Snooker Junky

World snooker championship draws are out!!!! 💯💯💯💯😎

The 2026 World Championship at the Crucible kicks off this Saturday and for the first time in decades, Ronnie O'Sullivan goes in as a mid-table seed 🥲🥲🥲

Stephen Hendry says “You can’t get higher praise from a better player. Ronnie is obviously the GOAT. In terms of break-building and cue ball control, he’s taken the game to a level that I thought we might never see.

“He’s an artist with the cue ball. That’s the beauty of snooker in controlling the cue ball - and nobody has done it better than Ronnie."

First ever winner of John Virgo Trophy. Ronnie O'Sullivan 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤️💓

Michał Szubarczyk — the 15-year-old Polish prodigy who just became the youngest player EVER to win a World Championship match! At just 15 years and 85 days old. 🤯

From £6 to £500,000…
When Joe Davis won the very first World Snooker Championship in 1927, his prize money was just £6 and 10 shillings.
Today's champion takes home £500,000. 🤯

In the 1920s, early synthetic snooker balls were made from nitrocellulose - the same chemical used to make gunpowder!
When two balls collided, they could literally EXPLODE with a loud bang like a gunshot! One Colorado pool hall owner wrote: "I didn't care so much about it, but instantly every man in the room pulled his gun!"
The balls were quickly replaced with safer materials. Imagine that happening at the Crucible today

Since 1977, NO first-time World Champion has ever defended their title the next year at the Crucible!
20 champions have fallen to the curse. Even Stephen Hendry fell victim in 1991 after his first title.

36 Consecutive Wins!
From March 1990 to January 1991, Stephen Hendry won FIVE straight ranking titles and 36 consecutive matches - the longest unbeaten string in snooker history!

The Fluke That Made History!
In 1983, Cliff Thorburn made the first-ever 147 at the Crucible - but it started with a FLUKE

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