Hve you seen Steve Hendy to Play 9-Ball???
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easy peasy! Give that man a pool player's break and watch out!
I love how the snooker player's play 9B with a no-nonsense mentality. The pool player would load a shot up with spin to make perfect position...making the first shot substantially more difficult in the hopes the next one is easy. The snooker players always accept what the table has to offer and plays simple shape to spread the difficulty between the shots.
In other words, 2 medium difficulty shots are better and one brutal shot and one easy one.
I love how the snooker player's play 9B with a no-nonsense mentality. The pool player would load a shot up with spin to make perfect position...making the first shot substantially more difficult in the hopes the next one is easy. The snooker players always accept what the table has to offer and plays simple shape to spread the difficulty between the shots.
In other words, 2 medium difficulty shots are better and one brutal shot and one easy one.
As much as I love Hendry and Davis, I would never bet on them against Shane Van Boening, John Schmidt, Dennis Orcullo, Alex Pagualyan in any long 9 or 10 ball race.
But....being two of the greatest cueists ever, I'm sure they would be amongst the top players if pool suddenly had million dollar prize money and they decided to take the game seriously.
But....being two of the greatest cueists ever, I'm sure they would be amongst the top players if pool suddenly had million dollar prize money and they decided to take the game seriously.
Agreed. However, pool doesn't have long races at tournaments and probably never ever will so they'd always have a reasonable chance for good results. Alternate break helps too.
Snooker world final is race to 18 over two days. Compare that to World 9ball or 10ball final which is over in about 2 or 3 hours.
I know and it's just ridiculous. The length of the world final in snooker is almost as long as long as a TAR match up.
I guess my point is that I see these videos posted whenever they are available, and people are a little too impressed. Hendry doesn't run out any better than Nick Varner or any other top pool player. And I doubt he is a better shotmaker than John Schmidt or Shane Van Boening on a pool table.
I'm speaking as a snooker player who also plays pool. I still think both games are equally tough against top level competition.
Just one more sad consequence of tournament pool having been
hi-jacked by 9ballers.
Back when this was still America - the world pool championship was
decided by a round robin format tournament of 14.1 - affectionately
known as "pool for grown ups" - 10 top players playing a week of
matches to 150 points.
Subsequently, the winner would be challenged to defend his title
in head-to-head competition, block format matches to 1500 or as much
as 2500 points. Again, playing for nearly a week.
Them was the days.
Dale<waxing way too nostalgic...again>
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"I know and it's just ridiculous"
Well thats a ridiculous statement if i ever heard one.
In 1946, Joe Davis was back to take the title fir the 15th consecutive time over 20 years, by beating Horace Lindrum, in a closely fought final. The result was 78-67 and during this tournament, held at London's Royal Horticultural Hall, Joe made a total of six century breaks and raised the championship record break to 136. There upon he retired from future World Professional Championships.
Now thats a proper game of snooker
None of thiis farting about with a sprint to 18 which is a coin toss at best with most of the pros today,
Well thats a ridiculous statement if i ever heard one.
In 1946, Joe Davis was back to take the title fir the 15th consecutive time over 20 years, by beating Horace Lindrum, in a closely fought final. The result was 78-67 and during this tournament, held at London's Royal Horticultural Hall, Joe made a total of six century breaks and raised the championship record break to 136. There upon he retired from future World Professional Championships.
Now thats a proper game of snooker
None of thiis farting about with a sprint to 18 which is a coin toss at best with most of the pros today,