So a year on in the world of Barry Hearn snooker and here we all were for The Masters Tournament, moved to the Alexander Palace from Wembley Arena as Hearn continues to push his main two sports of darts and snooker closer together, the ‘Ally Pally’ a legendary darts venue, of course. It’s a rowdy place at the best of times and the atmosphere was suburb all week for the local favourites this week at the snooker, matching Wembley Arena for buzz, the crowd really up for Ronnie O’Sullivan, as per usual, chasing a record tenth Masters final. This was where television began and snooker, rather ...
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