Morning lads, how are we? Welcome back to the 2025 UK championships. Making this OP from work so sorry for the lack of detail.>Schedule: https://www.flashscore.com/snooker/>Streams: https://www.viprow.nu/sports-snooker-online
>>152254867How's Littler doing? Still number 1?
>>152254933There's only one boy we recognise round these parts
>>152254867>Morning lads, how are we? Alri, not too bad. Just >waiting for the YCP extravaganza to start>>152255104>Judd is 36 When does he become The Man?
>>152255162To be fair he became a man when he finally won a world championship.
>>152255162>>152255177Which is funny because wasn't the original boy post after he won the worlds? He became the man to become the boy
>YCP-only session
>the table takes up the whole tv screen in the default angle, not just the bottom halfhome series/saudi/chingchongs could never
When's Ronnie playing?
>>152255196So Judd is Benjamin Button
Ding dong WAHEYhttps://youtu.be/-cD39WW8DZs?si=jMYVV599vZ8JP524
first for qt referees
the collared freak is there, in the front row as usual
dirtydingdouble
T O N G T U R YandD O N G T U R Y
>>152255792Now that would be a good Final
ARR ROOK SAME
>>152255162>When does he become The Man?When he shaves his head he will no long be The Mother's Boy
>>152245526>finally coverage on THE prestigious channel of Eurosport 1 (One)>it's not the Ding match
>>152255210>>152255750heh
>>152254867>No link to previous thread>>152082548
*aggressively blinks in youre direction*
>>152255875they never said it's a good Home of Snooker.
>>152255939If you weren't there you're square is what I say
>>152255989>09:55NEETbros...
>>152255707Ania looks far too pleasant to be a referee, like she wouldn't even stomp on my balls if I went in off
>>152256004Sitting on my (lap)top at work frend, it's the best.
oh long zehuang
>long wang
>>152256398>short bang
>>152256523>master, do not look forlorn as Ding is in combat against another dragon!
>long wangthey don't even try to hide it
The Long comeback is on.
He can barely speak English stop asking him so many questions ffs.
Anime.This is me when I come back late, but my friend Tong is in and Ding is gently destroying, so it's obviously /sp/ related.
>>152256786>Ding is gently destroying(Himself)
RAM I ordered has arrived, so now I have 32GB, and surprisingly my PC still turns on, which usually doesn't happen when I add new RAM. Can't wait to see how well Japanese RPG Maker games and emulators of 20+ year old consoles run now.>>152254933He died 80 years ago, so I don't think so. You made two typos, by the way.>>152255203(And that's a good thing!)>>152255345Or Dorian Gay.>>152255694Didn't know Selt wore glasses.>>152256858He just doesn't want to whitewash his disciple.
MAXIMUM ALERT
>>152257062Not any more. But, will we get a Xusider?
>>152257238Ding's going to commit xusicide if he doesn't win this match
Imagine doubting
>>152257288Beautiful. Absolutely apex lel.The most incredible thing, however, is that coverage is scheduled to end at 17:15 and Ding got the win at 17:10. That’s just unbelievable skill.
>>152257288He does well
>>152257348I literally can't.
>>152256924>Didn't know Selt wore glasses.Yeah that's him before the laser eye surgery
Always rember to chalk your bobbins
>>152257739this is some prime /147/ lore herehow did you find this even? hahachalk your bobbins, wise words indeed
>>152257936>he doesn't read books about mechanized cotton spinning between sessions
>>152257988thats absolutely correct
GWAN ScottyGWAN Gnelfo
>>152258378and the Mouse
Rob "loves to bring up your dead relatives" Walker
Thoughts on Scott Donaldson’s hairline?
>>152258417Kek.
>>152258417Bring up as an undead monstrosity
>>152258436Style it in to a comedy hairstyle or go to Turkey at this point/10
>>152258436shave ‘toff
go on scotlands scott
GO ON THE PLAYERS
enjoying this Davis Hendry combo
Great Scott
>>152258436Luckily it doesn't seem too bad from the back, so he can hang on in there.
lmao it looks like there's a cock on the back of gnelfs head
>mark fallen
>>152258436All the makings of a boy wonder
>>152258417The NecRobmancer
>>152259009>>152259103heh
>I WAS IN THE POOL!
How did that black drop in wew
I still find slim Allen disconcerting
>>152259226
my wife keeps prattling on about how 'dreamy' the ref (Kevin?) is
>>152259439>getting mind cucked by Marcel's little brother
>>152255210Tomorrow afternoon.
>>152259512Selby's on at the same time. I wonder which match they'll show.
>>152259644Jesus Christ himself could return and they'd still be showing Ronnie's table.
>>152259644>>152259671Our Russian friends will show both.
>>152259644No commentary for me then
Hiya lads, I don't post in here but I do watch a lot snooker.Just stopped by to say Mark Allen is SHIT.
>>152259766Yeah cheers Reanne
>>152259508if anything, Kevin is the older sibling and Marcel is the runt of the ref litter
that lemon was filthy
i am living for scott donaldsons game right now
>>152259766I hadn’t been watching his match, but I watched some of the last frame and I think he’s being tortured by Scott Donaldson. It’s Jak Jones reaching the World Championship final all over again. And unfortunately, Mark Allen does seem to wilt sometimes and turn to shit, and those two events have combined to give us a humiliating zesty slaughter of based GOAT Mark.
>>152260188>Two superhuman long pots out of nothing Either I was completely wrong, or Scotty D zested himself so hard that he’s sick of playing now and just wants to go home.
>>152260319He's quite clearly drained morks entire lifeforce and gained new nawty potting abilities
if mark wins this, it's finishing at 6am
>>152260402when will organisers stop scheduling mork and mark in evening sessions
>>152260620you love it
G N E L F C I D E R
come on scotty boy, one more!
Mark Allen is trying to be Mark Selby, but he's wayyy too shit to ever be Mark Selby.
>>152260779He's in the zone right now>McThrill>Bing>Allel Some run he's on
whats going on over on the decider table? wst says its been twenty minutes and no ones potted anything yet
I don't believe in Gnelves.
>>152260917i think my wst app had frozen in hindsight
Scott Donaldson's weird combover hairline is starting to bother me. He either needs to do the chad embrace and just be out and proud as a balding 30 year old man, or he should just fucking shave it all of like Luca Brecel or Anthony McGill (or dare I say, Graeme Dott). And if he's too much of a little bitch to do either of those options he needs to get a hairpiece like Jimmy White.
Allel gets buffed if his match runs past midnight, this is well documented.
>>152260953or not LMAO
the absolute state of Bobbins in the year 2025
Based Donaldsunn O)))thread theme:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3b7oNYf22s
>>152260941Dude needs to become redpilled asap.
so proud of our man scott donaldsona superb victory
>>152260986someone must have forgotten to chalk their bobbins
>>152260989>>152260997a Donaldo run to the final would be LIT
>>152261015jegg did it straight after his father passedwould be repeat kino if scott could do it too
>>152261050Favre esquehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favre's_Dad_Game
P A N D A
Ronnie O'Sullivan [6] v China Zhou Yuelong [29]Mark Selby [11] v China Lei Peifan [31]Kyren Wilson [3] v England Elliot Slessor [21]Barry Hawkins [14] v England David Lilley [51]three bangers and rpdmey
>>152261050>>152261151I wonder if Ronnie won his first match after his dad killed someone else?
>>152260941It's better to be bald or balding than grey
>>152263215Stop.>>152261258Ronnie is worth watching too unless you are a casual who prefers a personality contest to a snooker match.
>>152260919Don't worry, gnelves believe in you!>>152261182My boy Zhanda.>>152261258Not bad.>>152263215Ah, an early candidate for the Worst Take of the Thread Award.>>152264559Truly the most exciting snooker player.
>>152264950>>152265607It's the regrettable truth
Morning lads, how are we? Bit seethed that I'll miss zesting as well rpmmie getting battered today. Blorkins better not blork this evening.
>>152254867It's only a game, so put up a real good fight. I'm gonna be snookering you tonight. I'm famed for my aim, so you better believe I'm right. I'm gonna be snookering you, snookering you tonight.
>>152267883>doubting the Hawk
O'Sullivan playing in 1.5 hours
Selby playing in 1.016 (repeating) hours
I was researching and trying to find out why whenever I play on a snooker table myself, the balls are always quite obviously smaller than the ones on TV. It turns out you can buy smaller snooker balls if you want to also be able to play on pool tables. But, more excitingly, did you know that Aramith-brand pool balls are so much more expensive partly because the pattern goes all the way through the ball? Absolute madness. Look at this lunacy.
Lemon fields forever
Feels like a lifetime since I last watched Ronnie play.
GWAN THE GOAT IGNORE THE SHUT-INCELS
>>152268544>paying more to potentially confuse yourself while playing
GWAN KASABIAN
GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN RONNNEEEEHHHHHH
>>152268731For me it's the Black Beater
GWAN Joe LongGWAN LelbyGWAN Pie fan
The jaws on these pockets are relentless
>Of all these newcomers, I'm currently most optimistic about Wu. I hope he can maintain a stable and strong performance, unlike the others who are inconsistent and ultimately just mediocre. >Wu has good technique, a tall and slender build, and is ambidextrous, meaning he has no weaknesses in his game. The question is whether he can maintain consistency and further improve his skills to win more championships. If he's inconsistent, then that's about it. >Will Chinese players dominate the snooker table in ten or twenty years? >As long as there are still British people on Earth>Zhang Anda's height limits his grades>Although Wu Yize is also very accurate, I think the biggest difference between him and Zhao Gongzi is their accuracy in the middle pocket. Zhao Gongzi's middle pocket accuracy is insane. >The director is confident. They'll make it to the quarterfinals against Donaldson. >The outrageous Donaldson is one of Ding's nemesis. >The top 64 are basically Ding's nemesis. >If Donald Duck is that strong, how come he's ranked 52nd? >Fun fact: Last year, Donald Duck lost to Bai Yulu in the third round of the English Championship.
Zestfest
>>152268801>The top 64 are basically Ding's nemesis.
>>152268801>>If Donald Duck is that strong, how come he's ranked 52nd? How do you say "filthy casual" in cantonese?
>Look at the state of the balls.I agree, Steve. This is absolute filth.
>>152268807>>152268839Off to a top start
>>152268839Silly reds.
>first pot is a flukeL E L
>>152268777Murder pockets! The great equaliser vanquished!
>>152268855The absolute STATE of that table pure zest!!
Pie fan has a basketball player's nose
>both Englishmen losing the zestbattle to YCPs It's over
Ronnie has been playing bad last 3 years now. Think its over lads
GO ON THE SELBMANGO ON ZHOU
>>152268936>3 yearsDo you not remember 23/24 where he and jodd were in almost every final
Now that was a fine Frame 1
*pounces*
>>152268921Leicester 1 - 0 China
>>152268936He always lacks match fitness because he only plays the tournaments he wants to play. If he keeps losing, he might start playing in the purist tournaments again and get his form back. There have, after all, been much longer periods than this in Ronnie’s career where he has been consistently shit.
35 is quite alright.
4-0 for are boys (in total).
>It’s these tight pockets that are stopping Ronnie from winning unc getting glazed fr fr no cap
9 is fine
>>152269098New & improved Long Joe is legit
>>152269102Fortunately his opponent's pockets are bigger.>>152269115We'll see when he's one frame away from winning.
>getting your hopes up when a proven bottler YCP faces rpmmie
>>152269172>proven bottler YCPThat describes Joey Oolong down to a tea!
>>152269172But i want to see Ronald v Jester >>152269187>
All the ladies in the audience are cooing over Selby's rustic good looks. He's aging like a fine wine and looking better than ever... if I were a woman..
Caution: Zesting in progress...
>poofan
Do you think Mark Williams and Stephen Hendry actually like each other? Hazel keeps saying “there’s so much banter between you two, even when we aren’t on air!” and the pair of them just stare at her with faces like stamped bollocks.
>>152269394>and the pair of them just stare at her with faces like stamped bollocks.Hendry generally always looks like that. No idea if they're good friends but I suspect they get on well enough.
Schrödinger's tablepockets are simultaneously too wide and too tight
>>152269404>>152269394From Hendry's book they're actually best friends. Willo is one of the reasons Hendry broke his super autist "no speaking" rule with other players
>>152269394
>>152269410I can imagine Willo bringing people out of their shell.
>>152269410would loved to have seen the moment Hendry cracked (up)
>>152269410>From Hendry's book
>>152269432>>152269448It'd make for a good film
>even Willo couldn't heal Hendo's yipsWhat a terrible illness.
Champagne snücker here from the jester
Lee Walker commentating like he doesn't want to wake his parents up in the next room
J E S T U R Y
>>152269583>>152269585>>152269599(He does well)
>>152263215>dye your hair like Robbo>wear a wig like JimmyNot a tough choice.
The Piefanback is on
>>152268801>The Outrageous Donaldson>Director Ding
All this talk of Ronnie getting a kick because he’s one of the only players to still use the old chalk really makes me question his large TAOM sponsorship on his shirt.
>highest break of 48 >winningell o ell
>>152269865It’s those tight pockets, you see. The tight pockets with a little help from the table itself being wonky so that balls just roll off in random directions sometimes.
>>152270007>makes a break of 125 Young Joe has shut us right up
When's Ronnie playing lads
Gwannie :(
Ahhh surely nothing will go wrong now. The pendulum is FINISHED. Rpmmie is FINISHED, we're all going to have a happy Christmas.
>>152269814>urge for RUNNING intensifies
Selbros..?
>>152270128It's over
>lolnald o'lullivan
Gwesty
>Moe Lester from Leicester
If Mark Selby was Chinese his name would be Lei Zester
Piefans...
Marek Selbiński: I NSorry for Liu, but it is what it is.
Never in doubt
Looks like the pie just got............served
>Joe Vietcong
double rigging in process
>Crony O'Smellyham
>>152270484No Ronnie O’Sider for us today.
>Gwannie O'Riggivan
>>152270458
>>152270458hehe
Gwannie nooooooo
Perfect session.>>152270417Kek.>>152270501Two ciders in the evening then. Daily quota must be kept.
Running: mentioned.
>>152270455Do NOT do this it generates poisonous diselbium-zestine gas
Well played Joe Yule Log
Ronald j-just needs more time okay? Heh
>gloating from retardsevery time
>>152270616>not mad, by the way>like, literally at all
>>152270616es only a game why you hef to be mad?
>popularity-contest-anon seethingsoft
>>152270654>thinking I'm ashamed about being madOf course I'm mad I wanted a Ronnie vs Zester final, it's only you shut-ins who hate the GOAT
>>152270712I don't think he's relevant enough to be really hated right now, with him taking part in ~5 events a year.Otherwise you'd see a stream of actual gloating that there is none in this thread. Unless you mean something innocent like this >>152270577 which is just something we say often when a player loses, no matter whether we like him or not.Just chill out a bit and enjoy the snooker.
>>152270772>I don't think he's relevant enough to be really hated right nowKek the Pole tries to explain it away again
>>152270772>trying to reason with the faggot attention whore For some reason, i don't think this will work... anywayGWAN THE HAWK GWAN SLESS
ronnie feels to me like a long lost gallagher brother, the gallagher brother that went into snooker instead of music
Caaam on all good Kyren sirss.
>>152271185>GWAN THE HAWK>GWAN SLESSStill over an hour of >wait though.>>152271227Sorry, but lately I've been gwanning der Slesseur. Even if, sadly, he can no longer win a ranking event before Jack Lisowski.
>>152271227sending best wishes and izzat to Pride of Bharat saaarssss _/\_
>>152271185this guy's the real seether, i can taste it from here!
>>152271225prpah Irish lads the lot of em
>>152271227Good evening Kyren sirrss, plz redeem my power. >>152271252>Still over an hour of >wait though.We could watch one entire zesty frame in that time
>>152270693Ronnie losing doesn't change the fact you're dirty personality contest casuals
Told you lad here>>152268936 Ronnie is in decline mode for few years now>>152268953True maybe he needs more matches and can't just turn up and win>>152269000
>>152269000Trips of truth. It was clear when he first started to play only a few tournaments a year that his standard was dropping.
>>152271252Ill send my energy to der Slesseur for Shootout, sirrr. Send kyren your energy tonight sirr.>>152271338>>152271386Based izzatdar anons sir._/\_
Checked hightlight video, why did they fist pump in the Ronnie-Zhou match all the way instead of handshake?Is it Corona time again?
>>152271944Ronnie always fist bumps now.
GWAN SLESSINHOGWAN BLORKINHO>>152271545Not this time. UK Champ would be a just right first ranking win for Sless.
>Hawk>Slessor>Lilley
R E R A C K
>>152272051Awlright then good sirr...very goodluck to you.Caaaam on Koiren.
Slessor really is quite a specimen. If aliens landed on this planet and he was the first human they saw I think they'd get back in their UFO and go home.
GWAN THE SLESSOR EVIL
>>152272201I think they'd be very happy to see a fellow ET on an alien planet imo
David Lilley could be Steve Davis brother.
KUBOL KUBOL'D
I fear that wise ol' Lilley may be unpounceable
>>152272335or Willo's bastard brother
>sleesor
>>152272491Definitely, I kept this picture because the first time I saw it I thought it was Lilley
>The UK Championship title should go to a Chinese player; it seems inevitable>Let's not even talk about the champion yet. I predict that at least one, and at most two, national team players will be in the semifinals, and there will also be a national team player in the final. >Zhou Yuelong was covered in sweat.>The last yellow ball was a complete disaster. >I feel like my whole body is shaking, like I have Parkinson's disease, it's like I'm in a heap. >My chances against Selby in the next match are slim. >I think Ronnie O'Sullivan looks a bit like Mr. Bean.
>>152272201>>152272266
Elliot Slessor looks like a wrong'un to me. I'm getting wife beater/rapist/pedo vibes from him.
>>152272674>The UK Championship title should go to a Chinese player; it seems inevitable>inevitableDing's time.>My chances against Selby in the next match are slim. No defeatist thoughts now, Zhou, you're doing alright.>I think Ronnie O'Sullivan looks a bit like Mr. Bean.How astute.
>>152272674>>I feel like my whole body is shaking, like I have Parkinson's disease, it's like I'm in a heap. lmao
>William Lemons 30th Birthday>Zester destroysToday is the day of the Lemon
Lilley looks high as fuck in his wst pictures
Unbelievable standard tonight from these four English titans
>>152273186This absolute gem of a game released today as well.
>>152273426I refuse to believe this is all coincidence
>>152273186This yellow ball between Kyren Wilson and Elliott Slessor has refused to go down despite being potted three times now. It’s lemons all round.
>>152273426>But this isn't just about profit. It's about:> Facing the local basketball king for a boombox and respect.> Earning your way into the underground RC car races.> Learning how to talk to the girl next door.> Learning how to talk to your dad.>Every day brings new choices. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you spill the lemonade. But with each cup sold, you grow a little.deepest lore
Barry just did a wicked skillshot
What's that piece of paper? Shopping list from Sophie?>>152273775Lel, hadn't read that before posting.
>KyrenjobsinthefirstroundofeveryeventWilSon
I don't see Dott's name in the draw, who will he be playing lads?
>2-4I got up in between sleep just to check koiren losing to Elliot. See you all good sirrs when Koiren winning, sirsss,
>>152273907I was calling him Kyren Mentallyillson when he walked off with his suicide note. But he’s sure showed me by coming back out to finish the match, alive and well, and that’s wonderful news.
>>152273855>Miss the following shots in the following frames or the Syndicate will kill your family:>Frame 5: all of them>Frame 6: all of them
What's everyone's opinion on willo as a pundit?Seems wrong ladsIs this the end
despite still winning frames kyren looks mentally checked out
>>152274342is he commentating and/or punditting now? im not seeing it on my stream
i can imagine slessor in drag
>>152274342I like him because he is the most naturally likable player on the tour. But I’m worried that if we see too much of him, we might see times where he’s not being the hilarious entertainer and that could hurt his reputation as a banter machine. They had some feature a couple of days ago where they asked him a bunch of questions, and when they asked him to give advice to younger players, he went completely solemn and said, “Never get a manager. Never let anyone get their hands on your money except you.” That felt so out of character that I was a bit taken aback, even though it’s genuinely good advice.
>>152274378Not currently, but he was doing it earlier.>>152274423I know we all meme about Judd shaving his head, but if he does, he will look like Elliott Slessor and this is why I am a passionate supporter of the Chad Embrace when it comes to baldness.
>>152274497But isn't shaving your head embracing the baldness? What you call the "Chad Embrace" is desperately trying to hold Wew water in your hands as long as possible, while it keeps spilling through your fingers.
>>152274497How do you feel about the ASCENDED gnelfhawk?
>>152274497But shaving your head IS the chad embrace...
>>152274703I worship it. It’s one of the greatest achievements in snooker history.
>>152274703We've spoken recently about the idea of spiritual lookalikes and this image is spiritually one of those feathered dinosaur paleoart pictures.
>>152274703kubol in the front, anarchy in the back
>>152274799If you do a Google Image Search for any of Gary Wilson’s comedy hairstyles, they are actually referred to as his “dinosaur haircuts”.
This has been the most brainless match of the championship so far.t. fell asleep in the fourth frame
>another miss
>cry-then Wilson
>>152274953>Kyren Wilson misses repeatedly >”He has a new cue, he’s just not in the zone, he’s having a tough time out there”>Elliott Slessor missed repeatedly >”He’s just shit lol”
>>152275228Top 16 privilege baka
>byeren schmilson
>>152275228Well tbf Koiren is supposed to be no. 2 in the rankings, you don’t get there being shit whilst Slessor is a “who?”
Kyren Wilson, with your voice like that of an adolescent muntjac deer.
So how many players is that now who have been dumped out of the tournament because of muh titanium ferrules?
Wilson slagging off the table.
>table is awful, cue is awful KWAB
>>152275287>>152275291Skill issue, git gud kiddo.
Kyren sent his cue to be refurbished (they broke it) and now his career is over lololol. Got to wonder what was going on in that workshop...
Imagine buying a pair of new slacks from blorko
>>152275369>Ooopsy.pnglol
Please tell the commentators and players to stop talking about titanium ferrules or table heaters nobody cares
>Blorky Hawk in charge of finishing off the Lilleyman of immense jobber experience and wrinkledness
>>152275440>Some of the reasons people use ferrules include:[5] To shield parts or cables from electromagnetic pulses, environmental damage, the elements, thermal factors, and more.Magnet protectors? Well well well...
>>152275471When I was researching earlier, I watched a video which said that cue balls genuinely do have magnets in them sometimes. They’re put there for pub tables, so if someone pots the white by accident, it comes out again rather than being put with the other balls until someone puts another coin in.
HAWK: INS!
WEDNESDAYUK Championship Round 2 (bo11)>13:00Neil Robertson v Wu YizeMark J Williams v Pang Junxu>19:00Mark Selby v Zhou YuelongJudd Trump v Si Jiahui
>>152276274GWAN THE LADS (BUT NOT THE BOYS)
Shoot-Out in one week
>Blorko didn't blork>Slesseur wasn't slain>>152276274>Selby two days in a rowWew. The afternoon session solid too.>>152278687It may be because I visit /v/, but this picture looks like cropped porn, somehow, a kind I would rather not see uncropped.
>>152254867>>152256786Alri, here we are then.>>152245488Noooo :^)>>152255707>>152258389>>152271174Honestly, she is such pale perfection.>>152260989Based and Sunn-pilled. Speaking of our /mu/sic, I saw Caribou on Monday. One of the best concerts ever.
Morning lads, how are we? Making my students do an essay test today so I can watch the snooks :^)>>152280217Alri' Austria back to normal working hours yet?
>>152277774>waiting for Ethan Llewellyn vs Yao Pengcheng >>152280354>Making my students do an essay test today so I can watch the snooks :^)Now that's devilish
>>152280412>loopy shpptput organisersFirst match of the tournament, they could have the current world champion, the current shpptput champion, a former world or shpptput champion, the current women's world champion, a crowd favourite, but no, they've gone for this bloke (he actually seems a normal height, the woman must be tiny).
>>152280486This lad would make Big Bill look like average sized Bill.
>>152280354>Alri' Austria back to normal working hours yet?If by normal working hours you mean my regular schedule where I'm not able to really watch any snooker these last few months then yeah. Almost makes me miss my crazy schedule a few years ago with night shifts, super early shifts, etc. but alas it is what it is. Speaking of not able to watch any snooker, I'll be have to miss this tournament as well as I'm flying to Germany today in a bit.>>152280486>the woman must be tinyThe Gnelfmother?
nice session, GWAN all the lads.
Gwan Wu 'the do' Yize lol
Gwan Jobbo
>keel overtson
>>152269514They read your comment and upped his mic levels
Neyul showing these youths what real long potting is
GWAN WOOGWAN WILLOGWAN PANG(Neil still hasn't apologised for "fuck the snooker".)
>>152281418>Almost makes me miss my crazy schedule a few years ago with night shifts, super early shifts, etc. but alas it is what it is.Absolute fucking despair. We weren't meant to live to see days like this. Enjoy Germany though, or don't, depending on where you go
>>152281712Shame, i was enjoying the Snooker + ASMR combo
Chinese phones in the audience.
>>152282000trips confirm but seriously if your phone goes off while a player is down on a shot, you should be insta kicked, no exeptions.
>>152282035When iPhones started having that bell noise for notifications, I thought it was revolutionary because it's not a ringing sound so it could just blend in with the background (if people still made their own ringtones, I considered recording myself coughing and using that so that my phone could go off and I'd never get in trouble). Unfortunately, so many people have iPhones that the noise has become ubiquitous and it's more annoying that any ringtone ever was.I am very proud of myself for writing about that noise without saying "Ding" or "Bing" at any point.
>>152282062>I considered recording myself coughing and using that so that my phone could go offONE WEIRD TRICK. REFEREES HATE HIM
>>152282062>I considered recording myself coughing and using that so that my phone could go off and I'd never get in trouble). 4d chess lel
>>152282093*snooker
An old Willo stands,Whispers of the past it shares,Graceful branches weep
Dark kyren era incoming
>>152282186I liked how in Kyren's post-match interview, he repeatedly said "The table was awful, terrible table, completely unplayable" and then when they went back to the studio to talk to Elliott Slessor, he said, "I don't want to say too much or I'll get in trouble." What was he going to say?
>>152282139Imagine watching a 4d smellovision Ania match>>152282186Der Sless either mentally breaks his opponent or himself (and sometimes hisn own hand)
>There have been a few misses, which is never a bad thing.Gonna have to disagree with you there, JP.
>>152282186saars, the izzat deficit is to high _/\_
>>152282220He was going to release the Hearn Files live on air
>>152282238I understand what he meant. But "never"? Has he never watched a shit match in his life?
>>152282238I can think of a few misses that are never a bad thing
>>152282270Who are those other two?
QUICK SAY NEIL ROBERTSON SPECIALYou've said "That wasn't a Neil Robertson special" like five times this tournament, and there is no such shot. This is your chance, Dennis!
>>152282282I have no idea, they look like players rather than refs if that helps at all (it doesn't)
>>152282270ah, the lesser spotted Smugger
>>152282296Perhaps they failed to make it into the celebrity refereeing leagues. There must be hundreds of qualified snooker referees who just do the Canadian Women's Open or whatever and never appear on TV.
My eyes have foreseen the glory of a Robbo fourth UK title
Neil is winning the Victorian Plumbing.
GWAN KING YIZE & THE LIZARD WIZARD
Stop trying to make DDK a thing Dennis
Wu Yize? More like... Too easy!
Lmao Neyul>YCPs can only pot balls on chinese bucket tables
>>152282676>>152282700YCPbros will never recover
>>152282583Great taste in music
>british tables reward accuracy
>https://www.wst.tv/news/2025/december/03/format-change-for-2026-world-grand-prix-in-hong-kong-with-longer-matches/Nice. Maybe they'll change the home nations events to Bo9 from the outset next (they won't)
I saw a feature two or three days ago where they asked various snooker players a set of fun questions. One was, “What one rule would you change in snooker if you could?” Most players mentioned the miss rule; Luca Brecel asked for a shot clock. I have decided that if I could change one rule in snooker, I would change the rule that the cushion at the bottom of the TV screen is called the “top cushion”. It’s not at the top. If it was, like if you’re looking at it from the baulk end, then the left cushion would be the right cushion and vice versa. Bouncing off the left cushion, on the left, onto the top cushion, at the bottom, is idiotic and I am willing to change the rules of the game to stop commentators being so confusing.
>>152282840Or just point the camera from the other end
>>152282840It was named after Sir Reginald Topp, inventor of snooker.
>>152282840>If it was, like if you’re looking at it from the baulk end, then the left cushion would be the right cushion and vice versa.Good observation. Either we're using the player's point of view, or the camera's. But as you said, right now it's simply inconsistent.>>152282881>lemon in the bottom rightImagine people who have been watching snooker for 50 years getting used to it.>>152282885The guy after whom they named the opposite cushion must have had hard life at school.
>>152282840>What one rule would you change in snooker if you could?Skirts
>>152282881I can talk at moderate length about why it’s better to have the reds at the bottom of the TV screen. The cue ball spends most of its time at that end, and people naturally look towards the bottom of pictures and stuff assuming there isn’t anything interesting at the top. However, I was thinking earlier: snooker was first shown on TV in the 1960s, when TVs had much smaller screens. With the rise of widescreen TVs over the past 20 years or so, it would surely make sense now to broadcast matches in landscape mode rather than portrait mode (so, the break-off shot would go from left to right rather than top to bottom).
>>152282914Players have to wear their country's traditional clothes.Imagine the Scotts (tip: do not actually).
>>152282936Its becoming more common to show replays from a top down angle these days. Be interesting to see a whole frame broadcast with that as default.
>>152282956They already wearing my country's traditional clothes
>>152282936Split screen then
>>152282914leggings
The ITV production team will be producing Channel 5's coverage of snooker, beginning with the Players Championship and Tour Championship in early 2026>Katie Shanahan confirmed as new presenter (rip Jill ;_;)>punditry team will include Stephen Hendry, Alan McManus, Steven Hallworth, David Hendon and Abigail Davies.
>>152282994Coorrr love a sit down curry me
>>152282965That’s what made me think of it, to be honest. But I think they would still want to have a bit of an angle, because otherwise you never see the players. Also, if most balls get potted on the righthand side of the screen, the viewing experience wouldn’t be symmetrical and I think that might make it less comfy.
>>152282978Must be my fault for watching in a small window then.
Business idea: a tournament where different film etc directors are hired to direct frames however they want
>>152282994I love my wife Katie Shanahan, but if Abigail Davies is also going to be there, why not let her present it? She might like snooker but she’s never been a professional player.
>>152283006>This 147 by an unknown Chinese player at a time when Chinese audiences are watching was brought to you by Pixar>Stanley Kubrick in the Desibox, making players take the same shot 40 times even if they hit it>Quentin Tarantino Presents: The Return of Liang Wenbo I could get behind this.
>>152283046>Quentin Tarantino Presents: Tina FeetI think this is more likely
>>152282965Yeah you sometimes don't get how big a snooker table is from the normal television angle.
Even his haters know tournaments feel hollow without Ronnie
>>152283108
Such a good break and he just almost kubol'd. Shame.
>>152283006Chris Cunningham pans across the table making it 100m long and all the crowd has Rob Walker's grinning face
Damn, that black with positioning to yellow.
>>152282885>It was named after Sir Reginald Topp, inventor of snooker.this is official canon now
>Xiao Wu was stunned by the six consecutive lashes. >Xiao Wu makes basic mistakes that directly give away good ball patterns, even messing things up; just keep hitting until you get a high score. >Luo Bo is an extremely well-rounded expert, both technically and mentally>I knew we were going to lose when I saw him start wearing a watch while playing. >Si Jiahui is afraid of Xiao Te, and Wu Yize is afraid of Luo Bo. >Wu Yize was cursed to death by your jinxing; he won the first round but then got whipped six times by Carrot. >This is no one else's fault. Roberto gave us so many opportunities in the first half, but we didn't capitalize. We missed so many easy shots, and even our signature long balls were terrible today. We need to go back and really analyze this.
>>152283127>Mark Selby: Fully Extended
>>152283171So Luo Bo is Robbo but who was Xiao Te again?
>>152283171>whipped six times by Carrot?
You never really settle until you whip your first lash on the board
Haven't seen this little slut around recently... where is she?
>>152283210Many people are saying this!
nice P A N G T U R Y to end the match
MY BOY PANG
>>152282736cheers bro
Interesting comments from Neyul on pocket sizes. Seemed a little more animated. Coming out of his shell the old boytl;Dr get gudd
>>152283228career-ending pregnancy
>>152283470Yeah it was nice to see him talk about the pocket situation, everyone can see the difference between tournaments but few actually talk about it. Good interview.
No YCP is defeating Luo Bo. He's basically in the semis already.
>>152284197Yep, Motivated Neyul is so back.
GWAN CHESTERGWAN SEA
Seems like most tournaments these days they're constantly talking about how the tables play.
>>152284563GWAN THE ROMAN CITY
>>152284566there's fuck all else to talk about to be fair
Who need zest when you can SLAM em in?
Zettled in for evening. Selby at the table, Mr. Rob conducting proceedings from the commentary box. The nicest Wednesday evening you could ever wish to meet.
>>152284783a toast!
Mark Selby, 1-0>>152284692Me.>>152284783>The nicest Wednesday evening you could ever wish to meet.It could be a Wednesday evening where you don't have to go to work tomorrow.
>>152283136heh
I'll get you yet, Judith Turnip
Zhou Potlong
>all players settledWe're going for a midnight double decider.
Austia boy seems pretty quiet ever since this happened in the afternoon session.
>>152285368
J O E T U R Y
I wonder how anon is doing.
Juddernaut just made the clearance of all time
>>152283006>>152283136Lynch's masterpiece Green Velvet. All appears serene as Pellew presides over Mark Williams taking on Stephen Maguire but the camera pans down into the seedy underbelly of the baize where only insects lurk as Maguire spots a fly.
>>152285815It was perfect, dat black down the rail
>>152286070
bbc iplayer not show selby?
>>152286110
>>152286070Cute!
>>152286162yeah but on table two so it's somewhat hidden
>>152286162https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/live/cx25dw7wdzet#player
If you try a shot like Si Jiahui is stuck on right now, and you miss, it’s a foul, obviously. But if it hits another ball, the referee has to put it back. So if you saw that you’d missed and caught the cueball in your hand before it hit any other balls, would that be a worse foul? Or would it be fine?
>>152286213>Snooker with Ray Reardon>Comes complete with a photo of Joe Johnson??
>>152286203>>152286213Doesn't work. Won't let me switch tables
>>152286238Just go to the iPlayer homepage, click on categories and sport, then choose the Selby Match.
>>152286110Lol.
>bo7
>>152286238Just search up snooker and click on the event page on iplayer, it has both tables individually streamed.
>>152286238https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/l0057njb/snooker-uk-championship-2025-extra-mark-selby-v-zhou-yuelong-table-2
>>152286281>>152286301Jinx
This worked >>152286281>>152286301
>>152286325You bought TV licence?
>>152286330>finally figure it out>it's in the mid session intervallel
How much do you lads think Hendry makes from BBC com work? 100k?
there's a generational qt in the crowd of the Jedd-Si match, on the right side of the table
Is Trump still dating that peng ting?
>>152286353I'd never pay for a TV licence personally, but someone else at my property (a commie bootlicker) bought one.
>>152286565Did you know that you have to still pay for TV license if you are eg a tenant even if somebody else in your property bought the license
>>152286528Maybe a bit less? For commentary and punditry together, I would offer him maybe £90,000 a year. But I have no idea really. He definitely gets less than a newsreader, but maybe the same as one of their “correspondents” who report from Ukraine and places.
Filthy double that was
>>152286557Yes, him and Jack Lisowski are still together.
>>152286597100% not more than 150k since it would have to be disclosed publicly.
>>152286548Do you mean the one in the front row at the black-ball end of the table?
>>152286548these?
>>152286591I'm not a tenant so no worries.
>lark belby
>>152286565That's no way to speak of your Mum
>>152286864high five
that's the most rattled pair of jaws i've ever seen
>Boy is halfway through frame 6>Selbz just barely out of the midseshSnooker After Dark is back on the menu, lads
>>152286947Haha fuck going to sleep at an acceptable hour
>Flopp Dumb
>>152286750yes :3
>>152286597>I would offer him maybe £90,000 a yearI reckon he'd accept that if you want him to commentate on your life
>>152287111The BBC's public list of presenter salaries starts at £178,000, and it's all pretty famous people:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15wxgjn9xjoNot a single snooker presenter is on there, no Hazel Irvine, no John Virgo, no Rob Walker, no Seema. And Hendry will definitely get less than them. Jason Mohammad is on there, but for other things. So we're going to be talking much less than £90,000 for Hendry, I suspect. It's nearly all news people on the list, as well, so they probably base it on TV ratings. Not many people watch snooker. We could be talking numbers below the average income for the country here. Stephen Hendry might only get £20,000, although to be fair that's still a good sum for maybe six weeks of the year.
>trying to out snooker selbywhy..
*runs out of the arena*
Never in doubt.
Malgo's ankles
>>152288278
gwan shenlong
>>152288208Quarters are shaping up nicely, hopefully higgy can rid us of the shorn menace again.>>152288278Lewd
Zester making up for Judd finishing off YCP #274827271 early
>>152288362and it's ogre
England 2, China 0.
>>152288459>zester trying to zest me into watching motd
>>152288459>waiting for jester v hawk/kubol
>>152288470I stopped the snooker to watch Newsnight, thinking it would last longer. Now I'm onto Peston on ITV. I might have a problem.
>>152288517Fuck Preston. He's like rob walkers estranged older brother
>>152288517>watching bbc propagandaI think you indeed have a problem
That was a vintage late night Selby grindZests back on the menu boys
>>152288792That's a big cigar.
>>152288517>Watching pure commie/jew propaganda Sort it out lad.
The BBC website has an article about why there are so many 147s this season, if you want to read it while you are >waiting: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/articles/c8r068lrml8oThe shit players are good now, they all want the bonus money, and most importantly, the tables are easier, but they whisper that one very quietly in one sentence several paragraphs down.
THURSDAYUK Championship Round 2 (bo11)>13:00Zhao Xintong v Zhang AndaDing Junhui v Scott Donaldsunn O)))>19:00John Higgins v Shaun MurphyBarry Blorkins v Elliot Slessor
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