Dale, I grew up in Minnesota, yes its part of the frozen north in the good ol us of a. A " highly skilled pool player? " puuleease, you can go into any city or small town in the states and find 200 " highly skilled pool players " Fortunately I started first playing on a Riley before playing pool. There just is no such thing as American snooker, its a misconception, there is such a thing as the American snooker association. I have won 9-0 against a " highly skilled pool player " by the name of Mike Massey at Embassy in San Gabriele,CA the session took less than 2 hours, you can call and reach Jack Kung for verification, I also cleared 3 frames of 9-ball on a pool table against him at the Q-Club in Costa Mesa,CA. You can call and reach ROD ( the owner ) for verification, a picture of me finishing the 3rd frame is still on the wall behind the cash register. I went off the wall for both sessions, while he had a hammer head shark case housing several fancy cues valued at over $10,000.00 U S dollars. Both sessions were friendly games, but none the less a so called " highly skilled pool player " makes noooo diference on a snooker table. By the way, I wouldnt waste my precious time or energy potting on a golf table or basically any other 6x12 table ruined with pool cloth. And finally I went to Bogies in Houston,TX ( ONCE ) to check out there snooker table,...table is a well maintaned BCE, but there so called house pro ruined it with the simonis cloth. I beat 5 of the regular " highly skilled pool players " that day, and finally the last guy standing trying to act like a hustler offered to play me a lousy 50 cents a point with american pool rules, I smirked and counter-offered $1000.00 for a 5 frame game, he also just like the cowboy at Hard Times said...whats a frame? If you cant look up online the rules to snooker but you have to put a fake post on here to get attention, your just like a typical pool player trying to hustle,, you'll find that encountering a " highly skilled snooker player " wont quite work like that for you. Robert Pirtel.
Tell me princess, why the hissy fit.
Let's start with some facts vs your fantasy.
1. I happen to know the rules to "real" Snooker, thank you very much.
I even whacked out a few practice frames in merry old England(London)
once in an earlier life.
2. Fake post for attention... It's obvious to the most casual of observers
that you are indeed the resident expert in that department. Please, let's
hear a few more macho stories of all the great players that can't hold a
candle to you.
How could you have grown up in Minn. and never have seen an American
6 x 12. Cloth is not the issue - it's the pockets stupid<not the economy>.
Standard, as in not a modified for golf, tables have much tighter pockets.
But mostly the severe rounding of the cushion that makes them play so
much more difficultly than English pockets. And, how could you possibly
not know there are in fact American tables and an American game.
Would you conclude Korean Billiards doesn't exist because it is not the
same as the game played in Europe?
3. The fantasy that a pool player couldn't possibly play Snooker reminds me of
some 3 Cushion enthusiasts, who sadly are just as big a fool as you.
They proclaim that Pool and Snooker are games only for children because,
wait for it "anybody can learn to knock a ball into a pocket".
Your attitude is flat preposterous. Does the name Tom Kollins ring any
bells with you. Let's ask him if he thinks Dallas West might have been
able to pot the odd ball on occasion?
FWIW - back in the 70s, Willie Mosconi did an exhibition tour in England
with a formmer English champion. Granted, the level of play is much
higher today than it was then. But Willie was a good 25 YEARS past
his prime, had played miniscule amounts of Snooker, and may very well
have never even seen an English table.
So, after a few matches to get on to the equipment - Willie crushed
the English champ in the second half of the tour.
Dale(100% authentic post for 11 years)
