mark Selby is a pair made in heaven. Just as I always thought Willie Thorne commentating on Ronnie was. He seemed to see what he was doing a lot more than others eg. key positions that would open up the whole break. Alan sees shots that Mark Selby plays sometimes and I wasn't even thinking aobut what that would implicate much further down the line. It makes me appreciate Mark Selby even more. Completely different topics but both vital in this incredible game we have. I think that's what essentially commentating should be all aobut. Making us appreciate more what the players are doing instead of ahem.....filling up air space👀 looking at you, Phil 😄 jk statistics are sometimes fine as well.

nothing wrong being a ronnie fanboy, :)

O'Sullivan is nearly 50 and is now both the youngest & the oldest player to win tbe Masters. I assume from your puerile comment that you think snooker is an easy game to play. WRONG. They are so skillled at reading the table and controlling the white with the necessary spin so that it ends up ready to play their next shot that the whole looks so simple and easy that anyone could do it. Now you try it.

If it hadn't hit the black, it would have come back for the blue. That's why he got lucky because black is better.

Ha usato la rotondità della tasca centrale per sfuggire allo snooker e ha giocato con il bianco in una posizione sicura.

Because the clue ball is initially in contact with the red.

Lawler used two reds on the cushion to hold the object red far from the cue ball, brought these two reds into play as he needed them to win the frame since he was 45 points behind, and put the cue ball safe. The only thing Thepchaiya can do in this situation is to go for a risky 50/50 pot to the left center pocket. If he misses the red, Lawler gets the frame winning opportunity, because the reds are spread perfectly. So, as you may see, Rod turned a losing situation into a frame where he had almost as many chances to win as his opponent.

@@GTKomissaR so youre telling me that this was "the most clever shot in snooker"? do you know that un-nooh gave lawler way better safety, after that shot lol.. news flash un-nooh won.

What Jimmy and Hossein did. Playing with the knuckle of the pocket. Yes it could work and I believe that's what they hoped would happen but come on... I will set up this same shot 50 times and none of them will get it within those 50 nor wihtin the next 50 attempts.

In order to put enough stun on the ball to hold it on the cushion near the black, he would have to hit the red hard enough that it would return to that end of the table and perhaps leave a pot on. By aiming the red so it hit the 2 reds near the middle pocket, he prevented the red he hit coming back down the table. It was not a fluke that the reds collided with one another, he played it that way as part of the safety.

Not a cheater tho is he.

I'll start a war now. Don't care + didn't ask.

Congratulations 👏👏👏

Man, congrats. May you live in good health to tell all your grandchildren about this once in a lifetime achievement.

Most of the commentators have previously played and won tournaments.eg Steves Davis & Hendry. If you watch full matches you will here them try to predict what the player will do using their previous experience. They are often surprised. Also they explain how a shot was created.. Ronnie O is respected bevause he as well as potting balls well he also uses canons off other balls to develop further potable positions which is why he has made mor 100 breaks & 147s in his long career than anyone else.