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Thank you! I do admit the last sentence was meant to be a bit of a "tweaker". ;) And I think you need to take a little closer look at my profile. You will be hard pressed to find someone with deeper American roots. I grew up with a(n admittedly shoddy) pool table in my parents' basement. While...

Whoa! Careful here! Let's not bring Snooker into this discussion! I have said many, many times that those who wish to see Pool succeed commercially need to look to Snooker for a lesson in Marketing 101. It is (by far) the most successful cue sport both for participation and television...

You're funny! Snooker is the most popular cue sport in the world. Both for recreational play and for television viewing. By far. Even the great Joe Davis tried to tinker with the formula by coming up with the concept of Snooker Plus. It went over like a lead balloon. Snooker's popularity...

I like it. Personally, I have always thought the open break is one of the factors holding pool down. I greatly prefer a safety break of 14.1 or snooker over the smash 'em up, slop three or four balls in, and call 'em good attitude of any open break game. If you are a gorilla and can slop in 3 to...

Remind me not to play pool with you.

Why would anyone transition from snooker to pool? :confused: :wink: But seriously, it seems to me, one of the really big differences between snooker players and pool players (and this is not meant to be a jab in either direction) is that a natural snooker player approaches the game more as an...

I think you are trying to read too much into this situation; there is no special rule that applies. I will address two variations of this: First, just a regular shot had been played, no foul, and the cue ball happens to come to the position you describe. It may be that a new striker is coming...

The date of publication is probably just a few pages in. Here are pictures of mine from '84 and '88 and they follow the same format. "Decimal Day" in the U.K. was February 15, 1971...that is when they changed the currency from the old, "pound, crown, shilling, pence" system to the current 100...

I have Jerimy's contact info on my computer at the shop. I will PM you when I get down there later today. I need to get him in to do some work on my table soon as well.

:) I think a salient fact not well understood by those not familiar with the mechanics of a full size snooker table, it is literally impossible to get your eyeballs directly overhead of the pink spot. It is not a bar box and, historically at least, the referee's have not taken to physically...

Can't answer that honestly, only have seen the snooker not pool. To me, it does appear to be the common style among all of them so I would think it is the same for the pool. Very deliberate play. For corroborating evidence, I could watch professional snooker for days on end, but about ten...

My personal belief that this is the main reason why snooker is a successful spectator sport and pool........is not. Ronnie is faster than most but not by all that much. About twenty seconds per shot is probably about average. Re-watching many videos, I have pinned my own average at about 18...

I don't believe the term "system" exists anywhere in the snooker vernacular. There is but a single path to success with no shortcuts available: dedication, practice, and hitting millions of balls. There are of course very general patterns that anyone can see if they have carried a cue for at...

I generally re-visit this thread two or three times throughout the year. It is good for contemplation about why I play this game. Happy Birthday, Joe! Enjoy the current crop playing for the privilege of your trophy.

This quote is someone who knows the game of snooker. Snooker is my primary, swing the cue more days than not. I am only on a pool table maybe once or twice a year and that is just a bar box out for a beer. Snooker is about controlling the white and knowing what it will do and keeping a tidy...

Reanne is proving to be a real up and coming "Joe Davis" (20 times champion, but never lost his title and retired undefeated). She demonstrated that she has really got game last year when she took Ken Doherty to 10-8 before bowing out and Ken is still no slouch. Ng On Yee has only managed to...

I am sure it was pulled because the rant named names. I am sure that from a legal standpoint, it may have well been considered libel and the forum moderators will not allow anything close to libel as the site could potentially be held liable in a suit. Even this thread is probably bordering on...

In my experience, traditional betting on the snooker table seems to be a lose/lose situation--either you flat out lose the bet, or else, you win the bet, but the frame itself was almost certainly not much fun. The two normal options are to either bet "per point", say for a dollar, in which case...

Here is another one that pushes the limit of a cut shot on a snooker table. Measured it at about 75 degrees but contact was probably even less due to cut induced throw. Note how very little the white deflects after contact with black. The link will start with the fluke red just prior to the thin...

Sorry, krupa. I just realized I went against your wishes with the long post. I always try to put the disclaimer at the beginning of posts like that so people don't waste their time unless they are truly interested. I have a passion for The Game so I feel the need to speak up when I see...