Goulden Boy

Martin Gould wins the 2011 Power Snooker Masters Trophy by beating the defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan. The final delivered all aspects of Power Snooker with all the heightened tension up until the final minute.

Gould got the final under way and his consistent good break continued and potted the first Power Ball within the first minute of play. He made 54 before leaving the final fifty seconds of the Power Play to O'Sullivan. Ronnie took full advantage, quickly clearing the table to lead 86-54 with 25:39 remaining. O'Sullivan followed on with pots available from his first break of the final. But he unbelievably missed the Power Ball, allowing Gould to initiate the Power Play. Gould couldn't make much out of it and Ronnie began to take control before missing the yellow and a defensive duel took place. Gould found a fantastic pot on the yellow but unfortunately the cue ball rolled into the pocket. O'Sullivan then cleared up to the pink before Gould potted the pink before Ronnie rounded the frame off, the score standing at 181-74 with 18:50 to play. Gould potted the Power Ball with the first shot from the break in the third frame but missed the subsequent red. With O'Sullivan having the majority of the Power Play left, the lead some became over 100 before missing a red at the end of the double points. There was no damage done as Gould then left a red over a pocket for Ronnie to gobble up before O'Sullivan missed a double. Gould showed him how to do it and then went onto clear up to the black. Gould then length doubled the black to make it 234-138 after the third frame with 12:42 left on the clock. O'Sullivan had another decent break but again missed the Power Ball which Gould planted into the pocket. He used all the Power Play and the remaining balls to reduce the arrears and make it 258-249 with 7:48 remaining to decide the Champion. It was advantage Gould as he had the break in the fifth frame and his consistency continued but with only the blue in play. He missed the yellow and advantage switched to O'Sullivan who missed the shot on the red. Gould didn't make the same mistake twice and played safe behind the green after potting the red. The safety duel wore the clock down to five minutes before Gould found a pot. Gould then took the lead with 4:30 left and he went onto pot the Power Ball with three and a half left. Gould played safe on the green with a lead of 21 and two and a half minutes left. Gould then found another pot and again played safe with one and a half left. Gould finished O'Sullivan off with a snooker that forced a foul to win the game 286-258.