How do you blow your own trumpet so to speakā¦ 
Any money on this Hannibal?
Sadly not Farmer, anything Iāve bet on the last couple of months has not gone well so I thought there was no point 
Iām fairly pissed off I didnāt get on the fucker before it started. Could have got him at 10s. Dott e/w would have been an even better punt at 100/1 but who in their right minds could have seen him make the final.
That would mean that you would have had to cheer him on in the Championship which was never going to happen.
Well itās an interesting thing when you back someone or some team that you despise to win. Itās a win win situation.
World Championship runner-up Graeme Dott has parted company with Pat Mooney following allegations of match-fixing against his manager.
A News of the World report alleged that Mooney and John Higgins, who Mooney also represents, had been prepared to fix frames at high-profile tournaments.
Both men deny the allegations, which have rocked the game of snooker.
Mooney quit the board of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association in the wake of the scandal.
Three-time world champion Higgins has been suspended from playing pending a WPBSA investigation into the claims.
Dott, world champion in 2006, lost this yearās final at the Crucible in Sheffield, beaten 18-13 by Australian Neil Robertson.
The 32-year-old from Glasgow, who has battled with depression and a downturn in form in recent seasons, released a brief statement announcing the split from his manager.
It read: "Further to the press reports last week involving Mr Pat Mooney, I have terminated my representation contract with Pat Mooney and FSTC Management with immediate effect.
āI will have no further dealings with either of these parties.ā
This Power Snooker thing they launched during the week looks a load of shite. Also rumours that Alex Higgins has died.
Features:
Nine reds are racked in a diamond, with the point of the diamond next to the pink.
The middle red is the PowerBall, once potted, this triggers a two minute PowerPlay during which every ball potted counts double ā if a shot is missed during a PowerPlay, the clock stops and the playerās opponent inherits the remaining time.
Each game lasts half an hour; the clock starts when the reds are broken, and stops as the final black of each frame is potted.
A shot clock limits players to twenty seconds for each shot.
If the twenty second shot clock is exceeded, there is a 20 point penalty and the player still has to take the shot.
Points count, frames donāt. The most points scored after half an hour wins.
When a player breaks, two or more reds must hit a cushion otherwise the playerās turn ends.
The area behind the baulk line is the PowerZone ā if the cue ball is struck from within the PowerZone, any colour potted counts for double and during a PowerPlay, quadruple.
A century break in any frame is worth 50 bonus points. If this is repeated in the next frame, 100 bonus points. If this is repeated in the third frame, 200 bonus points.
The āball in handā principle applies following a foul shot. The cue ball can be positioned anywhere in the PowerZone.
The game will end after the half hour playing period and the player with the most points wins.
Alex Higgins has died. Rip Hurricane. Ill always remember the time I saw him leaving Celtic Bookmakers on Tallaght main street. A legend.
Snooker legend Alex Higgins has died at the age of 61, after succumbing to a long battle with cancer.
Outrageously talented on the table and often simply outrageous when off it, Higgins was among the group of sporting heroes whose personal appeal went beyond the game he played.
Born in 1949, Higgins honed his natural ability in the clubs of Sandy Row in Belfast from the age of 11.
At 16 he left the city for England in the hope of becoming a jockey, but issues with his weight turned him from whiphand to cue master, and he turned professional at the age of 22.
In his own words he was āthe most natural, charismatic player who ever lifted a cueā.
Steve Davis said Higgins was the āone true genius that snooker producedā.
That genius won him a world title in 1972, when the game still had a limited cohort and appeal.
He lost finals in 1976 and 1980, but for a generation for whom his style and speed helped popularise the game and bring it to a mass audience it will be the scenes around his 1982 triumph that will live in the memory.
He would have been the worldās top-ranked player that season but for the forfeit of ranking points for disciplinary reasons.
In his rollercoaster career Higgins was penalised for headbutting a referee, punching an official and was banned from the game for threatening to have Denis Taylor shot.
That self-destructive personality, combined with drink and drugs, meant Higgins fulfilled his potential only intermittingly.
In 1998 he was diagnosed with throat cancer and spent many years hustling in back street clubs, and was often homeless.
Higgins was a self destructive individual but such was his speed, agility, and persona he was for a time the most exciting player in the world with the ability to elevate snooker, mesmerise fans and opponents, and briefly allowed his inner talent win the battle with his demons.
Alex Higgins
http://www.birminghambilliards.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/alex-higgins.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df9T5p-aHoY
RIP Alex
On Alexās namesake, John āI was so frightened that I would have said anything even though I looked completely relaxed on the videoā Higgins, whatās the story?
Barry Hearne was giving the whole āit will be days and weeks rather than months and years before we get to the bottom of thisā. It is almost three months now and Higgins hasnāt been proven one way or the other. Anyone have any update on the situation/
I think Ronnie OāSullivanās an annoying, attention seeking cunt. Others would call him a genius. Today he made a 147 in the new tournament in Scotland. When he was on 8, he paused and asked the referee what the prize for a maximum was. The ref told him there was no bonus for making a 147 but that the top break prize was StgĀ£4,000. He got to 140 and made to sit down without potting the last black because he was pissed off at the lack of a 147 bonus. The referee spoke to him briefly and he returned to the table and knocked in the black.
Heās dead right, a 147 is rare in competition and if there is no insentive to get one then whats the point for a person who has made hundreds of them before, genius is an understatement for this man.
Ronnie took a strop in the Premier league tonight when he was snookered and ended up fouling the ball ten times. After the first 3 or 4 attempts he just gave up on the shot and start hitting the ball anywhere. Ronnie.
Well done to John Higgins for winning his comeback tournament last weekend.
Ronnie comes back with a century in the next frame to win the match.
he had a point. that miss rule is a joke at this stage. it was impossible to hit that red.
Its pure Ronnie though. Nobody else would have done it. It didnt matter in the end unless you had Ronnie 6.0. :lol: