1970 Pot Black

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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=1970 Pot Black

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|dates= Recorded early 1970 (broadcast {{Start and end dates|1970|03|23|1970|07|6|df=y}})

|venue= BBC Studios

|location=Birmingham

|country=England

|organisation=

|format=Non-ranking event

|Total prize fund=

|winners_share=

|highest_break={{flagicon|ENG}} Fred Davis (54)

|winner={{flagicon|ENG}} John Spencer

|runner_up={{flagicon|WAL}} Ray Reardon

|score=88–27

|previous=1969

|next=1971}}

The 1970 Pot Black event was the second edition of Pot Black, a professional invitational snooker tournament which was first broadcast in 1969. The event was recorded in early 1970 at the BBC TV Studios in Gosta Green, Birmingham. The tournament featured eight professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.

Broadcasts were on BBC2, starting with an introductory programme at 9:45 pm on Monday 23 March 1970.{{cite web|title=BBC Television – 23 March 1970 – Pot Black |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1970-03-23 |website=BBC Genome Project| publisher=BBC |access-date=23 February 2017}} This year, the tournament moved to a round-robin format with two groups of four players, the top two players from each group qualifying for a place in the semi-finals. Alan Weeks took over as presenter, with Ted Lowe remaining as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.

The two finalists were the same as the previous year but the result was in reverse. John Spencer defeated Ray Reardon 88–27 in the one-frame final which was broadcast on 6 July 1970.{{cite web|title=BBC Television – 6 July 1970 – Pot Black: BBC2 Knockout Snooker Competition |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1970-07-06 |website=BBC Genome Project| publisher=BBC |access-date=23 February 2017}}