Pink Ball's top 75 frames of all-time

62. 2018 World Championship second round, frame 21 of 22: Ali Carter 61 (51)-54 (54) Ronnie O’Sullivan
Was this the frame that Carter showed he was finally ready to beat his arch-nemesis? Superb counter-clearance. (1.32.30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCIz45AX9g0

Pink Ball wrote:73. 1996 Masters first round, frame 9 of 11: Ronnie O’Sullivan 128 (128)-0 Nigel Bond
One of O'Sullivan's greatest breaks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgxWd0djt5I

Ronnie looks like a madman here, Maybe he urgently Needed to go to the Loo or something :p

61. 2018 World Championship first round, frame 18 of 19: Chris Wakelin 72-61 (61) Judd Trump
Trump looks like he's finally got the better of a stubborn Chris Wakelin here. But then messes up a colours clearance. The best frame of a terrific night's drama.

rekoons wrote:

Pink Ball wrote:73. 1996 Masters first round, frame 9 of 11: Ronnie O’Sullivan 128 (128)-0 Nigel Bond
One of O'Sullivan's greatest breaks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgxWd0djt5I

Ronnie looks like a madman here, Maybe he urgently Needed to go to the Loo or something :p

Maybe the biggest genius moment of his entire career. Even more than the 5:20 minute maximum.

60. 1987 British Open quarter-final, frame 6 of 9: John Spencer 79-74 (74) Jimmy White
Spencer didn't win this match, but he did get six snookers in this frame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnNr6D3f98c&

59. 2008 World Championship second round, frame 15 of 22: Ali Carter 147 (147)-0 Peter Ebdon
The second 147 of the 2008 World Championship, a record still unequalled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VAyPsZDon0

58. 2019 World Championship first round, frame 19 of 19: Gary Wilson 74-50 Luca Brecel
The nerve-shredding longest frame in Crucible history, and the start of Gary Wilson's fairytale run to the semi-finals. Some of the snookers Wilson escaped, I'll never figure out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOAc4yn4g9c

57. 2011 China Open last 32, frame 9 of 9: Stephen Lee 72 (61)-70 (53) Mark Williams
One of the greatest one-session matches ever played got the finish it deserved. Williams hit four centuries – and lost!

56. 2016 Masters quarter-final, frame 9 of 9: Ronnie O’Sullivan 73 (73)-70 (70) Mark Selby
O'Sullivan scared of Selby? This counter-clearance might suggest otherwise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HouzpY3LJU

55. 2012 World Championship first round, frame 16 of 16: Cao Yupeng 64-55 Mark Allen
Allen had extended the match by potting the final black... or so we thought. The white rolling in-off and bringing an end to the match was one of the most bewildering Crucible moments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCR4NXE7sBs

TheRocket wrote:

rekoons wrote:

Pink Ball wrote:73. 1996 Masters first round, frame 9 of 11: Ronnie O’Sullivan 128 (128)-0 Nigel Bond
One of O'Sullivan's greatest breaks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgxWd0djt5I

Ronnie looks like a madman here, Maybe he urgently Needed to go to the Loo or something :p

Maybe the biggest genius moment of his entire career. Even more than the 5:20 minute maximum.

Agreed. So good to watch. Snooker from the gods.

54. 1984 Classic final, frame 17 of 17: Steve Davis 60-42 Tony Meo
Tony Meo was a colour clearance away from a deciding-frame win in the final against the great Steve Davis, only for a spectator to distract him by shouting on his shot.

53. 2017 Scottish Open final, frame 16 of 17: Neil Robertson 60-54 Cao Yupeng
Cao Yupeng throwing away a big lead in this final is often referred to as one of the great snooker chokes. Here, he actually came within a shot of his first ranking title. (1:59:00 onwards)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nqeD5HeEYY

52. 2009 UK Championship semi-final, frame 13 of 17: Ronnie O’Sullivan 83-62 John Higgins
The strangest frame of one of the great near-comebacks. Featuring a refereeing decision that caused quite some controversy.
1:26:00 onwards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agmvV16RSp8

rekoons wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:Spoiler alert. Are any of the frames from Mark Williams vs Stephen Lee?

What’s this about if I may ask?

From the China Open in 2011. The GOAT best of nine of all time.

51. 2008 World Championship second round, frame 25 of 25: Liang Wenbo 79-53 Joe Swail
A controversial conclusion to a Crucible classic, with Swail fuming afterwards. Here's the Irish Examiner's description of what happened at the end:
"The 21-year-old Chinese star was 27 points ahead with 27 remaining when he failed to get out of an apparent snooker by hitting the cushion first.

"Swail had the white replaced and Liang proceeded to hit the target ball directly, prompting claims from the Irishman that the referee had failed to replace the white in the correct position."

50. 2010 World Open last 64, frame 3 of 3: Ronnie O’Sullivan 147 (147)-0 Mark King
O'Sullivan had the cheek earlier to stop play after a red and a black so he could find out what the prize money was for a maximum. When he found out there was none, he played on for the maximum (seemingly), made it to 140, and was going to leave the final black until Jan Verhaas told him to cop on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7We78kb1BeI

49. 2017 UK Championship last 16, frame 10 of 11: Ronnie O’Sullivan 66-54 Akani Songsermsawad
The best frame of a tremendous match. Underdog Sunny Akani fought tooth and nail against Sullivan, but not taking this frame was his undoing.
2:42:50 onwards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_b7daYPMJk

48. 2008 World Championship second round, frame 23 of 25: Joe Swail 63-59 Liang Wenbo
The second frame from this classic to make the list. Liang celebrated after getting to the snookers required stage... but Joe Swail's comeback was to continue after he got a snooker on the pink.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INNDq2lJZzY&

47. 1988 British Open final, frame 17 of 17: Mike Hallett 71-56 (56) John Parrott
Hallett may be best known for his two disastrous Masters finals, but he held his nerve here in a tight decider against a proven winner.

46. 2010 PTC 6 final, frame 7 of 7: Dominic Dale 78-70 (69) Martin Gould
A 69 break seemed to have Gould on course for the title at 70-16 ahead. But he hit the black instead of a red, left a free ball, and his chance slipped away.

45. 2019 World Championship first round, frame 17 of 19: Stephen Maguire 60-57 Tian Pengfei
Pengfei appeared to have sealed his place in the second round for the first time. But Maguire got the snooker he needed on the blue, fluked the blue, and would go on to win the frame and match.
2:49:00 onwards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JnDUEc9390&t=6978

Right, I'm going watching the news. I'll be back after that.

44. 2018 Northern Ireland Open semi-final, frame 11 of 11: Ronnie O’Sullivan 70-68 Mark Selby
The most recent frame of snooker's greatest rivalry certainly didn't disappoint.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdgW3D707eQ

43. 2011 World Championship final, frame 22 of 33: John Higgins 65-55 Judd Trump
An overly agressive Judd Trump went for a difficult pot that would have put him 13-9 up in this final. He missed, lost the frame, and the next four frames as well. Probably the frame that cost him the title.
1:22:00 onwards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9huNs4Ok1A

42. 2004 UK Championship semi-final, frame 16 of 17: David Gray 54-53 Joe Perry
Joe Perry looked assured of reaching his first major final. But Gray got a brilliant snooker, and went on to win the match in the next frame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7rcC7mzYCI

41. 1997 Charity Challenge final, frame 17 of 17: Stephen Hendry 147 (147)-0 Ronnie O’Sullivan
Sullivan won six frames on the spin to force a decider. How did Hendry respond? He hit a maximum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xPa7IKN6ko

Pink Ball wrote:73. 1996 Masters first round, frame 9 of 11: Ronnie O’Sullivan 128 (128)-0 Nigel Bond
One of O'Sullivan's greatest breaks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgxWd0djt5I

Ridiculous break. One of my all time favourites.

40. 1992 World Championship final, frame 25 of 32: Stephen Hendry 63-61 Jimmy White
After losing the last frame of the third session, White needed a good start to settle his nerves as he closed in on his first world title. Instead, he missed a gettable red down the cushion, and lost a frame he really should have won.

39. 2010 World Championship second round, frame 24 of 24: Steve Davis 60-43 John Higgins
The greatest shock in snooker history? Whatever you think, old Steve Davis rolled back the years here to hold his nerve in a pulsating frame against champion John Higgins, sealing a barely believable win.
8:13:00 onwards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDu4y1WmqnU