The Best Defense from the 2019 Mosconi Cup

Offense wins games, but defense wins championships. One thing that separates the champions from the pool hall hopefuls is the realization it's not always about making the shot. Check out some of these world champions playing the kind of lock-down safety shots that win them tournaments time and time again.

[@zenoxi44]

i would want to see the next shot after these defensive shots

[@anthonyr.hutajulu5091]

So do i

[@jonathanstupak231]

Check out the actual matches from that year mosconi cup

[@jakebyers9091]

They are on the blooper reel

[@buster5643]

I love safety videos, but i would also love to see if/how the opponent tries to get out of them. Might consider it for future vids

[@KyleNotAKyle]

I came to the comment section to say just that. Great video but I would like to see the escapes (or attempts) as well.

[@grobbs666]

Definitely! That's the whole fun in a safety!

[@Nat-tp9ys]

the crowd really be shouting “BORING” when the opposing team does a safety, real toxic right there

[@luke2817]

@@afdkj where did you get politics out of this lmao

[@Tryo707]

It's the Mosconi cup my guy, nobody acts like this anywhere else. It's all in good fun and nobody, players included, take that stuff seriously. It might be cheekily rude, but I hardly see it as toxic behavior.

[@jamesdavis8731]

@@afdkj Get the fuck outta here little guy.

[@jamirimaj6880]

@@Tryo707 Exactly! Every pool game should be like this.

[@KlowdZzz]

I think they just say Europe actually.

[@jamesdavis8731]

Some brilliant safety play. Good safeties are just as beautiful as great pocketing of shots. Love to see great play like this.

[@UhTriq]

Great compilation. Wish I could see more of these great defensive shots on youtube

[@Denver996]

Love how these shots happen so commonly in snooker lol

[@97Andrewjs]

Honestly, I try hard not to be the pretentious snooker player but some of these safeties are just meh compared to snooker

[@pjtyra2106]

Do you guys think they’re more common in snooker because of the size of the table and the smaller balls? Or the sheer tenacity in training defense?

[@97Andrewjs]

@@pjtyra2106 I feel like it's the added focus of safety play, it's sooo much easier to run out in 8 and 9 ball than to clear up in snooker. Also, it's much harder to play these precise safety shots given the smaller ball size and the size of the table so it's easier to play safety shots in 8 and 9 ball. It just makes snooker players so impressive

[@pjtyra2106]

Andrew Singer thanks for the reply man I gotta say that I went from being a big Ronnie 147 viewer to a snooker escape fan! Gary Wilson is amazing to watch. Ding’s safeties are incredible. Really love the sport! I’m just a casual 8 ball league player myself.

[@97Andrewjs]

@@pjtyra2106 Yeah gary wilson's escapes are incredible, love watching selby's tactical game as well. You should try to find a local billiards hall with a snooker table and try it out! You can't fully grasp how big the table is and how hard it is to play until you actually try for yourself. I would highly recommend!

[@ralphlink08]

4:43 You could Efren this ball. Lol

[@JerryLee..]

Brutal safeties! Amazing . .

[@vladimirtatarsky9928]

> I'll tell you what - this is "hit and pray"

[@grobbs666]

"This is hit and pray!" That's pretty much every shot I take! Haha

[@patrickreyes1754]

please try the 4 rail shot of Efren Reyes vs Jeong Young Hwa, thank you

[@rbr4784]

This video has shown me why snooker fans are better than pool fans. Who boo's a player of the sport you love?????

[@Tryo707]

It's only happening at the Mosconi Cup. Don't extrapolate behaviors seen here to mean that the person acts in the same manner in other events. I don't see it anywhere else. It's all good fun here.

[@9BallBory]

1:28 the reason i dont like filler plays a great shot and continues to be cocky

[@lifeofeli99]

I think he doesn't witnessed how efren reyes played, being humble after executing never before seen shots

[@re-know251]

Im Bory SKOL

[@9BallBory]

@@re-know251 SKOL Brother

[@Tryo707]

Do you think he would do this outside the Mosconi Cup? I tend not to judge behaviors that only occur in this event and setting. It is a different place with different rules.

[@9BallBory]

@@Tryo707 Hes cocking and arrogant every match ive seen him play

[@Tryo707]

Can we have "Best Escapes" next please?

[@musichashirachim]

You can just watch Efren Reyes highlights.

[@anotherOneMore7]

I'm not sure why this happens, but it is always annoying to watch recent Mosconi Cup matches. Audiences are inevitably filled with low IQ a-holes, loudly farting and smelling their fingers for their own rancid stench. The only way to watch Mosconi matches is with the sound muted, or just skip it altogether.

[@samphilipp4997]

Then skip it fool.

[@anotherOneMore7]

@@samphilipp4997 if you like pool, it is impossible to avoid these constantly coming up on KZbin. Whether I watch it or not does not explain why the mosconi matches are like this and other tournaments are not. But thanks for your comment.. which you could easily have skipped...

[@samphilipp4997]

@@anotherOneMore7 OK I guess whatever you say but you are still a fool.

[@anotherOneMore7]

@@samphilipp4997 Ah now I understand. You are one of those members of the audience I was referring to. It all makes sense now.

[@samphilipp4997]

@@anotherOneMore7 Hey chump punk. You are a disgusting a-hole.

[@co7366]

Great video but some of the safeties are very simple and even lucky (cueball accidentally bumping another ball and going safe) wouldn't title it as "best". Still a great watch and thanks.

[@samphilipp4997]

Wait luck is a huge deal in 9 ball and if they were simple then you go become a pro. Shut up and take a seat.

[@kheirobenberrah]

I don't think that this 5:16 was a safety...

[@TimFromWales]

Filler played more snookers than anyone in that compilation and was cocky with it!👎

[@u2dva]

He's playing chicken game most of the time. It's his style (and probably the only way to win).

[@julle5417]

EU safe = boring US safe = WOOOOO YEAHHH YEEEA i love these 25iq MURICANS!

[@ThiccEagle]

Julle oof butt hurt lol

[@julle5417]

@@ThiccEagle u mad?

[@ThiccEagle]

Julle nah lol

[@samphilipp4997]

@@julle5417 You are a loser and go back to Europe punk.

[@julle5417]

@@samphilipp4997 hahhaha get a life u clown

[@zielaq87]

5:16 That wasn't safety :)

[@EasyRider247]

I agree with the crowd... Booooring

[@samphilipp4997]

Boring? Your name is Hill Billy so you shooting in your bum bar is 😴

[@EasyRider247]

Sam Philipp I would whoop your ass on a pool table, little boy...

[@mikkesoljama9486]

Wow! the USA crowd really have no decency left in them. They really start yelling boring whenever team Europe plays a safety shot and start cheering whenever team USA makes one. I know this isn't snooker but thats mad disrispectful.

[@samphilipp4997]

Europe does it too and a couple Europe boys live in the USA and filer isolated here during the covid bullshit virus. Filer is loser.

[@frenkliqorraj9238]

Eklent Kaci is the best🤫🤫🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇽🇰

[@macvonbulac3215]

Don say brilliant because efren reyes the magician is the only brilliant

[@MARSCANAM]

toxic audience

[@limeypride]

I LUUUV Pool--I prefer it to Snooker... but that's a talent-biased choice (i.e. I lack the talent for Snooker). So that said and having watched Snooker players do wayyyyyyyyy harder shit on a table that's over 12 feet long, I'm forced to say: this is kindergarten stuff. Focus these videos on the cool shit that Pool players pull off all the time like jump shots, stupid-level masse shots, squeeze shots, unbelievable canons, run-outs that just shouldn't have happened, etc... not this.

[@samphilipp4997]

You start playing pool and make it to the mosconi cup and then maybe you have an opinion on this kindergarten stuff lol.

[@limeypride]

​@@samphilipp4997 That's Mosconi Cup--it's a proper noun--show the tournament some respect. PS: why do trolls put "lol" at the end of anything confrontational? I assume you know... I am at a loss. Are you really saying that the safety shots shown here compete... seriously, are you?

[@samphilipp4997]

@@limeypride You aren't showing any respect so go sit in your corner and shut your trap.

[@limeypride]

Sam Philipp Oooh, good one, Sam. That sure told me. 😱 Did you watch some snooker yet?

[@samphilipp4997]

@@limeypride I've watched plenty of snooker and its an awesome game.