The World Snooker Championship is the final event in the snooker circuit. Only the best snooker players can compete, and they get to this event by winning many other snooker matches. Snooker is one of the harder forms of billiards to play, and has many different rules to follow. The championship is currently being held at the Crucible Theater, in Sheffield, England. The championship is very exciting to the snooker player, and is almost like the super bowl of snooker pool.

The snooker game is played with 22 balls. There are 15 red balls and one each of yellow, blue, green, brown, pink and black. There is also a white cue ball for this game as well. Points are awarded when the different balls land in the side pockets of the table. Red balls are worth 1 point, and the other balls are worth varying points. All of the red balls must be inside the pockets before the other balls can be hit. Snooker is popular in Great Britain and China. The winner of the championship wins millions of pounds, not only from this event, but also from winning other games along the way. Since it began in 1927, no one has been able to win the World Snooker Championship as many years in as row as the first championship player, Joe Davis.

The current snooker champion is Stephen Hendry and he is the number 1 ranked snooker player in the world. He has been a winner of the world championship in the past and will probably win again. One player, Ronnie O’Sullivan, was recently fined and docked points for making an inappropriate remark at one of the games during the China open. Even with these points docked from his score, he is still in the lead, yet loosing 700 points is a major blow to any player.

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