Ronnie O'Sullivan vs American Pool Player?

real bartram said:
I'm sure your a big gambler.
I'll play him 1 pocket see how he does .
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Sure, I'll go give him a call. :rolleyes:

The chances of ronnie or any top snooker player staying awake long enough to finish a game of 1 pocket is remote. But there's an easy way to settle this - you fancy playing him 1 pocket on a snooker table? No? Oh.
 
Ron Swanson said:
Sure, I'll go give him a call. :rolleyes:

The chances of ronnie or any top snooker player staying awake long enough to finish a game of 1 pocket is remote. But there's an easy way to settle this - you fancy playing him 1 pocket on a snooker table? No? Oh.
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No
Your comment before said nothing about a snooker table .
 
Ron Swanson said:
Please. Top English 8 ballers and snooker players would make the transition to 1 pocket wih ease. These games are HIGHLY strategic. Van boening is a great 1 pocket player yet got raped by club players when he tried E8B.
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Really and just how long do you think that ease might take ,,



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I have had fun reading everyone responses. So its my turn now. I think Ronnie could beat any American pool player simply because he can play top level pool without even practicing pool. Mean while no American pool player can play snooker at any high level.

Meanwhile a lot, if not all high playing snooker players can play pool at top level. Yes I think it would take them some time to adjust but I don't think it would take much time. Ronnie has rock solid fundamentals that can transfer to any cue sport and great cue

ball control and his potting is next to none. Is it really unfair to compare any pool player to Ronnie. Ronnie is in a league of his own.

If Ronnie wanted to be the best at pool he could and would be but there is zero motivation for him to do so. He could already retire anytime he wants, and there is no money in pool. Could he help the pool scene grown? I think so, but by how much really.
 
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Colonel said:
It's a moot point, he plays snooker, Americans play pool. They are 2 different animals. It's like asking who would win in a battle between Godzilla & King Kong, really doesn't matter, never going to happen.
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I totally agree....I have been watching Asian pool videos and there is a match 9-ball against a "professional" woman player and his 9 ball game wasn't tight by any means. He did win.....although he did play some wicked safes. With the "rise" of Chinese 8 ball (with rounded rails) a blend of the 2 disciplines would at least be closer to matching both skill sets. This I would think be interesting. Ronnie O still remains my favorite snooker player.

Elvis
 
I've always maintained that the snooker vs. Pool debate is similar to the boxing vs. MMA debate. With snooker being boxing and MMA being pool. I think that it is similar in that boxing and snooker are more limited in skill set, although top pros in both are ridiculously good at what they do. Whereas MMA and pool are more diverse in skill set as there are more options. They are both similar in that a top ranked snooker amateur could compete with a top pool player playing snooker and it would be a good match. Similar as a top amateur boxer would compete with a world champion MMA in a boxing ring and give him a headache. The skill sets are different. But ultimately apples and oranges.
 
real bartram said:
No
Your comment before said nothing about a snooker table .
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Don't bother feeding the resident troll boy, AKA The Thaiger. Based on his comments in NPR, all Americans suck, not just at billiards, but in just about every endeavor known to mankind.

Meanwhile, sitting his mom's basement, with about 5 good teeth left, and a crooked smile, he celebrates his latest victory on AZB ;)
 
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screamingelvis said:
I totally agree....I have been watching Asian pool videos and there is a match 9-ball against a "professional" woman player and his 9 ball game wasn't tight by any means. He did win.....although he did play some wicked safes. With the "rise" of Chinese 8 ball (with rounded rails) a blend of the 2 disciplines would at least be closer to matching both skill sets. This I would think be interesting. Ronnie O still remains my favorite snooker player.

Elvis
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You're not referring to the exhibition match where he intentionally took it easy on her, are you?
 
screamingelvis said:
I totally agree....I have been watching Asian pool videos and there is a match 9-ball against a "professional" woman player and his 9 ball game wasn't tight by any means. He did win.....although he did play some wicked safes. ...
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He played an exhibition against Xiaoting Pan a year or two ago -- 9-Ball and snooker. She won the 9-Ball 7-6 after he scratched on the 8-ball leading 6-4. At 6-6, she broke and ran the deciding game.

In snooker it was a race to 2 using only 6 reds. He won Games 1 and 3 pretty easily, but she took Game 2 with both of them missing many shots.
 
taking the position that he can master any other cue sport with ease is adorable,

Ty-Tanic said:
I have had fun reading everyone responses. So its my turn now. I think Ronnie could beat any American pool player simply because he can play top level pool without even practicing pool. Mean while no American pool player can play snooker at any high level.

Meanwhile a lot, if not all high playing snooker players can play pool at top level. Yes I think it would take them some time to adjust but I don't think it would take much time. Ronnie has rock solid fundamentals that can transfer to any cue sport and great cue

ball control and his potting is next to none. Is it really unfair to compare any pool player to Ronnie. Ronnie is in a league of his own.

If Ronnie wanted to be the best at pool he could and would be but there is zero motivation for him to do so. He could already retire anytime he wants, and there is no money in pool. Could he help the pool scene grown? I think so, but by how much really.
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Comparing snooker to pool is "apples to oranges". It's like arguing about tennis players, squash players and ping pong players.

You obviously love Ronnie and that's awesome, I like the way he plays snooker as well. However, taking the position that he can master any other cue sport with ease is adorable, yet not realistic.

The rules in pool right now do not bring out the best of the game, and the strategy is almost non existent. This allows many players to be able to compete at a pretty high level, snooker on the other hand still uses the original rules and I doubt if we'll ever live to see "jump cues" used in snooker championships. :groucho:
 
CJ Wiley said:
Comparing snooker to pool is "apples to oranges". It's like arguing about tennis players, squash players and ping pong players.

You obviously love Ronnie and that's awesome, I like the way he plays snooker as well. However, taking the position that he can master any other cue sport with ease is adorable, yet not realistic.
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Some are born great.
Some achieve greatness.
Some thrust greatness upon themselves.

Little differences in cues, balls, pockets.
No difference is fable configuration: 2 X 1

Many lesser snooker players have converted to pool very successfully.
But it is the opinion of this American poster that one of the most talented players to ever hold a cue couldn't do the same.

Adorable American pool players should concentrate on beating European pool players, and on creating their own organization that some day, far in the future, might have world tournaments with purse structures far exceeding snooker. Then the winners can pontificate about their supposedly superior and unique skills.

If you can't compete where the money is, you can't compete, you can only blow.
 
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real bartram said:
No
Your comment before said nothing about a snooker table .
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They didn't. Your comment inferred snooker players could not play one pocket. If that were true, you'd challenge them to the game on a snooker table, for as much cash as they can muster.

You can double up with english 8 ballers on their tables too, if you dont believe they have the skills to master one pocket either.
 
CJ Wiley said:
Comparing snooker to pool is "apples to oranges". It's like arguing about tennis players, squash players and ping pong players.

You obviously love Ronnie and that's awesome, I like the way he plays snooker as well. However, taking the position that he can master any other cue sport with ease is adorable, yet not realistic.

The rules in pool right now do not bring out the best of the game, and the strategy is almost non existent. This allows many players to be able to compete at a pretty high level, snooker on the other hand still uses the original rules and I doubt if we'll ever live to see "jump cues" used in snooker championships. :groucho:
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Ahhhhh wrong your example are no where near the same comparison , pool and snooker are very much the same ,,Now lets get rid of this notion that 9 ball in any form is the holy grail of pool ,, its not ,never was , it was brought about for TV ,, 14-1 is the grand daddy of them all
The master game of today and growing rapidly is one pocket ,, this is the game of the master thinkers and shot makers far harder to learn 1 pocket than any game
A snooker table to a 9 ft player is what a 9 ft table is to a bar box player and vise versa we see 9 ft players transition down quite well going up not quite as well advantage snooker player .
We have seen the woman transition not only well but dominate the game ,,
The men have no motivation ,, if Ronnie had turned to pool when he was in his 20's he likely would be the same player in pool as he is in snooker
The only thing by his own admission he lacked was a break the rest of the game is child's play to a man with his skill set

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you WILL see Ronnie in Chinese 8 ball at some point, believe that, the Chinese have already paid him for joke exhibitions and they pay Hendry to essentially recruit these guys
 
smashmouth said:
you WILL see Ronnie in Chinese 8 ball at some point, believe that, the Chinese have already paid him for joke exhibitions and they pay Hendry to essentially recruit these guys
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All players follow the money. They play whichever game gives them the most income - who wouldn't?
 
smashmouth said:
you WILL see Ronnie in Chinese 8 ball at some point, believe that, the Chinese have already paid him for joke exhibitions and they pay Hendry to essentially recruit these guys
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That would be great.

Hopefully it's before he completely goes downhill (skill wise) like Hendry.
 
Scaramouche said:
Some are born great.
Some achieve greatness.
Some thrust greatness upon themselves.

Little differences in cues, balls, pockets.
No difference is fable configuration: 2 X 1

Many lesser snooker players have converted to pool very successfully.
But it is the opinion of this American poster that one of the most talented players to ever hold a cue couldn't do the same.

Adorable American pool players should concentrate on beating European pool players, and on creating their own organization that some day, far in the future, might have world tournaments with purse structures far exceeding snooker. Then the winners can pontificate about their supposedly superior and unique skills.

If you can't compete where the money is, you can't compete, you can only blow.
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[_] not rekt
[X] rekt
 
It really is apples to oranges. Like comparing the best duck pin bowler to the best 10 pin bowler. One could argue the duck pin bowler is better because they have better aim where 10 pin bowlers use a bigger ball and curves the ball. No way for the two to play on an even playing field to see who really is better. Two different games and equipment. They just have to except they are they best at the game they play.
 
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