Recent content by snarzberry

Hmmm, I like the idea of trying to make the rule better by eliminating luck as much as possible and I agree that the miss rule is one of the most frustrating parts of the game. However, if the rule that you suggest is implemented I foresee some other shenanigans that may result. Consider this...

Ask yourself this: what is the purpose of the 'call the ten ball' rule? Give it a moments thought and you will arrive at this conclusion - the purpose of the rule is to make it so that a player cannot win the game by pocketing the winning ball in a hole other than the intended pocket. That is...

If the miss rule isn't as strict as the current interpretation then every snooker player knows what will be the end result; there will be cases where a player knows in his heart of hearts that he can err on the side of a miss, get close enough and then benefit from having played a shot where no...

Okay, that is complete BS. Pool players have to work right now to stamp out this crap. The winning player should have just conceded the game, or fouled on purpose if the ref insisted that the preceding player didn't call the shot. I mean what a miscarriage of justice. It really is pathetic and...

People don't buy what you do they buy why you do it. Repeat that to yourself five times and then think about why the Mosconi Cup (leaving the anomaly of last year aside) is such a gripping spectacle even though the quality of pool is generally lower than other tournaments. People don't buy...

He's a big fan of the hit and hope, so nothing to do with alex on those escapes.

Alex had a chance to score heavily in frame 5, with 4 or 5 loose reds and with the pink and black in the clear. He scored 40 odd but then the split on the bunch didn't work out, forcing him to play safe to the black cushion. Terrific pot from there by Maguire into the centre bag who cleared to...

That session was quality. how bout that pot from Matthew down the cushion from distance? then to miss the brown afterwards, what a shame. I was glued to the screen then, great snooker.

Stevens isn't playing poorly or anything, you're right every credit for snatching 5 so far! If Maguire doesn't kick on then I can't see Carter taking ROS down in the final, assuming no fight back from MS. He may have a few years under his belt but he sure looks like the best player in the...

Sullivan is playing sensationally in the second session, they're in the interval now and Robertson was completely blown off the table and didn't really have a response. O'Sullivans best gear is still the best gear there is or ever has been. It's only four frames, but I think saying that...

Don't you think on those shots what is happening is the cue strikes the white ball which hit's the object ball and then after that occurs the cue strikes the cue ball again propelling it forwards after the object ball? Even if we cannot see this with the naked eye, we can infer that this is...

Davis and White only entered the game of pool at the end of their careers and O'Sullivan never committed himself, only dabbled. Melling and Daz have taken the plunge fully now, both of whom, fantastic cue players that they are, couldn't keep up to speed with the top snooker professionals...

Lol, I'm imagining the team spirt of 'Team Asia'. Not going to happen. Get a Chinese, a Japanese and a Phillipino all together on a team and try to build unity. They have about as much in common as Mick Jagger, Queen Elizabeth's corgi and my uncle frank. Unfortunately there isn't an 'Asian'...

I don't post here often but this question is in my field, biology, so I can't resist offering a somewhat unusual, for this board, answer. It's my professional opinion take it for what you will :). The, perhaps surprising, answer to why men are generally superior to women in competitive...

There's a general consensus, which I hold to, that as things stand pool is a pretty crappy spectator sport most of the time. If pool could be made to be a better spectator sport then there would be more money in the game which would feed into producing more professionalism in the players and...