if pool is so easy why do we not see snooker players dominating pool, yes snooker is a much harer game but english pool is not easy as it seems i play for england i know how this game is done and it is all not that easy it has many good players in it. :)
@StandFree11 why wouldnt they?, if mark could dominate im sure he would, it wouldnt be about the money, pride being the best bal player as well as snooker!! but if you did dominate you would still pocket a nice few quid
UK 8-ball is a game specific to a 7-foot table. If you play it on an 8 foot table I think it take the skill and nuances out of it. Just as American 8-ball isn't very interesting on a 7-foot table for different reasons.
A lot of people don't like UK 8-ball, but it is fun in it's own way.
@GreenApple968 because he could see that by going for yellow, he had a better chance at running the table and since he sunk them on the break he still had that option.
@GreenApple968 WHEN YOU POT ANY COILOUR OFF THE BREAK, YOU GET A CHOICE OF FREE TABLE AND CHOOSE WHATEVER COLOUR YOU WANT. YOU HAVE TO POT THE COLOUR YOU CHOOSE THOUGH OTHERWISE ITS A FREE TABLE AGAIN FOR YOUR OPPONENT! HOPE THIS HELPS AND BTW THESES HAVE BEEN POOL RULES FOR PAST 20 YEARS
If you are good at snooker then you can play pool. I'm pretty good at pool but awful at snooker! In my experience you never get a snooker player who can't play pool
@8down10 thats your opinion. aload of bollox but your intitle to it!! if you would rather more room, and huge pocket which seems hard to miss. then go for it.
@1478ball i dont think it is. every pool playing country in the world plays that type of pool except for the uk and for some reason i can never understand british people say that uk 8 ball is "proper pool." btw im english myself
@8down10 its a different sport, diff tables, course english play it, and have some of the best players in the world, 9 ball 10 ball. but english 8ball i find is alot more skilled and fun then on a 9ball table. and this type of pool is huge all over the world, just not in america and china, its played Internationale
@8down10 english 8-ball is played all over the world, and very popula. its a different sport to the american table. and different countrys play both, the america tables are still hugely popula in england and we have some awesome pro's up there in the world. the gb9ball tour is huge!!
because a snooker table is alot bigger than a pool table, there are ways of making difficult shots for an opponent, on a small pool table, one mistake and it could be an easy clearance. pool is easier to lose than snooker i think
for all who say: pool is so much easier than snooker, the table is so small and the pockets are so big... keep in mind that the balls in pool are also bigger, so the pocketsize is not realy an argument. also the balls are blocked more often by other balls. it`s two different games and it`s hard to be good at it in both of them.
LOL putting a snooker player against a pool player is like putting someone in the reasonably priced car (from top gear) against an F1 driver like Lewis hamilton lol. Selbys awesome I hope he wins more snooker tournaments
@richboy900 not quiet!! a pool player would beat a snooker player at pool!! as a snooker player would beat a pool player at snooker. but you have to ignor the fact mark is a snooker player also here!! at that present he was a pool player playing pool. alot of snooker players go into the 8ball world and think they would be hero's. its a good starter but still lots of work needed to become that hero you think you are!
@1478ball Fair enough, I did hear Selby plays a lot of pool anyway. I always would have thought a snooker player would find a pool table easy as its much smaller and the pockets are bigger. You are probably right tho, like I heard the cloth is different. Whether that's true or not I don't really know
@richboy900 its alot easier to adjust from snooker to pool, potting wise, but the angles r slightly diff, potting angle slightly diff due to smaller cue ball. but some snooker players would pick pool up quiet and be good quick, some wont. 8ball is alot more challenging then it looks sometimes. selby has played snooker and 8ball all his life, but if you look at andy hick. unberlieveable snooker played, 100's every frame in practice. went on pool tour and finished last!! peace!!
@jasminetomcat im pretty sure the size would be 7ft by 4 ft which is the usual regulation size. No in english pool the pools are smaller then in snooker at 2" except for the white which is 1" 7/8. Hope this helps :)
Why are the pockets so small? Thats not fair, pool tables should have pockets large enough to take "soccer" balls! This must be so much harder and more skillful to play then American pool?
I've been watching for the past hour Selby playing snooker on a 12 foot table and now, seeing this, I fully expect play-dough and hula-hoops to be scattered along the floor; you know, to match the miniature billiard table in which he's playing.
Exactly. That's why for example, straight pool's difficulty is a bit counter-intuitive at first, one would think that if you can pocket the balls at any order it makes the game very easy. But because your opponent has those choices too, it means that you must make the best out of every inning. And suddendly, running several racks isn't so easy anymore. Big part of difficulty in pool is that you have to solve all the positional problems at the table before you win.
@crazypiikkis That's the dumbest thing I've heard today. I play both but as you get better pool becomes quite boring simply because it is a much easier game to master, potting is childsplay...
@crazypiikkis I'm not talking about opponents, I'm talking about potting. It's not as interesting because there may not be a single change at the table, once you get to the table the game may very well be over, in snooker you are sure to get a second chance as an amateur, that's all I'm sayin, it's a lot more interesting and challenging, pool is simply too easy the table is too small and the balls are too big.
@KoivuTheHab ...and i was talking about tactics, remember? Said nothing about potting. Of course potting it is more difficult in snooker. That's why i didn't say something like: "actually pool requires more accuracy than snooker". Ps. if you like potting difficulty, try playing finnish Kaisa or russian Pyramid... About chances at the table, sure decent players can run out, that's why any self respecting pool match/tournament is played to several frames.
@KoivuTheHab Returning to my original comment about tactics, as cue sports go, snooker is pretty much a no brainer. Steve Davis said that snooker players are essentially potting machines. I guarantee that a good game of one pocket or straight pool or high level 8-ball is never boring to someone, who deeply understands what's going on. There's much more tactics involved.
@crazypiikkis I don't give a shit what Steve Davis did or did not say. Pool is a simple game, some like it and some don't, someone who is very interested in pool will no doubt enjoy a 'high level 8-ball game', however it's boring that you don't get to switch turn nearly as often, you may have to sit down for ages. I am talking primeraly abour amateurs now ofcourse. Snookering in pool is rarely a viable option which no doubt makes descission making much more interesting and complex.
@KoivuTheHab Fine, ignore the legend's comments. I'm sure you know much more of the subject than him. And anyone who claims that pool is a simple game, doesen't understand it. Otherwise we seem to agree. Good show.
@crazypiikkis you are right. i do agree that 9 ball is way too simple for professionals, in the case that the table is breaking very easily. but when breaking isn't easy, there are far more advanced tactical stuff in 9 ball than snooker, because one bad decision costs u the game. if safety play is a little off, then your opponent can pocket the ball. in snooker, given that there are no balls close to the pocket, safety play is really all about distance.
@crazypiikkis sure potting is no doubt easier in pool, but it goes both ways. if pool is so easy to learn, then it applies for your opponent as well. why not make a table that the pocket fits exactly 1 ball on a 20 foot table? that would be difficult right? however, every game has its simple parts and difficult parts, but cue sports is a game for 2 players, the difficulty of the game applies to both players, so i dont see how one can can be "better" than the other just because its more difficult
Pool is a great game, but i just think that snooker has more to offer. To be good and consistant at snooker requires more practice and better cueing action.
Always love the Selby and O Sullivan matches, Shame Ronnie has a few head troubles but Selby is deffo a future WC, But I fancy Graham Dott in this years Champs
@coltsuperocean10 i used to think the same about American pool but then i found out that you have to nominate each ball before you pot it. Pot a ball that you have not nominated and its a foul. Thats 8 ball. For 9 ball the super fast American tables and larger pockets are a must.
you know who i love to see playing this 8-ball pool is ronnie o sullivan and see if he can do what selby did win the world 8-ball pool it be so good for the game and that i say he make a clearances like no one in the world could i would say
why would they be serious in playing a game designed for kids?
only dumb americans would ever think pool is a professional competitive game. fact is, while an amateur would have almost 0 chance against o'sullivan on a snooker table, he would have an even chance against him on a pool table, simply because the game's design is underpinned by dumb luck and not skill.
And how many pool players do you see being successful (or even competing) at major snooker tournaments? Zero. Snooker players are competative at major pool tournaments, even though it's not their first game. There is a high degree of skill in both games but I think it takes most ability and skill to be competing amongst the top flight in professional snooker.
@Goodison555 Depends on what ability and skill one's talking about. Make a long pot, sure. If that were all there is to it. But: watch some Efren Reyes matches, and you'll see a kind of creativity that is entirely pool's own. The problem is simple: try and beat someone like him on a table on which pocketing the object ball is not the main problem. It's a totally different game. For the record: Ebdon and O'Sullivan report his Snooker game is jaw-dropping. He probably finds Snooker boring, though.
@Goodison555 By the way, when I say boring, I do not mean to talk Snooker down. For us pool players it's just so repetitive: every other cue ball position is on a ball not just out in the open, but respotted in the same place. As far as pattern play goes, Snooker is about as much easier to grasp (and plan ahead) as pool as it is in pool to pocket any single ball. Unfortunately modern professional pool players have become much more risk-averse - in contrast to modern Snooker pros, ironically.
@Goodison555 mate your right in what you say, but dont think any snooker player would walk on the table and beat a pool player!! what you dont relise most pool players are x snooker players anyway, but it dont make them the best!! andy hick great snooker player, but ranked last on the pool tour!! ive had 13maxs on the snooker table but now play pro 8ball! mark selby has played pool his whole life is why he is so good, not just the fact he is a snooker player!!
hes some pool and snooker player, but i bet we wont c him back playing pool for another while with his snooker doing so well. maybe quintan hann might come back , scince he cant go back to snooker;;
lol, how many snooker players have tried pool and never won a thing? thats bc pool is not about shot making but cue ball control off the rails. try one pocket, lets see how much snooker skill helps. ignorant comments by ignorant people
I wouldn't say that exactly as pool is a very fast paced game I generally prefer snooker too mainly because it's more tactical but pool is still a good game
@outdoorpooltable you'er the dumb one I think I've played both games and pool is definetely the faster of the 2 becauawe I'vw ecompleted pool frames in 5/10 minutes snoker frames usually take twice that swometimes 30-45 minutes you clearly fon't follow either game or play them
@sjsharp2007 i used to play pool for county and I'm now a full time snooker player. I think I know what I'm talking about. In snooker the players get in a rhythm once in the balls where they're playing a shot every 10 seconds or so. In pool it is comonplace for players to take nearly a minute on EVERY SINGLE SHOT. This is because pool is FAR MORE TACTICAL than snooker, not the other way round. The games themselves may be faster but to watch it's very slow paced.
@outdoorpooltable I guess it's all down to what you experience then I suppose because usually when I play pool I can see straightaway which shot I need toplay when I play snooker this isn't always the case I've lost count of the times I've changed my mind on what shot to play
@sjsharp2007 snooker has almost 3 times as many balls to pot than pool, so obviously the total game speed is gonna vary considerably, its not the speed of the frame but the speed of each shot that makes the difference between the two, and i have been playin league pool for 11/12 years now so please dont tell me i dont know either, lol
@hamoostaffat had to come back to ammend that last comment its actually 5 times as many balls to pot so take the basic 5-10 mins for a pool frame that should become in comparison 25-50mins more if you get a bad split or miss a shot, plus if you mess a shot in pool you have a limited amount of space for it to be ok on a snooker table you have a much wider room for error, try 'playing' pool and not messin about with mates before you go tellin people that do play they know nothin
@hamoostaffat actually it's only 6 more balls involved in snooker than in pool not twice as many I know this as I have counted them and I never said that to you I said it to the other guy before he told me he played the game himself for me I jusat find snooker the better game as for me I find it the more tactical of the 2 as t me pool isbasically just pot your balls befiore the other guy gets his
@sjsharp2007 umm how the hell did you come to the fact its 6 more balls? there are 8 balls to pot on a pool table right, there are the 15 reds then the followin 15 colours then the next 6 so that makes a total of 36 balls to a total of 8, 8x4 is 32 so there is 4 times more balls to pot on a snooker table, (sry not 5 times) so when did you count them? and sry i thought this was the internet, that means whatever you say in a comment gives anybody else the right to comment back which i did
@sjsharp2007 and yes, you did say that to another dude, but first you went shoutin your mouth off about how he doesnt know anythign EVEN AFTER he said he played, so im sry you feel like i shouldnt have said anything and if you feel like that i suggest you dont comment on anything anymore, that is what comments are for.
@hamoostaffat no I didn't I said that I just find from my ow2n experiences that snooker was the more tactical game and that we'd have to agree to disagrewe on this as I find pool to be a quick short game and yes I know about the fact you have to go for a colour after each red I do play the game I was just talking about the layout in terms of the layout there are only 6 more balls
LOL, pool is such a joke of a game for snooker players. When you make breaks on a snooker table, potting on a pool table becomes something like throwing marbles into buckets.
I'm an Aussie and a big Nunan fan, but that was beautiful to watch. Lovely cue ball control. Pool and snooker are totally different games and they both have their own skill sets. It's very obvious here that Selby is no stranger to a pool table as the announcers allude to.
snooker is far more tactical. it also takes much more skill. as you can see a snooker play has no problem on a pool table. but they are different games
i myself have played in pool leagues but i much prefer snooker because of the tactical aspect
also it is much better than the American pool tables as the pockets are of a smaller size
i too play both games but to me the level of difficulty is the same; they are both against human player. not likely a top snooker player play against a top pool player and has a greater chance of winning, or the other way round.
to be exaggerate, its like comparing ping pong and tennis. no offence. =)
well you are just exposing what kind of a person you are. words doesn't hurt and i am not gonna reply anymore to rubbish like you. just to remind you to stop being a disgrace of your country and family. i am not even going to call you names, the rest have their eyes to see. 32-year-old.
i wouldnt agree that snooker is more tactical or that snooker is more complexed, if you play at a decent level it is just as tactical/complexed/skillful as snooker and more exciting to watch.
Thing is, you don't need to a genius to see that the transferrable skills form snooker to pool are much more than vice versa. You don't get too many pool players who are good at snooker. Its normally the other way round. Table size is an obvious reason.
This is the first time I've seen Selby play pool. I'm not a huge pool fan but I love Snooker. Saying that, it's so strange to see Selby on a Pool table rather than a Snooker table. However, I think he enjoys his snooker more. It's more complex
I do love snooker and I think it is a better game than pool but pool is a very good game still and is a lot of fun. Snooker is a whole new dimension though, more tactical aswell.
pool is a bag of piss!! i used to play alot but then i played a real game (snooker) and now i play that alot. people who play pool should play snooker!!!!!!!! By the way shitty american pool is a billion times easier than this!!!!!!!
It becomes hard if you play the right shot, but unfortunatly come to a compromise for your next shot. (getting snookered as an example) leaving your opponent a possibility to clear the table.
QUE BUENO ES MARK SELBY
tanibar 1 day ago
how shit does the table sound compared to snooker!
TheVidEdit 6 days ago
easy game im 14 my dad owns a pub ive been playing pool since i was five and i win a game easy.
ConorSmileyFace 1 month ago
What a shitty little game haha give me snooker any day
aidencurl 1 month ago
I'm not use to seeing Mark Selby standing around such a small table
azinger07 1 month ago
is it me, or is this the longest game of pool you've ever seen...especially considering that they are professionals? lol
VLOGMike 1 month ago
Ben Nunan,his 3 brothers,his mum and dad disliked this video.
damob08mcfc 1 month ago
is this the same cat that plays snooker
DAJAZDJ1 2 months ago
End of the game...... anyone got a 50p?
thatciggaweed 3 months ago 23
@thatciggaweed Its a fucking pound by us
MrCrusader363 1 month ago
1:10 guy in crowd :D comon the hoops lol
josephm9216 3 months ago
thumbs up if u know how to play snake on utube videos
L3pO1 3 months ago
Snooker players should find pool a walk in the park!
Scouserrrr08 5 months ago
pool is easy... who cant clear the table most times.. simple
vteckicksarse 5 months ago
@vteckicksarse snooker is easier
1478ball 5 months ago
@vteckicksarse
if pool is so easy why do we not see snooker players dominating pool, yes snooker is a much harer game but english pool is not easy as it seems i play for england i know how this game is done and it is all not that easy it has many good players in it. :)
lpsfamous 3 months ago
@lpsfamous Its a piece of piss, who do you play for? England? I dont know you. Anyway good comment although ait of fibbing.
CarpMagic95 2 months ago
@lpsfamous Why on earth would snookers players want to try dominate a game where there is no where near as much money in it?
StandFree11 2 months ago
@StandFree11 why wouldnt they?, if mark could dominate im sure he would, it wouldnt be about the money, pride being the best bal player as well as snooker!! but if you did dominate you would still pocket a nice few quid
1478ball 3 weeks ago
What is the point of this game on an 8x4 table? Takes the skill of navigating a lot of spots out of it.
dtwplaya 7 months ago
@dtwplaya what do you mean?. im pretty sure that this is a normal pool table. The only other one i know is a Billiard table which is much bigger.
halflife103 6 months ago
@halflife103
UK 8-ball is a game specific to a 7-foot table. If you play it on an 8 foot table I think it take the skill and nuances out of it. Just as American 8-ball isn't very interesting on a 7-foot table for different reasons.
A lot of people don't like UK 8-ball, but it is fun in it's own way.
dtwplaya 6 months ago
@dtwplaya it makes it harder on a smaller table as less room for error. it dont reduce the skill not at all,
1478ball 5 months ago
Why did he start potting yellows even though he potted red first?
GreenApple968 7 months ago
@GreenApple968 because he could see that by going for yellow, he had a better chance at running the table and since he sunk them on the break he still had that option.
PhilDesigns 7 months ago
@GreenApple968 WHEN YOU POT ANY COILOUR OFF THE BREAK, YOU GET A CHOICE OF FREE TABLE AND CHOOSE WHATEVER COLOUR YOU WANT. YOU HAVE TO POT THE COLOUR YOU CHOOSE THOUGH OTHERWISE ITS A FREE TABLE AGAIN FOR YOUR OPPONENT! HOPE THIS HELPS AND BTW THESES HAVE BEEN POOL RULES FOR PAST 20 YEARS
lewnik69 3 months ago
If you are good at snooker then you can play pool. I'm pretty good at pool but awful at snooker! In my experience you never get a snooker player who can't play pool
Malfidi 8 months ago
let's face it. we play pool when we're too pissed to play snooker
mertz123 8 months ago 98
@mertz123 snooker - sucky game
rumiyoceva 8 months ago
british 8 ball is awful. people should play international pool or snooker instead
8down10 8 months ago
@8down10 thats your opinion. aload of bollox but your intitle to it!! if you would rather more room, and huge pocket which seems hard to miss. then go for it.
1478ball 8 months ago
@1478ball i dont think it is. every pool playing country in the world plays that type of pool except for the uk and for some reason i can never understand british people say that uk 8 ball is "proper pool." btw im english myself
8down10 7 months ago
@8down10 its a different sport, diff tables, course english play it, and have some of the best players in the world, 9 ball 10 ball. but english 8ball i find is alot more skilled and fun then on a 9ball table. and this type of pool is huge all over the world, just not in america and china, its played Internationale
1478ball 7 months ago
@8down10 english 8-ball is played all over the world, and very popula. its a different sport to the american table. and different countrys play both, the america tables are still hugely popula in england and we have some awesome pro's up there in the world. the gb9ball tour is huge!!
1478ball 7 months ago
anyone can win at pool! when i was 16 i was 17th in england! i remember beating selby at prestatyn wales years ago!
cambjay007 8 months ago
because a snooker table is alot bigger than a pool table, there are ways of making difficult shots for an opponent, on a small pool table, one mistake and it could be an easy clearance. pool is easier to lose than snooker i think
mrjohnbutler 8 months ago
selby looks well young here
stillmatic117 9 months ago
Pool is good fun, but snooker is to pool what pool is to noughts and crosses (or tick-tack-toe as it's otherwise known)
DSFalcon47 9 months ago
i think they should change the ball colours or table colour, im a veteran pool player but always thought the colours clashed
shakin2011 9 months ago
So small table after snooker, lol.
KorsarNik 9 months ago
though pool may be easier than snooker, it is not an easy game by any means
gatormuffin26 9 months ago
for all who say: pool is so much easier than snooker, the table is so small and the pockets are so big... keep in mind that the balls in pool are also bigger, so the pocketsize is not realy an argument. also the balls are blocked more often by other balls. it`s two different games and it`s hard to be good at it in both of them.
PeacemakerJP86 9 months ago
omg its nunan haha he is a legend. i didnt even know selby played pool
MrWoody222 10 months ago
LOL putting a snooker player against a pool player is like putting someone in the reasonably priced car (from top gear) against an F1 driver like Lewis hamilton lol. Selbys awesome I hope he wins more snooker tournaments
richboy900 10 months ago
@richboy900 not quiet!! a pool player would beat a snooker player at pool!! as a snooker player would beat a pool player at snooker. but you have to ignor the fact mark is a snooker player also here!! at that present he was a pool player playing pool. alot of snooker players go into the 8ball world and think they would be hero's. its a good starter but still lots of work needed to become that hero you think you are!
1478ball 10 months ago
@1478ball Fair enough, I did hear Selby plays a lot of pool anyway. I always would have thought a snooker player would find a pool table easy as its much smaller and the pockets are bigger. You are probably right tho, like I heard the cloth is different. Whether that's true or not I don't really know
richboy900 10 months ago
@richboy900 its alot easier to adjust from snooker to pool, potting wise, but the angles r slightly diff, potting angle slightly diff due to smaller cue ball. but some snooker players would pick pool up quiet and be good quick, some wont. 8ball is alot more challenging then it looks sometimes. selby has played snooker and 8ball all his life, but if you look at andy hick. unberlieveable snooker played, 100's every frame in practice. went on pool tour and finished last!! peace!!
1478ball 10 months ago
it's great to see such a gifted snooker player showing his skill at pool
ve9jonny 11 months ago
anyone know the dimensions of the table? also, the balls look snooker size - am i right?
jasminetomcat 11 months ago
@jasminetomcat im pretty sure the size would be 7ft by 4 ft which is the usual regulation size. No in english pool the pools are smaller then in snooker at 2" except for the white which is 1" 7/8. Hope this helps :)
Daninater567 11 months ago
Playing Pool against a Snooker player is a BAD idea :D:D
Hatimoooo 11 months ago
The referee must be RETARDED for not having a bridge for the players.
azoldtime09 1 year ago
who hired the American? :/
boomyakasha 1 year ago
@boomyakasha Jim is Canadian!
kevycanavan 11 months ago
Did anyone else think that the preview picture for the video was a bird playing pool?
mastermariooo 1 year ago
Why are the pockets so small? Thats not fair, pool tables should have pockets large enough to take "soccer" balls! This must be so much harder and more skillful to play then American pool?
coltsuperocean10 1 year ago
Why is the table so small?
leoandsan 1 year ago
I've been watching for the past hour Selby playing snooker on a 12 foot table and now, seeing this, I fully expect play-dough and hula-hoops to be scattered along the floor; you know, to match the miniature billiard table in which he's playing.
BoundaryShift 1 year ago
what kinda stick is that?
FlyBoyKhi 1 year ago
Exactly. That's why for example, straight pool's difficulty is a bit counter-intuitive at first, one would think that if you can pocket the balls at any order it makes the game very easy. But because your opponent has those choices too, it means that you must make the best out of every inning. And suddendly, running several racks isn't so easy anymore. Big part of difficulty in pool is that you have to solve all the positional problems at the table before you win.
crazypiikkis 1 year ago
Hands up who guessed the order!
eleuthromania 1 year ago
snooker shits all over pool but everyone still enjoys a game of pool.
andos8888 1 year ago
every snooker player will beat any pool player
saimenz31 1 year ago
@saimenz31 false statement
breytex 1 year ago
why does mark selby always have shit haircut
johnykoop 1 year ago
how do you get a good break in english casue ive been taking it serious for a few months now but my break wreckin my whole game anytips????
dougiepoolable 1 year ago
Pool is actally much more tactical than snooker...
crazypiikkis 1 year ago
@crazypiikkis That's the dumbest thing I've heard today. I play both but as you get better pool becomes quite boring simply because it is a much easier game to master, potting is childsplay...
KoivuTheHab 1 year ago
@KoivuTheHab If pool is too easy for you, go find better opponents.
I just repeat what Steve Davis himself said about the issue...
crazypiikkis 1 year ago
@crazypiikkis I'm not talking about opponents, I'm talking about potting. It's not as interesting because there may not be a single change at the table, once you get to the table the game may very well be over, in snooker you are sure to get a second chance as an amateur, that's all I'm sayin, it's a lot more interesting and challenging, pool is simply too easy the table is too small and the balls are too big.
KoivuTheHab 1 year ago
@KoivuTheHab ...and i was talking about tactics, remember? Said nothing about potting. Of course potting it is more difficult in snooker. That's why i didn't say something like: "actually pool requires more accuracy than snooker". Ps. if you like potting difficulty, try playing finnish Kaisa or russian Pyramid... About chances at the table, sure decent players can run out, that's why any self respecting pool match/tournament is played to several frames.
crazypiikkis 1 year ago
@KoivuTheHab Returning to my original comment about tactics, as cue sports go, snooker is pretty much a no brainer. Steve Davis said that snooker players are essentially potting machines. I guarantee that a good game of one pocket or straight pool or high level 8-ball is never boring to someone, who deeply understands what's going on. There's much more tactics involved.
crazypiikkis 1 year ago
@crazypiikkis I don't give a shit what Steve Davis did or did not say. Pool is a simple game, some like it and some don't, someone who is very interested in pool will no doubt enjoy a 'high level 8-ball game', however it's boring that you don't get to switch turn nearly as often, you may have to sit down for ages. I am talking primeraly abour amateurs now ofcourse. Snookering in pool is rarely a viable option which no doubt makes descission making much more interesting and complex.
KoivuTheHab 1 year ago
@KoivuTheHab Fine, ignore the legend's comments. I'm sure you know much more of the subject than him. And anyone who claims that pool is a simple game, doesen't understand it. Otherwise we seem to agree. Good show.
crazypiikkis 1 year ago
@crazypiikkis you are right. i do agree that 9 ball is way too simple for professionals, in the case that the table is breaking very easily. but when breaking isn't easy, there are far more advanced tactical stuff in 9 ball than snooker, because one bad decision costs u the game. if safety play is a little off, then your opponent can pocket the ball. in snooker, given that there are no balls close to the pocket, safety play is really all about distance.
vincentwu 1 year ago
@crazypiikkis sure potting is no doubt easier in pool, but it goes both ways. if pool is so easy to learn, then it applies for your opponent as well. why not make a table that the pocket fits exactly 1 ball on a 20 foot table? that would be difficult right? however, every game has its simple parts and difficult parts, but cue sports is a game for 2 players, the difficulty of the game applies to both players, so i dont see how one can can be "better" than the other just because its more difficult
vincentwu 1 year ago
I like the fact he plays county pool as well. Imagine coming up against him in a local match.
monkeyboydai 1 year ago
it this 8 ball?
Bossiiiii 1 year ago
@Webber147 thank you
simont1984 1 year ago
this may just be me being an idiot, but how could maek choose yellow after potting 2 reds off the break?
simont1984 1 year ago
wow them pool balls are well clean!
GuitarHeroAddict001 1 year ago 32
@GuitarHeroAddict001 nothing like your local shithole !!! or mine lol
SlappingDon 1 year ago
@SlappingDon club stumpy
RockOFFDean 1 year ago
@RockOFFDean can 1 legged people still play pool !!! ? ? ?
SlappingDon 1 year ago
Pool is a great game, but i just think that snooker has more to offer. To be good and consistant at snooker requires more practice and better cueing action.
FinoSnookerClub 1 year ago
He was using a snooker cue !!
Dantever123 1 year ago
Hope of becoming a professional player would require me to play it at the level of tyro, or Msnoy unprofessionally ,,,,, hahahahahaha
nobil1968 1 year ago
Looks like the break may be the toughest part in this game?
LeonFleisherFan 1 year ago
y does the table look tiny?
Sworn90 1 year ago
Always love the Selby and O Sullivan matches, Shame Ronnie has a few head troubles but Selby is deffo a future WC, But I fancy Graham Dott in this years Champs
ukogmickey 1 year ago
The Jester from Leicester
Dmitro22ll 1 year ago
why was he allowed to pot the yellow even tho he potted two reds?
RollinRock 1 year ago
@RollinRock i think when you pot any ball of the break you get to choose your colour
barmybarmy123 1 year ago
@RollinRock because it a free table if you pot off the break
craigwiganlatics 1 year ago
Proper pool!! Not like that shit you get in the USA!! Big table, big pockets, smack it and hope, no skill bollocks!!
coltsuperocean10 1 year ago
HA TOUCHE MATE!
pistolpeeroy 1 year ago
@coltsuperocean10 i used to think the same about American pool but then i found out that you have to nominate each ball before you pot it. Pot a ball that you have not nominated and its a foul. Thats 8 ball. For 9 ball the super fast American tables and larger pockets are a must.
Jamyduff 1 year ago
might be a silly question but what size table are they playing on?
BattyFreeStyler 1 year ago
you know who i love to see playing this 8-ball pool is ronnie o sullivan and see if he can do what selby did win the world 8-ball pool it be so good for the game and that i say he make a clearances like no one in the world could i would say
gateopenope 1 year ago
why would they be serious in playing a game designed for kids?
only dumb americans would ever think pool is a professional competitive game. fact is, while an amateur would have almost 0 chance against o'sullivan on a snooker table, he would have an even chance against him on a pool table, simply because the game's design is underpinned by dumb luck and not skill.
trinomialtree 1 year ago
And how many pool players do you see being successful (or even competing) at major snooker tournaments? Zero. Snooker players are competative at major pool tournaments, even though it's not their first game. There is a high degree of skill in both games but I think it takes most ability and skill to be competing amongst the top flight in professional snooker.
Goodison555 1 year ago
@Goodison555 Depends on what ability and skill one's talking about. Make a long pot, sure. If that were all there is to it. But: watch some Efren Reyes matches, and you'll see a kind of creativity that is entirely pool's own. The problem is simple: try and beat someone like him on a table on which pocketing the object ball is not the main problem. It's a totally different game. For the record: Ebdon and O'Sullivan report his Snooker game is jaw-dropping. He probably finds Snooker boring, though.
LeonFleisherFan 1 year ago
@Goodison555 By the way, when I say boring, I do not mean to talk Snooker down. For us pool players it's just so repetitive: every other cue ball position is on a ball not just out in the open, but respotted in the same place. As far as pattern play goes, Snooker is about as much easier to grasp (and plan ahead) as pool as it is in pool to pocket any single ball. Unfortunately modern professional pool players have become much more risk-averse - in contrast to modern Snooker pros, ironically.
LeonFleisherFan 1 year ago
@Goodison555 mate your right in what you say, but dont think any snooker player would walk on the table and beat a pool player!! what you dont relise most pool players are x snooker players anyway, but it dont make them the best!! andy hick great snooker player, but ranked last on the pool tour!! ive had 13maxs on the snooker table but now play pro 8ball! mark selby has played pool his whole life is why he is so good, not just the fact he is a snooker player!!
1478ball 1 year ago
hes some pool and snooker player, but i bet we wont c him back playing pool for another while with his snooker doing so well. maybe quintan hann might come back , scince he cant go back to snooker;;
pokeraladin 2 years ago
lol, how many snooker players have tried pool and never won a thing? thats bc pool is not about shot making but cue ball control off the rails. try one pocket, lets see how much snooker skill helps. ignorant comments by ignorant people
vafangulu3x 2 years ago
tony drago is quite sucessful, ronnie was quite good back in the early 90's
aznelf13 2 years ago
can just tell by your ignorant comments that you are an uneducated american nigger.
trinomialtree 1 year ago
compared to snooker, pool is very borin
albernerhelge 2 years ago
I wouldn't say that exactly as pool is a very fast paced game I generally prefer snooker too mainly because it's more tactical but pool is still a good game
sjsharp2007 2 years ago 28
@sjsharp2007 pool is far more tactical than snooker and snooker is faster than pool. dumb cunt.
outdoorpooltable 1 year ago
@outdoorpooltable you'er the dumb one I think I've played both games and pool is definetely the faster of the 2 becauawe I'vw ecompleted pool frames in 5/10 minutes snoker frames usually take twice that swometimes 30-45 minutes you clearly fon't follow either game or play them
sjsharp2007 1 year ago
@sjsharp2007 i used to play pool for county and I'm now a full time snooker player. I think I know what I'm talking about. In snooker the players get in a rhythm once in the balls where they're playing a shot every 10 seconds or so. In pool it is comonplace for players to take nearly a minute on EVERY SINGLE SHOT. This is because pool is FAR MORE TACTICAL than snooker, not the other way round. The games themselves may be faster but to watch it's very slow paced.
outdoorpooltable 1 year ago
@outdoorpooltable I guess it's all down to what you experience then I suppose because usually when I play pool I can see straightaway which shot I need toplay when I play snooker this isn't always the case I've lost count of the times I've changed my mind on what shot to play
sjsharp2007 1 year ago
@sjsharp2007 snooker has almost 3 times as many balls to pot than pool, so obviously the total game speed is gonna vary considerably, its not the speed of the frame but the speed of each shot that makes the difference between the two, and i have been playin league pool for 11/12 years now so please dont tell me i dont know either, lol
hamoostaffat 1 year ago
@hamoostaffat had to come back to ammend that last comment its actually 5 times as many balls to pot so take the basic 5-10 mins for a pool frame that should become in comparison 25-50mins more if you get a bad split or miss a shot, plus if you mess a shot in pool you have a limited amount of space for it to be ok on a snooker table you have a much wider room for error, try 'playing' pool and not messin about with mates before you go tellin people that do play they know nothin
hamoostaffat 1 year ago
@hamoostaffat actually it's only 6 more balls involved in snooker than in pool not twice as many I know this as I have counted them and I never said that to you I said it to the other guy before he told me he played the game himself for me I jusat find snooker the better game as for me I find it the more tactical of the 2 as t me pool isbasically just pot your balls befiore the other guy gets his
sjsharp2007 1 year ago
@sjsharp2007 umm how the hell did you come to the fact its 6 more balls? there are 8 balls to pot on a pool table right, there are the 15 reds then the followin 15 colours then the next 6 so that makes a total of 36 balls to a total of 8, 8x4 is 32 so there is 4 times more balls to pot on a snooker table, (sry not 5 times) so when did you count them? and sry i thought this was the internet, that means whatever you say in a comment gives anybody else the right to comment back which i did
hamoostaffat 1 year ago
@sjsharp2007 and yes, you did say that to another dude, but first you went shoutin your mouth off about how he doesnt know anythign EVEN AFTER he said he played, so im sry you feel like i shouldnt have said anything and if you feel like that i suggest you dont comment on anything anymore, that is what comments are for.
hamoostaffat 1 year ago
@hamoostaffat no I didn't I said that I just find from my ow2n experiences that snooker was the more tactical game and that we'd have to agree to disagrewe on this as I find pool to be a quick short game and yes I know about the fact you have to go for a colour after each red I do play the game I was just talking about the layout in terms of the layout there are only 6 more balls
sjsharp2007 1 year ago
@sjsharp2007 no there are alot more than that as you need to pot a colour in between every red aswell. so you need to pot 36 balls
sadistsannoyme 1 year ago
@albernerhelge and easy...
pistolpeeroy 1 year ago
lubie go, jest bardzo fajny i wesoly;)
holly20hihi 2 years ago
LOL, pool is such a joke of a game for snooker players. When you make breaks on a snooker table, potting on a pool table becomes something like throwing marbles into buckets.
rigdon 2 years ago
Mark Selby is on the world snooker circuit and they play on much bigger tables in that. Playing on that size table probably seems quite easy to him.
cheshiretrader 2 years ago
8 foot table
860simonis 2 years ago
7 ft
joewizard100 2 years ago
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genericwordplay 2 years ago
for snooker he uses 9.5mm and for pool he uses a 8.5mm ..... he says you need a smaller tip in pool for better accuracy.
AZmanutd 2 years ago
what size is this table they'r playin on does anyone know?
biglegend123 2 years ago
I'm an Aussie and a big Nunan fan, but that was beautiful to watch. Lovely cue ball control. Pool and snooker are totally different games and they both have their own skill sets. It's very obvious here that Selby is no stranger to a pool table as the announcers allude to.
Surely he has some Australian blood in him?
jamessquire1 2 years ago
Just been checking and Mark Selby has exactly no Oz blood in him. That's not surprising as he is a very good cueman!
pix042 2 years ago
snooker is far more tactical. it also takes much more skill. as you can see a snooker play has no problem on a pool table. but they are different games
i myself have played in pool leagues but i much prefer snooker because of the tactical aspect
also it is much better than the American pool tables as the pockets are of a smaller size
GDL188 2 years ago 2
i too play both games but to me the level of difficulty is the same; they are both against human player. not likely a top snooker player play against a top pool player and has a greater chance of winning, or the other way round.
to be exaggerate, its like comparing ping pong and tennis. no offence. =)
nukjnukj 2 years ago
thats probably because you suck in both, you stupid sing chink.
trinomialtree 1 year ago
well you are just exposing what kind of a person you are. words doesn't hurt and i am not gonna reply anymore to rubbish like you. just to remind you to stop being a disgrace of your country and family. i am not even going to call you names, the rest have their eyes to see. 32-year-old.
nukjnukj 1 year ago
diu le lo mo hai la, pook gai hum ga chan.
trinomialtree 1 year ago
i wouldnt agree that snooker is more tactical or that snooker is more complexed, if you play at a decent level it is just as tactical/complexed/skillful as snooker and more exciting to watch.
mrcumbria 2 years ago
Thing is, you don't need to a genius to see that the transferrable skills form snooker to pool are much more than vice versa. You don't get too many pool players who are good at snooker. Its normally the other way round. Table size is an obvious reason.
pix042 2 years ago
Anyone know where to see the full match?
76gill 2 years ago
A few people on Ebay were selling the match for a couple quid, thats probably your best bet
Celticmagee 2 years ago
I'm a huge Selby fan after seeing him beat Ally Carter in the Semis or Quarters of the World Snooker tournament a few years ago..
He's one of the most interesting players and fun characters in the game!
GunnyTheWildheart 2 years ago
This is the first time I've seen Selby play pool. I'm not a huge pool fan but I love Snooker. Saying that, it's so strange to see Selby on a Pool table rather than a Snooker table. However, I think he enjoys his snooker more. It's more complex
ChoB1Fan 2 years ago 2
Mark Selby the best snooker player after Ronnie O'Sullivan :))))
ronniefanforever 2 years ago
I do love snooker and I think it is a better game than pool but pool is a very good game still and is a lot of fun. Snooker is a whole new dimension though, more tactical aswell.
Andyc18 2 years ago 2
love this vid
sexpistolsdaz 2 years ago
marks county team played against our team in great yarmouth last year :D hes amazing to watch
x0xEmoMike 2 years ago
mark makes it lk so easy this is lyk his 2nd breakdish of the match isnt it?
jayz210 2 years ago
lol he's shooting with his snooker cue, too. he must be getting crazy spin on the cue ball
omgitshideous 2 years ago
thats actually a 8 foot long table just for tv. it aint that easy.
pokeraladin 3 years ago
You guys realise the table looks small because of the video?
xkilfax 3 years ago
if pools that easy and your so good we should be watching u on sky sports wieo... too good for pool and 2 shit for snooker, u are!!!
pokeraladin 3 years ago
pool is a bag of piss!! i used to play alot but then i played a real game (snooker) and now i play that alot. people who play pool should play snooker!!!!!!!! By the way shitty american pool is a billion times easier than this!!!!!!!
wieoleeds 3 years ago
wieolees you muppet, there both real, snooker/pool. just different. ill beat you at both.
simomax147 3 years ago
Yes, we need bigger American tables with huge pockets so it looks good for television. What a joke. Stick to your fake game Yanks.
jamessquire1 3 years ago 3
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Pool is fucking pathethic. This is a kid's table
Roflaids 3 years ago
It's a lot harder than you think.
BigDave297 3 years ago 10
it's not hard if u r a natural
theone225 3 years ago
I agree
Celticmagee 2 years ago
@BigDave297 thats what she said!
DrMongoose12 1 year ago
@DrMongoose12 She also said its bigger than you said aswell.
SonicSyndicate666 1 year ago
@BigDave297
They was nothing hard about that 8ball its only hard if you take the wrong shots or play the right shot wrong .....
bolton120 1 year ago
@bolton120
It becomes hard if you play the right shot, but unfortunatly come to a compromise for your next shot. (getting snookered as an example) leaving your opponent a possibility to clear the table.
BigDave297 1 year ago
SNOOKER IS. POOLS A PIECE OF PISS....
pistolpeeroy 1 year ago
where can I see the following frames?pls tell me ;;)
ronnieisno1 3 years ago
what a ridiculously small table...
hitman89141 3 years ago
supreme tables ftw. best tables.
i play for sussex youth in region 7 :D
petemod94 3 years ago
i play pool for Somerset youth in region 6
AlfDaGamer 3 years ago
Fatcat, I'm an Aussie and even I know Linclonshire are very hard to beat in Division 3. It was on the front page of the "Australian Daily."
Seriously though, nice pot-out from a very good player. Normally, it's Ben dishing out this kind of punishment.
jamessquire1 3 years ago
he plays for leicestshire and it region 3. English county pool isn't split into divisions.
junkyjoel 3 years ago
i wish i cud generate that much back spin like he does WOW
jmez07 3 years ago
great player, beautiful table
PepperTables 3 years ago
This lad is something else i carn't belive he is not world champ any more he is still the best!!
poolsharknumber1 4 years ago
he is a snooker player
simomax147 4 years ago
please post again please please ( i'm french )
dokipok 4 years ago
VERY GOOD VIDEO TY
dokipok 4 years ago
why didn't you mention Lincolnshire the real stars of region 3!!!!!!!!!
fatcatsleaford 4 years ago
nice dish
johnykoop 4 years ago