8 Ball World championship in China

[Hello, Mr Big Shot]

Was very impressed to see that Neil beat Darren Appleton 9-5 yesterday. Pretty unbelievable when you consider that Darren is one of the best 9-ball, 8-ball and straight pool players in the world and Neil, to my knowledge, has never played any form of competitive pool before. Just proves what I've always suspected: snooker players could dominate any other cue sport they want to. Pretty sure any of the top 16 could be world 9-ball champion with, perhaps, six months practice. And most of that would just be learning how to break and jump!

Utter nonsense.

Just proves what I've always suspected: people seeking to validate their own prejudices do so by comparing the BEST example of one discipline with the WORST example of another.

The fact is, robbo was a great pool player long before he was a great snooker player, and would be great at any cue sport, given time. Chinese 8 ball is far closer to snooker than it is to american pool. It is only natural snooker players should have success in it - but only the very good ones.

[Hello, Mr Big Shot]

I wonder if Ronnie will take up Chinese 8-ball or US 9-ball after snooker retirement. He'd be a prize scalp for pool and could add a lot of interest. And he'd be awesome at it.

I could see a lot of snooker players taking it up, particularly those who are sliding down the rankings and thinking about retirement. Could be something of a second career for a lot of them. I remember Steve Davis taking the 9-ball world by storm long after he was competitive at snooker.
Ronnie has played Mosconi Cup before and pretty much blew everyone else away without even seeming like he was trying. There's no doubt in my mind that, if he could be bothered, he could win every tournament in pool. No-one would get close to him.

More nonsense. Ronnie has no chance at 9 ball (although he could luck a tournament or two).

9 ball is all about safety play and the break, neither of which he is likely to master any time soon. Stop dreaming.

And steve davis did not "take the 9 ball world by storm". Stop dreaming.

[CoachGavin]

8 Ball World championship in China

sorry for my misunderstanding but i thought 9 ball was popular and good for tv cos it's all about potting and clearing the table. where's the safety?

[CoachGavin]

8 Ball World championship in China

I've actually had chance to play the Chinese pool while I've been here. I despise the English pub pool but this is ok. The pockets are not too tight but the table and balls are a good size so it seems a proper game and not a children's game! snooker is actually not as big over here as i was made to think especially in northern China. everyone plays 8 ball pool!

[aucott80]

Was very impressed to see that Neil beat Darren Appleton 9-5 yesterday. Pretty unbelievable when you consider that Darren is one of the best 9-ball, 8-ball and straight pool players in the world and Neil, to my knowledge, has never played any form of competitive pool before. Just proves what I've always suspected: snooker players could dominate any other cue sport they want to. Pretty sure any of the top 16 could be world 9-ball champion with, perhaps, six months practice. And most of that would just be learning how to break and jump!

Utter nonsense.

Just proves what I've always suspected: people seeking to validate their own prejudices do so by comparing the BEST example of one discipline with the WORST example of another.

The fact is, robbo was a great pool player long before he was a great snooker player, and would be great at any cue sport, given time. Chinese 8 ball is far closer to snooker than it is to american pool. It is only natural snooker players should have success in it - but only the very good ones.

His brothers half decent to I've heard.

[vmax4steve]

utter nonsense.

Just proves what i've always suspected: People seeking to validate their own prejudices do so by comparing the best example of one discipline with the worst example of another.

The fact is, robbo was a great pool player long before he was a great snooker player, and would be great at any cue sport, given time. Chinese 8 ball is far closer to snooker than it is to american pool. It is only natural snooker players should have success in it - but only the very good ones.

here we go again

[j6uk]

more trite for our mrs big pocket whos getting out her chipped spots and strips again

More nonsense. Ronnie has no chance at 9 ball (although he could luck a tournament or two).

9 ball is all about safety play and the break, neither of which he is likely to master any time soon. Stop dreaming.

And steve davis did not "take the 9 ball world by storm". Stop dreaming.

[streamer45]

Well done Selby, great comeback to win 15-13 and get to the final!


EDIT: He will now face Darren Appleton, that's interesting given what happened in 2006

[mythman69]

Well done Selby, great comeback to win 15-13 and get to the final!


EDIT: He will now face Darren Appleton, that's interesting given what happened in 2006

Appleton won his match 15-13 too.

Should be a good final. Hopefully someone puts it on YouTube soon.

[streamer45]

Appleton won his match 15-13 too.

Should be a good final. Hopefully someone puts it on YouTube soon.

You can watch it live too, matches are streamed.

[aucott80]

8 Ball World championship in China

Given the personal history Selby vs Appleton should be a thriller.

[billabong]

You can watch it live too, matches are streamed.

Any link for that ?

[timcunnell]

Any link for that ?

Live Streaming here http://alison-chang.com/2015-china-p...-championship/

Scroll down a bit to "livestream' and you'll see numbers 1 to 5, which are different streams. I watched Selby's semi final on this today and was pretty good!

[streamer45]

Any link for that ?

Well the final is tomorrow but you can find them here http://alison-chang.com/2015-china-p...-championship/

[Hello, Mr Big Shot]

sorry for my misunderstanding but i thought 9 ball was popular and good for tv cos it's all about potting and clearing the table. where's the safety?

Because potting is easy, top players are generally separated by their safety play (and breaking).