15-year-old Luca Brecel vs Ronnie O'Sullivan | 2010 Power Snooker R1

but not entirely as you have known it before we may or may not love it at once you may or may not get it at once but nothing ventured no kissing of the pack today detonate the diamond the break is only legal if two of the nine reds explode against the cushion so what's different about power snooker let's start with the break two or more reds must hit the cushion otherwise the player's turn ends there's a shot clock that allows 20 seconds a shot points count frames don't most points scored in half an hour wins there are nine reds racked in a diamond the middle red is the powerball and when potted this triggers a two-minute power play during which every ball potted counts double behind the bolt line is the power zone if the cue ball is struck within the power zone any ball potted will count as double and during a power play quadruple and to establish how a ball is you can see it just above the black there that is what will trigger double score that one's only worth one but you can see already that ronnie has his eye on the powerball eight to see how top players adapt tactically to the demands of a scenario in which time is king and here we go 15 first powerball worth two 17 and everything for the next two minutes is worth double 31 so that black worth 14 33 41 but luca pressel now himself scores double for everything he pots 15 years old being good at snooker is a sign of a misspent youth now this red is worth four 30 you're in the power zone power zone and power play of which 20 seconds remain 34 15 seconds really important to get that black potted before at the end of the power play 48 49 those double points have taken luca beyond ronnie bell in a mess look at brazil four ronnie o'Sullivan four three ball at this stage the ball in hand principle applies and it's a free ball as well so ronnie is able to leave himself over a simple green worth one worth two out of the power zone six correction that was two eight nine ronnie has been at the forefront of pushing this new format and he's been involved in a couple of experimental frames over the last month month and a half a little bit of table time albeit not in a competitive environment but he perhaps more than any of the other players has taken time out to try and get his head around it he has gone out of his his way to begin spreading its gospel he won't be bored by this 27 33 get a reminder that two reds have to hit the cushions from the break that is ronnie in this case the first frame took six and three quarter minutes one pretty speedy in this format where time is king six he's got a straight ronnie o'Sullivan six one nine look at brazil nine he's been around the best part of two decades now seven the world three times very well find ourselves here in a slightly ironic situation where the power ball is actually the last red to go down 28 should in fact turn out to be the penultimate red times two go forth and multiply 42 44 54 it's becoming a larger and larger deficit but we're not halfway through the game yet 58 of time for luca to make this back ronnie remaining orthodox around yellow green brown 64 power play if he were to try and pot them from out of bulk he could quadruple their worth double is good enough a lead of 99 82 94 with power play time to spare ronnie is indeed rocketing and has a comfortable lead luca two frames behind which is immaterial more personally 180 points behind another century break in this frame it'll be worth a hundred bonus points regardless of fouls ronnie collected 164 points in the last frame nine it's a big big stage for this young guy to be on the senior pro has given him a life two real window of opportunity for luca to claw back into it 80 32 33 47 49 53 he's come too far he's come too far and that is almost certainly end of break luca brazil nevertheless uh a contribution that'll make the teenager feel a whole lot happier with himself in his game still in a power play 30 seconds of it remain when he can't capitalize and uh 20 seconds remaining is back in two 12 he's back almost to win 100 and we're only just past half time 19 look at brazil 19 with an advantage of 99 and evidence that there is still room in power snooker for a safety element nine look at the power zone but the power zone or no power zone the potting angle was too tight suppose time wasting could uh become key to our snooker version now that could be costly that could be very costly most luca back in further to run down the clock to increase his lead okay he needed that to happen pretty urgently there's nothing luca pretzel needs more and again on with the next frame there's going to be time surely only for one more complete frame after this 5 30 18 24 ronio sullivan 24 but the longer he keeps this black on the table the better for him will he take the points or will he take the time points being prizes boy from belgium has to try everything now there's no margin for error from now on in ronio sullivan has made a maximum break in less time than remains one one over the hills and far away now ronio sullivan one he is unreachably 133 points clear of his opponent unreachably unless presel can get hold of that powerball and build around it one we're in power play ronio sullivan of course 90 seconds of this power play remain two 10 ronio sullivan 10 three minutes of the match left 40 seconds 18 this is the sort of sprint finish 20 for which this game was invented remember luca to rattle through these and leave 30 odd seconds for another frame 34 strange things could happen but he's certainly going to have to rattle through the end of the power plate and the end of the challenge from the brave young belgian it's worth remarking on the scoring system again he's still what 117 behind terrific experience for him put a big stage bright lights television one absorbed crowd center of attention horizon file this away under the heading live and learn as indeed we all can ronio sullivan 11 2 is smooth yellow from ronnie who is entirely in his comfort zone now five this is uh a break which will be terminated even before he is able to terminate it nine five blue is immaterial three two one the rocket