Ronnie O'Sullivan vs American Pool Player?

[Swighey]

Exaggerate much? All the safeties played in snooker are played in 9/10 ball (well, except the ones that don't require a rail), not all the safeties in 9/10 ball are present in snooker. The same goes for kicks, banks, cuts, stroke shots, and position play. The only thing snooker has in terms of variety over short rack rotation is difficulty in distance, breaking out clusters, and arguably strategy (emphasize arguably). Of course, other games are way more intensive than snooker in terms of breaking out clusters and strategy along with many of the other aspects mentioned, like 14.1 and one pocket and that's just pool. 3 cushion is a whole different world of intricacy, technique, and knowledge.

Pretty nice bank by Ronnie just a a few minutes ago in the Welsh Open. Followed by a safety by his opponent that any 9 ball player would struggle to play on even a 10 ft table (during the rotation part of the game - the six colors - with all to play for). I take your point though - but each game has its own challenges.

Ah, Matthew Stevens just ran out the 6 colours on the 12 foot table with the li'l pockets.