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One of the most important aspects to pool is feel. When you reach a high level of ability, you will notice that the game is not based on aiming systems hocus-pocus, and textbook-mechanics. Every top player in this world will tell you that the pool nirvana is dead punch, or dead stroke. This is...

I also forgot to mention that snooker balls are smaller and lighter.

Zim, have you checked out any Joe Porper cases? I have always liked his over most others.

You seem to be forgetting that snooker is mostly played on tables with super fast cloth with very sensitive rails. If it comes to a stroking contest, Efren can beat any snooker player out there :)

And I do not agree that 9-ball should be played in the olympics, since it is so reliant on the break. 10-ball is much harder to pocket balls on the break, and brings new and more interesting aspects to the game because of that.

This is where people like myself and others differ on 9-ball. Alternating breaks takes pool to a lower level than it should be played at. It is like handicapping both players. Here is an example of what great pool is: Two players are playing a race to 7, the score is 6-0. The losing player...

Winner breaks is what's so beautiful about pool. It's how lower ranked pro-players can beat any top players at any time, who wins is usually who is breaking better that day.

all at the same time playing left handed/one handed, blindfolded....blah blah blah. As you can tell I am just kidding, but I bring this up because I have heard some local players tell some tall tales of beating some legends of pool. This one fellow I know, who can barely run a rack, told me...