Which game requires most skill

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gibson

gibson
I know that this topic is quite general. I always get different answers though. People defend the game they play as the most difficult. The set of rules you play under also need to be factored in. Shot making skills vs position play also might alter your viewpoint. I generally rank the games based on what games I have played in my lifetime. I was born in 1948 and started playing around 1955. I rank the games from those requring more skill to less as follows:
Straight pool
One Pocket
Nine ball
Rotation
Eight ball
I have played other games such as cut throat, snooker, bank pool so seldom (or in the case of seven ball and ten ball... not at all) that I could not rate them with any knowledge but they all should be considered. What annoys me are the bar room eight ball guys who think that their game is the best and look at you like you are from Mars if you make a statement relegating their game to the depths where it belongs.
 
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say 1P.

That game has it all. Next would be 14.1 or Rotation (depending on the rules).
 
Russian Pyramid Billiards, then Hard Knuckle Pool (ya miss and ya lose a finger)...
 

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well . . .

There are those that think chess requires more skill than checkers too.

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gibson said:
I know that this topic is quite general. I always get different answers though. People defend the game they play as the most difficult. The set of rules you play under also need to be factored in. Shot making skills vs position play also might alter your viewpoint. I generally rank the games based on what games I have played in my lifetime. I was born in 1948 and started playing around 1955. I rank the games from those requring more skill to less as follows:
Straight pool
One Pocket
Nine ball
Rotation
Eight ball
I have played other games such as cut throat, snooker, bank pool so seldom (or in the case of seven ball and ten ball... not at all) that I could not rate them with any knowledge but they all should be considered. What annoys me are the bar room eight ball guys who think that their game is the best and look at you like you are from Mars if you make a statement relegating their game to the depths where it belongs.
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1pocket is not the hardest game lol.

rotation with at at least 10 or more balls is far more difficult with each more
ball added increasing the level of difficulty.
 
1P forces you to change your stroke. If i play a few hours of one hole then change over to 9Ball my stroke becomes a real mess.


But i would have to say bankpool.
 
gibson said:
I know that this topic is quite general. I always get different answers though. People defend the game they play as the most difficult. The set of rules you play under also need to be factored in. Shot making skills vs position play also might alter your viewpoint. I generally rank the games based on what games I have played in my lifetime. I was born in 1948 and started playing around 1955. I rank the games from those requring more skill to less as follows:
Straight pool
One Pocket
Nine ball
Rotation
Eight ball
I have played other games such as cut throat, snooker, bank pool so seldom (or in the case of seven ball and ten ball... not at all) that I could not rate them with any knowledge but they all should be considered. What annoys me are the bar room eight ball guys who think that their game is the best and look at you like you are from Mars if you make a statement relegating their game to the depths where it belongs.
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If you play someone for 10 hours..it doesn't matter which of the games
you've mentioned are being played.

It only matters how skillful your opponent is.
Pool is a war game, like chess.
Your duty is to beat the guy you're playing...not the game.
 
Just for fun, change the wording of the question slightly and ask ...

Which of the games is least likely that you would win 2 or more of in a session of 10 games.

In that case I'll say the order would be 1.Straight pool, 2 One Pocket, 3 The rest of em ... :)

Go win a game of straight pool against the likes of an Efren or Thorsten. Better chance of getting struck by lightening twice in the same night.
 
I like the idea of training groups of random young people for a few years, one discipline per group, then send em out into the world and see which group accomplishes what

one may argue that the least successfull tackled the hardest discipline

I've never seen any evidence to suggest that any of the popular pool games are more difficult than the other

I think snooker may be the hardest game of all


and Carom, for me at least is difficult as hell
 
I'd say snooker

a 147 complete table run is an accomplishment in snooker..to be remembered and celebrated. even by the best of the best

daily table runs in any other pocket discipline is pretty much required to call yourself a good player.
 
Okay one pocket is the chess of pool, constant shitty leaves, cue control, only playing with two pockets, bank shots, and more it's a crazy game.

Ten ball- I believe this game has the hardest break of any game. Try to break and run 10 ball on a tight pockets table. Also no slop, call all balls, opponent takes your turn in the event of a ball going into missed pockets, and 10 ball going in on break its not a win. 9 ball with 10 balls, 8 ball calling mechanisms added, and luck is not an option. Many pros prefer 10 ball because it only gives the top tier player the ability to win without the chance of luck playing a factor.

It's definitely one of the two.
 
Hunter said:
Russian Pyramid Billiards, then Hard Knuckle Pool (ya miss and ya lose a finger)...
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Russian Pytamid Billiards is my vote, but it will get few votes beucase few people know anyhting about the game, table size, pocket size or ball sizes. That is a SICK game! I watched a top player from Florida in Ultimate Billairds in Ft. Pierce FL try and make a shot on a pyramid table. The shot was about 3/4 distance of the table and CB was jacked up in the corner, it was a stright in shot, he missed it about 20 times. I tried 3 times and gave up!
 
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