American reacts to Ronnie O'Sullivan best Snooker Shots Ever

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[DougBrown-hn]

You have to watch Ronnies fastest ever 147 maximum break. 5 minutes and 20 seconds of absolute genius.

[egroegartfart]

Most american pool players have no clue how difficult snooker is. Im american and had never even heard of snooker until about 6 or 7 years ago. Just happened to have a snooker video and of course it was on ronnie pop up in my feed. And fell in love with the sport. I spent 2 years searching for a place with a snooker table that i could go to and play. I even put an ad on craigslist and facebook market place asking if anyone had one that i could come and play. Lol. I did get one call and the guy was about 5hours away but out schedules just didnt mesh. I did find a pool hall with a ten foot snooker table about 4 hours away finally. I drove there and booked a hotel for friday saturday and sunday. Lol. The guy told me the snooker table is never used so it would be mine all weekend. Unfortunately he didnt tell me it was a ten foot pool table that they just made the pockets smaller on. Lol. Not rounded pockets. Not snooker rails and not snooker cloth. But i stayed and played anyway. It was fun but just wasnt really snooker. I finally got my chance when i went to california for 6 months. There was a pool hall just a few blocks away. They have two 12 foot snooker tables. Proper snooker tables. I played almost everyday for the whole six months. Ill never forget the very first day i got there. Just looking at a table that is 12 feet long and 6 feet wide is so overwhelming. Especially with pockets that are only 84 mm's. Tiny. I met a guy that first day and he invited me to play on his table. Told him i had never played but i know how it is played and all the rules since i watched snooker daily on youtube. So he set a red ball down about a foot away from the corner pocket then set the cue ball about a foot behind the red ball. And told me to make the red ball in the corner. Simple shot right? Lol. It took me 8 tries to make that super simple and straight in shot. I knew the game was difficult but never expected that. But it took me awhile but i got the hang of making balls. My highest break in those 6 months was only 53 but i was more than happy with that. But now eveytime i go to a pool hall i ask if they have a snooker table or if they ever have had one. Some places say theyve had one in the past but nobody ever played so it was wasted space. And most places just say that people arent interested in playing snooker so they never got a table. Just pool tables. I think its sad because it is an amazing game. Amazingly hard. Super frustrating. But if you stick with it it makes you such an overall much better pool player. After playing snooker if i get on a pool table its just so easy. Your brain actually hurts after playing snooker because it is such a cerebral game where you constantly have to think. Its kind of like chess. And you have to have amazing control and an amazing stroke. My stroke improved so much playing snooker. Dont know why i just wrote a book here. Lol. But i wish more pool halls in the US would get snooker tables.

[aakesson]

Perfect score is 147. Ronnie has world record of the fastest 147.

[DB-stuff]

Remember its not just about potting the ball on lots of occasions it's about setting up the position for the next ball

[tlohecnal]

Say after me:
SnOOker
SnOOker
SnOOker

[fredt]

When I was in the UK, I became rapidly obsessed watching snooker. Same as you, I didn't have a clue what the rules were at the beginning but I was mesmerized by the game nevertheless. I never missed a Championship at the Crucible on the telly. Ronnie will always be my hero 😉

[philipstroud]

Ronnie is widely regarded as the GOAT, when he is on form he is sublime, he can also play almost as good with his left hand as he does with his right, he has said in interviews he often thinks 2 or 3 shots ahead of the shot he is actually playing

[bdn]

I watched something a few months ago that compared a 147 in snooker, a hole in one playing golf and a 9 dart finish from 501 in darts and my conclusion matched the podcaster.

A hole in one is partly skill but mainly luck, a 501 is a result of repetition under pressure but a 147 is an example of perfection

[missusgumby]

"Why didn't he go for the brown?" Well, the object was not only to pot a colour, but also to position the white for the next shot. Potting the brown would not have give enough of an angle to manoeuvre the white around the table for the consequent red. Snooker is not simply about potting, there is more to the game than that.

[disasterincarnate]

"Snucker" *punches monitor - takes deep breath*

[osiris]

As a keen snooker player from England when I went to live in New York in the 90's I wiped the floor with almost every American i played at Pool. Playing Pool after snooker feels like child's play. Conversely when the guys from the NY office visited London and we took them to a snooker hall they struggled to pot anything :D

[Reevesi]

Ronnie has 15 x 147 breaks in competitive games. Ronnie truly is the GOAT

[aaronnewbould]

When you learn to play on a full size snooker table trust me watch this again it'll be even more amazing

[mrmr]

"Why did he try that?" because he's Ronnie O'Sullivan and we're not 😂

[stevesoutar]

In most of these clips, the important point is where the cue ball stops, lining up for the next shot - any half-decent player can pot a ball, the art of the game is planning one or two shots ahead, and getting position for the next shot, so your opponent stays sat in his seat while you sweep up the points

[johnloony]

Random fact: for a few months when he was 20, Ronnie O’Sullivan was the primary carer for his 8-year-old sister, because both their parents were in prison (his mother was convicted of tax evasion, and his father is a murderer)

[questionableabsanity]

I was 16 the first time i played on a full size table. As a short person (170), I suddenly gained a new perspective and it was the first time I have struck a cue ball and missed the object ball with the intention of hitting it full face. over 12 feet, how you strike the ball really matters! If/when you go to a snooker club, do a video! Humility is your friend!

[sulliken]

He went for the yellow because he needed correct angle to get the white down to the reds.
So he gets 2 points less in that shot than with the brown. But had he potted the brown he wouldn't have any good way forward.

You see that a lot, that players choose the yellow (2p) or green (3p) instead of brown (4p).

And correct. If the Blue had been potted, it would be a foul, and the opponent would have gotten 5 points (usually a foul is 4 points, exept for the Blue, pink and black ball. (5, 6, 7).

[chriswinspear]

Thing with Ronnie is, the cue ball is just a natural extension of him, he is the cue ball, he just knows what it will do/how it will act/where it will go, more than any other player to play the game, he's just better at nearly every part of the game all round than most players, but positionally/cue ball play, the goat!

[deanknows]

Don't forget Ryan. When a player has made a significant break early in the frame, say 75 points, they now know that they are so far ahead in the frame and there is not enough points on the table for their opponent to come back and win the frame. Knowing that the frame is safe, the player then tends to relax and starts to show off and play exhibition shots just to please the crowd. Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, Mark Williams, and Jimmy White where great for playing to the crowd. Judd Trump is so good at pleasing the audience that the commentators nicknamed his style as "Naughty Snooker." Check him out "Ridiculous Judd Trump Shots For 10 Minutes!" (10.20 mins).