Yes, I’m going to write down about the world number player in Snooker currently.
Mark was born on 19th June 1983 at Leicester. He turned into a professional player at the age of 16 in 1999 but has played the UK Challenge Tour in 1998.
This boy from Leicester is performing so well for the past 1-2 year which makes him stand at the top of charts.
From where did he get that nickname?
His moniker, "The Jester from Leicester", was given to him by snooker compeer Richard Beare after Willie Thorne thought of it amid the critique.
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Pool Player: Mark Selby
Apart from snooker, he also loves to play pool. He loves it so much that he won 2006 WEPF eight-ball pool world champion & runner-up at the 2015 Chinese Pool World Championship.
Some incidents from early life (not summary)
Willie Thorne found mark snooker ability and provided him practice after his school.
- Mark lost his father at an early age of 16, just two months before joining the main professional tour.
Mark did not perform very well in his early time being defeated in the final of World Championship 2002&2003.
A lot of things happened in 2007-2011. When life keeps you getting down, you get another chance to prove it wrong! And that’s what Mark Selby did.
- There was a lot of improvement in Mark’s game.
- In the year 2008, Selby won his first major tournament at Wembley – The Masters.
- On 17th January, second Masters Title defeating Ronnie O’Sullivan.
- 2011 World Championship witnessed a record for the most century breaks in a world championship match.
As the years kept passing by, Mark Selby games keep on improving which made him stand at No.1 position.
Selby has currently 496-century breaks & career winnings of £4,619,741.
Playing Style:
The Jester loves to play with safety, he’s not attacking the kind player. You may have seen in most of his videos that he plays very cleverly by making snooker most of the times.
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