The elite Snooker, English 8-ball and Chinese 8-ball players have amazingly solid fundamentals. Hence, why they are the world's best cue sports players. Those rounded pockets make you have better fundamentals, or you do not making a living at their game.
Lately, I've been watching the top Snooker players on Youtube. Ronnie O'Sullivan in his prime, Stephen Hendry in his prime and recently Mark Selby. Also, have been watching Gareth Potts, Yang Fan and the elite Chinese players shoot some 8-ball on those tight-rounded pocket tables. Very little...
Thanks for the great photos. You have to be extremely accurate and have rock solid fundamentals to excel on those snooker pocket tables. I've been watching Gareth Potts and Yang Fan matches on Youtube. Wow, those two players have some serious skill, extremely accurate shot making and well chosen...
Many great posts in this thread.
Also, great strategic minds and talent that could have become great pool players have instead chosen to become professional poker players. A movie like Color of Money gave pool a big boost back in 1986. The Rounders movie did the same for Poker, along with the...