Could Ronnie O'sullivan do it

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7forlife

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Since the transition from this sport to that sport hasn't alway yield what many have expected I was wondering.

Snooker table, with just 15 red balls, could Ronnie beat the 527?
I think that he could and I don't think it will take him long also, i'm talking within a week.

Has a solid snooker player been/played in the world 14.1, I can't think of any at the time of this. Or is there any history of such a thing? but yea, my money is on Ronnie doing it in a week maybe less if you use trickery and say that you're going back in time to him in his prime.
 
7forlife said:
Since the transition from this sport to that sport hasn't alway yield what many have expected I was wondering.

Snooker table, with just 15 red balls, could Ronnie beat the 527?
I think that he could and I don't think it will take him long also, i'm talking within a week.

Has a solid snooker player been/played in the world 14.1, I can't think of any at the time of this. Or is there any history of such a thing? but yea, my money is on Ronnie doing it in a week maybe less if you use trickery and say that you're going back in time to him in his prime.
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If Ronnie had a week to run 100 balls, I would bet against it.

In 1970?....Fred Davis and Rex Williams played in a straight pool tournament in NYC.
....they came last and second last.

Fred and Rex have held world snooker and English billiard titles.
 
Ronnie could do anything Ronnie sets his mind to.

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pt109 said:
If Ronnie had a week to run 100 balls, I would bet against it.

In 1970?....Fred Davis and Rex Williams played in a straight pool tournament in NYC.
....they came last and second last.

Fred and Rex have held world snooker and English billiard titles.
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I'm sure Davis and Williams were both splendid players, but Ronnie would walk all over either one of them. Especially Ronnie in his prime.
 
pt109 said:
If Ronnie had a week to run 100 balls, I would bet against it.

In 1970?....Fred Davis and Rex Williams played in a straight pool tournament in NYC.
....they came last and second last.

Fred and Rex have held world snooker and English billiard titles.
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Rex Williams played Mosconi a series of games alternating snooker and pool.
Williams never won a game of pool. On the other hand, Mosconi did win some games os snooker.
 
7forlife said:
Since the transition from this sport to that sport hasn't alway yield what many have expected I was wondering.

Snooker table, with just 15 red balls, could Ronnie beat the 527?
I think that he could and I don't think it will take him long also, i'm talking within a week.

Has a solid snooker player been/played in the world 14.1, I can't think of any at the time of this. Or is there any history of such a thing? but yea, my money is on Ronnie doing it in a week maybe less if you use trickery and say that you're going back in time to him in his prime.
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Bro........what are you smokin....?.....ship some my way
 
Tony Drago played the Europeans in 2012. It was amazing watch him play straightpool. He never used more than 2 minutes for each rack. He shot an 84 against Niels in the quarters in something like 12-14 minutes.
But 527 are a lot of balls if played on a Snooker table. Still, I think Ronnie could do it.
 
John Spencer, 3 time world snooker champ, ran 150 on the Miz at straight pool.
Cliff Thorburn, 1980 world snooker champ, is the best pool player of all the snooker champs.....IMO.

But to run a hundred balls on a world class snooker table would be a feat that surpasses
Willie's 526.
 
Straightpool_99 said:
Run 527 reds in snooker in a week!? You must be joking or mad! I tell you what: Go down to your nearest club with a proper snooker table, start with a classic straight pool breakshot and try to run 50.. Then come back to me. I'll give you an example: My high run on a pool table is 109. I tried for a long while to run 50 with pool balls on a snooker table. There was no way that was ever going to happen. The balls broke so tough...I almost drove myself insane and I got to 38...The colors on the snooker table may seem to limit runs etc but their placement are perfect for bailing you out when you go into the reds. Without the colors it's a nightmare.
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since you're not using your real name i didn't notice that you were a world champ or so. Oh you ran hundred, great, thats no cake walk but I'm talking about a solid confirmed world pro who ran a rack in just over 5 mins, having also made the same ball 15 times along the way.
 
i totally agree guys, i'm not totally serious. But I feel that some of you are seeing this the wrong way.
It's always been about taking someone out of their element, which i tried to dispel at the start. Instead of taking the guy out of his comfort zone keep him there and let him do his thing.

and again, let's not totally merge the two styles and table size. Do you think that running a hundred on a bar box is easier or harder? I'm sure you won't play the same way. I think Ronnie could put up some serious numbers given time (and again, not much) playing with just the reds on a snooker table.

Or at least let's say he's the only one i would put up to the task.
 
pt109 said:
If Ronnie had a week to run 100 balls, I would bet against it.

In 1970?....Fred Davis and Rex Williams played in a straight pool tournament in NYC.
....they came last and second last.

Fred and Rex have held world snooker and English billiard titles.
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I would bet everything I had that Ronnie would run 100 balls on a pool table within 1 week.
 
No offense to the late great willie mosconi but didn't he do that on an 8 foot table with bucket pockets.


Straightpool_99 said:
Hey, man I know I'm no pro, hell I'm probably in the bottom 50% of the active posters here, with the APA 5's (guessing). But you need to realize that Willie Mosconis world record was set in 1954, and nobody's been able to beat it ON A POOL TABLE. What does that tell you? Even if you smash break the rack every time (shoot an 8 ball breakshot instead of straight pool), making a 100 ballls on a snooker table is a great achievement. I only brought my runs up to illustrate the difference in difficulty between the two games. I don't think too many people were impressed, lol! Several people here have ran over 200!

I'm sure Ronnie would make a straight pool 100 easily even on a tight match table, maybe 200 too. But you see with every ball pocketed there is a chance for a skid, a bad roll etc and on an unforgiving snooker table that factor is multiplied many times over. You need luck as well as skill to run that many balls. There is no telling what Ronnie could do, given enough time..but a week, come on!

Breaking the 527 on a snooker table in a week is complete insanity. It's so crazy even Ronnie O'Sullivan couldn't do it, and I'm his biggest fan.
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7forlife said:
Since the transition from this sport to that sport hasn't alway yield what many have expected I was wondering.

Snooker table, with just 15 red balls, could Ronnie beat the 527?
I think that he could and I don't think it will take him long also, i'm talking within a week.

Has a solid snooker player been/played in the world 14.1, I can't think of any at the time of this. Or is there any history of such a thing? but yea, my money is on Ronnie doing it in a week maybe less if you use trickery and say that you're going back in time to him in his prime.
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I'd put several thousand of my money on him NOT doing it in a week. Or a month. Or 3 months.

I'd be comfy betting a 100 he could not get through 3 full racks on a snooker table in a week.

This shows the post of a fan not something thinking clearly.
 
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