Snooker Best Shots Masters 2024 Recreated

The Masters snooker is only open to the top 16 players in the world, so as you might expect we've got a lot of great shots to choose from, but we're interested in finding the best shot, so as usual we're going to do that by attempting to recreate all of these shots as accurately as possible before playing them in the fewest possible attempts. So where better to start than with tournament winner Ronnie O'Sullivan. After Barry Hawkins missed a chance to make it back to 5-4, Ronnie picked this red out off the cushion and then went on to make a match winning clearance. In theory all I've got to do to recreate this shot is pot the red, but that's going to be difficult because I'm under the cushion and it's pretty tight past the pink and I just can't seem to avoid it at the moment for some reason. That's more like it, although I have potted it a little hard and thin. In his first round match against Zangander, Sean Murphy finishes in an awkward position on the green, meaning he has to spin the cueball around 3 cushions behind the brown to get on it properly. From here he then is able to go on and win the frame. Unlike the last shot, the pot isn't really that much of a challenge. What I need to get right is both the pace and the line of the cueball, which I'm controlling using left hand side. I've actually had to hit this shot quite a bit harder than I thought on my first attempt, and I think I've just about got this on my third. This was possibly a little bit easier than I expected. A long pot off the bolt cushion from Mark Williams along with a perfect cannon allows him to get in position on the black. Unfortunately he then went on to miss the black, which probably cost him the match, but this pot was definitely a good shot. My plan is to just pot it and hope for the best, and I can't believe that actually worked. I must have had it set up perfectly. This big swerve from Barry Hawkins allows him to clear a dangerous red that's hanging over the corner pocket. Although he doesn't manage to get it in position, this certainly digs him out of quite a bit of trouble. I'm digging down on this using backspin and right hand side so I can swerve it as much as possible. I slightly overdid that, but that's probably because my cloth's thicker. Ali Carter's desperate to get on a red now and to try and take an 8-7 lead in the final. He manages to screw the cue ball back so far here he makes the cannon. Unfortunately this doesn't push a red on, but he manages to make the next pot anyway. However after he misses the pink, this ends up losing him the frame and he doesn't win another frame from here on out. On my table however, I'm having to give this absolutely everything, because even with the most amount of backspin and left hand side I can get on the cue ball, I'm still not managing to get the cue ball far enough to contact the reds. But I'm pretty confident if I get through it perfectly I'm going to have enough speed, but what's the cannon going to be like? Definitely good enough to pot the next red anyway and if Ali landed here maybe he'd have won this frame. Ronnie only has half a pocket to aim for with this long red against Ding. Let's see exactly how difficult it's going to be to pot a red into half a pocket while controlling the cue ball around two cushions with backspin to hold for the black. And it appears to be quite an awkward shot, because even if the red wasn't there, it's still quite a difficult angle to slowly drag the cue ball around the two cushions. And as expected I'm struggling to find the right angle on this shot, and because I've only got half a pocket to aim for, that's obviously going to make it even more of a challenge. Surprisingly as I still haven't got it, I can safely say now this has probably been one of the most challenging shots I've had to play yet. Because of this, even though I've potted it off the other red, I'm taking it. It was looking for a while like this treble blue from Judd Trump was easily going to be the cheekiest double of the week, but then we have some more contenders, this actually pushed this out of contention, meaning it didn't even make the contest. Mostly because it's a bit of a fluke, and as I don't really have much of a strategy for this one, I'm just trying to hit it as hard as I can and hope it goes in the pocket. Two attempts is probably quite good, although if you look at the cue ball, it's not going anywhere near in the right direction. And that's because of doubles like this from Ronnie O'Sullivan. Had he missed, he knew he'd be leaving Sean Murphy on, but he still played it anyway. So from that point of view, it'll definitely do well, but how difficult is it to play? Well it went in first time, although I did overscrew it by a little bit. However this double from Mark Allen is a cocked hat double, and also a frame winner. The black actually looks a lot harder shot to play than the other shot, so let's see how it ends up scoring. The difficulty with this one is avoiding the double kiss, you actually have to stun the cue ball towards the bolt cushion, that means hitting the black on the left hand side. And you can see the direction the black takes if you miss the shot, so it can be quite difficult. And that's probably why Mark didn't quite play it as hard as I'm playing it here. I seem to be struggling to both stun the cue ball and control the speed of the shot at the same time. Also it's clearly a lot harder to play than the previous shot, but which is the cheekiest double? Cue the music. Both of these shots are about as cheeky as it gets, so they both receive 5 chillies. However because Mark Allen's was by far the hardest shot, he's definitely this week's winner. This is a fascinating swerve from Kyron Wilson. He only just couldn't see the right angle on the red, and manages to spin the cue ball around the reds perfectly and end up potting it, but at the same time leaves himself in perfect position on the pink through the gap. This is a really well worked out and played shot. With my first attempt I didn't swerve enough and hit the red too straight, but with my second I got on the pink perfectly here. Mark Allen's left himself on the wrong side of the pink on this 1-4-7 attempt, and manages to play the cue ball all the way back round the table for the black, which he also doesn't get perfect on and leaves the in-off angle into the middle pocket, so has to screw it in. I'm trying to get the cue ball in exactly the same position Mark got it after the first shot so I can then play the same black as he played, so that's making this one a little bit harder. And my first attempt hasn't been great as I've caught the middle jewel with the cue ball. I've got to play this a little bit harder than I normally would to get the cue ball to the top cushion. It would actually be easier to get in position here. I've left myself a little bit too close to the black here but with exactly the same angle, and thankfully I cut it in straight away. Mark Selby's got a really thin cut on the yellow here, but he manages to get down and knock it in no problem. This cut comes from such an awkward position, I know it could take me a fair few attempts to even get the yellow close to the pocket. So it's a little surprising it's gone in straight away, but unfortunately I haven't hit it hard enough to end up on the green, and I'd left myself snookered. But I've only got to hit it a little bit harder, and since I've already cut it in once, you would think I'd be able to do it again, right? This just shows that even if I pod the ball on my first attempt like the Mark Williams shot from earlier, it doesn't necessarily mean it's an easy shot. I in fact could get it wrong another 10 times before I ever get anywhere near it again. Thankfully I did get this one in the end and actually got better on the green than Mark did. Sean Murphy's got a really tough plant to play next, and whenever I get a shot like this I put a bit of extra effort into getting the balls in exactly the right position, because I know if they're just a fraction out, that can make a huge difference to the shot. And once I got these set up right, I could see the plant was nowhere near set to the pocket it needed to be made. As you can see here, the reds are a fair distance apart, and I'm playing it with left hand side to get on the pink. This needed a really accurate putt, so I'm happy I got it after just three attempts. I suppose I could have done a whole feature on plants, because Mark Allen has this in Now I actually think this plant's a lot easier than the previous one, because this one doesn't look like it had to be made, and it was just naturally going to go off the other red into the pocket. I am pushing the plant up the table a little bit with the angle I'm hitting it at, but I was right, it is fairly straightforward. Another Ali Carter shot now that really needs to be cued well, as he manages to not only pot this long red, but also screws the cue ball out of bulk for a colour. The red's in quite an awkward position here, so the challenge is going to be playing it with enough speed to screw back for the bulk colours, whilst at the same time actually managing to get the pot. Even so, I would have expected to at least have potted this already, and I think it's definitely taken me far too many shots now. I keep rattling it, but it just won't go in. It kept going to the near jaw, which probably meant I was putting a little bit of unwanted left hand side on it, but got it in the end. This attacking long pot from Ronnie O'Sullivan is one of his best of the final, where there seems to be absolutely no doubt that he's going to pot the ball. This is a really tough pot at an awkward angle, but not only have I got to get it, I've got to stun the cue ball around the cushions perfectly to come back for a colour. So I must have been doing something right to get it first time, even if I did hit it a little bit hard. We've got a Sean Murphy shot coming up next, right after we find Brad, who's in St Adolf, Canada. And is now there rather than Winnipeg, I think. With Jack Dazowski looking like he could get the scores back to 5-4, Sean Murphy was faced with this tough shot where there was no real safety option. So he decided to take the pot on, and got it without the black ever touching the sides. And clearly this isn't going to be the easiest pot, but as my first attempt has rattled in the jaws, I feel fairly confident that I'll be able to get this, at least relatively quickly. However I keep seeming to play the black towards the top cushion, and this is because I keep putting a trace of right hand side on the cue ball, and whatever I do, I just can't seem to play it straight enough, I just keep catching the right side of the black a little bit too much, and that's what's sending it onto the far jaw, or if I play it really badly towards the top cushion. You may have noticed I've started experimenting on the last few shots with a few different speeds in order to try and eliminate this, but nothing seems to be working. So far this is the hardest shot I've played this entire video, and the fact that I can play it slowly didn't really help, but thankfully it's gone in in the end. Now to Ali Carter's match-saving pink from his equally impressive match-saving clearance against Judd Trumps. As this is a shot that got him into the final, it definitely deserves a place in this video. The cueing off the cushion made this one particularly difficult, but I was happy to get it straight away. So for the results, and third place goes to Barry Hawkins, for no other reason than he made this swerve look about as good as he could. Second place goes to Ronnie O'Sullivan, mostly because this was a match-winning shot, but also because this shot was definitely a lot harder than I was expecting, and the fact that the pink was there made it even more of a challenge. But first place just about goes to Sean Murphy, as he got this big long black right when he needed it. So a lot of good pressure shots, but I felt it was a little bit disappointing this week, especially when you compared it to the best shots of last year, which you can literally do by clicking on these two videos. And remember, don't just watch, play, and make the commitment to becoming a better player by subscribing to the channel, and visit the website. See you later.