Funny that Ronnie is #27 in points, but I bet there isn't a player in the top 10 that's anxious to play him.
Top Level Snooker vs Pool?
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Funny that Ronnie is #27 in points, but I bet there isn't a player in the top 10 that's anxious to play him.
for those unaware the table in the you tube link is close to 20x10
Sign....
And round and round the merry-go-round goes
Snooker is not hard at all. I know. I play snooker. At least 2/3 times a month. Makes a refreshing change from pool. Not for long mind. It bores me (personally) after a while.
Mind you, I don't play competitive snooker any more. Does that help?
Ummmm!! I wonder why!
So to be clear, these are rolling 2 year earnings? If so, then I think these numbers are consistent with the link I posted which show snooker to be approx 3-4x greater than pool.
However, are these snooker earnings all added monies? Or, like pool, do they largely consist of player entry fees? If the former, then snooker would be considerably more profitable than pool.
There are no entry fees for the main tour. Ranked players are qualified to play in ranking events. Invitation events like the premier league invite specific top ranked players and wild cards. The Q school, which is meant for top amateurs to qualify for the main tour, has a nominal entry fees. Most tournaments are backed by a sponsor.
It's all sponsors money, and yes it is rolling but the big one (worlds) and a few others for 2013/14 are yet to come.
here is the WSC payouts for 2013 I would expect 2014 to be slightly more.
Winner: £250,000
Runner-up: £125,000
Semi-finals: £52,000
Quarter-finals: £24,050
Last 16: £16,000
Last 32: £12,000
Last 48: £8,200
Last 64: £4,600
High break (TV): £10,000
High break (non-TV): £1,000
Total: £1,111,000
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JMHO but I don't believe that any pool player alive could compete with a top 15 snooker player in snooker. If they could they would be over there playing for real money instead of the peanuts paid over here. This argument just won't hold water. Give O'Sullivan 6 months at pool and he would win that too.
2014 World Snooker Champion will win £300,000.
That's more than half a million American.
£1 = $1.67 U.S.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ot...mpion-pocket-300-000-reveals-Barry-Hearn.html
Ronnie won The Masters in January - £200,000 ($335,000 U.S.) an i
nvitational tournament.
Just won the Welsh Open for a mere £60,000 ($100,000 U.S.)
There were years when Ronnie won more money from the Premier League, also an invitational series (not held in 2013), than he did from ranking tournaments.
And he picks up appearance fees, sponsorships. etc.
So he has a good chance to make seven figures annually in either currency.
But playing in very few tournaments.
http://www.inside-snooker.com/snooker/ts4eshesq7k1wxvdnlym4fyy9fzbrj
That's more than half a million American.
£1 = $1.67 U.S.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ot...mpion-pocket-300-000-reveals-Barry-Hearn.html
Ronnie won The Masters in January - £200,000 ($335,000 U.S.) an i
nvitational tournament.
Just won the Welsh Open for a mere £60,000 ($100,000 U.S.)
There were years when Ronnie won more money from the Premier League, also an invitational series (not held in 2013), than he did from ranking tournaments.
And he picks up appearance fees, sponsorships. etc.
So he has a good chance to make seven figures annually in either currency.
But playing in very few tournaments.
http://www.inside-snooker.com/snooker/ts4eshesq7k1wxvdnlym4fyy9fzbrj
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2014 World Snooker Champion will win £300,000.
That's more than half a million American.
£1 = $1.67 U.S.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ot...mpion-pocket-300-000-reveals-Barry-Hearn.html
Ronnie won The Masters in January - £200,000 ($335,000 U.S.) an i
nvitational tournament.
Just won the Welsh Open for a mere £60,000 ($100,000 U.S.)
There were years when Ronnie won more money from the Premier League, also an invitational series (not held in 2013), than he did from ranking tournaments.
And he picks up appearance fees, sponsorships. etc.
So he has a good chance to make seven figures annually in either currency.
But playing in very few tournaments.
http://www.inside-snooker.com/snooker/ts4eshesq7k1wxvdnlym4fyy9fzbrj
Worth noting the Masters is not included in the money list either but is a huge chunk o change
2014 World Snooker Champion will win £300,000.
That's more than half a million American.
£1 = $1.67 U.S.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ot...mpion-pocket-300-000-reveals-Barry-Hearn.html
Ronnie won The Masters in January - £200,000 ($335,000 U.S.) an i
nvitational tournament.
Just won the Welsh Open for a mere £60,000 ($100,000 U.S.)
There were years when Ronnie won more money from the Premier League, also an invitational series (not held in 2013), than he did from ranking tournaments.
And he picks up appearance fees, sponsorships. etc.
So he has a good chance to make seven figures annually in either currency.
But playing in very few tournaments.
http://www.inside-snooker.com/snooker/ts4eshesq7k1wxvdnlym4fyy9fzbrj
Worth noting the Masters is not included in the money list either but is a huge chunk o change, also this invitational is not in either and would push him to about 3/4 million pounds
Ronnie Is Champion Of Champions
29th November 2013
Ronnie O'Sullivan won the inaugural 888casino Champion Of Champions tournament with a 10-8 final victory over Stuart Bingham
O'SULLIVAN put in another superb match play performance as he held off Bingham in the closing stages to claim the title and a cheque for £100,000 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry.
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OK, how about this. I feel the Chinese 8-ball is about as close to halfway between snooker and pool as you are going to get.
Who would you make the favorite between Ronnie and Shane today?
gr. Dave
SVB at pool
Not enough money in it of course. I can earn much more simply going to work.
I have made decent money at pool mind.
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Wow, a troll thread, up to 15 pages now...And all kinds of trolls too.
Some unique breeds of trolls are of course here, and some are hard to even classify.
There is the traditional snooker troll: Everyone is familiar with this breed if they have watched youtube pool videos, where there is always a multitude of guys claiming pool is so easy that they could easily beat every world champion. Interestingly they don't play cue games anymore or claim it is not worth their time.
Then there is a new breed the: "Reverse snooker troll" which is exactly like the former, but in reverse. An extremely rare breed, of which I personally have only observed one.
The aiming trolls have not fully made their appearance yet, but are sure to if the thread reaches 20 pages
Then there are the money player trolls. Most famous for claiming that only money games matter, and that tournament victories are meaningless. Closely related to the long race troll.
The illogical fan boy trolls are also here. These are the guys that claim that player x is the best in the world, even though he or she has not won anything or is ranked low on the world ranking list.
I think as this thread progresses we will see yet new species and breeds.
Then you have the "I don't know what to say so I'll call everyone a troll" troll.
Appears now and again on long threads and posts a randomly meaningless post about something completely off topic as a compensation for their lack of knowledge on a subject or their inherent inability to safely feed a troll without getting troll saliva on their sleeve.
Often found on other threads using short agreeing posts that serve no purpose but increase the length of the thread and the trolls post count
"what he said"
"SVB does"
"like it"
"love it"
Back on topic anyone?
Confirmation bias is the whole point of forums. It's why people post on them. It is why they are so successful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
Webmaster 101 that lol...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
Webmaster 101 that lol...
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In the main, I will simply refer to my post above (218 I think?)
I agree with your sentiments pretty much 100%.
In essence, all sports are equally hard. Number one is number one, to get to the number one spot it must therefore be equally hard.
Snooker is not "harder" than pool. It is different is all. It might be "hard" for a pool player or anyone else that does not play snooker on a regular basis.
It amazes me how people, particularly pool players themselves, don't get it.