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So you would be okay with your precious snooker getting reduced to one frame contests? That game is also losing viewership, and in a decade's or two time, I see prize money falling around to pro pool levels. Only the top 20 players can make a decent living as it is. Once Ronnie retires...

Yep, we're buddies in the sense that we think short race tournaments for rotation pool are a joke. Anything less than race to 13 is an exhibition match in my mind.

So want nothing but exhibition crap shoots to keep your attention span occupied?

Well, the whole game design behind short rack rotation pool is that is makes running an individual rack relatively easy, but running consecutive racks exponentially harder, and whoever can consistently run more packages (and run out an opponent's dry break more often) will win the match. For...

Yes. 9 ball needs to adopt 10 ball rules (call shot/call safe), or be phased out all together in favor of 10 ball. The games are redundant. Race to 17 is a good compromise for tournament rotation pool.

There's no complete lack of "cogent logic." I'm not a Shane fanboy, but I'm definitely a pool fanboy, and long race rotation pool is where you see the game played at its best. I can't speak for others, but for me this has nothing to do with propping up Shane and denigrating others, and...

That's right, at least as far as the rotation games are concerned. Parica could spot all those "World Champs" the 8 in the 80's and 90's. They all dodged him. Buddy Hall the same. The only world champ who could hang with those long race monsters in 9 ball was Earl, maybe Archer, but I know CJ...

We've had this discussion. Every sport on Earth requires stamina. If you don't have it, you don't become a professional, despite how "skilled" you are in a short period of time. I also don't see how playing pool for 3 or 4 hours (two pros can finish a race to 20-30 in this time frame) requires...

What your brain fails to get is that rotation pool has more of a luck factor than the other pool games and cue sports. No one has a problem with races to 200 points in straight pool (which would only last 2-3 hours on average) because the best player typically wins, and even if your opponent...

(I think you're being satirical, but the shot is intriguing nonetheless) I believe it was a two way shot. If he missed the bank, the 2 ball rebounds and has a good chance of sitting behind the 7 or 4 or rolling to the middle of the table, leaving no shot. Worst case, he leaves Darren a long...

But a race to 100 eliminates variance much more effectively than a race to 8. And are you serious when you say that these players aren't geared for long races? The majority of these guys have played long races gambling, playing 10 ahead (which can last days and take hundreds of games at times)...

It's amazing how inconsistent you are with your arguments. When snooker tournaments last figurative years and frames are played even slower than games of one pocket, you're okay with it. Not to mention English 8 ball games lasting like 6 hours on those tiny toy tables with players constantly...

Heh. That debate also rages on some sports forums I visit and youtube. Always started by those abroad, of course. Ironically, the comparison is similar to snooker vs. pool. Baseball's rules and equipment make it the more "precision" game while cricket's equipment and rules make it the more...

It's amazing, isn't it? Anything less than race to 13 in 9 ball is pretty much a crap shoot between players within a few skill points of each other. And races to 5/7 can conceivably be won by a much, much less skilled opponent. Short race 9 ball has its charms, but the game really does shine...

Okay, then by that logic, your beloved IPA English 8 ball pool is the most amateur of all? The World Title is worth 8,000 US. Lol.

Uh huh. Ronnie trying to hit a power draw shot that actually required English and not just the easy part of the cue ball (center axis) really showed the greatness of his "fundamentals." Skip to 21 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Ye61WiLMk

It's a skill shot, like any other shot in pool. I agree that the magic rack and fast cloth has made the break somewhat broken, but don't hate the game because all your Snewka and Blackball converts break like children. Ronnie's break Lmao: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Ye61WiLMk

There's no money in snooker. This is another myth that needs to die. Only the top 20 make an amount that could be considered an upper class living in a first world country. Top 20 golfer in the world is a multimillionaire. Top 20 basketball player is worth 9 figures. So if prize money is...

Ronnie did about as well in pool as Alex did in snooker. If there were a qualification process for the pro tour, then Ronnie probably doesn't make the cut. And I always love the excuse making for Ronnie. "He didn't even practice! Just took it up for a piss." Wrong. I was just watching the...

Hi Ron Swanson. "Amateur game" by what measure? What's that even mean anyhow? There's no such thing as an "amateur game." And what criteria are you using to measure this "vast difference?" Like always, you say much without really saying anything.