1 The Debate: who is the Greatest Snooker Player of All time, Ronnie O'Sullivan Or Stephen Hendry?
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Two members of the bet365 News group dispute who the best gamer in snooker history is, Ronnie or Stephen Hendry.

There's a case for both to be made, one established himself as the dominant force in the 1990s, winning an amazing 7 world titles throughout the decade, whilst the other has actually shown to have a really unequaled longevity at the top of the sport, remaining at the summit a staggering three years on from catching his first ranking crown.

It's a subject that draws so much intrigue and interest each and every year, and a debate that could extremely well rage on for ever more.

Sport isn't about talent, it has to do with winning, and no one knew how to win rather like Stephen Hendry, composes Liam Williams ...

While there's really little to separate Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry, O'Sullivan himself - a guy it's not simple to draw out praise from - stated Hendry to be the much better of the 2, while Hendry concurred, stating that he 'd expensive himself over a four-session match to triumph every time.

O'Sullivan's mental fights off the baize believe affected his profession, and it's a testimony to his perseverance that he's preserved a 30-year profession at the top of the game. But a lot of snooker - definitely at the elite level-- is simply as much about what goes on in between your ears as on the table itself, and throughout his career, O'Sullivan's personality has actually been found wanting in such a way Hendry's was not.

Memorably at the 2005 World Snooker Championship, Ebdon's slow play left Ronnie irritated - Ebdon naturally wasn't an easy challenger, and actually beat Hendry in a world final - with the Rocket losing all focus and blowing a cause exit a tournament he probably must have won. It was a psychological blip that Hendry simply didn't have in his locker.

While there was a way to beat O'Sullivan - however unseemly - throughout the 1990s, Hendry was nearly robotic. He admitted he didn't spend time with any other gamers socially lest it shatter his invincible, ice-man aura, and while some gamers battle with having the target of being the world's finest player on their back, Hendry enjoyed it, thinking there were plenty of gamers who were beaten before playing a shot.

Hendry didn't simply have the capability to become the very best player in the world, but the resilience to ensure he stayed there.

From the 1989 UK Championship till the 1996 UK Championship there were 22 Triple Crown events; Hendry won 13 of them. Playing the very best gamers in the world in a seven-year spell, Hendry would win majority of snooker's greatest tournaments, consisting of winning all three in two various seasons; in 11 years, Hendry won his record-setting 18 Triple Crown events, and while O'Sullivan would later eclipse him with 23, they were accumulated over 32 years.

Between 1989 and 1993, Hendry won 5 successive Masters titles. Between 1992 and 1996, Hendry won five successive world titles. Steve Davis never ever managed more than 3 world crowns on the bounce and O'Sullivan never managed more than two. It's a level of supremacy we're unlikely to see in the video game once again.

Hendry confessed that when he 'd lastly eclipsed Steve Davis's six World Championship wins, his hunger waned, though there were other concerns, such as his hint being broken in transit and a suffering with the yips, however nobody has ever dominated the game rather like Hendry.

When O'Sullivan has actually been at his extremely best, he's been untouchable, playing the video game in a manner simple mortals could just imagine. Unfortunately for O'Sullivan, that level hasn't been as frequently as it may have.