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Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:54 pmHooray for the auld flas 
They always make it look easy - Think my best break was 22 (4 balls)
Not played for yonks. Makes pool seem easy.Page 1 of 1
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:54 pmRe: 147
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:18 amI've worked in Sheffield for over a year and didn't know where the Crucible Theatre was. I had an idea where I thought it was and walked through there yesterday lunch. It was where I thought. They've got big outdoor screens up showing the snooker, and a temporary snooker hall by the theatre. With this and the BBC portakabins(sp) and lorries, they've taken up half the square.
They always make it look easy - Think my best break was 22 (4 balls) Not played for yonks. Makes pool seem easy.
They always make it look easy - Think my best break was 22 (4 balls)
Not played for yonks. Makes pool seem easy.Re: 147
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:21 amI was on for a 147 once. Blew it on the third red.
Re: 147
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:27 amAs obvious as it is, I'd never really thought about how hard it must be to get a 147 break before. It's certainly impressive but I think Hendry would rather have won the tie.
Re: 147
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 2:32 amA thing I've been wondering about.
You've got to make 36 pots on the bounce to make a 147, and each shot affects the next position wise. So it really is an achievement. In a game of 501 at darts you "only" need to make 2 x 180's and then a 141 finish for the perfect 9-dart finish. But you seem to hear of a lot more 147 snooker games than 9 dart finishes. Why's that? Is it just that snooker gets more coverage? Or am I just mistaken? Or is alcohol a factor? Anybody on here ever done one or the other? With witnesses, I mean.
You've got to make 36 pots on the bounce to make a 147, and each shot affects the next position wise. So it really is an achievement. In a game of 501 at darts you "only" need to make 2 x 180's and then a 141 finish for the perfect 9-dart finish. But you seem to hear of a lot more 147 snooker games than 9 dart finishes. Why's that? Is it just that snooker gets more coverage? Or am I just mistaken? Or is alcohol a factor? Anybody on here ever done one or the other? With witnesses, I mean.
Re: 147
Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 10:15 ammaybe just margin for error hugh? Nine or 10 maximums in 32 years at the Crucible suggests that it is difficult to make a 147 but I reckon throwing 8 successive trebles followed by a double, targets of not much more than a two or three square centimetres is more difficult.
Pro snooker players probably make maximums every week at home or in the club. Then again, I'm sure Phil Taylor has achieved many 9 dart finishes at home too.
If a snooker player retains good position throughout a break, itself part of the difficulty, you fancy him to pot the ball but you never really know where a dart is going to land until it has.
..and no, I've not managed either!
Pro snooker players probably make maximums every week at home or in the club. Then again, I'm sure Phil Taylor has achieved many 9 dart finishes at home too.
If a snooker player retains good position throughout a break, itself part of the difficulty, you fancy him to pot the ball but you never really know where a dart is going to land until it has.
..and no, I've not managed either!