American reacts to 1 in a trillion moments in Snooker!
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Comparing pool with snooker is like comparing table tennis with tennis 🎾 😂
Table tennis is harder.
Comparing checkers and chess.
What is the problem in comparing the two? Or can only compare snooker with snooker?
lol ping pong , tennis, snooker, and pool are all cool in my book
@@ryanwuzer there is someone on here impersonating you who is messaging me
What you saw was Morcambe & Wise comedy duo doing a piss take and played it brilliantly
so like Harlem Globetrotters in basketball?
No they are actually comedians.@@AdamBurianek92
Eric potted all the right balls.
But not necessarily in the right order.
Comic genius. RIP.
O'Sullivan is by many if not all indeed concidered the GOAT. He is also one of the fastest players, which makes him even more entertaing to watch. And he is ambidaxtrian.
The rules are fairly simple, there are red balls and coloured balls. You have to hit a red ball first, if it's potted you go for a coloured one, then a red and so on. The reds stay in the pockets, but the colours are put back. When all reds are potted you have to pot the colours in order. The reds are worth one point and the colours are worth 2-7 points with the black being the 7.
There are some more rules, like "touching ball", but that's the basics.
Snooker tables are quite big and the pockets are tight, and it's standardized, ie you'll not find larger or smaller tables.
Did you watch him tonight? Lost to ballrun Bingham!
There are smaller 3/4 tables and both Snooker and Billiards are played on Pool sized tables......but Championship games are only played on the standard English table, and private clubs etc rarely use the smaller tables.
Pool halls, Billiards and Snooker rooms sometimes use smaller tables to fit more in.
The player who potted the amazing yellow and you wondered why nobody clapped was because it was a qualifying match with no audience.
And maybe during covid (no audience)
In one clip you see former world champion Steve Davies about to take a shot when comedian Eric Morecambe sneezes while Ernie Wise the other half of comedy duo Morecambe and Wise plays the referee.
For someone who’ìs pretty much new to snooker, you’ve watched completely the wrong video. You’ve now got a totally warped impression of snooker rules that will be hard to rectify in your head.
These clips were unusual events, comedic events and exhibition events.
A couple for example:
1. The clip (and its companion afterwards) in which the seated player sneezes… was a comedy skit, not real, featuring two of Britain’s funniest traditional comedians (the ref and the seated player).
2. The player scattering the balls as he was removing the cue and rest from the table. No, it *was not* intentional. He tried to remove the cue and rest before the cue ball came round to contact the rest and/or cue. These rests can be relatively heavy. While trying to quickly remove it, it slipped out of control. Simple.
It’s pronounced snooooker!
Or snuuwker, but definitely not snucker.
It is pronounced whatever people call it. He is not british. And even in that island people prounce words in tons of different ways.
@@estranhokonstabecause they didn’t learn to speak properly, they just imitated their illiterate parents. That doesn’t make it right
@@macdac9861 Did you really just said:
"... because they didn’t learn to speak properly, they just imitated their illiterate parents."
Really???
Did you just call illiterate all kind of people (and their parents) that you don't know nothing about (including the owner of this channel) just because they pronounce a word differently from your "ideal way"?
Man that is exactly that kind of attitude that comes to mind when i see those "it's pronounced X" comments.
I must say that lately, some comments in youtube makes me wonder where these "commenters" come from.
Are they one of those that were run down from Twitter toxic gutter and now are trying to pollute our little youtube place in the same manner?
If snooker is pronounced "snu'ker" in the US, then presumably kids attend "sch'ul", a plant has "rw'ts", and any other pronunciation is simply "fu'lish". 😅
American education system. lol
English has numerous pronunciations. Do we play futball? How do English say bath, book, look etc? Depends where you are right? There's no right or wrong.
They pronounce it as snucker. LOL
This game of snooker is played against the clock
@@alanwoodings7519 No it's not. There may be the odd variation tournament against the clook.
Ronnie O operates in a snooker specific time and space dimension
please refrain from calling it snuker... its killing my ears
So do you think that all english words should be pronounced the same way as what you think is the "correct" pronounciation? Or is it that "snooker" a special case?
@@estranhokonsta The word snooker especially and maybe a few more words... and I don't think its the correct pronunciation... I know it is. Do you think there's no such thing as correct pronunciations?
@@estranhokonsta I came to the comments to type exactly the same comment at @owen, it is THAT jarring. He is able to have an opinion on one word without you doing a Cathy Newman "so what you're saying is...". (Jordan Peterson Vs Cathy Newman interview - look it up). And he doesn't THINK that snoo-ker is the correct way - it IS according to the dictionary.
Hahaha my bad
@@estranhokonsta yes.
especially as he pronounces "pOOl" not "Pull".
On that massive pink to land on the black...
The question is not "Why did he go for that pocket?", but "Did you see he played the black one handed?"
The bald guy at 2:09 was a comedian called Eric Morecambe, who was also a great snooker player.
FIrst shot is a special format of Snooker where you have a time limit. Judd was trailing and with only few seconds left the black stopped and he was allowed to make a legal shot and got the score.
It's Snooker Shoot-out which is played with a time limit.
A 147 is the maximum score you can get for clearing the entire table yourself, this requires you to pot the black ball after every red one.
In that play, he was unable to place the cue ball in a good spot for the black, to actually get the max score, but he still managed to pot a very difficult shot.
And he managed to place the cue ball very well for the yellow ball(2 points), which is the next ball after all the red balls.
Red(1), Yellow(2), Green(3), Brown(4), Blue(5), Pink(6), Black(7).
To get the max score of 147, you have to knock in one red followed by a black X15 [as there are 15 red balls] then do the colours in order: yellow [2pts]; green [3pts]; brown [4pts]; blue [5pts]; pink [6pts] and black [7pts]. Red = 1pt.
147 is not the maximum break, 155 can be achieved if the player starts with a free ball after the opponents foul shot, only one player has made a 155 break on video.
@@AndrewAHayes It's what you shoot dummy! Otherwise the hypothetical can be infinite if both players kept making fouls at the start! No break can be more than 147! As it's the balls that need to be potted in a row that go down the pockets.
@@AndrewAHayes Rubbish. It can be infinite then if they continue to fouls at the start.
A maximum break is 147 period! Why do they get cash money for achieving it and why do they say it is was done in the quickest time?
You are just including a foul at the start which has nothing to do with the player who then shoots 147 as the other player gave him the points from a foul.
What you are saying is the higest score.
@Andrew
He is correct though. He’s not saying the point come from fouls. He’s referring to a free-ball scenario. If you have a free-ball before any reds are potted then player nominates a colour to become an extra red. Pot that, then a black , then regular max break for a break of 155. 1 + 7 + 147.
You are also right in saying that a 147 is referred to a a maximum break, as normally it is.
@@AndrewAHayes Technically, there are two maximum breaks. First is when you pot a red followed by a black x15, followed by the colours in order. That will give you a 147. The second is if a player fouls, leaves a free ball ie one colour is counted as a red, and the opponent then pots 16 reds and 16 blacks and the colours in order, then that is a 155. Both are considered maximum breaks. Any other break is not considered a maximum unless, if you count the special Saudi Arabian sponsored tournament where you can make a 167.
You have to do your shots in a specific order and also it is about points.
Red 1 point
Yellow 2 points
Green 3 points
Brown 4 points
Blue 5 points
Pink 6 points
Black 7 points
All were considered flukes, except those made by O'Sullivan, which are considered training shots, he is that good
As a kid in my late teens, me and my mates would go to the local snooker hall and play for a couple of hours on full sized tables. After that we'd head to the pub and clean up on smaller pool table after playing on the full-size snooker table. Fun times, way before there were ID checks in Aussie pubs.
I did the same in the UK mate, even at 62 I surprise county standard players and most players cant beat me in Kenmore, but the beer does
Lol yeah mate, there's definitely a sweet spot when it comes to the beer. If I could maintain that 3 pint buzz, it was all good.
'Snook' as in 'cool' or 'fool'
Snoopy is a good example .
You have to watch Ronnie O'Sullivan plays, he was the world champion for many years. Worth a watch!
The reason why no one applauded is because there was no audience it was covid times
You should watch this video of Ronnie O’Sullivan scoring the fastest maximum possible Snooker Score (147) in history.
The points value of each ball is as follows; Reds-1 each. Yellow-2, Green-3, Brown-4, Blue-5, Pink-6, Black-7.
To score 147, you must sink a Red, then the Black, then another Red, then the Black, and so on, until all the Reds (15 in all) are gone. After you pot the last Black, you must then sink the coloured balls in the order above; Yellow, Green, Brown, Blue, Pink, Black.
The table is 12 feet long, by 6 feet wide.
If you watch this video, you will understand why this is such an impressive achievement. Here’s the link:-
ua-cam.com/video/9D2rFMPN9js/v-deo.htmlsi=jfreUqU_chXHbGSr
These are funny moments in snooker. When the guy keeps sneezing it's a sketch on an old hugely popular comedy series called Morecambe and Wise.
Yes the snooker table is much much bigger than the US pool table .
A snooker table is like 12 ft × 6 ft , huge !
if you especially in awe of the multi-corner hits, you can also check out 3-cushion billiards, where it is mandatory to hit 3 sides
The yellow fluke he potted when he was behind the black was during covid & there were no fans allowed into the arena
Just knew the “snucker” was coming
SNOO KER not SNUCKER !
Pronunciation varies from region to region, country to country, accent to accent, his is 100% correct for him numnuts.
The maximum break of 147 is achieved when one player pots every red ball, each with a black ball and then all the coloured balls in order. (When a red ball is potted the player then has the opportunity to pot a coloured ball. If successful they can then attempted another red and another colour until they miss a shot. The coloured ball is then returned to its spot on the table).
For the maximum break all 15 reds have to be potted with 15 black balls. 1 point for each red and 7 points for each black, a total of 120 points. Then they pot the coloured balls in order: yellow, 2 points; green, 3 points; brown, 4; blue, 5; pink, 6 and black, 7, a total of 147.
Snucker
Well researched
10:59 it would have been easier for him to get the blue for 5 points, but he wanted to get the black for 7 in order to get a maximum score
Steve Davis (ginger hair) was playing a famous British comic who is also a good snooker player, hence the sneeze as Steve took his shot, it was an exhibition match during a competition.. By the way, it's pronounced snooker not snucker, you don't call a pool game 'pull'. When all the reds are potted the colours have to be potted from low to high i.e. Yellow (2 points) up to Black (7 points).
Some of the shots that you have been watching you will never see again
Snooker with a long o btw...
Best thing I ever managed to pull off in a game of 8-Ball with friends was potting all 8 balls in an uninterrupted chain and in the process sinking 3 in with one shot.
That was my "One in a Trillion" Billiards game for sure but what these guys pull off is just insane :D
The one who sneezed was out of a comedy duo called morecambe and wise 😂
SNOOOKER !
10:30 He sunk a red, then goes for the black because it's the highest scoring ball but after that has to get up the other end of the table to sink the yellow because it's the first ball to be sunk after all the reds are down... something like that.
Ryan, if you want to watch something incredible watch Ronnie O'Sullivan score the maximum147 in 5.8 minutes.
It might be nitpicking, but according to this clip he did the 147 in 5:08 min ... not 5.8 min (which translate to lousy 5 min 48 sec )
The basic is, you pot a red( 1 point) then a colour of which there are 5. Yellow 1 point, green 3 points, brown 4 points, blue 5 points, pink 6 points and black 7 points. When all the reds are potted you then finish the game by potting all the colours in the afore mentioned order. To pot one red off another is called a "plant". When playing a shot at least one foot must be on the ground.
Me seeing the video
"Oh god he's going to pronounce it wrong 🥲"
Well what did you expect ! 😀😃😄
147 is the max you can score on a frame, all reds potted followed (each) by all blacks potted, then colours in sequence. Usually a large bonus £££ in a tournement.
0:56 the point of the first one is that it had to be done within 10 minutes
1:57 that was a comedy sketch with the legendary comedians Morecambe & Wise
The sneeze was because the judge and the guy sitting are a comedy duo called Morecambe and Wise, so it was a set up. ROTFL! Aside from those two mucking about, all the others are skilled shots. Cue ball off the table is a foul.
The Heathcote shot, nobody reacted out loud because this was during Covid and there were no audience members.
This should be good. Ryan cannot possibly misunderstand this video!
Just the word "snooker" 😅
Apart from the name.. Snuker... And at 1:25 the clip says... Time for a hit and hope... This bin lid then says.. Was that on purpose?
That's when I knew I couldn't make it through this one
@@conallmclaughlin4545 I had high hopes for the bin lid this time. I wrote my comment just as the video started and yeah by 1:25 I had given up. You should seem some of his other reaction videos though!
Americans: Pronounce "Snooker" the same way as you pronounce "Snoopy"!
It has 2 o's because that part of the word has long o's, like in too or loo. You pot a red, then a coloured ball in order, then the black. Give up your turn if you don't pot anything, or pot the white. If it's working, you pot another red, another colour, then a black. If you clear the whole table, you're the best.
The sneezing clip is a comedy suit from the two Ronnies.
no it isnt
One thing you have to understand about snooker is that the table isn't just bigger, but the holes are rounded and points outwards and are narrower compared to the balls, which are also smaller. So it's more different than you think if you're been playing pool. I thought that I would do well in snooker, because I was a fairly good pool player with more than a hundred run in straight pool. But I've never broken even 50 points in snooker. I haven't played that much but it should still give an idea.
More snooker plz !!
very nice
Snooker: knock in a red, then a colour (preferably the black), then a red, then a colour, then a red. When all reds are gone, knock in the colours lowest value first (yellow) until you reach the black. Don't miss everything (a miss) especially on purpose (a miss and a foul). And don't knock in (or even hit) colours before another red. Do not knock in the white cue ball. And never ever knock in the black out of sequence (automatic loss of the frame)
that last sentence is wrong knocking in the black out of sequence is a 7 point penalty
1st things first, its Snoooker! Its not like Pool at all. For starters, a Pro Snooker Table is 12 feet long and over 6feet wide plus the pockets are much smaller. When you see one for the first time, they are intimidating, they are Huge. T o get a high score, you obviously pot the balls that are rated highest, in this case Black (7points). At the start of a game the first player has to hit a Red which will be in the set up triangle. his aim is to hit the red ball without disturbing the triangle of reds and put the cue ball(white) back down the table at the start position and on the cushion tight (baulk cushion) trying to make it as difficult as possible for the other player, To pot any colour you must first pot a red. in the break where Ronnie O'Sullivan makes his 147 he starts after his opponent has made the first shot. To get a max break Ronnie has to pot a red then a black continuously through all the 15 reds and a black. Now he has to pot all the colours in sequence, Yellow(2) Green(3)Brown(4) Blue(5) Pink(6) and the final Black(7) giving a total of 147. WHATS amazing here, is that he did it in 5mins 30sec- the fastest ever. Just one more thing, to carry on the break after potting a ball, its obvious that the white ball should be in the best position be able to pot another ball. Watch Ronnie, see where his white ball finishes up, almost always, just where he wants it to be, thats the skill part.
The reason the crowd did not cheer, it was during covid, so no crowd. PS Its pronounced snewker not snuker.
You saw a speeded up clip of it in this video but you absolutely need to react to the full video of Ronnie O'Sullivan's 147 break in 5 minutes.
147 is the most you can score in a single frame of snooker. It's like bowling the perfect game. But Ronnie did it in record time.
I saw you confused on some reactions of the audience. Most of the time people are applauding for the setup. When you hit the white ball, you can manipulate the direction it goes - back to the left, small spin to the right and so on. If someone pocketed the right ball and also did a great setup for the next move, that's where people start to cheer because that takes a lot of skill.
The reason Ronnie and Selby didn't look happy when Ronnie potted the red from being snookered is that Ronnie had taken a few shots already and missed and weren't going for the pot he just wanted to hit the red but fluked it, Ronnie is the type of player that hates fluking a pot because he doesn't feel like he deserves it and feels bad for his opponent.
The rules are simple you pot a red followed by a colour then when there are no more reds the colours are potted in sequence yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black. If you go in off pot the white that's four points to your opponent you have the choice to make your opponent play again or play the shot yourself, if the its not deemed a good enough attempt ie your opponent you can put the balls back in the positions they were in and make your opponent play again was snookered until either they hit the intended ball or until its deemed they made a good enough attempt to hit the intended ball. I hope this clears things up a bit for you.
Probably already been said, but: a 147 is the maximum obtainable score, playing black after *every* red
Clip starts, text on the screen explaining what's happening, Mr ADHD here is too interested in how smooth the felt is and then asks 'hey what's happening' *facepalm*
The opponents are not always happy, but in theory snooker is a game for Gentlemen, there can be some fairly hefty bonuses for tournament high breaks and specifically Maximum Breaks, maximum breaks only win one frame and sometimes player comes down after and loses the match !
The best shot - SILENCE
Game goes in a nutshell - red, any colour, red ,any colour, etc...until you miss then opponent starts red, any colour etc. again until all reds are potted...During this stage every colour potted is put back on the table and reds are not....When all reds are potted you start on the colours in order of yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black and they are not put back on the table....Points are Red=1, Yellow=2, Green=3, Brown=4, Blue=5, Pink=6, Black=7.
Love snooker. Can't wait for the World championship 20 april -7 may at the Crucible arena 👍
And we have a winner.....juhuuuu Mr. Kyren Wilson 👍
I noticed you used the term 'English' referring to putting spin on the ball ( I presume that us English are crafty folk who bend the rules, no?). I Played an American at pool once who told me they do that, I then replied ' we call it an American when you go in off'. 'Really! he replied.... and after the required pause I said 'no'. :)
It's almost like me watching baseball because I don’t have the slightest idea what they're doing there
I love the fact that Americans are beginning to watch snooker, but what bugs me is that unless they actually try playing it, not one of them can appreciate how incredibly difficult the game is. This isn't pool on a bigger table, this is quite possibly the most difficult game in the world. In fact
I got back from my local snooker hall about three hours ago, I love playing snooker, pool is a child's game in comparison.
10:23 the lack of crowd reaction might be because it was during the pandemic with no audience
Think it was a qualifying match.
I would suggest learning about the sport and watching a few frames before watching these types of videos.
There's snooker and there's snooker shoot-out with a time limit.
Snew-cur 😂
148 is perfect game!
He had to position white to get last red, then right up table to get perfect on yellow!
*147. Though a 155 is possible with a free ball.
Snooker, you say it like Snoopy.
4:35 imagine that upbringing, when your brain is conditioned intto needing a beating once you F up. Man, I thought my parents f'd me up, but this is on another level.
i like looking snooker but play only pool.. i like the shorter round duration and easier foul handling of pool. for the 2nd scene - first was a foul as he needed to hit a red - so the balls are reset to the origin position where he again has to play bank first as he can't reach the red. and 2nd try he did not just "not foul" as he hit a red - he potted a very lucky shot.
Sullivan at 2:40 - look the predicted shot and how the yellow poted in the end - LUL. But sulivan is a genious even if this was luck.
147 - on the rules you play red then another color where black has the highest value then red again etc. other colors are back on the table as long there are no more reds. Then you clear the table from the lowest value to black. if you can play red/black until all read are gone and pot every other color you got 147 and most likely a high price. (This usually means that you clear the table in one single turn. Fouls give the oponent i think 4 points. you allways start a turn by potting a red, "snooker" is if you end your turn by not potting and hiding the white somewhere from where you can not play a red directly. Making it hard for the oponent to score. You can end your turn deliberetly (by playing a valid ball) if you think the position of the balls are so bad you want your opponent face the problem after which the balls may have better positions for you.
The sneeze was from a comedy show. It's not a real game. The first clip I think involved a game with a timer involved. That's why he was in a hurry to pot the ball and hit the ball as soon as it stopped moving. No wonder you are confused. This is not the way snooker is normally played.
Snooooooker 😀😀 It’s driving us crazy over here 😜
First clip is speed snooker! Second was a fluke, third is from a comedy show..staged, and the 4th, 5th was a fluke, 6th is a fluke miss, 7th speed snooker last second pink, 8th is making the gesture by accident that forfeit the match, 9th is fluke red leaving easy pink...but he didn't realise, 10th a dynamic double of the red, 1th is missed the red by snooker the player behind the yellow, be gets out the snooke with a fluke into the middle, 12th Celebrate early and loses the game, 13th...messes up everything with the long rest, 15th red fluke in middle around the blue, 16th triple plant, 17th Ronnie playing one handed, 18th deliberately playing off the knuckle to get out of a snooker to pot the yellow (no reaction from crowd because is none is qualifying matches), 19th Shawn Murphy on a possible 147 total clearance, pots the red, then pots and incredibly difficult black to keep the break going, and even got back perfect for the yellow, 20th Ronnie plays 'left handed' to pot a red, and screw back up the table to leave himself on the balck to keep a possible 147 break going, 21, Alex Higgins hits the most incredible shots on pink and pots the black with one hand in the most difficult middle pocket! 22nd bad fluke to drop the white in and leave his opponent the win, 23rd, Ronnie starting the fastest EVER 147 maximum break ever seen live on TV 5mins 8 secs, 24th winning the World Championship year. The rules are you must pot a red and any colour alternately to stay on the table and rack up points. A red is worth 1 point...each colour from yellow to black is worth 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 respectively, and you must pot them in the order of yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black at the end, when all reds have been potted. If you pot 15 reds, with 15 blacks, and then all the colours in the right order, this is a maximum break of 147 points, but is incredibly difficult, and incredibly rare.! OK Ryan,,,??
SNOOOOKER
NOT SNUCKER, ALL AMERICANS HAVE A SPEACH IMPEDIMENT
@ 9:50 that is BLACK MAGIC
There is nothing to stop you joining a local snooker club. Many towns in the US have them. Sadly, most UA-camrs seem to have no life outside their vlogs, and only pretend an interest.
In one of the clips you asked why nobody clapped. During covid there was no audience.
To double tap your cue means that you over rule the umpires call
No, comparing pool with snooker is like comparing a baby being bathed to an olympic swimmer.
It's only when they are on the way to a maximum break they love it when it's done because someone playing might only ever make it once in their career most will never do it
To pronounce snooker correctly, think of the word "uber", replace the "b" with a "k" and and "sn" at the beginning. Also the sneeze clip was a sketch
@10:00 This must be a qualifier without a crowd or something. I dont even know who that guy is.
Just tuned in to see if the American is going to butcher the word "snooker" - of course he did :)
That first clip, it clearly says the frame has to be completed in 10 minutes. You can hear the 5 second countdown. If you'd stop talking over stuff you'd hear them calling out he's got 2 more seconds to go.
Nobody reacted to that shot at 10:25 because it’s was being played during covid so no audience
Snooker is pronounced like cue - Oo
Ahoy mate, you need to watch 'Ronnie o' Sullivan's' fastest 147 in history, a real life master class right there in front of you, three cheers to you thanks
10:15 That was during the pandemic, so there was no one to react.
Snoooooker, long oo as in snoop, snooze, snooty, snood
You heard complete silence...the game was played during the Pandemic!....We observeved the rules!
@10.04 insane - pot no reaction - no audience during covid lockdown!
you need to watch a full game ... the world championship starts this saturday ... i'm sure it must be possible for you to watch
12 x 6ft table
Balls smaller
Pockets smaller
What the hell is “snuker” assume you mean snooker