Zhou Yuelong and Jack Lisowski are playing for having another shot at winning a ranking final. Meanwhile the other semifinal is between the player who Lisowski lost the most finals to and the player who Zhou lost the most finals to. 😅

After a long and tough day at work I wasn't mentally prepared to watch the conclusion of yesterday's quarterfinal live. So I watched it back later. Very happy though Zhou Yuelong showed much more resilience than me. What a break in the decider. 🤩

Zhou Yuelong saves the day. 😊 Into the next round. And he's saved his best performance for the later stages of the tournament. That's clever.

Immer eine gute Gelegenheit, meinen Artikel zu teilen! #Snooker #147sf #WeLoveSnooker snookerpro.de/artikel/maik...

I just noticed that I never mention Maike Kessler when talking about which referees I like and I have to say that's a big let off.

Happy World Wombat Day! Sound on to listen to the very soothing munching noises of this chonky wombat...

Excuse me, can someone elaborate on the TV table politics in place? Wu Yize is #21 in the rankings, Thepchaiya is #43. Just put Wu Yize v He Guoqiang on, it's actually a no brainer. 🙄

Given that apart from Martin O'Donnell (so fair play to him) the players I have been supporting have lost all deciders so far, Pang Junxu looks a bit doomed to me right now.

I've just looked a bit into the "Champion of Champions controversy". Well... It's just pathetic. If Jimmy White wins the World Seniors Championship that has to be made a qualification criteria, but it has to go again as soon as Ronnie needs to qualify via rankings. 💀

Finally I've managed to find my old grumpy self again: Oh, I hate snooker. 😩😂

Hier kommt meine mega deepe Analyse der ersten Runde der Northern Ireland Open. #Snooker #147sf #HomeNations #WeLoveSnooker snookerpro.de/artikel/nort...

Relieved and happy. 😊 Overall a decent performance by Zhou Yuelong. He missed the odd shot too much and his break building wasn't as good as usual. But his long potting & safety game was really good. 😀

Can't watch the rest now. That fluke after the hit and hope. 💀 Hopefully this won't end up being another Boiko v Milkins. 😨

Guess who took her tablet to work today to watch her favourite player during her exceptional lunch break from 2pm to 3:30pm. 😊

Weird weekend of cue sports for me personally as seven different favourites of mine played in four different competitions in two different cue sports and not counting the two matches where two of them played each other, they played 21 matches and won all of them. 🤯

My match of choice tonight is David Gilbert v He Guoqiang and I'll probably switch to Heyball later. 加油，国强！

I'm shocked to learn that in Heyball the naming of tournaments actually makes some sense. Asian Championship = only open to Asian players. Asian Open = held in Asia, open to players from around the globe. 🤯

Wow. First massive shock of the week. 😳

No choices to be made for the first session of the Northern Ireland. But that's not a problem, because I think Chris Wakelin against Lan Yuhao is one of the best possible matches to start a tournament week with. And I like the Sunday start.

Anton Kazakov and Michael Larkov have won the EBSA Men's European Team Championship. 😊 Congratulations! Well done! 👏

The final between Ukraine and Malta 3 is about to start. The live stream should be available at the same channel. Please don't spoil anything as I'll watch with delay and please cross your fingers for team Ukraine.

A lot of withdrawals recently. Neil Robertson won't play in Belfast. Might be worth thinking about better ways to handle this. And no, I'm not thinking about pressuring professionals to play.

European Championships Team Men Semifinal Ukraine (Anton Kazakov, Michael Larkov) v Wales (Alfie Davies, Riley Powell) Live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZZQ... #snooker #147sf

A 4yo child in therapy today: We talk about a frog, she gets up to jump through the room like a frog. We talk about a football player. She gets up - to bent an imaginary ball I expect - but seconds later she lays on hear back screaming: Oh no, my foot! And holding it. Hilarious!

Now it's me who's totally devastated. 😭

How this has gone to a decider? 😱

Rob Milkins is completely devasted by Iulians long potting. 😂 I enjoy it very much, don't get me wrong, but I also feel a little bit for him.

What I've learnt from watching this compilation: in the world of Dennis Taylor all the people are smiling all the time.

Mark Williams dominiert sich zum ältesten Ranking-Sieger der #Snooker Geschichte. @kathi.break-off.com & @chris.break-off.com fassen das einseitige Finale des Xi'an Grand Prix gegen Murphy zusammen & sprechen über das unerfreuliche Steve-Dawson-Interview: meinsportpodcast.de/total-cleara... #147sf

I don't know when this has started exactly, but for a while the glitches in the live scoring have completely taken over. Whenever you look at it, some unpredictable nonsense is happening. It used to be minor glitches, but now it's nearly unusable as you cannot trust anything it shows.

The final is about to start. Craig Steadman v Nicolas Mortreux

The EBSA Shoot Out is back and will be played to a conclusion today. Knockout draw: esnooker.pl/turnieje/202... Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDzx...

This blue ball shoot out is going on forever.

Really good display there by Artem Surzhykov just now at the EBSA Shoot Out. I think he hasn't had any decent results as an amateur of late and just that one Shoot Out match makes you really wonder why. The Ukraine is really producing some of the best young talents in snooker.

I still doubt I'll turn into a massive fan of any kind of pool. But since I accidentally have a favourite Heyball player I watched her winning her first Heyball competition earlier. Well done, Wendy Jans! 👏

For those who are not interested in proper snooker and can't wait for the Shoot Out, there's a more sober and tame version on at the European Championship. Currently Riley Powell plays Mark Joyce. Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP_w...

I'm a little bit frustrated about snooker results of late (both Xi'an and Q Tour), so I've turned my eyes to Heyball instead. 👀

Apart from Liam Pullen, not my results today. 😞

Fragwürdige Ideen für mögliche SnookerPRO Artikel: Liam spielt wie Pulle voll. #147sf

Ha, erst Europameisterin werden und dann auch auf der Q Tour gewinnen, sehr schön! Aber im Interview sagte sie ja auch, dass sie nicht feiern will, weil sie noch in anderen Bewerben antritt. Morgen dann gegen Simon Blackwell, da werden meine Sympathien aber sehr einseitig verteilt sein. 😬 #147sf

There are 13 rookies on the Main Tour. So far the two youngest players have earnt the most ranking points and are both in the top 100 of the provisional end-of-season rankings: 99. Michal Szubarczyk (Pol, 14 yrs) 100. Lan Yuhao (Chn, 17 yrs) www.snooker.org/res/index.as... #snooker #RookieWatch

Was ist da los? Erst scheiben sie gar nix und dann plötzlich alle auf einmal? Der erste Teamartikel, an dem alle mitgewirkt haben, ist ein Bericht über die Siege unserer Lieblingsspieler*innen (oder zumindest zweitliebste, drittliebste ...) #Snooker #147sf snookerpro.de/artikel/aufs...

Anna Prisjažņuka won her 2nd European Championship. 👏 In a repeat of last year's final she got the better of Rebecca Kenna this time. The final was close from start to finish and Anna eventually won the match on the pink in the decider.

DECIDER! #147sf #snooker

Anna currently 3-2 up, only one away from victory. 👀

The final of the EBSA Women's European Snooker Championships is underway. Defending champion Rebecca Kenna takes on 2023 champion Anna Prisjažņuka in a rematch of last year's final. Live on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsLK...

Very enjoyable first frame between Mark Allen and Oli Lines. That was one for everyone who enjoys good safety exchanges. Eventually it was won by Oli Lines on the respotted black.

By all common rules, Judd Trump is going to win the Xi'an Grand Prix now. 🤯

I'm really happy WST have revised the way they do their draws this season, but obviously coincidence can be a bitch too. Stan Moody playing Ali Carter three times in just a month is quite funny.

UPDATE: Here is an overview of frames per maximum for the last few seasons on the Main Tour. So far this season there have been one maximum per 446 frames. If this rate continues there will be appr 40 maximums this season! #snooker #WeLoveSnooker