Evgeny Stalev 8 ball runout

[raymonnn]

impressive how you can play so good with a so awful stroke

[nvle5]

too easy

[SoCalDude805]

Can't wait to get my pool table :)

[no4emy4a]

ЭТО НАШ ЖЕНЯЯЯЯЯЯЯ!!!!!!!!!!

[alshares]

I do that all the time -.- " i do harder things .. fuck arab world ...

[pooljunky100]

He plays very well a runout can sometimes look difficult but its not really difficult its actualy very easy depending on your pattern. Pattern play is very very important and that's why pros make it seem easy cause they choose simple patterns.

[kos190]

guys he is profesional russian billard player, so a game like 8-ball or 9-ball isnt deficult for him :)

[zxz11322]

wow

[Hineteel]

Johnny Archer нервно курит))

[itsyaboytfine]

very good cue ball control, good player

[frozencloud17]

OWNED

[hermanocristian]

fantastic

[barmybarmy123]

i won a pool tournament im 14 played against some 16 y/o's

[castelloRu]

америкосы все ватники = ))

[olivercarlehed]

in 8-ball, if you pocket your opponent's ball, when you have made a correct shot and hit your ball first, is it a foul then? Or is it his turn, or do you get to continue?

[voltcorp]

In Brazil, it's the opponent's turn. Dunno about the official rules, though.

[PerfectlyHonest]

@olivercarlehed So you're saying he gets both your ball and your opponents ball in a hole in one shot?? and you make contact with your type of ball first??

well I think that depends on the rules, but I think most of the rules are it's the opponents turn

[olivercarlehed]

yeah I think so too, but I've read a couple of rules on the internet, and no one says anything about this (?)

[fastr1337]

na thats fine. as long as you hit your ball first

[girlsplus1]

@olivercarlehed I play in a pool league (Canadian services) which uses "Valley rules". In this game, that is a legal shot.

[chilermaster]

SHIT BREAK SHIT FACE

[toymachine2k]

it was a good break if you knew anything about pool its not about getting a ball in on the break its about setting it up so that you have shots afterwards L2P pool and not shots you retard

[chilermaster]

you failed at life the break is shit because 1. no cue control 2. no technique 3. nothing goes in  and you say the break was good?? do us a favor and kill yourself

[afrodog99]

@chilermaster

Lol you cannot help how a break goes. Even the best of players, with the hardest breaks might not pot, it is a game of chance. so

1. learn your game before you believe you can relate to it, 2 prove to me you can pot after EVERY BREAK on EVERY TABLE before you say it is shit and 3. Clear at every opportunity if you are so good and hence why aren't you World Champion??

Do us a favour and learn how to play the game before commenting ....

[pigdisposal]

in 9 ball the break is Biggggggg! You need to get your ass kicked in a tournament to snap you out of your little "game of chance theory". of course you wont always be succesful but its about doing the most you can to beef up your chances. If your break isnt succesful, you cant ever break and clear. If you never break and clear, its night night if the feild is any good. Simple!

[SnareBuff]

How are you supposed to have shots afterwards if you don't make a ball? There's a few things about the break that every player needs to accomplish: making a ball on the break, controlling the cueball, and having a shot on the next ball. The first two are the most important, but the biggest point is to make a ball.

[lsd161]

Сталев лучший мировой игрок а ты тупой))

[daveyboy19841]

this is the hardest thing to do in pool. in snooker its a 147. its not hard to work out which is the best game. but i sill love to play pool maybe its more fun.

[SnareBuff]

Running out in pool isn't the hardest thing to do. Playing a perfect match is the hardest thing to do. Scoring 1.000 on Accustats, running out a set, playing perfect safeties. Those are some of the hardest things to do in pool. I will admit snooker is a challenging game, and no doubt bred for competition, but there are things equally as hard in pool. Running 147 and higher in straight pool can be compared to a 147 break in snooker. But it's all apples and oranges.

[briggy1979]

Nice shot at 1:12. I've played both UK 8-ball, Snooker and U.S. 8-ball and 9-ball to a decent amateur standard. Snook is without doubt the most skillful but game UK players shouldn't be fooled into thinking U.S. pool is easy. Rail shots are most definitely easier but It's all about taking your chances when you get them. U.S. 8-ball is extremely attack minded with little room for safety/tactics. You don't take your first chance against a good player and you're punished.

[rbferty]

It was an easy break, any half decent player could have done that.

[W16isrock]

EXCELLENT!!!

[kadei7]

He better run that out. I know tons of good amateur players who could run that out with consistency.

[jillybean787]

This guy is very good! Watch him play russian pyramid. People think this run out is so easy but it's so easy in 8 ball to lose position on a ball and lose the crucial angle.

[astonvillafcdean]

wow I could have cleaned them with one arm behind my back and both eyes taped shut

[SnareBuff]

Let me say a few final things to the snooker people here who like to bash pool.. You all say how giant a snooker table is right? Guess what, more surface means less clusters and obstruction. The balls are smaller so it's not like the smaller cut pockets are not accomodating. You're all familiar with the 147 break correct? Back and forth in a cluster and down table and back to finish. That's 14.1 straight pool here, and it happens every game. It's no rarity. Have a dose of your own medicine hmm?

[joewizard100]

ok accept in pool the pockets are like buckets, in snooker you have to be more accurate and you cant hit it off the side rail before going in the pocket else you will miss. I also play pool by the way so don't judge !

[SnareBuff]

Like buckets? They may seem that way compared to snooker pockets, but don't forget you're using pool balls, not snooker balls. If you're using a snooker ball on a pool table it's gonna seem like a bucket, but the balls are bigger in pool, so the pocket size is different. On top of that, if you know how to aim, accuracy is always there. Cutting a ball on a snooker table and on a pool table are the exact same. Line up the shot and execute. There's no difference.

[joewizard100]

accept you can hit the ball into the side rail first before the pockets knuckle, so they are buckets. i could take one out and use it as a rubbish bin =P "Why is it that it's never the pros saying stupid things like this? It's always the YouTube experts behind their keyboards to who know everything..." Welcome to the internet.

[SnareBuff]

You can only hit the rail first if it's the proper angle and the right speed. It doesn't mean you don't have to be accurate, it means you have the possibility to cheat the pocket a little more, and possibly to get lucky if you happen to hit it bad.

[joewizard100]

ya true, i love playing pool though. I don't get how some people think it's boring. If I had a good challenger I could go in a pub and play them all day. Great game i love it :)

[SnareBuff]

The biggest problem in snooker is that people are intimidated by the size of the table, thinking distance is gonna kill them. You may have a bit more area for cloth dirt to screw you up, but the fact remains the same: if you line up the shot and execute it as it's supposed to, you'll always make the shot, everything else is operator error.

Why is it that it's never the pros saying stupid things like this? It's always the YouTube experts behind their keyboards to who know everything...

[AlTarik]

British always compare Snooker to Pool. And they believe Snooker is more accurate than Pool. Let me tell you one thing. In Pool you can play 9 ball, 8ball, 10ball , 15ball, One Pocket, Straight Pool (14.1), and many more to write it...This is the reason why many people choose Pool than Snooker because Snooker has only one game. If you dare come here in Japan and I will kick your Ass...

[joewizard100]

i would love to go to japan but im not rich enough :P

[kuumakolli]

very easy

[j4m1e1992]

you all chat shit lol there 2 different games and thats the end of it

[howardsin2002]

the techniques and strengths required in snooker and pool are simply different. there are many patterns in pool which a snooker players can't see, and also the balls making, while it is a fact that snooker players are much more accurate and technically sound.numerous snooker players played in pool competitions, but few made it to the top. same with pool players going into snooker too. they are just 2 different games of the same family.

[tmazz85]

Wow, you're a bunch of pompous douchebags. This guy could whoop your asses at snooker too

[krayzeepenis]

its the truth...pool is a kids game...to play it properly doesnt require much skill or practice....there wasnt one difficult shot played inthis clip,and no he didnt just make it look easy...it IS easy.

[SnareBuff]

Is that true now? Are you an expert in cuesports? Or are you just like all the other snooker favoring pool bashers that think they know everything? To say that pool doesn't require any skill or practice is absolutely false. I hate how you people think that you know everything about cuesports and how they're played, yet when you speak you can tell that you know nothing. Just drop the shit already would you? You make yourself look foolish.

[krayzeepenis]

nothing special about that..yawn...any half capable snooker player could do that with a brush handle...boring.

[cityof50cent]

That's true.. snooker is some thing professional ... for a snooker player ..billiards is game of child...snooker is very hard ... for snooker you need to be accurate... with perfect Stance...with perfect Bridge.. but billiard needs no stance nor a single bridge...... :)

[SnareBuff]

A game of child is it? There's no such thing as a perfect stance or perfect bridge. There's no set standard of perfection. A perfect stance and perfect bridge is a stance and bridge comfortable to the player, and nothing more. Yes in snooker you need to be accurate, but you need to be accurate in pool (or 3 cushion) also. You can't just fire at a ball and expect to make it. A straight stroke is the basic necessity for snooker, as all games. If you can't shoot straight, you won't succeed anywhere

[SnareBuff]

So get off your own high horse and back down into reality. If you shoot straight, you can succeed in any cue sport because you have the basic necessity for the game. If you don't shoot straight, you can't play position. If you don't shoot straight, you can't play safe. Lose the elitist point of view and understand that all cuesports are equal. Why is it that the pros never say things like this? It's only the YouTube watchers that carry the snooker flag who say these ignorant things..

[krayzeepenis]

i play snooker and pool,lots of different variations too so i know pool aswell...i just didnt find anything good or exciting about this boring string of pots,ive made 1000,s of these kind of finishes..snooker players play terrible safeties?!?now THATS an ignorant comment..

[daw8wang]

The appreciation here is to see how easy he made it look. Its not a hard out except for the nudge on the one ball for a shot in the corner. But he did it beautifully.

snooker players do play bad safeties. They think leaving distance or having a couple of blocking balls in the way would be good enough (which is the case in snooker), but in pool it isnt especially at higher levels.

a lot of times if the ball is not frozen, it's just giving ur opponent a chance back at the table.

[vafangulu3x]

basic- do that on a diomand table. and all these snooker retards, u dont like pool dont watch u british fucks.

[iitem8]

i could do that and im only 15 :)

[BartjeOstend]

Basic stuff :-) Watch my videos " BartjeOstend " and see how we do it in Belgium :-)

[ajroyle1]

Not impressed

[nickwade1]

half of my Pub could do that

[quickmantan]

ofcourse so can i, but pool so easy play snooker if ya think ya good, he cleared up nothing more he could of done...

[lemonite1]

Thats Evgeny Stalev, one of the top money players in the world. He plays Russian Pyramids, which involves billiard balls on a snooker table, much harder than snooker. I'm tired of you nuthugging snooker players thinking it's the only game when we've never seen you even play. Stalev will rob you at ANY game.

[quickmantan]

billiards is not harder than snooker.. its different,, billiards is by far easier to learna dn play

[lemonite1]

I'm speaking of Russian Billiards or Pyramids. BTW if billiards is so easy, how many can you run? You seem like a pro. What is your high run break at snooker? 3 Cushion? I still say Stalev would beat you or any of your mates at ANY game so long as its for da cheeze.

[quickmantan]

what cheeze cheddar cheeze.

i wasnt the guy slaggin him off i was sticking up for him.. it was the guy above me claiming anyone in his pub can do that..

but im just saying billiards aint harder than snooker..

pool is by far the easiest..

100 is my highest break,, should have been 131

[lemonite1]

If its easier than snooker for you then what is your high run? Straight Rail? 3 Cushion? Balk Line? If you can run 100 break at snooker, and you think billiards is easier, then I would pay to see you play billiards.

[quickmantan]

well if i trained in biiliards, it think it would take me a week to become good at it..

[LostInWonderland123]

He did make it look easy... but it wasn't a hard runout. No balls frozen. None were obstructed.. Nothing to drop your jaw about.

[xskinyx]

I disagree, check out his shot at 1:10. Seems simple enough but a ball like that could stop 9 out of 10 runouts.

[TheBatchGuy]

WOW! Amazing.. just wow. His technique is amazing as well as his motivation to stay focused... wow!

[japasetelagoas]

OUCH

[armen242]

staleeeeeeeeev lutshiiiiiiii  the best

[crazystim]

fucking crazy

!

[lemonite1]

ever seen this guy play pyramids? caroms?

[jburkhammer]

smooooooooooth!

[AiDaN2005]

any pool player in that calibre can clear an open table...made one shot look complicated too the one he kicked over a ball to passs tru the highball when he took that side shot...i would of put that one left buttom corner

[vafangulu3x]

it was a good spread on the break, i feel bad for the other fellow cause nothing dropped

[Hamstrell]

easy shots

[johnnyroc]

easy shots because he has amazing control of the cue ball. pros set up the next shot so they only end up shooting easy shots.

[SlimBiggins]

WOW that was the greatest thing i've ever seen...I wish I had 1% of that talent

[geilomat1337]

that is awsome!!!

[Texasrep89]

that was really good

[xxxkarloxxx]

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE BILLAS PERUANAS

[ta5172]

Damn fine runout. Very impressive. Excellent control of the cue ball. Made it look easy.

[syssi1]

Boring

[Masterpeerke]

Very Fking Nice

Evgeny is awesome and russian piramide is awesome..

[crazypiikkis]

Evgeny Stalev is originally a russian pyramid player.

If snooker makes pool look easy, then pyramid makes snooker look easy. The balls are bigger, and pockets so small that there's only about 2mm space when a ball goes in. Center pockets are slightly bigger.

Evgeny's cue action is actually extremely fine and accurate (and i think, beautiful) despite that it sometimes looks like a drunken madman trying to kill flies with the cue... Watch some of his pyramid games, he's naturally very talented.

[mimotan]

if the best pool player plays 100 frames at snooker with any snooker player from main tour he will lose all games, but if any snooker player plays 100 frames at pool with the best pool player , he'll win a lot of frames

[lnd3005]

Is this supposed to be impressive?

[dogromeo]

since i have been playing so much snooker the last years, 8 ball has become so easy for me i often end the frame with one visit

[phixxwutwut]

LOL

[superchico2]

pwned

[superchico2]

pwned

[beavishetfield]

No-one who wears a cueing glove actually wins anything do they?

[lnd3005]

Yes, they do.

[7scymw6]

Pool players have terrible cue actions. Whenever I've played 9 ball, people think I'm amazing, when I'm not really.  I'm a snooker player, and my cue action helps me be more accurate, none of this fizzing in and out like the guy breaking at the start of this video. Pool is so easy compared to snooker.

[Lukaz1989]

its a different game.. you cant compare soccer with running only because you need your feet for both sports..

[rickallen03]

he just kicked his ass

[fastlenny69]

What you guys are watching is a long bridge that he has that makes his cueing aka stroke look strange,its not your usual fundamentals,he strokes like the philipinos do with a long bridge,i imagine he picked it up there when he went there to get tuned up.

[taomangajin]

I think his cueing is quite horrendous to watch. Of course, if it works, wh change it but it is not a nice cue action at all :) (imo)

[tremblate]

I disagree. his shot is reductive instead of additive. for most shots the weight of the cue and your arm falling is plenty of pace, there's no need to 'push' with your tricep or wrist. less pushing, less tension, more accuracy. Again, opinion, but if I could copy someone's cueing it'd be his or O'sullivans.

[papadidy]

Егений Сталев, единственный и неповторимый!!!!!!

[Promise008]

i play normal uk pool i went to canada and played this the people thought i was great but hw can u miss :S da pockets r massive all there is really to figure out is the cue action wiv the white

[OsirisGOLAD]

Bad cueing, no break to 8-ball(so it's not a run) but it's a lot of pots in a row though.

[doccface]

Yehaw, lovely clearance. Pool can be so easy some times.

[laureadr147]

that is not a nice cue action!

[luculus88]

the first shot was impressive, the rest, he made them look easy, good clean clear

[kasusknaktus]

watch how evgeny stalev plays russian billards and explain to me plz why he behave so strange when he is playing?? maybe he do some psychological tactics to confuse his opponent?! plz check it out!

[andytaggart]

He couldn't chalk my cue

[italianovero220]

this guy would rob u if u played even. u obviously never heard of him cause u would know that hes a former russian national champion. ill back him if u wanna play some

[uchihay2g]

He was also on the ipt tour. I think he finished in the top 6. Don't forget he can play some serious 9 ball as well. He beat Warran kaimco in the US open in 2005

[italianovero220]

i know him from playin pool but i also know him from playin poker online. this guy can play jam up so people should do some research before heckling someone. thanks for the help uchihay2g.

[Ihatemyself3]

This guy can suck my fucker!

He's pretty good though :p

[muffindeingles]

Evgeny Stalev