Amazing 4-ball plant by Mark Selby (Masters 2009 final against Ronnie O'Sullivan)

Selby built a frame winning break from the snooker he laid behind brown after this shot.

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[ARSEABOUTFACE]

Do you have the video of the long straight Brown Selby played off the cushion to clear the table to win with a 22 break. The brown was one of the best shots I've ever seen. Too straight to play direct, so played it cushion first. Please post it if you do. Cheers mate.

[GFAEC]

Sorry, I don't have it. I know which one you mean tho. Insane pot! It was in frame 5 and snookerfan92 has posted the whole game. You'll find that shot approx 06:00 into the clip from snookerfan92 entitled:

O'Sullivan VS Selby Final - Masters 2009 - Part 10

[YouaresoCrap]

depends but in selby's case its very hard to miss

but see hendry's 2 brave plants of the 147 made today - those were world class

[gavpots]

That was youtube playing an april fool's joke, nothing to do with the poster.

[TheSuperlime]

@james6497botterill He played that in case he missed it.

[james6497botterill]

He didn't mean to do it!! He wouldnt have left the cue ball behind the brown if he did!

[padstar999]

That plant was really not that hard, all he had to do was hit the third red anywhere and it was unmissable

[sarbasov]

The plant is not so amazing as snooker done.

[DaltonKarle123]

Of course he was meant to do this.

[1478ball]

@zwamman nope i still dont no what you mean, altho being a pro myself i cant imagin i need explaining. :)

[zwamman]

@1478ball What you meant by being able to change the direction of touching balls, that's ectually a "drag" effect (a sort of kick, as you night say) that the first ball exercises on the second ball when the accelleration of the two balls is initiated. This effect will diminish with increased quality of cloth and balls. The last 2 balls in the plant are not touching though , which means adjusting the direction is done in a "normal" way. Seeing how he has to manage 4 balls -> great plant.

[1478ball]

@zwamman im not really sure where your coming from

[zwamman]

@1478ball The effect you are referring to would be hard to create on tables and balls of this quality(and much smaller than on a standar club table). Having said that, hawk eye showed a clear gap between the last two reds and a slight offset, great pot.

[MrSammyt1993]

there are quite a few of you that are saying that the plant was unmissable if he hit the red but if you watch it again and puase it at the zoomed in angle you'll get a sense for just how brilliant that shot was, if he hit that first red full ball do you think it would have had the same result?