It think everything is difficult at the very top end level.
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TAR podcast 32 Darren Appleton & SVB you can find it on youtube.
Around 17 mins Darren says his highest break was 145 at snooker
He considers pool more skilful and snooker more technical requiring more practice.
But i guess he would say that.
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Originally Posted by DG GIBERT View PostTo be fair Chris Melling did say something like that in an interview , which I saw .
however i think it was in the context that it was tougher due to the higher luck element in pool, you can lose to people with less ability.
Thats why pool is tougher
I think their comments are slightly taken out of context by people who play pool and favour the game over snooker - no snooker player who understands the game would say that pool is harder now would they?
I am not being snobbish in the arguments over snooker and pool and have respect for all players who play both games but facts are facts - in snooker the table is bigger - fact - the pockets smaller fact - and there are more balls - fact - its not rocket science - snooker demands better technique and more consistency and the depth of standard of players in snooker is very tough - a pool table has bigger pockets less balls and a game can be decided on the break or luck as has been said and so it is more of a levelling game - a number of snooker players reading this could break off and clear up at pool against a great former world pool champion like Chris Melling - fewer snooker players could do it against a great snooker player like Chris Melling at snooker.
Snooker is therefore the tougher game surely?Last edited by Byrom; 27 December 2014, 12:37 AM.
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Efren Reyes says his high break in snooker is 132 against Ronnie O'Sullivan [aged 15] in Thailand in 1991 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFEp0-mbE1g
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Originally Posted by DandyA View PostEfren Reyes says his high break in snooker is 132 against Ronnie O'Sullivan [aged 15] in Thailand in 1991 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFEp0-mbE1g
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Originally Posted by Byrom View Postyep he really was a legend - maybe the best ever pool player? I remember Steve Davis once beat him at his game though didn't he?
I've certainly seen Steve Davis make a 50 something break at 14:1 and he was quite rightly over the moon - Efren was saying in that interview his high run at 14:1 is 27 ... however Steve was 50 something balls (3 racks and a bit) ... Efren is talking 27 racks (ie just over 400 balls) ...
Originally Posted by OmaMiesta View PostI saw that interview, still think its bs and irrelevant (if true) Ronnie wasn't even a pro until 1992. I wonder why there isnt a single video of Efren playing snooker, I find it very hard to believe he can knock in centuries with that stroke...but then again he is the magician!
Efren also mentioned the 1987 South East Asian Games in Indonesia - that is on Google and Reyes won a gold medal in snooker (which he didn't mention in the interview) although I can't find any details - whether team/individual and match/frame scores ...
and yes, it is surprising there's no Efren Reyes snooker on Youtube - except we're talking the late 80's early 90's and he probably hasn't played it since then and everyone's VHS recorders had probably gone wrong by the time Youtube came along ...
Originally Posted by Byrom View PostHard to believe some legends played snooker with there stroke too - some are just natural born potters.
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I feel it is hard to gauge which is tougher to play as both have their strengths which requires hard practice. But potting wise, it is definitely snooker as the length and width of the table is definitely bigger and the pockets much smaller. With pool, you can even aim at the cushion just above the pocket to pot a ball. It doesn't have to be dead centre of pocket. And playing with side for position, this pocket size and length of table definitely makes positional play so much easier.
Hope i do not offend anyone with this assessment.
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When asked why he hadn't had a go at Pool Stephen Hendry's response was something like 'why play draughts after you'd been playing Chess all your life'It's hard to pot balls with a Chimpanzee tea party going on in your head
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Originally Posted by GeordieDS View PostWhen asked why he hadn't had a go at Pool Stephen Hendry's response was something like 'why play draughts after you'd been playing Chess all your life'
So I think Stephen's answer is a "standard media answer" - the real reason is he know he's amazingly good at snooker but may not be that good at pool ... probably that and also his manager (name?) was probably very antagonistic towards Barry Hearn who seems to control (very well in my opinion) most cross atlantic cue sports ...
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Originally Posted by DandyA View PostI believe Earl "the Pearl" Strickland once won $1million for running 10 racks in a row in a winner breaks match ... it probably took him 10 minutes or so ... if I were Stephen Hendry and had his skill, and his desire to win, I'd definitely want to have a pop at that - it could easily be set up as an exhibition ...
So I think Stephen's answer is a "standard media answer" - the real reason is he know he's amazingly good at snooker but may not be that good at pool ... probably that and also his manager (name?) was probably very antagonistic towards Barry Hearn who seems to control (very well in my opinion) most cross atlantic cue sports ...
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Originally Posted by OmaMiesta View PostEarl never got the million and everyone knows you need pure luck to make 10 racks in a row....for him to have broken 10 times and have a shot on the 1 every time, almost any pro would run that out. But id like to see him or any other pool/snooker player do it again..even give them 20 trys each.
Earl took the lump sum settlement of $650,000 instead of $50,000 per annum over 20 years from the underwriters.
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