American reacts to Ronnie O'Sullivan best Snooker Shots Ever

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  • @DougBrown-h1n
    @DougBrown-h1n Місяць тому +168

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

    • @scunner6828
      @scunner6828 Місяць тому +7

      he already did a reaction to it a few months ago

    • @DougBrown-h1n
      @DougBrown-h1n Місяць тому +4

      @@scunner6828 Ah okay, I didn't realise - at the beginning he was talking as if he wasn't sure what a 147 was.

    • @Fwhole
      @Fwhole Місяць тому +2

      Wasn't it actually less than 5 20.? Something about the clock not starting at the right time?

    • @Andy-Bodhi
      @Andy-Bodhi Місяць тому +3

      ​@@Fwholecorrect, not only did the OP not check this UA-camrs videos he got other facts wrong...
      5mins 8sec

    • @DougBrown-h1n
      @DougBrown-h1n Місяць тому +5

      @@Andy-Bodhi Gosh - everyone is so uptight. Take a chill pill and calm down, it's just casual chatter. ( By the way, you didn't capitalize, "correct").

  • @egroegartfart
    @egroegartfart Місяць тому +8

    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.

  • @aakesson1
    @aakesson1 Місяць тому +109

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

    • @Andreas0886
      @Andreas0886 Місяць тому +15

      And world record for spite 146es 🤣

    • @chassetterfield9559
      @chassetterfield9559 Місяць тому +6

      Ronnie has done 15 or so 147s, the most of anybody [ and that's in official matches, not exhibitions, or practice]. The record 147 break, by him, is variously quoted as 5min 20s, or 5:08, depending upon when the watch is started. There's a shot early in this video where he plays a red, left handed, almost along the cushion, into the top right green pocket, with massive screw, to come back for the black. That was the final black of one of his 147s.

    • @gibsonms
      @gibsonms Місяць тому +1

      You can get a higher score than 147 though

    • @scunner6828
      @scunner6828 Місяць тому +1

      he did a reaction to it a few months back

    • @leohickey4953
      @leohickey4953 Місяць тому +3

      There have been over 200 maximum breaks in competition play, with Ronnie holding the record for the most of those as well as the fastest. As far as I know, nobody has achieved the theoretical highest possible score of 155 in competition, but in 1995 Tony Drago did play a practice game featuring a "sixteenth red" free ball (opponent fouled leaving him unable to hit any red despite all fifteen of them being on the table). He potted brown as the free ball, added another brown as the "colour", and then cleared the table to get a break of 149 (not all were red-black combinations). Drago is also a champion pool player, known for fast play, so is also worth checking out.

  • @tlohecnal
    @tlohecnal Місяць тому +70

    Say after me:
    SnOOker
    SnOOker
    SnOOker

    • @KEB-bm5bv
      @KEB-bm5bv Місяць тому +13

      S-nooooo-ker 😂

    • @alexpotts6520
      @alexpotts6520 Місяць тому

      Snuhker

    • @seanfair1975
      @seanfair1975 Місяць тому

      S nuke kerr

    • @db8444
      @db8444 Місяць тому +2

      Yeah that's how you say it. And how I say it. But my Welsh friends say it differently

    • @jimyoung6271
      @jimyoung6271 Місяць тому +1

      Snook as in spook.

  • @DB-stuff
    @DB-stuff Місяць тому +45

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

    • @jaroslav-6027
      @jaroslav-6027 Місяць тому +5

      like several shots ahead as well))

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye Місяць тому +1

      and ensuring, if you miss, that you don't give your opponent much on offer:)

    • @easyduzit6118
      @easyduzit6118 Місяць тому +1

      It is about potting the ball and getting an angle on the next ball that will allow you get to choose an angle on the shot after that. If the shot is difficult such that you are unsure of potting it, you have to be aware of where you are leaving the cue if you miss. If you are shooting a red this means leaving yourself on a color without leaving your opponent a shot of a red if you miss.

    • @thisismossop
      @thisismossop Місяць тому

      And the points available for each colour. Snooker players like Ronnie can see a 147 from the break. A lot of the 'Amazing' shots, are only amazing in the context of the whole frame.

  • @bdn9041
    @bdn9041 Місяць тому +10

    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

  • @philipstroud6327
    @philipstroud6327 Місяць тому +10

    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

    • @12MatthewHarrison
      @12MatthewHarrison Місяць тому +2

      Ronnie is a genius and nobody disputes he’s the best to ever play, but you better believe that every single professional player is thinking 2 or 3 shots ahead! Just part of the game.

  • @fredt8038
    @fredt8038 Місяць тому +9

    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 😉

  • @disasterincarnate
    @disasterincarnate Місяць тому +57

    "Snucker" *punches monitor - takes deep breath*

    • @ryanwuzer
      @ryanwuzer  Місяць тому +7

      hahahah

    • @zeeox
      @zeeox Місяць тому

      I think that's actually his revised attempt to pronounce it correctly! #LongWayToGo

    • @tristanridley1601
      @tristanridley1601 Місяць тому +7

      ​@@ryanwuzer Google offers to translate "hahahah" to English. So ironic in context.

    • @brokenmusician1
      @brokenmusician1 Місяць тому

      They say it that way in South Wales too.

    • @AB-ot1pv
      @AB-ot1pv Місяць тому +3

      Every time I hear "snucker" I can't help but chuckle. It's like how a little kid would say it!

  • @osiris7800
    @osiris7800 Місяць тому +6

    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

    • @frankiek2269
      @frankiek2269 Місяць тому

      That’s because you never ran into Efren. Lol. Or took Efren to London.

    • @ClintWalker-p9c
      @ClintWalker-p9c Місяць тому

      Well he lives in the Philippines so it's unlikely but yes Efren is good at both

    • @rocketrabble6737
      @rocketrabble6737 Місяць тому

      ​@frankiek2269 Yes, but he is regarded as the best pool player of all time. It is a bit of a leap in level.
      Could he beat O'Sullivan at snooker in a big final? Could Ronnie beat him in a big pool final? The answer to both is probably 'no'.

    • @Gary-Boss
      @Gary-Boss Місяць тому

      ​@@frankiek2269Efren has never played snooker and we all know why

  • @UKCougar
    @UKCougar Місяць тому +2

    12:00 "why did he risk that?" - look at the score. He was over 100 points in the lead with 13 on the table, he'd already won. Typically when that happens, players play out their runs until they miss, the opponent doesn't return to the table.

  • @missusgumby
    @missusgumby Місяць тому +29

    "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.

    • @fatroberto3012
      @fatroberto3012 Місяць тому +3

      No. He could have easily got on a red off the brown. He wanted to free the pink and black and the yellow gave him the right angle to do that.

    • @legend9335
      @legend9335 Місяць тому +1

      Music to my ears.

    • @jasperdgg
      @jasperdgg Місяць тому +1

      @@fatroberto3012 That's false. There was only one red to play for, and there wasn't enough angle on the brown to get to it.

  • @paulgreen758
    @paulgreen758 Місяць тому +4

    that red with deep screw, was played Left Handed, and he needed position for a 147, best shot ive ever seen

  • @Reevesi
    @Reevesi Місяць тому +7

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

  • @stevesoutar3405
    @stevesoutar3405 Місяць тому +7

    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

  • @Covenantt666
    @Covenantt666 Місяць тому +4

    If you watch the points at the bottom on the screen when u wondered why he risked screwing back into the side of the pocket after he potted the blue, he had already won the frame. He was just racking up style points. 😄❤

  • @CameronM47
    @CameronM47 Місяць тому +3

    The way he's able to be so precise is that as part of his training to become a professional snooker player, he/they earn a masters degree in trigonometry.

    • @scunner6828
      @scunner6828 Місяць тому

      Yes that's right. Msc. (Trig) Oxon. (probably) A man who certainly knows his cosecant from his cotangent

  • @chriswinspear7965
    @chriswinspear7965 Місяць тому +1

    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!

  • @barnstorm8971
    @barnstorm8971 Місяць тому +1

    Some of those shots are amazing because of the situation of the game at the time the shot was played. For example, the left handed screw shot (back spin) from one end of the table back down for the black was to keep his 147 going - that was the best shot in the video for me 🙂

  • @stirling84
    @stirling84 Місяць тому +1

    Love it when you're reacting to snooker. Not good myself but the tv doesn't do the table justice, I played a lot of pool and seeing a snooker table for the first time. Damn! It is huge, but people around you are usually calm so it's a great atmosphere. Hope you try it soon man

  • @johnloony68
    @johnloony68 Місяць тому +12

    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)

    • @mikeabba1990
      @mikeabba1990 Місяць тому +4

      He was also selling porn in his dad's sex shops whilst of school age,
      He won a tournament, was drugs tested after it and failed on cannabis. He was stripped of the title and fined
      He made his first century age 10, first maximum age 15
      See, more Ronnie facts, I'm special just like you

    • @johnmc3862
      @johnmc3862 Місяць тому +2

      Ronnie also once headbutted a snooker official in 1996.

    • @kwakithailand
      @kwakithailand Місяць тому +1

      ​@@johnmc3862that was a Glasgow Kiss, though...

    • @mikeabba1990
      @mikeabba1990 26 днів тому +1

      @@johnloony68 The fact that stands alone... Won the world title, spent the entire following season away from snooker. Came back at the season's climax to defend his world title, and did. He didn't pick up his cue for a year, a year, and then retains his crown. The greatest, past/present/future

  • @amazingfuton
    @amazingfuton Місяць тому +5

    This the first time I've seen you properly impressed! A snooker table is a lot bigger than you think. Ronnie has been the best for many years, but all of the players are good

    • @chassetterfield9559
      @chassetterfield9559 Місяць тому +2

      It's not just that the table is 2x by 2x bigger than a pool table [ 12' x 6' ], but the pockets are relatively tiny, NOT the enormous buckets you get on a pool table.

  • @dazlebluefrogify
    @dazlebluefrogify Місяць тому +1

    The first time i went to the british legion club with my dad back in the 80's i couldn't get over the size of the table compared to the pool tables in the pubs,took me a while to get used to them but won lots of games once i got the hang of it 😂never got a 100 break best was only 48,6 red 6 black i thought i was the new alex higgins who was a great player at the time

  • @deanknows2024
    @deanknows2024 Місяць тому +6

    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).

  • @TwistedRealm
    @TwistedRealm 10 днів тому

    I've watched him live and he is an incredible player.

  • @mrmr5580
    @mrmr5580 Місяць тому +9

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

  • @paulhooton6261
    @paulhooton6261 Місяць тому +1

    Pool is a fun game but you can see here the amazing skill and game play of snooker that just puts it at a different level

  • @sulliken77
    @sulliken77 Місяць тому +8

    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).

  • @bogbreffful
    @bogbreffful Місяць тому +1

    For an amateur, to even get a colour after potting a red is a marvellous achievement! Even if you're good at pool.
    You can't ever be even better taught to be as good as him. It's a natural gift. Left or right handed shots - Ronnie at his height was just amazing

    • @bogbreffful
      @bogbreffful Місяць тому

      By the way, if you enjoy snooker and Ronnie, it's worth watching Jimmy White's greatest pots. Some of his stuff was even more outlandish!

  • @ΓιάννηςΧατζηγεωργίου-θ9σ

    Ronnie O'Sullivan is with absolutely NO doubt the best snooker player of all times. Personally, i call him not a human but an extraterrestrial (even though i am a pool player and fan, i follow snooker from late 70's). Noone (with all due respect to at least a dozen snooker ''semi gods'') has played the game like he did/does. We are not talking about a super talent or a super great player, we are talking about a different level from all the other players who ever held a snooker cue in their hands.

  • @johankaewberg8162
    @johankaewberg8162 Місяць тому +1

    Century Break Is remarkable. A 147 is legendary, and this guy did it more than once. One of the best!

    • @mehallica666
      @mehallica666 Місяць тому

      He's done it 15 times.

    • @volker.kreutzer852
      @volker.kreutzer852 Місяць тому +2

      ONE OF the best?? Empty phrase! Tell me one name who is better.

    • @johankaewberg8162
      @johankaewberg8162 Місяць тому

      @@volker.kreutzer852 Searching… Searching… Searching… Malfunction.

  • @bensheekey1399
    @bensheekey1399 Місяць тому +1

    Ronnie set the fastest 147 in history in a time of 5min 20s. He has held that record since 1997. Nearly 30 years ago!

  • @darkiee69
    @darkiee69 Місяць тому +1

    Snooker players are masters of geometry, and when they make a shot they're already 2-3 shots ahead.

  • @aaronnewbould5968
    @aaronnewbould5968 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @lsaria5998
    @lsaria5998 Місяць тому +1

    For the 3-ball plant again it's a tactical meta-game thing. It was not the easiest ball to pot on the table but it was what is called a shot-to-nothing. You have a shot you can play where you MIGHT pot the ball, but you can leave the white in a spot where if the red goes in you have position on a colour, but if you miss your opponent has no easy shot. If he had taken an easier pot on there was a chance that it would leave the red or the white in a spot that gave his opponent an easy setup if he missed. As it was, he left the white at the far end of the table, where all the reds where protected by the yellow and green.

  • @SNDLKaraoke
    @SNDLKaraoke Місяць тому +1

    I played pool at a semi pro level for many years, but trained by playing snooker. It's so completely different in feel.
    If you've ever played pool and hit a shot which barely went into the pocket... I can assure you on a snooker table, you wouldn't have pot that same ball lol

  • @kevinduffy4233
    @kevinduffy4233 Місяць тому +1

    Unlike pool if the ball you’re potting is close to the cushion (rail) actually hits the cushion before the pocket then it won’t go into the pocket as they are tighter than pockets on a pool table

  • @dfloriza
    @dfloriza Місяць тому

    Fellow pool-playing American here - playing on a snooker table is so much fun, but also so torturous at the same time. It's like trying to play marbles on a football field 😂you get to appreciate any pot you can get on a snooker table. I hope you get the opportunity to play on one soon!

  • @neilbrogan2441
    @neilbrogan2441 Місяць тому +1

    Best score achievable in snooker is a 147 and yes, plenty of professionals have done it, however, that does not mean it is easy by any stretch!
    There is the age old question of which is easier; a 9 dart finish in darts, a hole in one in golf, or a 147 in snooker! In my opinion, the level of consistency for a 147 makes the snooker feat the ultimate sporting challenge!

  • @gerbenvanderbliek7448
    @gerbenvanderbliek7448 Місяць тому

    Lol. seen these multiple times..I was thinking well im a simple guy, a ronnie reaction vid..ill watch it! Great intro😀

  • @DoctorWossname
    @DoctorWossname Місяць тому +6

    The first TELEVISED 147 was made by the Canadian Cliff Thorburn back in the early 1980s. The players at the other table broke off from their match to watch him complete it.

    • @seanscanlon9067
      @seanscanlon9067 Місяць тому +2

      Not trying to be a dick here but that was the second one, with the first being by Steve Davis that same year in 1982.
      You kind of have things right though but for some of the finer detail, as Cliff's one was the first televised 147 during the World Championships. Cliff's fellow Canadian, friend and teammate by country snooker team tournaments, Bill Werbeniuk had been playing his match on the other table but his stopped so that he could stand by the table dividing screen and watch Cliff's break.

    • @CmdrDjBurp-dr5uy
      @CmdrDjBurp-dr5uy Місяць тому +1

      First televised bud. Steve Davis was the first. I have the 147 Steve cue that was manufactured. My oldest son has her nowadays tho

    • @zeeox
      @zeeox Місяць тому

      No. It was Steve Davis in the 1982 Lada Classic.

    • @JazHaz
      @JazHaz Місяць тому +1

      I believe Cliff's was the first at the Crucible but not 100%

    • @zeeox
      @zeeox Місяць тому

      @@JazHaz - yes, that is correct. First televised World Champs 147. And John Spencer's would have beaten even Davis's as the first on the telly full stop if it weren't for the camera crew taking a break! (A 'break' of another sort I mean! Arf.)

  • @mrgriff1
    @mrgriff1 Місяць тому

    The guy is a genuis. His 92 break at the Crucible...mind blowing!!!

  • @paullow3377
    @paullow3377 Місяць тому +1

    Incidentally, many professional snooker players don't like getting flukes. They prefer having skills rather than luck in this game. Especially during official matches.

  • @pauljknight75
    @pauljknight75 Місяць тому

    Love watching these videos.😊👍

  • @Sabre_Wulf1
    @Sabre_Wulf1 Місяць тому +1

    What most USA lads do not understand, and that tv cant convey... is the sheer size of the table. It is 12 foot by 6 foot. (3.6 metres x 1.8 metres). Then make the pockets 80mm wide for a 52mm ball. You honestly do not 'get it' until you see one and hit a ball on one in real life.
    Most people can pocket a ball on a pool table, but even an 'easy shot' on a snooker table is ridiculously difficult. I know plenty of lads whos highest score ever is 2 reds and 2 blacks.

  • @johnmc3862
    @johnmc3862 Місяць тому

    Ronnies positioning is sublime, he brought it to a new level.

  • @lindadoswell9396
    @lindadoswell9396 Місяць тому +1

    I used to run a old peoples home and they all watched snooker avidly!!!! If you ever see the crowd a lot of them are old ladies and men!!!!

    • @scunner6828
      @scunner6828 Місяць тому

      That's because a lot of older ladies like a well-presented man with an understanding of etiquette, who can do something well and can show them a nice kiss on the pink

  • @questionableabsanity
    @questionableabsanity Місяць тому +1

    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!

  • @Sharturse
    @Sharturse Місяць тому +1

    On a snooker table you can't pot a ball if you come off the cushion (rail). It's not illegal but the pockets are just too small.

  • @ryanrysdale2214
    @ryanrysdale2214 Місяць тому

    Loving the snooker stuff. I am a big snooker nut. Love all aspects of the game from the world championship right down the European/world u16s. I feel like now you lots of single shot videos. It might be worth watching something like a maximum 147 break. You could do Ronnie’s quickest one, or there was a great maximum made by Shaun Murphy in the snooker shootout last season which was a very special one. I was actually in the audience watching it live.

    • @ryanrysdale2214
      @ryanrysdale2214 Місяць тому

      Alternatively, you could see a different side to snooker by watching the final frame of the 1985 world final, or the world semi final by Kyren Wilson and Anthony McGill. Both show snooker in a completely different light.

  • @jackcoups1187
    @jackcoups1187 Місяць тому +1

    155 when your opponent commits a foul and the player is then snookered by the foul. The playef then designates a ball of their choice as "on", typically a colour as it gets respotted, then plays the black. 15 cherries remain to score a perfect clearance

  • @beaumont6751
    @beaumont6751 28 днів тому

    I once plaed Johnny Archer 3x World Champion 9 ball player (at the time), in a $100 steak dinner charity event, and I broke and ran out, on a Gold Crown Brnswick 9 foot table. // But on a12 foot regulation BCE steel block rail snooker table, my highest run was only 38 points. & that feat was a rarity. // Got to love Ronny, he makes table clearances look easy & that quick play is his "read the table" shot brilliance.

  • @diddlydonuts8019
    @diddlydonuts8019 Місяць тому +1

    When your opponent commits a foul and the white ball is still on the table, if your next shot cannot hit any red ball full in the face, the referee will call "free ball" and you can nominate any colour on the table to act as a red ball. When that ball is potted, it goes back to its spot and you can play any colour and continue your break.
    Thus the maximum possible break is 155

  • @Shroudey
    @Shroudey Місяць тому +8

    I'd love to hear your pronunciation of spooky

    • @Ascension721
      @Ascension721 Місяць тому +1

      spook/y is one of the few exceptions to the rule. Book, cook, look, nook are pronounced with an -uck sound, so if anything he pronounced it in the most logical way. English is famously inconsistent.

    • @mattm9127
      @mattm9127 Місяць тому +1

      But yet they don't pronounce pool 'pull' 🤔

    • @nolaj114
      @nolaj114 Місяць тому +1

      ​​@@Ascension721 The word "snood" is pronounced snoo-d, not "snuhd". Spoon is spoo-n not "spuhn". Spool is spoo-l, not "spuhl". And so on.....

  • @IDTV66
    @IDTV66 Місяць тому +1

    America holds its own national championship, if you look you'll find a snooker table somewhere near you.

  • @peterbullen3347
    @peterbullen3347 Місяць тому

    As many others have mentioned, snooker is about angles and pace, but also the angles can be altered by the use of side( english in pool) but also add the fact that the cloth has a nap which will affect the spin, pace and general run of the ball..

  • @butcherdunno8006
    @butcherdunno8006 Місяць тому +1

    Ronnie is best ever but Judd Trump is best snooker player to watch play his insane cuepower and potting ability makes him an excellent entertainer

  • @joeribelgium
    @joeribelgium Місяць тому +1

    highest score is 147, but technically a 155 break is possible, The break involved a free ball, which therefore created an `extra' red, when all 15 reds were still on the table. In these very exceptional circumstances, the maximum break is 155

  • @sparkplugsteve402
    @sparkplugsteve402 Місяць тому

    Ronnie has made 15 147s in tournament play, unknown quantity in practice, he also plays left handed when he wants to. The REAL GOAT.

  • @callithowiseeit5806
    @callithowiseeit5806 Місяць тому

    For our American friends who've never played on a snooker table, it's like looking down a freeway

  • @peronik349
    @peronik349 Місяць тому

    this guy is a living legend of snooker!!
    during a competition after his first point of a game he asked the referee a little question:
    "what is the bonus for a "147"?"
    (a 147 is the perfect score!!! making 100 is already an accomplishment)
    the poor referee of the game, surprised, had to pass this question on to his colleagues who announced "no bonuses for a 147"
    despite this disappointing announcement, Ronnie still scored the other 146 points almost in one go.......

  • @BiggyJimbo
    @BiggyJimbo Місяць тому

    I'm surprised you asked what the highest possible score is, as you yourself have uploaded a video 4 months ago reacting to Ronnie's fastest 147 haha! Thanks for the video, great to see snooker getting some attention across the pond.

  • @BoldRam
    @BoldRam 2 дні тому

    With Ronnie, everything is about position, whether for the next shot or in 3 shots time 👌👌

  • @Kualinar
    @Kualinar Місяць тому +1

    The perfect score is 147. BUT, if your opponent had a few fouls, you can get more. For example : If your opponent touch a colour instead of a red, you get +5 or the value of the colour. Yellow, green, brown and blue = +5, pink = +6 and black =+7. NOT hitting any ball is also worth +5 points for your opponent. Then, there is the case of a free ball that can increase your score by up to +8 points : 147 + 8 = 155.

  • @I.Wallivs
    @I.Wallivs Місяць тому +1

    If you can ever find one, just go and knock some balls around a snooker table and film it I know you have the upmost respect already but honestly it will blow your mind how these guys are playing three or four shots ahead, rifling every shot with insane spin on a surface as big as that with balls much smaller than pool balls and pockets unbelievably tight.
    I consider myself to be a very good pool player, lose my shit when it comes to snooker. Highest break of only 40 and I was absolutely over the moon with that. It's one of the most skillful games there is, I'm a pool man but snooker is just 10 times more difficult. The rocket is a demon that he can do that with both his right and left hand, a true true great of any sport let alone snooker

  • @anglosaxon5874
    @anglosaxon5874 Місяць тому +4

    You don't go just for the points [went for the yellow instead of the brown]. It's the position after for the next pot [and beyond]. @2:00

  • @vtbn53
    @vtbn53 Місяць тому +11

    SNOOKER not snucker dammit!

  • @billfrater1948
    @billfrater1948 Місяць тому +1

    The Green wasn't a Fluke, it's a shoot called a Cocked Hat Double.

    • @johnnysoccer1983
      @johnnysoccer1983 6 днів тому

      I'd always heard it called a "Marcus Double" but I believe that's more regular pool not snooker they said that, at least where I live it was.

  • @andrewhartshorn3691
    @andrewhartshorn3691 Місяць тому +1

    Some of the shots that you were amazed by were played left-handed!!!
    Ronnie is naturally righthanded but can play just as well left-handed!

  • @daveloboda1769
    @daveloboda1769 Місяць тому

    He is that precise because he is the GOAT.

  • @davidpaylor5666
    @davidpaylor5666 Місяць тому

    Ronnie is such a nice chap considering that he spent his childhood in snooker halls, very quiet and unassuming. And the greatest snooker player of all time.
    As others have said, watch his world record 147, it's poetic.

  • @SR1Records
    @SR1Records Місяць тому +1

    For those who are not aware, a standard tournament size pool table is 9 feet x 4.7 feet. A snooker table is 12 feet x 6 feet!

    • @timheywood4813
      @timheywood4813 Місяць тому

      @SR1Records not forgetting that the pockets on pool tables are huge compared to how tight competition snooker tables are

  • @Jeni10
    @Jeni10 Місяць тому +8

    UA-cam, cube, Luke, rebuke, rebuker, Snooker.

    • @tristanridley1601
      @tristanridley1601 Місяць тому

      Are those the same in your accent? In Canada half of them have a glide. Like, "Cyub", "R'byuk".

  • @wayneanthonyholmes4437
    @wayneanthonyholmes4437 Місяць тому

    Ronnie O'Sullivan the greatest player of all time GOAT 🐐

  • @DS-iu5px
    @DS-iu5px Місяць тому +1

    So the shot at approx 13 min mark isn't a fluke. It's called a cocked hat double. His face is because he's not sure if brown passes pink to left middle.

  • @shogunai
    @shogunai 3 дні тому

    If youve played pool, just imagine a game that is about 10000 times more difficult, and then you've got snooker. And this man is the goat.

  • @lightsonno1home311
    @lightsonno1home311 Місяць тому +1

    The 155 is possible in theory but has never happened in a tournament game.
    In fact, it has only ever happened once with any kind of camera recording the game, and that was a security camera in a practice hall.

  • @matshjalmarsson3008
    @matshjalmarsson3008 Місяць тому +2

    O'Sullivan sometimes gets, let's say, bored, and starts making more or less trick shots, I've heard that that's how he started playing left handed.
    147 is top score, and O'Sullivan has made several, and other players too, but I belive that Ronnie has the most

  • @slithery9291
    @slithery9291 5 днів тому

    The highest possible score is 147. Ronnie holds the world record time of 5 minutes 8 seconds. Sefinately worth a watch.

  • @SteveSmallMusic
    @SteveSmallMusic Місяць тому +1

    Instructions for Americans.
    Say "snooper" (someone who snoops).
    Replace the 'p' with a 'k'.
    That's how "snooker" is pronounced.

  • @seanscanlon9067
    @seanscanlon9067 Місяць тому +1

    3:08 yeah potting a red and a colour on the same shot or two colours at once if on a colour at the time is not allowed and is a four point foul if the colour involved is the yellow, green or brown or a foul to the points value of any other colours on any other ball, so five for blue, six for pink and seven for black.
    Potting more than one red in the same shot is fine though, so you would get two points for two red, three points for three reds although that rarely (if ever) happens, but that is just as long as you were playing to pot a red at the time, as potting a colour and a red at the same time is a foul if on and only intending to pot a colour.

  • @paulcowie7854
    @paulcowie7854 Місяць тому +1

    There must be a table somewhere near you Ryan, love for you to play and report back.

    • @gobalmighty7463
      @gobalmighty7463 Місяць тому +1

      Yeah, I'd like to know how much "fun" Ryan finds it. It's not frustrating at all going from pool (and especially American pool tables) to not being able to pot a ball to save your life! It does make you appreciate the pros though.

  • @davidbaldock9321
    @davidbaldock9321 Місяць тому

    It’s not just the precision required to pot the balls, it’s also being able to put the white where it’s needed for the next shot.

  • @kevinfairclough4619
    @kevinfairclough4619 Місяць тому

    Context is important, those “exhibition” style shots were mostly after the game was won on points. But he is the greatest player, no doubt.

  • @jonathonrudge8485
    @jonathonrudge8485 Місяць тому

    His cue ball control blows my mind! How can you just hit a ball once with the tip of a stick and make it move with such accuracy! Its insane

  • @JazHaz
    @JazHaz Місяць тому +1

    If you've never seen a snooker table, not only is the table 12 foot long, but the pockets are smaller and tighter than on a US 8 ball pool table.

  • @pioneer_uk_
    @pioneer_uk_ Місяць тому

    The Rocket" O'Sullivan made a maximum 147 break in the quickest time ever recorded, five minutes and eight seconds, in the first round of the 1997 World Championship.

  • @crowdaddy6472
    @crowdaddy6472 Місяць тому

    the biggest skill is not just putting the balls but also getting the position on the next ball

  • @dukewilliam1st
    @dukewilliam1st Місяць тому

    the key to understanding the beauty of these shoots is that they are the optimal ones. let me explain if you shot a red, you have to give yourself a position to a color one while preventing an easy red one for the opponent if you miss; if you shot a color, you have to give yourself a position to a red but if you miss, it is an easy red for the opponent. some color shots are so bold, a safety shot would be the easy answer but yeah, it's Ronnie! and the red shots are so safe while opening colors simultaneously, he gives himself 40 points if not clearing the table by his standards in the following shots. some sots are parts are 147 which adds to the pressure ( you notice the count on balls at the bottom, all reds and blacks ...).

  • @n0w3lly90
    @n0w3lly90 Місяць тому

    It's difficult, but the professionals make it look easy. The table surfaces are very large: 12 x 6ft, and, on a championship table, the pockets are not hugely wider than the ball. In clubs, the pockets are wider

  • @carlito24uk
    @carlito24uk Місяць тому

    It’s very overwhelming getting on a snooker table.

  • @carlbroomhall9665
    @carlbroomhall9665 Місяць тому

    The shot you thought was a fluke into the middle bag off the cushions,is a cocked hat double shot he knew what he was playing 😂

  • @gerbenvanderbliek7448
    @gerbenvanderbliek7448 Місяць тому

    Like others said, you gotta watch the fastest 147 ever.pure magic.

  • @terryread1970
    @terryread1970 Місяць тому

    Yes, 155 is the highest possible break in snooker? 147 is normally the maximum 15 reds 15 blacks and the colours. I’m surprised it’s not popular in America it’s a brilliant game. Love the video deserves a subscription. you should watch some of Judd trumps shots amazing

  • @mehallica666
    @mehallica666 Місяць тому

    Going for the yellow at 1:58 gives him a better angle to free up the next red. The brown is worth 2 more points but the chance to keep the break going is more valuable.

  • @TheDagda1000
    @TheDagda1000 Місяць тому

    Ronnie O'Sullivan: a human trigonometry calculator!

  • @Yogoniogi
    @Yogoniogi Місяць тому +1

    the tables are massive irl

  • @stumccabe
    @stumccabe Місяць тому

    Ryan, you really need to find a snooker table near you to have a game and appreciate the massive difference between snooker and pool. I know there are some snooker clubs in the US (and Canada of course).

  • @12MatthewHarrison
    @12MatthewHarrison Місяць тому

    4.23 that green to middle is absolutely outrageous .. to hit that so hard and pot it clean and get all that action on the white .. unreal ..

  • @davidpreston9909
    @davidpreston9909 Місяць тому

    Some of the times when there are only a few balls left on and Ronnie plays a spectacular position shot, he's already so far ahead in the match that there is no real risk. Not all, but a few. And of course he is the best that's ever played the game. Oh, and by the way, a snooker table is 12 feet by 6 feet - 72 square feet, and looks even more intimidating in person.