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Fans of sinuca (a Brazilian variant of pocket billiards with extremely tight pockets) seem very eager to negatively comment about the size of the pockets on American pool tables.

My question is, have any pool-players from Brazil ever made an impact on either the Professional Pool or Snooker scenes?

If not then I wonder why not since playing on super tight tables leads to better shooters (at least according to the folks that comment in Portuguese).


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AF pool guy said:
Fans of sinuca (a Brazilian variant of pocket billiards with extremely tight pockets) seem very eager to negatively comment about the size of the pockets on American pool tables.

My question is, have any pool-players from Brazil ever made an impact on either the Professional Pool or Snooker scenes?

If not then I wonder why not since playing on super tight tables leads to better shooters (at least according to the folks that comment in Portuguese).


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Brazilian players have dominated snooker in the Americas. The recent Pan American snooker championship awarded a snooker tour card to the winner, and all four semi-finalists were Brazilians. Americans and Canadians cannot compete with them on a snooker table.

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Brazil is also a much more sociable and festive culture than here in the US. Most of the commenters probably only view sinuca and pool as bar and gambling pastimes for fun, and don’t think much past the objective of pocketing an object ball.

An experienced snooker player from any culture recognizes different nuances and difficulties for each cue discipline.

Bar sinuca is wild to watch… nossa senhora!

 
AF pool guy said:
Fans of sinuca (a Brazilian variant of pocket billiards with extremely tight pockets) seem very eager to negatively comment about the size of the pockets on American pool tables.

My question is, have any pool-players from Brazil ever made an impact on either the Professional Pool or Snooker scenes?

If not then I wonder why not since playing on super tight tables leads to better shooters (at least according to the folks that comment in Portuguese).


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I've played almost every billiard game. They all have their own specific challenges and skillsets. Many of them transfer between games. If you are a good snooker player you'll play at least decent pool, and if you are a good pool player you will in fact play a lot better snooker than snooker players try to claim, after some adjustment. Pocketing balls on a Chinese 8 ball table may be tougher in the corners, but it's easier in the middle than in pool. Playing the rails is a lot more intricate on a pool table than a Chinese 8 ball or snooker table. Etc. etc.

Pockets are the same size for you and your opponent. If they think it's too easy, let them play a high level tournament. They might be surprised. I've seen quite a few snooker snobs get brutally humbled by pool players on their own equipment, and have dished out some of those humblings myself though I'm not a pool only specialist. The opposite happens too. It's best in life not to assume too much, and to be humble. A great cueist will adapt quickly to most games.
 
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nataddrho said:
Brazil is also a much more sociable and festive culture than here in the US. Most of the commenters probably only view sinuca and pool as bar and gambling pastimes for fun, and don’t think much past the objective of pocketing an object ball.

An experienced snooker player from any culture recognizes different nuances and difficulties for each cue discipline.

Bar sinuca is wild to watch… nossa senhora!

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It's a captive mob mentality. They do get hot but only as the local culture requires. I'm particularly enamored of Brazilian jazz musicians and particularly those that have expanded into electric guitar. There's more international exposure at that strata and they sound to be prepared to gig anywhere.

As vitally as I hold tight pockets, they are just an element of pool; there to stiffen the requirements of execution and performance. It's probably common to claim tight pockets will improve your playing and with the same local culture mentality, it likely will. Trouble I see and have been and binned, is the game isn't simply target shooting. The player may learn to cinch a few patterns and go out see what falls into his lap. The game requires a far more sophisticated system and application.
 
As long as both players are on the same table I don't care about table specs.

My opinion, pool corners on a nine foot table should be 4.50" to 4.625". A bit bigger might attract more recreational players, tighter, better players and those with delusions of grandeur. The dimensions shouldn't be much different on a seven foot table as I am more concerned with what can be done with the cue ball than the object ball. True happiness is a ten foot table with a 4.75" corner pocket! I like a ten foot snooker table with much smaller pockets too though.

Constant practice on tighter pockets than you usually compete on will make you more accurate while messing with shot selection and position play. Been there a long time ago and don't need a t-shirt to remind me. I like occasional play on tight pockets but don't care for them as a full time diet.

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9baller said:
Brazilian players have dominated snooker in the Americas. The recent Pan American snooker championship awarded a snooker tour card to the winner, and all four semi-finalists were Brazilians. Americans and Canadians cannot compete with them on a snooker table.

pabsa.org

Igor Figueiredo Reigns Supreme at 2025 Pan American Open Snooker Championship - PABSA

Igor Figueiredo Reigns Supreme at 2025 Pan American Open Snooker Championship, Earns 2-year Pro Tour Ticket The Pan American Open Snooker Championship 2025 in Sacramento came to a thrilling conclusion with Brazil’s Igor Figueiredo lifting the title after defeating compatriot Fabio Anderson...
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A Canuck won it last year.
 
straightline said:
It's a captive mob mentality. They do get hot but only as the local culture requires. I'm particularly enamored of Brazilian jazz musicians and particularly those that have expanded into electric guitar. There's more international exposure at that strata and they sound to be prepared to gig anywhere.

As vitally as I hold tight pockets, they are just an element of pool; there to stiffen the requirements of execution and performance. It's probably common to claim tight pockets will improve your playing and with the same local culture mentality, it likely will. Trouble I see and have been and binned, is the game isn't simply target shooting. The player may learn to cinch a few patterns and go out see what falls into his lap. The game requires a far more sophisticated system and application.
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The game is not just target shooting, but most people in the world think that it is just target shooting.

My Brazilian wife won't even consider using our carom table once with me because it doesn't have pockets to watch the balls disappear into. Um jogo muito chato sem bocas.
 
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