O'Sullivan vs. Strickland

[@leesmith9299]

I think the commentators made some really great points

[@aaroni5074]

😂😂😂

[@judefranks2653]

Yes it was really interesting yk

[@maxington26]

The world doesn't revolve around you and English, dude. Far more people speak Chinese than English in the world.

[@Run187]

@@maxington26 y u no get joke? You shame family, why you no mate? Bing bong..

[@kenthomson9562]

Yes but English is much more widely used around the world. Does that really cause you problems? You’re a little racist maybe?

[@benrichards399]

Ronnie CAN compete with any pool player in the world at pool. There isn't a pool player alive that can compete with ronnie at snooker. Thats the difference.

[@dukester147]

I think that's the best way of looking at it mate. It's like driving a car on your test. Ronnie can drive a manual which means he can do anything whereas a 9 ball player is like driving an automatic where he can only be brilliant at pool. Normally the pool players that are good at snooker were not good enough to be big at snooker therefore played pool. :-)

[@UndoneFakeJesu]

MYLENEIL GUMMIDGE Yeah, pool is for those who think snooker is difficult, and I'd say, therefore for those who have a boring mind. Pool is fun to play when you're drinking beer with some friends, but it's dull to practise on your own, whereas in snooker, you'll always have some work to do.

[@Mrphilharmonic]

Jesse Heinonen I kind of know what you mean, but if you play pool well, you'll realize it is a totally different game and mindset from snooker. Pool is actually more creative than snooker, but snooker is way way harder in terms of accuracy and technique.

[@UndoneFakeJesu]

Mrphilharmonic Yeah, snooker is more technical and takes more time and repetition because of that. You can use 'shortcuts' in pool, because you need less repetition because it's not as technical, but the competition is so different, because the game is very different. And sometimes it is more creative, though snooker can sometimes be quite creative too. That shortcut part was btw what the 5 time World Wheelchair Pool Champion Jouni Tähti told me. I guess he knows what he's talking about.

[@rizalsatriyo273]

efren reyes BEAT ronnie in snooker, watch /watch?v=WFEp0-mbE1g

[@Mrphilharmonic]

The two 'bad boys' of each game! Marvellous! I'd love to see Strickland try snooker!! He gets angry enough with pool. Can you imagine??

[@chipper701]

Ronnie must have felt he was playing on a toddlers snooker table.

[@catweasle5737]

Hell those pockets are the size of dinner plates.

[@6611haggis]

Almost impossible to miss down the cushion.

[@calebnichols5374]

Catweasle: I know, you would never miss a shot.

[@TheBarbahaba]

no wonder O'Sullivan cant stop smiling and giggling

[@dannygjk]

Ah yes but even the best miss shots on these tables.

[@tomekduresov706]

This buckets are to big for Ronnie, he could play left handed all the time.. lol

[@lsbrother]

You often see British snooker players competing on level terms with the best American pool players - you NEVER see the reverse!

[@roto6462]

Because snooker to pool is like chess is to draughts. They simply couldn’t get close. Snooker players take American pool and English pool and show the best how they should play the game. Snooker is sophisticated thus creates a naturally higher standard if someone has managed to reach that standard. Snooker is hard but classy.

[@FIVE-0-APOCALYPTO]

@@roto6462 Can you technically explain why instead of just running your mouth? What do you really know about either discipline, other than what you percieve as the obvious mumbo jumbo. I don't disagree with you out of hand, but snooker is not very sophisticated from a random game theory point of view. Do you realize that Ronnie is basically running the remaining colors in snooker, from yellow to green, green to brown, the same way he has already thousands and thousands of times. When by chance, the reds are spread out the length of the table, all of a sudden, what should be easy for your superior players, becomes unrecognized territory and they either fuck it up or noticeably take a lot of extra time. In pool, there is always randomness. Once more, you are gauging off of a bullshit 9 ball game, 1 foul ball in hand. It's a stupid variation designed to be quick and easy. The proper way to play it is 2 foul ball in hand, roll out, all fowled balls spot up. There are other games like one pocket that none of the snooker players would be able to just jump right in and dominate. Not because of lack of knowledge, even though that would be a major problem, but the ability to warp and bounce twist shots etc etc. I mean, when does the snooker player ever jack up? Rarely. Look at Strickland when he jumps over the 8. Nobody squares up like that with that kind of elevation. 9 ball 1 foul ball in hand is a game design where no namers have went deep in world events. Steve Davis knocked on the door a few times. Ask him what he thinks about pool. Snooker players by default are more organized with mechanics. This doesn't mean it's correct for all cue sports. Because if it were true, billiard and Russian pyramid players would stance like snooker players. They don't, for good reason. Snooker players play with a smaller lighter ball. You want to call it chess and classy, go ahead, personally I think you sound like a idiot. You are saying silly cliche's based on presentation. You make no real points as to what and why. I'll play your Ronnie'O one pocket any time for money.

[@roto6462]

paul couto oh dear “running my mouth” haha child. you’re sad look how much you wrote. I’ll put it simply because I have less spare time than you clearly. First why get so butt hurt about someone’s correct opinion. Bigger table, smaller pockets, more balls and opportunity to build breaks. All other cue sports are sub to snooker except perhaps billiards but that’s a dead game. You spent a long time saying not very much.

[@paulallen7366]

@@FIVE-0-APOCALYPTO a very passionate defence ringing out all your knowledge like a wet sponge. However you are wrong. Ronnie playing pool is like Usain Bolt running the 100m vs your typical cheeseburger eating American. Happy Travels x

[@FIVE-0-APOCALYPTO]

@@paulallen7366 i never said what you are eluding to fool. i asked that person if they could elaborate. Steve davis was very intimate with strikland, mizerak and mike segal. Your high bred modern day snooker players like ronnie and trump are doing what i surmised they should do, like alex higgins. ....take a page from pool and fill in the gaps of rigid and unecessary structure of snooker mechanics and technique. The best players like ronnie, trump, selby....have more offsets and moving parts as they should. And the pool world needs to take a page from snooker and tighten up or structuralize furture, its techiques and mechanics. So far, many have. I dont see the same in snooker, except at the top top level. I am a pool theoritician. I know much more than most. If anyone can talk, its me. Ill debate or discuss the highest levels of pool and its human experience and connectivity, with anyone, any time, any where.

[@ewanthug91]

@silfossy damn i wish strickland play snooker so i can see him cry and mad all day

[@danparks669]

How many snooker players have competed well at 9ball and how many 9 ball players have actually played snooker? There in lies the answer to this argument. Snooker is way more difficult (I have played both) ronnie is the best cue sports player of all time I don't care what all these American 9 ball fans say. Interesting to see how many these amricans have actually tried playing snooker properly

[@johnrupesh4535]

Pool is difficult enough for americans...:P Snooker is out of the question..

[@RockSpoon123]

Best cue sportsman? Do you forget Efren Reyes?

[@RockSpoon123]

He has been a few times. He even beat Ronnie before! I think he's said that his high run was 138? He is pretty good at it too!

[@Wowzersdude-k5c]

Hard to find a snooker table in America. In the old days there was one table in the corner at my local pool hall and no one but old men smoking pipes played the game. Nowadays good luck finding a table. Most pool halls don't want to waste the space with a 12 foot table. I am sure you can still find a table in large billiards rooms (in large cities), but in the average city, good luck. Indeed, I wouldn't know where to go to find a snooker table in my area. I'd probably have to drive an hour at least.

[@zakzanotti5868]

Ragtime Ricky I don't think you got the point. If you put him on a snooker table he would be shit. We're as in snooker players can play pool so that means as he's the best at snooker that means he is the best cue sport player.

[@Foodandtravelamritsar]

earl strickland looks like the old hunter from jumanji movie.

[@wombra8314]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ucheokeke4780]

same old story. be it pool or snooker Ronie always wins. Ronie is the best player to ever pick up a cue stick period. Earl is good but ronie is another level

[@TheRandyhandanaputra]

looks like u got no fucking clue who earl strickland is

[@miketyrer3164]

sani handana those people are snooker fanboys. we shouldn't even give them response. ronnie the best in snooker but far away from being a proper pool player. This are just some lucky strikes. He basically got his ass kicked overseas.

[@miketyrer3164]

First, I don't own you shit. Secondly my statement pool players are better at pool then ronnie (a snooker player) should make sense, even for the dumbest nut on the internet. I have some pool videos on my channel, nothong special but it shows that i am on a certain level my friend. I also like ronnie ablnd snooker, but they are not experts in pool. Not on a pro level. Watch dennis orcollo or shane van boening. Those are the guys on top.

[@miketyrer3164]

And based on exactly what are u judging my skills? So...my high run is 60 in straight pool. I doubt that a hundred people in rome are capeable to shoot that. If im wrong then that be an awesome thing for pool. Im am personally tryna get on a pro level. Cheers

[@johnrobertson1828]

i disagree i would suggest stephen hendry would be the best if not as naturally talented as ronnie.

[@williammccormick254]

Always a good game when earl loses I can't stand that crybaby!!!

[@hassamdaudi]

u can see the superiority in the style and play of a snooker player over a pool player....Ronnie O'Sullivan is a magician anywhere...true class

[@EvelcyclopS]

Best of 3 might just be the worst amount of frames I've ever heard of.

[@stiegolino]

Two questions: What is a "push out" and is there any advantage playing with the snooker cue?

[@jaykay627ify]

I love the way they can bounce the ball halfway down the cushion and still go in, can't do that at snooker, must be American

[@malcolmbryant]

+Jamie Kershaw It's like the pockets have got a Dyson in them. Harder to miss than pot.

[@Stop_Elitists_Wars]

Both super talented, both utter Divas.. Perfect recipe for dramatic play.

[@DRAG0NSIN7]

Put this into comparison. Top 4 ranked snooker players made all together 4 million $ combined in the 2014/2015 season alone. The top 10 pool players made barely 400k.

[@cmomofilm]

TheeOneUp That very much reflects the difference in talent.

[@Wowzersdude-k5c]

Not really. It reflects that cue sports are not popular anymore among the 20-40 demographic. Payouts are based on sponsorships and advertising dollars which itself is based on how many sets of eye balls are watching. I remember back in the old days, chess was the game lots of people watched. Fischer vs. the Soviets, etc. Now you will be lucky to find anyone who cares about chess. It's the same with pool. In the 70's-90's pool was fairly popular here in America. You would even see it on ESPN from time to time. Nowadays ESPN wont touch it -- the money is not there and it's not worth their time. Nowadays all the rage is e-sports. The younger generation is into that more than anything. If you're a pro LoL or CoD player, you will make far more money than a pro pool player. A teenager now is much more likely to try and become a pro video gamer than a pro billiards player. Times change, trends change. Always have, always will. It sucks for those of us who love cue sports, but it is what it is.

[@craigk621]

+John Smith intelligent response, but the point remains would you rather watch pool than snooker ? To be honest having tried to play snooker ... best break with reds 65... I'm in awe of snooker players, but have made many clearances at pool so watching someone else being able to do what I can relatively easily do is of little interest to me. Also the interest in snooker really is restricted to the countries where it was introduced, and also now the far east. I'm not sure how popular pool is in those countries.

[@lpindal]

Man great upload this really is awesome. If you have more id appreciate it. so fun to see 2 of my favorite players playing against each other.

[@rocon86]

Go on Ronnie. I'd like to see Earl play Ronnie in a frame or 2 of snooker.

[@antonjames2804]

it'd be an embarrassing mismatch

[@Sugarplum65]

Only if Earl can do some arithmetic for snooker

[@kingChin0]

Ronnie is a hell of a shooter! I also like his 147 snooker runs, perfect cue ball controls

[@mrfrano100]

Strickland looks like a circus clown in that outfit

[@brettjones3095]

He does but to be fair, Ronnie looks like an amateur magician haha

[@wombra8314]

Brett Jones lmfao nice 😂😂😂😂😂🐛

[@baker1352]

Thats coz Strickland is a clown

[@matthewbarr3456]

All the get up is tragic, but Earls’ is just so garish and ill fitted it’s untrue.

[@SexBirdCake]

Efren also got beaten by Torbjorn Blomdahl at both 9-ball and 3-cushion billiards. These things happen in matches with few frames or sets

[@dccrossley87]

Strickland missing easy shots but, the fact that he is playing against the best snooker / pool player to ever pick up a cue doesn't help - I would be embarrassed to miss the shots that Strickland did

[@KiLLtRoCiTy01]

ronnie is NOT the best pool player to pick up a cue. he isn't even a pool player dumbass. BTW how did you feel when ronnie decided to size up earls pocketing abilities (because all you snooker cocksuckers seem to love bringing up the fact how much more difficult it is to pocket balls in snooker vs pool) when he pushed out to the shot at 4:06 and earl fired it straight in the pocket? I think ronnie had a similiar attitude as far as his pocketing abilities vs earls and strickland sat his ass right the fuck down after that push out.

[@KiLLtRoCiTy01]

ronnie butchered a few as well, I'm not gonna base his ENTIRE performance in the match based off a few easy shots that 99/100 times he'd otherwise make.

[@UndoneFakeJesu]

KiLLtRoCiTy01 He's not even a pool player, but still outplays a lot of pool professionals. The shot Earl fired in was an easy pot, but Ronnie, as a snooker player, realised that there was no easy way to get to position and clear the table, which is all that pool is about.

[@JamesWilson-zy2cf]

Ronnie o'sullivan has proved hes a match for anyone in 9 ball and 8 ball i think he should have been in more mosconi cups over the years

[@sHarivaRi1]

Am I the only one here who likes pool AND snooker? i play pool and sometimes snooker and also enjoy watching both of them on tv. and i also agree with everyone who says snooker is more difficult to learn than pool, but both sports are difficult in it's own way. so don't yell about snooker or pool, cue sports overall are just amazing sports and we should respect both of them. .... except carom billiards, thats gay. just kidding ;)

[@UndoneFakeJesu]

Lol, carom billiards (three-cushion carom, as it's usually played) is the most important skill you need in all the cue sports (except in pool billiards, cause that's a children's game, if you know how to align a shot). Yeah, snooker is a lot more difficult than pool, takes a lot more time to master, but it's also a lot more entertaining.

[@bob733333]

sHarivaRi1 I like all cue sports. Snooker snobs are gay.

[@bob733333]

Michael Silas Taradhron Snooker is actually a bit redundant therefore causing boredom. Play some Golf to mix it up. I can play Pool for several hours while mixing different games. Snooker gets boring and the games take a long time to finish. I still play (ocean table) but not all day.

[@craigk621]

+bob733333 Snooker is boring if you can't play it well. If you can't play golf well you are ruining a nice walk.

[@jimmywrangles]

Best cue ball player that has ever lived playing some American dude.

[@tommyknut636]

what you people need to understand is that pro snookerplayer is in an whole other universe than a pro poolplayer. snookerplayers are EXTREMELY skilled almost beyond what you can even get in your head. ronnie is a million times better than earl. but i love earl and i know that he is also superduper skilled. but, as i said, two different universes.

[@gordonmathers6489]

Tommy Knut agree 100% remember few years ago when snooker World Cup was played. Top pool player at the time was "King James" Jim rempe. Although he was a decent player he struggled at snooker despite being a pro. At this time there were 128 pro snooker players

[@EdovsAlien]

tommy kunt, maybe you should go watch the 8-ball match between johnny archer and ronnie and tell us what you saw there ;) and how do you explain that result since ronnie is million times better than pool players

[@Cesarprsousa]

Have you ever played snooker EdovsAlien? If you have, you can't compare the tables... therefore the skills of the players. If you haven't, you have no idea what you are comparing, no idea what you are talking about. When a pool player beats a snooker player in a pool game, nothing has been proven about their skills, NOTHING! At all! Even I could beat Ronnie in a pool match, just open the game and finish without him playing... It would be one in fifty but still... Noooow, put them both in a snooker table and you have a skill comparison!

[@gpuppy1234]

César Sousa thank you. Im so tired of seeing comments on how snooker players are better. Man two different games. In fact i think strickland could be fantastic at snooker

[@vulcanproject]

In snooker precision control of the cue ball is absolutely critical to building breaks with next to no room for error. The margins for error are that much greater in pool and the concentration level for the length of snooker matches much higher. Just the mental aspect of snooker is much more demanding. I think that a great snooker player could be a pool world champion, but a great pool player would find the challenge of winning a ranking snooker event formidable.

[@GirGir183]

What kind of shot was that by ROS at 3:49?? There were quite a few questionable shots in this video Methinks something "professional" is afoot.

[@robin3]

The scoreboard displays "Best of 3". After 3 games Ronnie is 2-1. Therefor Ronnie won the best of 3. No?

[@andrewverrett568]

Matches not games.

[@neilrich25]

Two legends... They both play such fast pasted games....make it look so easy

[@cfcstevie1888]

the size of them pockets ,its so easy

[@Sci-Fi-Hooligan]

+steve adams Agreed. Nice Scooter BTW

[@cfcstevie1888]

thanx

[@tipsygipsygames4686]

+steve adams I love how you say that...yet you aren't in the video playing one of them.

[@cfcstevie1888]

TipsyGipsy Games ye im gutted ,i was on next and the program was cut short because of the football coverage

[@IFranchisedI]

+steve adams 5 in pockets yeah it's pretty crazy they ever competed at those low standards. 4.5 in is the standard now and I can tell you it's still probably a little big. Unfortunately the money heads behind pool will probably never get it together and realize bigger tables and smaller pockets will bring bigger crowds and bigger payouts

[@laszlototh1801]

Say what you want about snooker vs pool, but that shot from Strickland (intentionally played) at 05:10 was just amazing

[@jasonantigua6825]

These commentators really need to sort it out ! The fucking attitude !

[@everythingbobbywolfe]

As a huge snooker fan I still need to make the comment that Ronnie O'Sullivan and Earl Strickland are arguably the most talented people to ever pick up a cue in their respective Sports. Now, as to which one of these individuals we're better at one another Sports oh, that is literally impossible to tell because Earl Strickland has never made any attempt to be a professional snooker player or at least try to get involved in snooker tournaments. There have been plenty of times where Ronnie O'Sullivan has gotten his clock cleaned playing American pool. So has Tony Drago and Steve Davis. Snooker players play well in American pool games when they practice and make a concerted effort to do so. I have been in the pool hall when professional pool players have come in to mess around on the snooker table and they will beat any of your asses black and blue on that snooker table that I can promise you

[@dinojammusic]

why do yanks like sports where scoring is so easy and constant? it completely takes away the tension and excitement

[@alcoholya]

the act of scoring is also part of the excitement.. the act of waiting an hour for one score is annoying, at least to most Americans. Soccer is boring as fuck, but enjoy it, and stop complaining about our sports and pretending your culture is somehow superior because 90 minutes of bone-crushing boredom can end in a tie.

[@alcoholya]

***** ever heard of One-Pocket? It's a highly strategic pool game and I would bet my house and dog that the top American one pocket players could beat your top snooker players at it, even after giving them a year to catch up on the nuances.

[@robmiljus]

What, you'd rather sit through 90 mins of a 0-0 game? Don't get me wrong, I like soccer/football. But it can get really boring sometimes.

[@leitros]

Machete Moonlight Everything about British culture is superior.. You have zero culture except what is indigenous.

[@leitros]

Machete Moonlight LOL!

[@op3l]

oo. O'Sullivan playing pool :) I love watching him play snooker, never seen him play pool before. Awesome.

[@hichemagamer6656]

no one win on the best player ronnie osullivan

[@treesareuber]

i looove the way earl plays here, he played pretty well, and his sportsmanship was fine.. this is a side of earl i like

[@johnrupesh4535]

ronnie wud have destroyed strickland if this was snooker...

[@mr11402]

***** LOL

[@vasilivanich3842]

***** and strickland would've destroyed ronnie if this was pool! oh wait...

[@wombra8314]

Darius lmao

[@snkhuong]

19 year old and represented the whole continent, amazing

[@tingfact]

Strickland is a failure for his attitude and illustrates how bad Americans are to the rest of the world with their love of 9 ball which is a miserable game to separate the quality of players.

[@bobjones263]

Machete Moonlight they are indeed. Poor souls, they were once an empire and now they're nothing but a tiny island that nobody listens to.

[@lumpy751]

Snooker is far more skillful and advanced for regular pool... No pool player would ever come close to the skill levels of a snooker player.

[@IFranchisedI]

Please stop generalizing all Americans. I am an American, I play 9 ball almost every day, and I hate Earl. I mean he's pretty damn good, but Ronnie is my all time favorite. There will never be a better talent than the rocket. I honestly had no idea this video existed, but I'm adding it to my favorites. I wish there were more snooker tables over here in the states

[@UndoneFakeJesu]

IFranchisedI You'd deserve those tables! I can assure you that playing snooker is a lot more fun than playing any type of pool billiards (I even find all pool games boring after having played snooker for a while).

[@cmomofilm]

IFranchisedI We have 8 ball tables in most of the pubs in the UK (more or less) and no matter how good you get as a pub (8 ball) player, you'll never beat a good snooker player. 8 ball tables have small balls and really tight pockets but snooker seems to give a much better skill level than any other table sport. Having said that, if you're used to 8 ball tables and then play on a 9 ball table, you look like a wizard the pockets are so big!

[@rickyallhours]

God almighty, ronnie is the best potter and positional player in the world and his shot selection on a snooker table is the best. Its like clearing the colours for him but easier. 9 ball is like a childs game for ronnie to play. Also ronnie's tactical game is one of the best. He could be the greatest pool player in the world if he wanted as well.

[@mrg3440]

anyone can give anyone a game in 9ball. whoever breaks wins the majorlty of the time. crap game

[@stuartmitchell3236]

Rob H if you knew how to clear up and the balls broke well then yes you would do.

[@stuartmitchell3236]

Not saying it wouldn't require luck but someone that knows there way around a pool table and broke well would clear up 9/10.

[@stuartmitchell3236]

Can't influence anything sat in ya chair

[@ttt-gy9zp]

Rob H I could take him if I got good breaks Its easy running the take anyone can beat anyone if they get the breaks wide open and drop one or two off the break as well Ronniw is a snooker player...diff game diff rules...he cant play many safeties in 9ball so hes fucked Juan Pablo Montoya is a great F1 driver...but he sucked at Nascar if you get my point here

[@mrg3440]

Big Bad Billy Blue Balls well said..snooker is a game of skill and touch..totally differeent from 9 ball.. spot on mate!! peace!!

[@deliciousbilliardsinstruct7071]

2 legends of the game. I wish I could understand the commentary.

[@Northof49th1]

So many stupid people on here with stupid comments. Snooker a more difficult game than 9-ball? Well, duh. But go ahead and pat yourself on the back for pointing out the obvious. That being said, line up the best snooker players in the world vs. the best 9-ball players in a series of 9-ball matches, and the snooker players will lose. They will certainly do "ok", but in the end, there are shots that snooker players will be exposed to that they have never seen. Conversely, same players playing a series of snooker matches? The snooker players will win by a large margin.

[@izmepablo]

No dumbass. A snooker pro can take frames from pool players in pool for a close margin. But pool players wont even be able to take a single frame from snooker players in snooker.

[@Northof49th1]

wow so doge When I mentioned stupid people and their comments, yep, I meant people like yourself. You failed to read between the lines. (I'll draw a picture next time.) You pretty much repeated what I stated, except you left out a detail. A snooker "pro" vs. a pool "pro" is what I was referring to. Of course the snooker player will take some frames, (which is why I said they would do "ok"), but obviously in the end the pool pro will win the vast majority. And yeah, I agree the pool pro probably will fail to take a frame from a snooker pro..which is what I pretty much stated..not sure why you needed to state it.

[@UndoneFakeJesu]

Northof49th1 Sorry to point out, but you're missing something. What you said was that the pros will win in their own sport and vice versa. What wow so doge was saying was that pool pros might win, but snooker pros will definitely win without exception in their own sport. Which is very different from what you said.

[@izmepablo]

Northof49th1 Read the above comment. Ronnie, Jimmy white they all have proven it before by winning pool pros or by losing a frame or two only. But there were never pool pros winning any snooker pros before. Show me one pro that even has guts to take on a snooker pro in snooker table. /watch?v=D2KzJxltQCI /watch?v=pVtVpqffp7M /watch?v=0wGNfA_9EtQ /watch?v=W2Ye61WiLMk

[@malcolmbryant]

+Northof49th1 Well, duh.

[@superdartsfan2]

does he not mean that in 9-ball you pot the balls in a certain order but in snooker there is no number on the red so you don't have to pot the red in any order.

[@raymondphillips7107]

For all the people who say snooker is harder,pool is an easy game,the pockets are too big. It seems to me that all you have to do is play in every major tournament or find al the big money games with the pros and clean up.

[@IFranchisedI]

+Raymond Phillips why would they? snooker payouts are 5-10x more than big pool tournies.

[@raymondphillips7107]

+IFranchisedI it doesn't make any difference! If pool is so easy it would be worth it no matter what the prize is!

[@IFranchisedI]

+Raymond Phillips well it costs about a 1000+ for a plane ticket over here to the US and then if they win they could get their ticket home, their cab ride and maybe Cinnabon at the airport

[@IFranchisedI]

+Raymond Phillips The last time Ronnie was here in the US I think it was a vegas 8 ball tourney back in '06 or something and only because there was over a million in prize money. That's far and away the best payout I've heard of and it'll never happen again unfortunately. But until payouts incentivize players from overseas to come over you will never get to see snooker talent here in the states. Not very often at least. Look at Jayson Shaw. Only reason he came over I believe because his wife was american and they just had a kid but he's the best shooter in american pool right now and he's only been here for a couple years. Know why? Snooker/english 8ball background

[@IFranchisedI]

+Raymond Phillips Darren Appleton, probably the most consistent winningest player at the moment also comes from a snooker background. I could go on but...

[@user-vi6ny3vl1x]

Everybody likes ronnie. He is a Genius in his game . Ronald antonio o'sullivan

[@jeddfarley]

race to 3 is a God dam coin flip at that level.

[@robin3]

is there a mistake in the scoreboard stating 'Best of 3'?

[@jeddfarley]

jehstr Race, Best of... doesn't matter at this level. should race to 9. either player can come and win immediately.

[@robin3]

But 'best of 3' implies race to 2. Ronnie won 2-1... he got the best of 3 games.

[@jeddfarley]

Obviously but these aren't bar players who miss every 3balls this is Ronnie and Earl. Should be best of 15 or race to 9 either way.

[@robin3]

you're missing my point. the scoreboard is incorrect is what i'm saying.

[@Jimmynable]

Agree with a lot of what your saying, the cue ball in 9 ball is harder to control than a snooker cue ball but the difference in potting difficulty is much greater. Disagree with your comment on table size. On a snooker table you have to stretch and use the rest and extension much more making those shots harder, there are people who comfortable with the rest but no one is as good with the rest than shots where they are cuing naturally.

[@cmb2934]

don't like the French commentary

[@Adam_Outdoors]

+cmb2934 French??

[@jamesknox64]

+cmb2934 That's because it's in German. Nitwit

[@Adam_Outdoors]

+james knox No, it's Chinese.

[@jamesknox64]

AdamOutdoors Thanks...

[@jakon5320]

+cmb2934 you'er all wrong its Japanese !

[@gedalyabentovim]

Mr.Strickland is not the school manager from BackToTheFuture? :)

[@vickyvonstein2331]

Pool is not a real game. There's no intelligence or strategy needed!

[@drewknee7381]

You're an idiot. Don't be so ignorant.

[@vickyvonstein2331]

Andrue Knee Have you been a stupid fucking tosser all your life, or just now DUMBASS!

[@vickyvonstein2331]

Aron James Lets find the smallest table then use the biggest balls so that the ball goes in the whole no matter how you hit it.

[@vickyvonstein2331]

hey maaa!!!! Im gunna shoot the shit off a stick!! yee haaa!!! andreucockmouth

[@vickyvonstein2331]

And learn to play a "proper" game. Pool is for plebs.

[@batman30351]

im a snooker player, and i think its true that a snooker table has tighter pockets and the corners of the pockets are blunt unlike pool so it's extremely difficult to chip them. but in 9-ball or 10-ball, every rack is different. the balls are never on the same spots like snooker, and you have to be spot on with your positioning. it's not like snooker where you can have the mentality of "oh if i run too far for the blue i still have the baulk colours".

[@pearcegreatesteverleftback03]

Yes this is an easier game than snooker but until you win World titles in pool your comments are worth shit.

[@antonjames2804]

what a stupid comment. so do i have to be prime minister to be able to say the government is full of cunts?

[@TreuloseTomate]

@pie365 Immediately after the break shot the player at the table may call a "push-out", and may then shoot the cue ball to any location on the table, without incurring a foul for failure to hit the lowest-numbered ball on the table, and then control of the table passes to the other player. The incoming player has the choice of accepting the table as it lies, or forcing the pushing-out player to take the next shot. Only one push-out is allowed per game, and it must be immediately after the break.

[@maccasam89]

hahaha ronnie turns up beat the best pool player apparantly and theb swans off haha just shows how shit pool is compared to snooker

[@Apocalipaya]

***** Its obvious that a snooker player is automatically a good pool player, but I don't think that Earl Strickland would be a good snooker player.

[@maccasam89]

i play both. far more skill and concentration needed to play snooker

[@ilferrari]

Can you name any Pool players who can play at the top level in Snooker, or even at pro level?

[@luckybk2710]

these guys are so cool for such different reasons. flaws aside in both their personalities. would love to have been there.

[@terrytt5067]

Can Pearly Earl Strickland play snooker and is he any good?

[@Mollari42]

It's difficult to compare the two games, both require great skill (in many cases different skills), but here's where I stand. I've played a great deal of both sports and am far from the standard of professionals in eithert, but if I were 1/10th as good as a pro Snooker player I'd likely be closer to 2/10th's as good as a pro 9 ball player. So for this reason I'd have to say that (for me) Snooker is the harder game to play...For me it's the concentration required that gives Snooker the edge.

[@JoshuaBLilley98]

@1478ball I was just making a point that snooker has a much smaller margin for error. The pockets may be bigger compared to ball size, but the table is almost twice the size of a pool table, therefore making it harder to pocket balls. And even though I'm 13, I can have a perfect pool game and clear the table in under two minutes, and in snooker, I can only clear the table in about 15-20 minutes, and I've been playing both sports for about the same amount of time. Good day.

[@lottaboost420]

You can practice pool on snooker table. And you can go to any city in the world and find a pool table to practice on. So a snooker player allready has exposure to pool. Snooker is generally only played in Europe and some areas of Canada, so most pool players have not even touched a snooker table. 9 ball is made to be played in races to 11 to cancel out luck (Best with alternate breaks). I love snooker, I love pool as well. Different games, but both take a lifetime to learn.

[@Zhaggysfaction]

More often there are only a few reds you can actually pocket so you have to get position on a specific ball in snooker. Also because the balls are smaller you need to be extra accurate to get the balls to go to the right direction and the distances are way longer. Also the pockets are shaped in snooker so that if it hits the jaw it will more easily bounce off the pocket rather than go in. So yeah snooker is harder and I don't see why that is such a problem or a bad thing.

[@metalking21]

@silfossy how do you think strickland's only made 25 grand? lol

[@PomBare]

@Lollertron Agreed. You'll find pool fans saying 'oh, has a snooker player won a world pool championship', but the basic facts are you have snooker players here playing pool for the first time and beating the worlds best pool players in a tournament. That is inconceivable if it was the other way round. I would challenge Strickland to play O'Sullivan for a month and see if he can take a single frame off him

[@Jimmynable]

Yes I understand that but the difficulty in snooker is also in the safety exchange and getting the chance to make breaks. In 9 ball and the European 8 ball you rarely have that safety exchange, a good pool player will break, usually pot something and clear up or run out with one visit most of the time. Now straight pool, one pocket and bank pool you do have the safety exchange and are much harder games than 9 ball. 9 Ball you can win a rack with just one shot.

[@princekody]

@hendinho87 7. Who, in your opinion, was the greatest ever to pick up a cue (snooker, pool, whatever)? Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan Pool: Efren Reyes Overall: Efren because I saw him play Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 years ago, at snooker best of 5 for £100 each if I remember rightly: he beat both of them with his pool cue, and he made 3 centuries!! Now that's special.

[@JoshuaBLilley98]

@TaSk1o4 Have you ever played snooker?

[@Danbo342]

I think both are Champions of their own game! Earl is (Like COGsoldier says) the greatest pure shot maker, and in my words the best Natural talent in pocket billiards EVER!!! Ronnie however is INSANELY INCREDIBLE! The first time I saw his record time of a 147 my chin was on the ground, simply incredible. The funny part is I showed it to my girlfriend and remember telling her as it started (She is also a pool ethusiast) to watch how fast he shoots, asking her "Doesn't it remind you of Earl?" Haha

[@wasdwasdedsf]

youre right we cant argue over which players are superior skillwise because its already proven

[@silvaaa70]

Efren Reyes has a gold medal in snooker. I doubt anyone who knows this fact would put his snooker game down. He's an accomplished all around player. He is head and shoulders the best all around cueist there has ever been. I'm not trying to say his snooker game is better than O'Sullivan. I'm sure it's not since he doesn't specialize in it. I'm just saying don't dismiss his snooker game. If he played against O'sullivan for money...Anything is possible. He is the best money player EVER!!!! PERIOD!

[@hendinho87]

@princekody i found it! shit that is unreal, i'll hold my hands up if reyes did that then thats amazing. i mean he did make 3 centuries so dont matter who you playing they dont get to shoot, same in pool break n runs other wperson sits there. well played princekody, glad someone finally showed me where this came from

[@Mrphilharmonic]

I would LOVE to see Earl try and play snooker!!!!

[@princekody]

Respond to this video... this is what daryl said:7. Who, in your opinion, was the greatest ever to pick up a cue (snooker, pool, whatever)? Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan Pool: Efren Reyes Overall: Efren because I saw him play Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 years ago, at snooker best of 5 for £100 each if I remember rightly: he beat both of them with his pool cue, and he made 3 centuries!! Now that's special.

[@silvaaa70]

Here is the question and answer copied and pasted so you can comment on it: 7. Who, in your opinion, was the greatest ever to pick up a cue (snooker, pool, whatever)? Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan Pool: Efren Reyes Overall: Efren because I saw him play Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 years ago, at snooker best of 5 for £100 each if I remember rightly: he beat both of them with his pool cue, and he made 3 centuries!! Now that's special.

[@UaExRacer]

Is Ronnie playing with a snooker cue ?

[@arends698]

I love watching snooker pros bring the pain in 9 ball

[@silvaaa70]

To be honest, I don't know. I was reading an article about him recently. It goes on to give some details about what his schedule is like. The amount of traveling this guy does is crazy. His age is catching up to him. No one lasts forever. I really don't know but I would guess that once he started playing pool and making money doing that...he simply didn't have enough time to do anything else. He probably began focusing on pool instead of snooker or 3 cushion. He plays 3 cushion as well...cont..

[@silvaaa70]

Amen brother! I posted this exact response on one of those other videos where someone was saying O'Sullivan is the best all around because snooker is harder than pool. They are two different sports so I wouldn't compare them. That said, Efren beat O'Sullivan! If a world champion like Darly Peach says it then I believe it.

[@eclipsesolar8345]

Effren is not better.

[@nightowlmusic]

Say what you like, but O'Sullivan and Strickland are both great players, I'd love to play like either one of these guys Don't be haters

[@silvaaa70]

I even read another article where he said his worst game is 9 ball because he doesn't have a powerful break! That's insane. If you do some reasearch on Efren, his favorite game is balkline. I know nothing of this game. It's funny, that balkline is his favorite game yet he's an accomplished one pocket, 14.1, 8 ball, 9ball, 3 cushion player and snooker player! I've been trying to find video of him playing snooker. I really want to see that.

[@TaSk1o4]

@JoshuaBLilley98 Yes I've played. Not as much as I would like due to it's limited availability where I live though. What does that have to do with my comment anyway?

[@mqb5151]

I absolutely agree with the commentary.

[@mitchdaytonam3]

@silfossy Of all these comments this one makes by far the most sense, glad someone else here knows what there talking about, nice one mate. Strickland obviously has an advantage in 9 ball because he's a 9 ball player. The point is Snooker players can play 9 balls, 9 ball players can't play snooker. I would LOVE to watch any 9 ball player enter the world championships or the masters, it would be hilarious to watch.

[@prometeo1978]

I have played every biliard game, and I'm sure that the hardest game (playing correctly) is the italian billiard(no pocket, but the pins in the centre of the table).there is many reason, for example total control of all the playing area, perfect quality of the shot, many kind of numerical system to study. Try to believe

[@SoulFlyShogun]

A lot of comments about the difference in difficulty between snooker and pool. Once you play snooker, pool is like dropping down to beginner level

[@sillywalks111]

I had NO idea that Ronnie ever played pool before 2005. Great to see this.

[@kamikazeVX]

@goatman069 Lol.that is almost tame for earl.he breaks his cue regularly too.such as during Mosconi Cup

[@red88alert]

not the pockets on these tables they are reduced in size compared to the ones you find at any pool hall...besides snooker pockets are huge compared to russian pyramid so calm down...

[@Jimmynable]

Agree completely. And not just Strickland but all 9 ball players, and an unsubstantiated claim on a 9 ball website that Reyes beat Ronnie and Jimmy White in a game for very little money when no other players have ever mentioned it proves nothing especially when with the schedules of snooker and 9 ball as well as locations of the events would make it difficult to put the three together with Reyes just happening to have his 9 ball cue with him.

[@Jimmynable]

And if you look at snooker players who have made the switch to 9 ball seriously Daryl Peach was a snooker pro who was ranked in the lower ends of the top 200 and never going to win a ranking event but he was 9 ball world champ in 2007. Alison Fisher was a snooker player and shes a 4 time world champion in 9 ball. So I would say snooker players do very well in 9 ball.

[@silvaaa70]

O'Sullivan is the best in snooker, never disputed that. Just saying: Don't dismiss talent in any game. A 9 ball player playing 14.1 would have a difficult time. A 14.1 player would beat him easily. A good shotmaker of a pocket billiard game could adapt to another variation given enough time. A good pool player could adapt to snooker. It won't happen overnight. But snooker players act like it's impossible. I would like to see Efren play snooker too. Remember he has a gold medal in snooker. 1987

[@dv713]

There is no doubt that pocketing balls on a snooker table is harder than on a pool table. Saying that pool players could never play as well at snooker is rediculous. It would surely take some time to adapt however, and I feel the transistion would take a little longer going from pool to snooker than the other way around. The great Willie Mosconi played a snooker champion back in his heyday and he was able to take some games off of the snooker champion. In straight pool Mosconi dominated.

[@Realpoweronearth]

yes pool is snooker for kids a quick fire game with little strategy like baseball basketball american football and soccer is football real football and rugby

[@jdbankshot]

it it difficult to guess a persons mood & demeanor through the written word only. i assure you, i was quite relaxed when writing back to you. i wasn't offended nor wasi trying to offend. i had zero anger with those last two posts, really. you acyually seem like one of the few snooker players\fans that understands the pointlessness of comparing cue sports. i wish there were more like you. anyway, it's all good, no harm done. now, off to the pool hall!

[@red88alert]

they are both great!!!earl made the best shots in this round!!!

[@gman21xx]

How many 9-ball players are even trying to play snooker? But there have been 9-ball players who have tried other cue-sports like 3-cushion and done well.

[@DrJimBioactive]

Anybody who has, like me, played both snooker and one pocket knows that one pocket is a far more complex and difficult game. Yes, snooker is much more difficult than 9-ball. But one pocket is much more difficult than snooker.

[@shroder1]

i don't think you've played on a snooker table before. the rounded cushions push the ball away from the pocket, not pul it in. the rounded corners are very UNtolerable. and the pockets are TINY compared. a gold crown's pockets are about 2 to 2.25 ball widths. on a snooker table the it's like 1.5 ball widths. also the table is HUGE!