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Which player(s) is/are mentally the strongest?

John Spencer
0
No votes
Ray Reardon
0
No votes
Terry Griffiths
0
No votes
Cliff Thorburn
0
No votes
Steve Davis
2
4%
Alex Higgins
1
2%
Dennis Taylor
0
No votes
Joe Johnson
0
No votes
Stephen Hendry
12
23%
John Parrott
0
No votes
Ken Doherty
1
2%
John Higgins
14
27%
Mark Williams
0
No votes
Ronnie O'Sullivan
3
6%
Peter Ebdon
2
4%
Shaun Murphy
0
No votes
Graeme Dott
0
No votes
Neil Robertson
0
No votes
Mark Selby
16
31%
Stuart Bingham
1
2%
Judd Trump
0
No votes
other
0
No votes
 
Total votes : 52

Re: Mentally toughest players

Postby Badsnookerplayer

"I was an apprentice mechanic to start with – though I only did five weeks – but gave it up because of all the grime and such that would get in your pores."

Having followed his father down the pit, Reardon's mining career ended when he was buried for three hours in a mining accident in 1957. Though he escaped relatively unscathed, the incident led to the closure of the mine, and his family were forced to move to Stoke-on-Trent, where he became a police officer.!

Re: Mentally toughest players

Postby Johnny Bravo

Pink Ball wrote:Higgins and Selby are probably the two standouts.


Agreed. <ok> :spot on: :goodpost:

I think anyone who has watched snooker regularly will agree with that.

Re: Mentally toughest players

Postby Iranu

I don’t think anyone really comes close to Higgins (at least since I’ve been watching). Selby comes a lot closer than most but I’d still say there’s a bit of distance between him and Higgins.

Re: Mentally toughest players

Postby Holden Chinaski

Higgins is definitely the one that comes to my mind first. His mental toughness has surprised me so many times. Never count him out.

Re: Mentally toughest players

Postby Johnny Bravo

TheRocket wrote:Who in your opinion is/was the strongest player mentally during his prime? And thus have a big advantage when the pressure is at its highest.

Choices are all the World Champions of the Crucible era (since 1977). I've also added the other option if someone believes a non-World Champion deserves to be mentioned.

You can vote for three options. Lets see who will end up in the Top3.


Hey, I only voted for one. How can I vote for the other two ?! :?

Re: Mentally toughest players

Postby TheRocket

Johnny Bravo wrote:
TheRocket wrote:Who in your opinion is/was the strongest player mentally during his prime? And thus have a big advantage when the pressure is at its highest.

Choices are all the World Champions of the Crucible era (since 1977). I've also added the other option if someone believes a non-World Champion deserves to be mentioned.

You can vote for three options. Lets see who will end up in the Top3.


Hey, I only voted for one. How can I vote for the other two ?! :?


You probably chose only one player and then immediately clicked on 'submit'. You should have picked all three players first before doing that.

Too late now I think. Maybe a mod can help.

Re: Mentally toughest players

Postby Andre147

I think you would need to reset the poll so that you could vote again, so all votes until now would be null and void.

I also voted one option and clicked submit because I didnt read the description properly. Voted Selby, the other 2 would be Davis and Higgins.

Re: Mentally toughest players

Postby Ash147

Andre147 wrote:I think you would need to reset the poll so that you could vote again, so all votes until now would be null and void.

I also voted one option and clicked submit because I didnt read the description properly. Voted Selby, the other 2 would be Davis and Higgins.


You're the only other person to choose the same as me. :hatoff:

Re: Mentally toughest players

Postby Johnny Bravo

Andre147 wrote:I think you would need to reset the poll so that you could vote again, so all votes until now would be null and void.

I also voted one option and clicked submit because I didnt read the description properly. Voted Selby, the other 2 would be Davis and Higgins.


I also voted Selbo. It was very close between him and Higgins. Selbo edged it for me because he came back against Higgins in a world final.
It's very hard to choose a 3rd. I'll have to give that some deep thinking.