Anybody remember The General Cup?

SnookerFan wrote:

Wildey wrote:Jesus Christ they made a mistake

Neil Robertson 3-0 Joe Perry which means that Neil Robertson is through and Joe Perry going home

This truly is an event that nobody takes seriously.

shanew48 wrote:Guess it was the earlier iteration of what now is the recent Hong Kong masters which was basically a branding exercise for Hong Kong where thousands were turning out to watch mismatches like Ronnie against that women player and the pockets were huge hence the marco fu 147 where a couple of balls down the rail should never have dropped but like I say all these things were ignored as it was just a branding exercise to get eyes on Hong Kong so the snooker wasn’t really the important part.

shanew48 wrote:

shanew48 wrote:Guess it was the earlier iteration of what now is the recent Hong Kong masters which was basically a branding exercise for Hong Kong where thousands were turning out to watch mismatches like Ronnie against that women player and the pockets were huge hence the marco fu 147 where a couple of balls down the rail should never have dropped but like I say all these things were ignored as it was just a branding exercise to get eyes on Hong Kong so the snooker wasn’t really the important part.

https://youtu.be/HMWOhRdPsN4

At 3.38 in the above video you will notice that there’s no way that the ball would have dropped on a proper ranking tournament table.

shanew48 wrote:

shanew48 wrote:

shanew48 wrote:Guess it was the earlier iteration of what now is the recent Hong Kong masters which was basically a branding exercise for Hong Kong where thousands were turning out to watch mismatches like Ronnie against that women player and the pockets were huge hence the marco fu 147 where a couple of balls down the rail should never have dropped but like I say all these things were ignored as it was just a branding exercise to get eyes on Hong Kong so the snooker wasn’t really the important part.

https://youtu.be/HMWOhRdPsN4

At 3.38 in the above video you will notice that there’s no way that the ball would have dropped on a proper ranking tournament table.

But in his final career stats it will count as a 147 none the less even though it would have ended on that shot if it was being attempted on a proper table so it’s misleading as a players 147’s are deemed applicable to their career stats if made in any event even if it is one that isn’t using the right size pockets so it makes a mockery of that particular stat sometimes as this particular 147 demonstrates!

Minimum Break wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

Wildey wrote:Jesus Christ they made a mistake

Neil Robertson 3-0 Joe Perry which means that Neil Robertson is through and Joe Perry going home

This truly is an event that nobody takes seriously.

Or commits to their long-term memory.

SnookerFan wrote:

Minimum Break wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

Wildey wrote:Jesus Christ they made a mistake

Neil Robertson 3-0 Joe Perry which means that Neil Robertson is through and Joe Perry going home

This truly is an event that nobody takes seriously.

Or commits to their long-term memory.

Where was that from?

I guess I must've known about it at the time. Ha Ha.

chengdufan wrote:Wasn't it an invitaional in Hong Kong? Pre season?

Kachaiwong was a Thai pro. Not around for long.

Iranu wrote:

shanew48 wrote:

shanew48 wrote:

shanew48 wrote:Guess it was the earlier iteration of what now is the recent Hong Kong masters which was basically a branding exercise for Hong Kong where thousands were turning out to watch mismatches like Ronnie against that women player and the pockets were huge hence the marco fu 147 where a couple of balls down the rail should never have dropped but like I say all these things were ignored as it was just a branding exercise to get eyes on Hong Kong so the snooker wasn’t really the important part.

https://youtu.be/HMWOhRdPsN4

At 3.38 in the above video you will notice that there’s no way that the ball would have dropped on a proper ranking tournament table.

But in his final career stats it will count as a 147 none the less even though it would have ended on that shot if it was being attempted on a proper table so it’s misleading as a players 147’s are deemed applicable to their career stats if made in any event even if it is one that isn’t using the right size pockets so it makes a mockery of that particular stat sometimes as this particular 147 demonstrates!

Lol that red would have dropped in loads of ranking/professional tournaments over the years.

Do you actually watch snooker?

Iranu wrote:

shanew48 wrote:

shanew48 wrote:

shanew48 wrote:Guess it was the earlier iteration of what now is the recent Hong Kong masters which was basically a branding exercise for Hong Kong where thousands were turning out to watch mismatches like Ronnie against that women player and the pockets were huge hence the marco fu 147 where a couple of balls down the rail should never have dropped but like I say all these things were ignored as it was just a branding exercise to get eyes on Hong Kong so the snooker wasn’t really the important part.

https://youtu.be/HMWOhRdPsN4

At 3.38 in the above video you will notice that there’s no way that the ball would have dropped on a proper ranking tournament table.

But in his final career stats it will count as a 147 none the less even though it would have ended on that shot if it was being attempted on a proper table so it’s misleading as a players 147’s are deemed applicable to their career stats if made in any event even if it is one that isn’t using the right size pockets so it makes a mockery of that particular stat sometimes as this particular 147 demonstrates!

Lol that red would have dropped in loads of ranking/professional tournaments over the years.

Do you actually watch snooker?

shanew48 wrote:I do watch a fair bit and think that it was a very generous drop bearing in mind how far down the cushion it hit and still went in

The_Abbott wrote:why didn't the Captain win this?

chengdufan wrote:

The_Abbott wrote:why didn't the Captain win this?

Because it wasn't a Major

SnookerFan wrote:

The_Abbott wrote:why didn't the Captain win this?

I don't know.

Why?