American reacts to Snooker VS Pool : Which one is harder?

[@chrissmith8773]

Jump shots over an intervening ball are illegal in snooker. After contact with the object ball, balls are allowed to bounce over others, but this is not normally a shot you would try. The tactics and shot selection are very different between the sports. Bank shots and combos have a greater chance of going in in pool because the pockets are bigger. Safety play is very different because of the jump shot and the three foul rule

[@markjones127]

I've played American rack or rail rules pool in leagues and it makes for a very different tactical game, basically it means after every shot a ball has to either hit the cushion or go in the pocket, so you can't take the easy option of rolling the white up against a ball to snooker your opponent, which I like a lot!

[@CMc-v7z]

@@markjones127 more like old school billiards

[@Michael-yq2ut]

Lol I was just about to point this out, Ryan must have just read the top line of the ai answer. I'd LOVE to see Judd commit a couple of years to pool and see how he does.

[@ramadaxl]

Now lets see some pool players playing snooker players on a full size snooker table !

[@CMc-v7z]

Efren Reyes played Ronnie and said he got a decent break but Ronnie destroyed after that just with positioning and break building.

[@Alvin-jr9ot]

I’ve seen Reyes play snooker and yeh- he can pot a ball for sure but the rest of his game is lacking. He’s like an average club player who has a decent pot on him.

[@iano6944]

You took the words right out of my mouth.. snooker players have a fair chance playing pool, but not vice versa.. we've seen it multiple times pool players trying their hands at snooker and coming nowhere near to the standard.

[@CMc-v7z]

@@iano6944 I'm sure either one could become a decent player in the respective games with enough practice. Gotta be dedicated though.

[@multiversal2023]

​@@CMc-v7zronnie was also only 14 when he played him

[@janhornbllhansen4903]

Lets forget the fact the snooker table is 2-3 times bigger, the balls and holes are smaller. To make a perfect game of 9 ball you need pocket 9 balls consecutively. A pefect game of snooker requires you pot 36 balls in a row.

[@markjones127]

In pubs maybe, but in a pool club you'll see full size pool tables which are 9' long, you can win a game of 9 ball off the break, it's called a golden break, you don't have to pot all 9 balls as long as you hit the object ball before potting the 9 ball, so a golden break is considered the perfect game of 9 ball.

[@jeschinstad]

@@markjones127 A snooker table is 78% larger than a regulation pool table.

[@markjones127]

@@jeschinstad So not 2 or 3 times larger, like I said, I had worked it out btw! 🤣

[@ryanwuzer]

why are we forgetting that lol? because of those differences, a perfect snooker game is FAR more rare than a perfect 9 ball game

[@jeschinstad]

@@ryanwuzer Why are you mentioning 9ball at all? That's a gamblers game, which is why 10-ball has pretty much replaced it. But in my opinion, 14.1 is the real game of pool. That requires extreme precision and strategy. The world record is a 714 ball run. That makes a snooker 147 extremely mundane since it has been done hundreds of times, while 714 has only been done once in over a hundred years.

[@GazilionPT]

Another difference I notice: pool tables have white marks 2:21 around it, which help players making their calculations, while snooker tables 2:50 have no such markings. Pool tables look like they were made for children learning how to play snooker, like training wheels on kids bikes...

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

I used to play in pool competitions, always warmed up with a game of snooker first because it made pool seem like childs play on a small table with huge pockets. Did quite well with cash prizes.

[@dantastic6262]

Not only are snooker pockets smaller, but the angle of the jaw is tighter, making the ball less likely to go in off the jaw

[@FriarTuck-ew8ys]

Although snooker pockets have a rounded pocket jaw shape, especially the middle pockets. American pocket jaws are much sharper which closes off the pocket.

[@mariuscheek]

Also, as someone who played league pool in Cornwall briefly, I used to play snooker just for practice - it's sooo much harder on a 12'x6' table; and club tables have easier pockets than tournament tables, just so people can pot anything at all!! Never played a tournament table myself, but I can imagine they are much better cared for, so much more responsive to any sort of spin intentional or not.

[@isnobodyreally102]

Anyone who has played pool and played snooker knows snooker is just the big boy adult version of pool.

[@Alvin-jr9ot]

There’s a reason why snooker players call pockets on a pool table “buckets”…

[@ryanwuzer]

hahahaha wow

[@CMc-v7z]

@@Alvin-jr9ot they are. I remember playing on an American table at my local pool hall. Could roll the balls down the cousin, they hit the knuckle, maybe bounced off the cushion a little and still went in.

[@davidmccarthy6390]

Not only are the pockets smaller, they are cut differently. Snooker cushions curve into the pocket, pool cushions are square cut at a sharp angle. This has the effect of making shots into corner pockets much easier, but shots into middle pockets much harder as they have a 90 degree cut "blocker" tha is not present on a snooker table. And then there's the length: if a snooker table is full size, a 9 ball table is 3/4 or 2/3 size, and a bar pool table is half size. That means a bar pool table has only a 1/4 the table area of a snooker table, and a 3/4 size only has half the playing area.

[@dresdyn100]

Snooker vs Pool = Chess vs Checkers. US competition pool tables have larger pockets AND balls (so sort of cancels itself out) than British and Australian pool table variants as well. The Brit and Aussie tables are also slightly smaller. I only worked this out as I've lived in all 3 countries and played a lot of pool. Snooker and billiards (two different games) are my first loves though.

[@StewedFishProductions]

And worth mentioning that a standard, 'full size' snooker table is 12 Ft. long X 6 Ft. wide.... Soooooo much larger than a pool table !

[@dresdyn100]

@@StewedFishProductions lol yeah but I think Ryan or the guy on the video he's reacting to mentions that.

[@StewedFishProductions]

@@dresdyn100 That's what happens when you start reading the comments section before watching the whole video... DuH! LOL! 😃

[@maartenvanderzwan8281]

Checkers is f*king hard Most checkers and up a draw fo the fact it's really hard to get a up on your opponent.

[@BBKing1977]

Larger balls can make pool easier though, as a slight difference in aim makes less difference to the direction of the object ball with larger balls. Accuracy has to be far better in Snooker.

[@andrewobrien6671]

Ronnie O'Sullivan made a RV prog where he went to the US and played the best pool players at pool. He literally wiped the floor with them.

[@lukebarton5075]

It was a funny watch. The dude with Ronnie seemed like he was his carer, taking Ronnie out for the day.

[@eddisstreet]

Literally wiped the floor with them. Literally. Really?

[@matthewwalker5430]

Jayson Shaw, by the way, started off playing Snooker when he was young (never professionally, as far as I know) and switched to pool. I'm not stepping into the debate over whether Snooker is better/harder than pool as they're different games, but I'm not sure Jayson Shaw is the ideal person to use in order to prove a point in favour of pool. You COULD argue that the reason he is so good at pool is BECAUSE of his early days playing snooker. Again, I'm not actually arguing that, I'm just sort of pointing out the folly in this particular debate. If a pool player COULD switch to snooker, I'd wager Jayson Shaw would do OK even if he wouldn't be blitzing the World Championship.

[@dangermouse8466]

Eeerrrr no, he wouldn't even qualify.

[@happilyeggs4627]

Two female, British, snooker players made the transition to pool and won the women's championship and many other pool tournaments in the US. Alison Fisher and the other Fisher (can't remember her first name). At the World Team Pool Championships the European team have had a couple of top Brit snooker players play for them. They won their matches and the Championship. Steve Davis has played in a couple of Pool finals against Efren Reyes and another player who I don't recall. he did lose but played well, at the World Pool Championships in Cardiff.

[@nathanhassen9830]

Watch Ronnie O'Sullivan's American Hustle

[@jca111]

I think the hardest part is not the game play difference., It's the ball sizes and weights. Snooker balls are smaller, but heavier. (52mm vs 57mm and 142g vs 156+g). This will change your cueing big time, and could take months if not years to get used to.

[@jackabalas]

Great reaction. Really thought provoking in an interesting way.

[@mehallica666]

Pool is a game for when you're too drunk to play snooker.

[@chassetterfield9559]

There's also Billiards, which is played on a standard snooker sized table, but uses one red, and two different cue balls, one for each player, and designated by one having one or more spots on. Points are scored for 'cannons' [ hitting both of the other balls, hitting the first and ricocheting the cue ball into the second ], potting either of the other balls, or actually potting your own cue ball, by ricocheting off another ball [ going 'in-off' ]. Balls that go into pockets are replaced on the table, in specific places. Very good billiards players can rack up shot after shot, & accumulating a score running into several hundred points. The game is generally decided by first to a set number of points. And then there's the version played in Belgium, for example, which is played on a standard sized snooker table, BUT WITHOUT POCKETS AT ALL. Points are scored purely by playing cannons

[@stevesoutar3405]

i like playing billiards - it's a great game to practice controlling the cue ball - it's fast and a lot of fun

[@MoodyMarco-vj3oe]

Billiards is not played on a snooker table. Snooker is played on a billiards table. Also 'billiards' has a different meaning in the USA than here in the UK.

[@chassetterfield9559]

@@MoodyMarco-vj3oe No, I said " snooker sized", to differentiate to an American that it was not a Pool sized, or any other variant table.

[@SotonCueMan]

Jump shots are fouls in snooker - not sure where you looked that up but it's wrong! Same with UK pool [7ft table], the cue ball cannot jump over any part of another ball BEFORE making initial contact.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

He looked at the AI answer. Yes, there are videos of Snooker Trick shots, with cue ball jumps but they are not allowed in the proper game.

[@paolomargini7904]

I already advised you: if you get into snooker you'll become one of us, so following the last words of Hotel California: "You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave!"

[@gohumberto]

It actually baffles me, as an English person who played a lot of Pool and Snooker, how Judd Trump missed so many shots on a Pool table. Pool pockets and table size made it fairly easy for me, as a "Pub player", to clean-up a Pool table 50% of the time. Doubles are so much easier, and no pot is ever more than a couple of feet generally. HOWEVER ..... Playing snooker was (literally) a whole new ball game. Forget 147 Maximum breaks. I'd be really happy with 3 red & 3 blacks. My Pool-playing buddies would be equally impressed. I doubt I ever potted 10 balls in a row on a Snooker table. The level of difficulty is so great. The cue-ball control so crucial. The use of spin so delicate. I've seen people, who play a fairly poor game of Pool, play Snooker and not pot ONE single ball.

[@dangermouse8466]

Judd was going through a bad period at the time. He admitted he was partying too much after he became world snooker champion. As a result following this disastrous performance in pool, he had a very poor 2 years in snooker before he turned things around.

[@stevenmclaren2730]

I don't think a pro pool player could even get close to a snooker tournament

[@SotonCueMan]

You need to consider the different characteristics of the pockets between snooker and 9 ball pool. Snooker pockets have curved cushions as the jaws and pool are points. This means that shots down the cushion [rail shots for the us] are so easy in pool and so difficult in snooker. In pool the ball can hit the side cushion inches away and still go in - in snooker that cannot happen as easily and accuracy has to be so much greater. That is the main reason why snooker players think it's so easy to pot in pool.

[@jusDau]

Its not just the size of the pockets that is different Ryanm its also the shape, Pool pockets are far easier to pot a ball, especially down the rail.

[@jeschinstad]

Yes and that's a problem for snooker players, because they know that shot can't be done, while a decent pool player knows it's extremely easy. This is why experience matters so much and snooker players will require a lot of training to think like a pool player.

[@multiversal2023]

Snooker is harder, no question

[@dondatta13]

No, jump shots are illegal in snooker.

[@acidxburn125]

I grew up playing UK 8 ball pool and wasn't half bad, When I 1st played snooker i couldn't adapt to the range/hit power difference, after a few games took way too long :) We went to the pub and played pool. OMG!!! I couldn't miss all night. it was like every angle was so much simpler :) Snooker is much more about direct shots, where pool often needs tighter doubles angles.

[@stevenmclaren2730]

Snooker is ridiculously difficult. I'm decent at pool, but I can easily miss from 6 inches on a snooker table.

[@StewedFishProductions]

NEVER heard of 'pickleball', so had to look it up !

[@desperadox7565]

Same. I imagined something with throwing pickles. 😎

[@Thurgosh_OG]

So, it appears to be Table Tennis, using a little net on the ground and with the court being about 4 table tennis tables big.

[@johnmayhew9769]

Of course there are (some) snooker players and fans who point and laugh at pool, once commonly referred to as ‘pocket billiards’. Similarly, before the phenomenal rise of snooker, there were the purist billiards players, many of whom felt ‘snooker’ was a bit trivial. But they are essentially different games. I suspect that Efren Reyes at his best would edge out any snooker player at pool, though it might be close. I don’t imagine it would be so close in the reverse case. Obvs, a snooker table is a daunting prospect for a pooler!

[@rikmoran3963]

When I was young I used to play pool most days of the week and wasn't too bad for an amateur player. I would usually clear the table most times I got to the table. I also used to enjoy playing snooker, but that was at most once a month. Pool was so easy compared to snooker. If you haven't played snooker for a while and you go into a club the size of the table can shock you! You forget just how big they are. On a pool table if you play a shot that is slightly off, it still stands a good chance of going into the (much larger) pockets regardless of the distance of the shot. On a snooker table the same type of shot could end up being a couple of inches wide of the pocket. I would say that snooker is much harder than pool, but that doesn't mean a snooker player would be a good pool player without putting in the effort to learn the differences.

[@dangermouse8466]

I fully agree with you. Snooker is the much harder game. Ronnie O'Sullivan said that he would clear up in pool if he practised it for a few months but he won't coz the money on offer is poor.

[@mrsiborg]

It's true, snooker players look down on pool players like they just couldn't make it in snooker so they play pool instead or something.

[@lovinpa8087]

However you don't see any pool players playing snooker

[@Lilly8Listens]

Because they know they wouldn't have a hope of winning.

[@lukebarton5075]

Exactly.

[@stirlingmoss4621]

Snooker table pocket openings were enlarged at the same time as the ball colours were enhanced for colour TV (1970s?) back when Snooker became a professional, monetary reward, game.

[@lorneheise5767]

I'm a Canadian Snooker Player with a 12X6 competition table in my home. Snooker requires far more experience and is a very serious game. Pool is much more desirable as a recreational game because it is easier for all to play. Pockets are much smaller and the jaws are tighter on a snooker table. Did you know that snooker tables (slate) in competition are heated?

[@BBKing1977]

I enjoy watching both top-level pool and snooker, but in different ways. Pool can be exciting and creative, but tends to lean into more action on the table. Snooker has those elements, but also adds more precision, finesse and strategy, and relies less on action. Both share some skills, but things like break-building and safety battles are far more integral to snooker, and lead to a different type of entertainment. When I see a great player in pool, I often say “Wow, that was cool!” When I see a great player in snooker, I often say “Holy sh*t, that’s incredible!”

[@stuartcarden1371]

If you do ever get the chance to play on a snooker table you will spend the entire time questioning how anyone can play this game. The size of the table alone feels slightly insane. Make sure you've had your eyes tested because if your vision isn't great you will definitely struggle seeing properly from one end to the other. But give it time and you will fall in love. I really enjoy playing pool at a pub or a bar but snooker is a different beast and once you get to grips with it, it's so rewarding (and always infuriating lol)

[@DougBrown-h1n]

I'll watch this, but I don't think I need to for an answer to the question. It's standard policy for the US to "simplify" great sports. Cricket vs Baseball, Rugby vs NFL, Snooker vs Pool. It offers a rather unfortunate clue to the American psyche.🤣

[@mehallica666]

They even did the same to the English language!

[@dangermouse8466]

@@mehallica666 That's so true. A pavement isn't a pavement there. The Americans get awfully confused by the word "pavement". They call it a sidewalk because they then understand that you walk on the side to get places. LOL

[@scottneil1187]

Baseball predates cricket and was invented by us Brits, the French invented billiards and an Irishman in America invented pool. Know your history. American football is far more complicated a sport than rugby too.

[@mehallica666]

@@dangermouse8466 Nuance is lost on them. They HAVE to be literal.

[@mehallica666]

@@scottneil1187 Baseball DOES NOT predate cricket. Cricket predates baseball in England by at least 200 YEARS, and by 300 years in the U.S. Ironic that you say "know your history" when you are objectively wrong!

[@stevenmclaren2730]

It doesn't work the other way round. Pool players don't play snooker when they get old, snooker players play pool when they get old

[@chrisellis3797]

Snooker pockets won't accept the ball anything less than at the pocket, or at a slow speed may kiss the jaw of the pocket and still drop. There's no bumping the cushion (rail) on the way to the pocket and it dropping. Ive played pool a lot when i lived in Ohio for 2yrs, i cleaned up in bars as it was so easy compared to Snooker

[@ClintWalker-p9c]

I think the pro pockets have a 2 3/8 inch opening but the drop is actually further back too. Which means unlike in pool, balls that catch any part of the cushion or even the jaws of the pocket will rarely go in!

[@CMc-v7z]

@@ClintWalker-p9c you have to play it extremely slow and hope for gravity.

[@crocsmart5115]

Snooker and pool are played on cushioned pocketed tables. Chess and draughts are played on chequered boards.Snooker is Chess……

[@ClintWalker-p9c]

Its always the same snooker players well tell you its harder than pool, pool players will tell you pool is harder, but people who play BOTH will tell you Snooker is a way more skillful game !

[@ClintWalker-p9c]

Your totally right, as far as i know not a single player has gone from pool and been a top snooker player, probably never happen!

[@seanmc1351]

ryan when you talk about jump shots in snooker, made me think of something from back in the day, with the legend alex higgins, he could screw a ball back, it would leave the table, go all raound the car park, back on the table and pot the ball, the legend of jimmy white can do the same, both these two legends also did very well in america on pool, its suited there style of game back then,

[@peterdavidson3890]

Pool is for children and built with a coin slot which needs continuous feeding, they are built for making money only.

[@tomgrant29]

IMO the biggest difference between the two is the break. In pool you are trying to split the balls up (and obviously pot at least one). In snooker the break is essentially a safety shot to make it as difficult as possible for your opponent

[@paulcowie7854]

Really good video again Ryan, im enjoying your snooker journey. Its great when someone takes a completely fresh look at a sport ive played for some 54 years ever since my dad bought me a 3ft table that i put on the dining table to play. Keep looking for a table in a club near you. I stayed in Raleigh NC once and searched and found 2 tables in the corner of a large pool hall.

[@davidlawrence5091]

I'm half decent at pool and have potted all the balls from the break before. I struggle to pot more than 3 balls in a row consistently in snooker. Its far harder.

[@dangermouse8466]

Ronnie O'Sullivan talking to Stephen Hendry said pool is a joke. He said he'd clearn up after a couple of months' learning and practice.

[@Red-Eyez420gaming]

You dont realise how big snooker tables are until you see one in person.

[@Zyndstoff]

The table is 12 by 6 feet and the pockets have rounded sides in contrary to the straight sides of the pool-pockets. If you don't hit the pocket quite very exactly, the balls will bounce back out because of the rounded sides.

[@eeleroet434]

top pool pros are so serious and cutthroat. you never see them smile even when winning 9 to 0. always stone faced competitive.

[@ClintWalker-p9c]

You can tell he has read the comments from the last Snooooker video as he is saying snooooker and not snucker! 😂

[@stewthorne]

pickle ball is more like table tennis but played outdoors

[@markjones127]

I play both and love both equally, I don't consider either a better or more difficult sport, they both have their own unique characteristics, a lot of top snooker players who've played pool have quickly learnt that the game requires equal respect to snooker, I played Mark Selby in the golden cue pool competition when he was quite young as he played a lot of high level pool in his youth, he's since become a snooker world champion, he was a snooker pro when I played him and he'd been on tv several times already so we all knew who he was, the golden cue was an open team event played in pubs/bars so anyone could enter. I think a lot of the Brits who are most scathing about pool are the ones who have never really been particularly good at playing either!

[@daniel90009]

If you watch the trump pool contest debut l. It’s crazy how well he uses his snooker knowledge to demolish professionals

[@CMc-v7z]

Snooker isn't just about "pocketing the balls really well", it's about thinking of your next shots and getting the position right. Pool isn't as tactical and you can cheat the pockets much easier due to the size of them.

[@jeschinstad]

Really? You don't think you have to play the pattern in pool? Then you're relying on luck. In 8-ball the rule is that you never pocket a ball until you can pocket them all. The most difficult is 15 ball rotation, where you have to pocket the balls in order. Good luck getting a 15 ball run there.

[@CMc-v7z]

@@jeschinstad that's great but the pockets, run of the table, snookering, escapes and fouls are a lot less forgiving in snooker. Good luck getting a century break.

[@mehallica666]

@@jeschinstad 15 balls? A full clearance in snooker is 36 BALLS.

[@jeschinstad]

@@mehallica666 Yes, but you can pick which ever you want. In that style of game, the record in pool is 714 balls. If you remove the coloreds from a snooker table and say that you have to pocket the reds in a predetermined order, it would be much more difficult.

[@dangermouse8466]

@@jeschinstad There's no "pattern" in pool. You do in pool that you do in snooker, ie play for position.

[@stevehartley7504]

Pool is easier bigger balls and pockets shorter distances between pockets requires less precision

[@Maxiakt]

I've played both snooker and pool competitively, snooker is a harder game to play, but the tactics in pool are unique. I enjoyed playing pool more than snooker simply because I was better at that game. Oh and a side note, our pool rules are totally different than the game they play in the US.

[@peterjones6507]

Why do I never see pool players trying snooker?

[@CMc-v7z]

Mark Selby says hi.

[@mehallica666]

Earl Strickland entered the World Championship at the height of his fame, got humiliated in the first qualifying round 10 - 0 and scurried off back to the U.S never to return.

[@dangermouse8466]

@@CMc-v7z Selby was always first and foremost a snooker player. He made it big in pool first because snooker is a lot harder to master.

[@CMc-v7z]

@@dangermouse8466 yes but like he say, he made it in pool first before making it in snooker. Shows it can be done in both with enough commitment.

[@user-jal99]

Both games have their place and both have very different approaches and rules. Really the only common thing is they are played on cushioned tables with balls, pockets and cues, all of which are different to suit each game! I’ve played both (poorly!) and enjoyed both. The fact is in either game it takes commitment and dedication to become a master

[@mikesullivan3420]

Pool is a pastime for drunks, snooker requires skill and intelligence.

[@A15degreeperhourdrift]

Alex Higgins and Bill Werbeniuk beg to differ.

[@Polsnulspace]

A top pool player will beat a top snooker player at pool but a top snooker player would absolutely destroy a top pool player at snooker.

[@ClintWalker-p9c]

Players like Judd trunp, Mark Williams, Jimmy White and obviously Ronnie O sullivan find it easier than most to quickly adapt to pool because of their natural ability

[@warrengday]

If a top pool player entered a top snooker competition, I wonder if they would get as far? I doubt it. I've played lots of pool, not very good at it. A few years ago I got to play on a snooker table and having the balls invariably twice as far away make it three or four times harder. Yes I would occasionally get a red, but then more often than not miss the colour.

[@CMc-v7z]

Mark Selby was a top UK Pool player on the circuit before switching to snooker I believe.

[@dangermouse8466]

Earl Strickland did enter the world snooker championship at the height of his fame in a pathetic attempt to prove snooker was easier. He lost 10-0 in the first qualifying round. He scored a pathetic 36 points in total during those 10 frames. That person who beat him lost in the next round 10-2 to some guy. Anyway, that just goes to show how bad pool players are. Mark Selby, a snooker player, has been world pool champion in the past.

[@davidmccarthy6390]

Just have a look at this comp. It's all cue sports -8,9 ball, snooker and billiards. They only ran it twice, won both times by snooker player Quentin Hann kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZmlmGl3gdl3h5Y

[@aardbei07]

i forgot his name,but there was an american poolplayer which has played a number of years on the snooker circuit( 20 years ago or so ) he was playing whith so much power in his shots,crazy he was a good trickshot master too found his name.... MIKE MASSEY !

[@dangermouse8466]

Yes, I recall he wanted a wild card to the world snooker championships one year but the authorities didn't give him and so he then tried qualifying for the world snooker but couldn't even qualify to play in the 1st qualifying round.

[@aardbei07]

@@dangermouse8466 he did tuned up to do trickshot demo`s he was some what poulair whith his american accent

[@Jeni10]

You just started and they said the magic words, Judd Trump! I pick Judd to beat every pool player! 😃😂👍

[@ClintWalker-p9c]

Snooker and 9 ball have a huge difference in intricacies strategy etc, but snooker players will still alwayshave more of a chance at pool than pool players at snooker

[@dangermouse8466]

Snooker is much harder than pool. It's not even a debate. We've had snooker players enter the world pool championships and win!! No pro pool player has even qualified past the 1st qualifying round for the world snooker championships. I recall Earl Strickland decided to enter the world snooker championship one year when he was at the height of his fame. And he lost 10-0 in the first qualifying round. I think he scored a grand total of 36 points during those 10 frames. Note that this wasn't the 1st round (televised) - this was the qualifying round. Strickland got pissed off and never came back. We've had several snooker players get far in the world pool championships and Mark Selby (snooker player) became champion one year. There's not much money in pool and so snooker players stick with snooker otherwise they'd clean up in pool.

[@MoodyMarco-vj3oe]

Mark Selby was pool world champion first, then switched to snooker and won 4 world titles in snooker.

[@mehallica666]

I remember Steve Davis wiping the floor with 'Earl the Pearl' at a pool tournament in America years ago and Strickland losing his shit. It was hilarious.

[@dangermouse8466]

@@mehallica666 Yeah, I remember that too. LOL

[@dangermouse8466]

​@@MoodyMarco-vj3oe Yeah he's been playing snooker longer and goes to show how much harder snooker is if it took him longer to achieve that level.

[@lorneheise5767]

Ryan, I like your fascination with the game. If you ever want a one on one with a player just let me know. I play both but am a snooker player at heart. Judd Trump and Ronnie are my favourite players. Snooker is a real gentleman's sport.

[@austinseven4720]

There isn't really animosity between the 2 sports. Aside from the usual loudmouths you find online. The only thing I would say is that snooker players can play pool and compete to an extent. But you never see a pool player going the other way and competing in snooker. The demands are very different between the 2 games, but I think snooker skills are more transferable to pool than vice versa.

[@lucybenton7341]

There may be videos on KZbin, but jump shots are not allowed in the rules of snooker. You cannot deliberately jump the white ball over a ball to hit another, if this happens its classed as a foul.

[@mehallica666]

Jumps shots are certainly not allowed in snooker. A ball that 'jumps' AFTER the cue ball has made contact with the object ball is not considered a foul. A pool style jump shot to escape a snooker would be called as a foul.

[@dantastic6262]

I’ll say this, I can clear a pool table from the break, on occasion… But I’ve never potted more than 6 balls in a row on a snooker table, and very rarely do I pot more than 3

[@CMc-v7z]

@@dantastic6262 you end up overthinking shots on a snooker table and putting unwanted side on. In pool, you tend to hit it harder more often and the side doesn't have as much of an effect.

[@dantastic6262]

@@CMc-v7z I can believe that

[@davidcruse6589]

There's alot more tactics in snooker If you can't pot the ball You need to leave white safe so opposition cant pot the balls Its why rarely do you see any fancy shots they rarely double a ball into a pocket Also pool tables besides being bigger smaller pockets the run / roll faster So you need to be more precise as white ball keeps rolling and cushions are different as well Ive played both pool by fare harder to play and works on point system Most professional only need one or two chances and will clean the table before you get another chance

[@psa101]

it isn't just table and pocket size, the rules are completely different so a lot of the shots a snooker player wouldn't even be looking for those shots. the playing shots off other balls to sink other balls doesn't work, the break in snooker is defensive rather than attacking. I still think that a snooker player with practice can make a great pool player but the other way round not a chance.

[@ziggythedrummer]

I like to think I'm pretty good at pool - not necessarily good enough for the US Open. A lot of pubs and bars here in the UK have pool tables, and we've got pool halls up and down the country, so I've played both UK, US and 9-Ball a fair amount. I played snooker once when I was around 21, and it was a much harder game in my opinion/experience, due to the size of the table, balls and pockets, and the differences in rules.

[@Holowel71]

I’m a snooker player and yes it is easier to pot a ball on a pool table, but to play pool on a high level you need to know all the ins and outs of the game and I think that is were snooker players fall short. Yes a top snooker player can beat a top pool player but I think that when they play 💯 matches, the pool player will probably win more than 50 of them. Other way around, same.

[@davidcruse6589]

That because its part of billiards / snooker The players are reserved by the rules But as people as well as they know how much effort go into it To be good at the games its hughe ammount of dedication to get their So are himble and respectful of opposition player's Also aware you can have a off game or day as they do as well

[@colinbaker3916]

The top snooker players have never sneered at pool. They enjoy taking on the best pool players, and always lose. I know far more about snooker, but the two games require different skills.

[@vaudevillian7]

Check out Stephen Hendry vs Karl Boyes 9 Ball Pool, they have a good discussion about the too - Stephen Hendry is an iconic snooker player and Karl is iconic in British pool (Hendry is a household name, the pool world here is much smaller).

[@stevehartley7504]

Only 9 balls You can fluke a 9 ball and win a game without potting another You can slam the balls pot 2 or 3 off the break and your still on the table

[@Mike-James]

I have had days playing snooker where I never missed and the next day wished i never got out of bed.

[@aardbei07]

snookerpockets are smaller and the angles of the pocket are tighter

[@TamMcKie]

balls & pockets = smaller *EDIT* He's a world champion snooker player...but I do love you calling Jayson Shaw the great more...went to the last Mosconi cup and was awesome

[@fifagrimreaper9946]

They're both difficult games to master, and to say snooker players laugh at pool players is just a joke. I would say snooker is harder, but that doesn't take anything away from pool.

[@multiversal2023]

Actually no jump shots allowed in snooker

[@SiobhanHfuhruhurr-qe1ul]

Yea I thought it was a foul if the ball left the table (even a bit) cos im sure ive seen them do it by accident and get penalised

[@multiversal2023]

@SiobhanHfuhruhurr-qe1ul it's OK if it's not Intentionally done

[@SiobhanHfuhruhurr-qe1ul]

@@multiversal2023 oh.

[@guswrethman2156]

Two different games, but the reality is, a snooker player will beat a pool player (at pool) occasionally, whereas a pool player has no chance of even getting close to a snooker player (on a snooker table). Not a chance.

[@CarolGration]

Good to know about the size of the tables etc we play pool at home but never played snooker.

[@JohnRoberts-pt8cu]

Actually, jump shots are not allowed in snooker. That would be a foul and costs 4 points unless you hit doing the jump shot, a higher nominated ball like the black, costing 7 points.

[@Jeni10]

9 to 0 means Judd cleared the whole table and his opponent didn’t sink a single ball. Coming up against a top pool player would have made no difference. Let’s see what happens when Judd doesn’t go first.

[@JazHaz]

9 to 0 is the rack score to win the match.

[@Jeni10]

@@JazHaz The opposite of snooker then.

[@mehallica666]

@@Jeni10 A rack in pool is a frame in snooker. His opponent may have potted balls, but still failed to win a rack/frame.

[@thedeewolf]

I think the UK crowd dynamic is just totally different...the US crowd are taking things too seriously, hence Judds overall attitude and the UK crowds cheers once he won a rack...

[@chassetterfield9559]

Does pool have a cue ball of different size to the other balls, as happens in typical bar pool tables? Is it artificially weighted up to the same weight as the other balls? If so, that would be another major difference for snooker players to get used to, as it would affect the response of the object ball, and also the reaction of the cue ball after contact.

[@DaMaster1983]

A snooker player can beat a pool player on pool table.. a pool player can NEVER! beat a snooker player on a snooker table. ( Im talking professional level) and when i mean never.. I mean not a single game..

[@Steffe]

Tricky word that, snooker! Sorry, will watch the video now.

[@Auron710]

In my opinion snooker is the far harder game so it would be a lot more difficult for the pool players to enter a snooker tournament, to be honest I don't think they would get past the first round but would love to see it happen, I would be impressed. That being said, when playing pool vs the worlds best pool players it is not easy at all, considering shots in pool that are not even a thing in snooker (jump shots for example) and just because the game is easier, does not mean someone whos got thousands of hours at top level in it wont beat you. I think the snooker players have a chance though and that is the key difference. Would be great to see a 1v1 where they do a pool match and a snooker match... though we may need a tie breaker game.... darts? lol

[@ganjiblobflankis6581]

Snooker is harder than pool, but it is harder for the other player too.

[@PhilTough-hn8qj]

Ronnie O'sullivan has played all the best pool players with mixed results but the longer he played the better he got. He's beat Earl Strickland on a couple of occasions but he is the goat. All the snooker players mentioned played with a lot of flair which is good for pool. Some of the best players from the 80's and 90's had no flair at all and their strategy was to bore his opponent to death and they would make terrible pool players. I love watching proper pool masters play pure flair shots that a lot of snooker players can't do. Snooker players play a more regimented game.

[@jibberjabberman]

I just played 5 frames of snooker. Got a 37 break. It's just a different world. My back is going to ache for a week