@@ryand3759 The more I watch him the more annoying it gets. I would love for pool tournaments to put a stop to constant talking. He does it sometimes even when the other person is playing..
@@fishblade2 I can see your point definitely, but I would say that it adds character to the game. It's good when there are players considered to be "heels" because it makes their losses that much more satisfying.
It is a matter of transfer. A snooker player can walk in without practice and be a top 8 ball player. A top 8 ball would be beaten by an amateur snooker player in snooker.
You cannot really compare. Pool is a much harder game because tiny mistake can loose you the match. In snooker there are less game in ones Snooker is more difficult potting. Because table size. But because of that there are much less shot deviations. Less combinations. Less bank-shots done etc. In snooker side spin is used less then in pool because potting is already hard. If sub top snooker players would be so much better then top pool players they would all switch to pool to earn their money instead of hardly make money because they cannot make the top 100 in snooker consistently.
Yes to everything you said, with the one exception of the Goat himself. ... Efren Reyes. In fact, when both were a LOT younger, they met and played Snooker and Reyes won. But other than Reyes, ur point is very valid. Cheers
@@JohnJohnson-zq9rg You cannot be serious? Pool much harder than Snooker? As OP said, Ronnie could jump on a pool table with any player on earth and easily hold his own. The top pool players would not win a frame against him if he was actually trying. There is a reason for this. Yes, the pockets may be bigger, but so is the table. The shots can be much longer, making them more difficult. I could go on and on. Nothing against pool but snooker is much, much more difficult. Im also not sure what you mean about side not being put on shots; virtually every shot you see at pro level has back, top or side on it rarely are they hit full face. You are trying to control a white ball and move it around a larger space, of course spin is used? The point about earnings is also ridiculous, Ronnie O Sullivan has made over £30m playing snooker. Show me one pool player that has earnt that much from winning tournaments.
well 8 ball is a very simple game, since pro snooker player already have the very basic skills of hit ball in a hole it transfers perfectly over to 8 ball but because snooker is played over one, a much larger table, two, a completely different and almost complex set of rules, and three, different equipment, for snooker players it's like going down a level because everything is just smaller and simpler but for an 8 ball player it's like going up a level in complexity
Earl is too dumb... not saying if snooker was his game from the beginning he couldn't win. Red ball. Black ball. Red ball. Black ball. Red ball. Black ball. etc etc etc etc.... Then the finale, a nice game of 9-ball where everything is set up for you. Snooker just has too many rules and nuances for someone to just come in and win. This is the dumbest game ever and O'Sullivan still couldn't take it. I guess he's too used to red ball, black ball, muscle memory to play anything else.
Ronnie would eat him alive on a snooker table. Table is too small for ronnie. By far the best pool player I have ever seen. Would like to see him play against mosconi. Better yet play mosconi on a billiards table. Both are masters of position.
@@montystruth7839 well that’s just a very stupid comment, gonna have to presume you’re American because anyone outside of your country would just find that stupid and ignorant which it is, and I just found it funny how earl was saying it was difficult why don’t you educate yourself a little and go and watch some snooker you’ll see impressive difficult shots, still actually laughing at your dumb comment 😂😂😂😂
He wasn’t talking about popularity, he was talking about difficulty. American pool doesn’t even come close to Snooker in difficulty. You pot into buckets for starters 😂 anyway stop with the excuses, you sound like Earl.
@@leewoods4605 exactly, American pool isn’t even as difficult as UK pool imo, like you said the pockets are huge in comparison lol! I’d put the average pub pool player up against earl and I bet he’d lose a few frames lol.
Snooker players are the most delusional players I've ever seen. Look at us.. we have a bigger table but use half the table 90% of the time with these just as short shots😂😂😂
@@xdecemberguy1As a player of both games. Pool is wayyy wayyy easier as compared to snooker. I can clear tables and run racks on pool but on snooker I struggle with basic breaks. My highest break is like 40 and that too after 6-7 years of snooker!
Ronnie vs Earl in Snooker 100 frames. 100 : 0 Earl vs Ronnie in Pool 100 frames 55 : 45 Any Top 20 snooker players vs the best pool player. The result is the same as above. Snooker is a much difficult game and require higher skill level
@@ojeeseogy5597 Just for your info..Efren was defeated by Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia players during his prime in 90s when the pool competition was held in Bangkok using snooker table. He lost all his matches. He did not complain because he knew snooker table pockets are very tight and table size is bigger
Yes snooker is tough,but what pool really impress me is the variety of gaming options.Different rules requires different kinds of skill which I don’t really believe snooker players can automatically play well in games such as one pocket. Accuracy is one of the reason which makes snooker so tough but it is definitely not the only consideration of which is harder, Russian pyramid requires even tougher execution. But still, Ronnie is the GOAT :P
Spoken like a true amateur .. snooker may have longer shots and longer positional play with safety but with Pool you can be out by 1 millimeter and lose the game. Its more about being gentle with you're positional play in Pool. most of the time in snooker it is simply red colour red and the gaps between the balls are usually larger which gives you the opertunity to play in an area. Pool you cannot really do that because the balls are close together.. Snooker fans are very very arrogant about discrediting Pool but you don't see the professional players saying this only amateur players. We had some snooker players who where county level come play me and my pal and we smashed them 8-2 and even after thar they had the arrogance to go on about how their sport is so much harder.. Well why didn't they beat us 8-2 then ???
@@paulking8523 you would see snooker player loses in pool 8-2. But if you put that pool player into the snooker table, he won’t even make a break of 20, let alone winning a frame.
@@paulking8523 you can also be out 1 millimetre and lose the frame too. I suggest you watch some snooker and understand it before making this sort of comment. You saw someone like Judd Trump smashing some lower-ranked pool player in pool, but you’ll never see a top-ranked pool player winning a frame against a lower-ranked snooker player in snooker.
@@agt2659 pal I've watched and played plenty of snooker and positioning is completely different the angles are different because the table is larger. when you talk to me like I don't know what I'm talking about I'd like to see you're trophies you have because I have some so I think I understand cue sports. its obvious you can lose with 1mm out in snooker but it's far far more rare because most of the time if the balls are not spoiled they are much more further apart. both sports are difficult in different ways its just a fact .. and of course a pro pool player would beat amateur snooker players ask Mark selby 😉
naaah mate..... look at some of the greats in sport ....John 'mc'enroe hell roniie even etc etc shaun palmer , they like a moan ....its what he is ....its inbuilt , STILL A LEGEND
Earl is 3x 9ball world champion, no, he didn't let him win. Pool requires skill too, just like snooker. Just cause pockets are tighter in snooker doesn't mean that every snooker player would destroy pool players in pool. Tony Drago was never world champion in pool.
Sladjan Ivkovic uh yes snooker is a way harder game, pockets are tight and the table is really far , straight shots in snooker are impossible for pool players because even a little unwanted spin and you’d miss
@@marcuscheng974 Dude I play both pool and snooker, and watch snooker regularly, I know how hard is snooker, but it's not easier to win in pool that it is in snooker. If the game is easier it's easier for both players. Point is, pool is Earl's game and Ronnie is snooker king.
Yeah I don’t think he let him win but he definitely took it easy on him because he knew how hard Earl would take getting beat. I think Ronnie could easily beat him.
00:03:13 Earl: i'm playing here all the time, it's a tough place. Hahaha! Efren Reyes hustles without airconditioning on a beat up table in 2020 in Philippines.
Dude he ain't faking that at all, if he is though then he's a genius but I thin evidence points to the other being true, for example the 2022 Missoni cup he was still being down on himself pitying himself and Shane had to give him some pep talks, Earl is a true great love the dude but crazy to be as great as he is while also having the mindset he has usually had.
I think that Ronnie is such a nice guy that he didn't want to be the one responsible for this guy having an existential crisis, so he didn't really try that hard. Ronnie can easily accept a loss, but this guy Strickland, seems like his self worth is tied up in his winning!
You don’t watch a lot of pool lol… Ronnie has known Earl for years… they’ve battled in the Mosconi Cup. Earl is a 5-time world champion, Ronnie wasn’t taking anything easy
@@KvnDWr tbh ronnie was handily gunna beat him, earl starts his whining to try n put off his opponents, i'm pretty sure ronnie was like "meh" lol, if you actually know anything about ronnie, you'll find sometimes he just can't be bothered lol.
Jayson was going to play ronnie but jayson was away in China at the time playing Chinese 8 ball that would have been good to see ronnie o'sullivan played in 2 mosconi cups 96/97
@@chrisbryant1836 yes, but earl was just complaining. It wasn’t really a thing, just part of Strickland’s banter. That dampness slows down the table, yes. But your missing the point.
Traditional pool is an entirely different game than snooker, for the same reasons and problems people have that play on a regulation table and then play on a bar table. In snooker the table is bigger, the balls are smaller as well as the pockets and they aren't cut to benefit the shot. It's much more of a precision game. I play on a regulation table and consider myself average at best, yet get me on a vending machine table and I look like a 2 day old rookie. You put Strickland on a snooker table and Ronnie has his way with him like a cheap date. Just like Reyes always did!
that would be fucking nuts. maybe if they met somewhere in between, like Chinese 8 ball. Though they'd probably go nuts and start sword fighting with their cues
It's obvious that Earl Strickland cracks Ronnie up. The guy would make me laugh like crazy to if i played against him, even if he got all out crazy i would still laugh. The guy is just funny, and a hell of a player.
Theres really no point comparing. Earls a legend but how much a legend he is, he would have a harder time to survive on the snooker table, than Ronnie has on the pool table. Ronnie is unquestionable the greatest ball potter ever.
Correct. In comparison with pool, Snooker forces players to be more precise with their angles, their pace, and their cue control. These refined skills obviously directly translate to pool, but not necessarily vice versa. Technique-wise, you can get away with more at the pool table - it's more forgiving.
Seriously doubt it but Earl is really good at pocketing balls. I think it would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Earl switched to snooker about 20 yrs ago and moved to the UK. Probably would not have had the same level of success but I’ll wager he would have made a nice living at it.
Relatively speaking, the size of snooker balls compared to pro-tournament snooker pockets is about the same as the size of pool balls compared to pro-tournament pool pockets. So yes, while snooker pockets are smaller, so are the balls, making the "precision" inconsequential compared to pool if you're only considering clean pots. The reason snooker is difficult for pool players has more to do with a much bigger table and curved jaws. Conversely, the reason pool can be challenging for a lot of snooker players is the size/weight of pool balls and the thickness of pool shafts/tips can be a difficult adjustment due to significantly more throw and deflection. This is why even in this video, Ronnie was hitting high up the rail on some corner-pocket shots instead of going in clean like he would on a snooker table because the behavior of the balls simply isn't the same.
Let's turn the tables (pun intended), and see how it pans out on a 12 ft table. They could play 100 frames and guess how many Earl is winning...? ( It's a number between 0 and 0)
Earl likes to use different and strange equipment here and there. That strange glove is one of them. Here he put some shit on it to stabilize his fingers...because it's hard to keep them still when getting old.
Strickland of the greatest pool players ever playing probably the greatest snooker player ever interesting match up if o sullivan had taken up 9 ball im pretty sure he'd have been a world champion
For the sake of Public information , Ronnie and Efren played against each other in Snooker , Thailand 1991, Ronnie gave 25pts to Efren , And Efren Won!! Its a Fact!
Earl does believe he’s one of the greatest athletes to play the game but he also thinks so is Ronnie so is Efren Reyes and so many more athletes. And so that’s the difference between Ronnie and earl. Ronnie looks at the people he plays against as normal people like he does himself, so earl thinks he’s one of the greatest players to play too so he will often think he may be playing against someone who is or can become greater.
Yes, snooker in general, is harder than pool but, as Ronnie O said himself,"pool has its challenges that dont exist in snooker." In watching pro snooker and pro pool most of my life I can say this is the case. Snooker is harder than pool 1. The table is bigger. 2. The pockets are smaller. 3. The pocket cut is rounded. 4. There's no big break to open the rack and scatter the balls, leaving plenty of open shots. 5. The nap of the cloth is slower than 860 Simonis. 6. The balls are smaller making for a smaller contact point. 7. The general rules, dimensions of Snooker leaves for little luck. In games like 9Ball, the game can be won easily and luckily with very little skill. Snooker, you really hafta earn it. To play Snooker fairly, a knowledgeable ref is required. Pool is harder than Snooker 1. In Snooker, because of the dimensions and conditions, you actually are not going for shots in Snooker that are routine in pool. A) Rail shots B) Bank shots C) Carom shots D) Kick shots E) Combination shots. 2. Cue ball in pool is bigger and heavier making it harder to control, especially draw. 3. Modern contemporary pool table pockets are shrinking while not shrinking the ball size. 4. Pool balls are bigger. Snooker balls being smaller and lighter have a wider range of pocket speed. 5. Position play. In games like 9 Ball, players often are forced to play the cue ball with lots a spin to a multitude of rails. In Snooker, these shots would be suicidal. That being said, pool generally requires a broader range of knowledge of table angles similar to 3 Cushion Billiards. 6. Safety play. No rule on driving an object ball to a cushion in Snooker. To get out of safety play in pool, a knowledge of kicking angles is a must. 7. Break shot. In games like 9 Ball, 8 Ball, 10Ball-a good break is required. This is where a good 9 Ball player will beat a Snooker player in pool games. 8. Clusters. Because the table is smaller and the balls are bigger in pool, the balls have less an area to go without bunching up.
He reminds me of my self playing 8 ball i always complain too many clusters and still clear and my friend goes too hard my ass 😆 I really prefer 9 or 10 ball I struggle to make sense od 8 ball sometimes but its great to watch both these two play well played both of them 🤧👍👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
In the pubs maybe but if you go to a snooker hall there'll be the pool tables they're playing on here. There are different size English pool tables though as well. One table in a local pub not too far away from me is massive, still English pool and allowed in the local pool league.
Crazy how good Ronnie is at pool Earl wouldn’t even win a frame in snooker against Ronnie. If you watch Ronnie played abit like he does when he plays Jimmy White where he doesn’t really want to beat someone and takes it easy on them.
Never noticed that about White. Always assumed he pretty much made his own mistakes. I lived in England during his best days though and loved snooker and watching snooker as a kid. Whirlwind.
Great to see back in the early days of the mosconie cup when Ronnie and earl played against each other such good friendship to each other class acts I hope can join the pool circuit once he leaves snooker
I am a golf billiards player thats something else then snooker and 8 ball but in my opinion Snooker players are best overall but dont forget about the 3 rail players
@@templestark4779 He will never be matched. He knew his angles better than anyone. Kick Safes, Escape Kick Safes etc. His cue ball control especially when he was young was incredible. Lot's of video's on youtube.
Can we see the same but in a snooker table? I just wonder how Ronnie would play with Earl? Would he be friendly or would he play the way he plays against top snooker players??
@@Alan74_ynwa 2002, during the World Pool Championships in Cardiff, Francisco Bustamante’s infant daughter died. Strickland beat him in the final, 17-15, then jumped on the table, roared, fist-pumped, and danced around. Seems to me that kind of showboating is unprofessional and unseemly when your opponent’s been playing through intense grief. But it’s vintage Earl.
A great pool player never complains about the conditions of a table. It's the same conditions for both players. If you're great at pool, you will beat your opponent.
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HIlarious how Earl Strickland makes Ronnie seem like a totally sane and calm individual.
😂We have seen bad people before, now you are about to meet is devil
And viceversa 🤣
Hahaha
Earl is closer to Alex Higgins level of sanity, or insanity. Love both of them.
He's shot to bits. 😂
Lmao Earl blaming the humidity in the room. I'm done 😂
Lol yep, what a whinger
Humidity can definetly have an effect on the table. But Earl is a Pro, He should be able to adjust His play.
Bro is a hustler
@blloodysunday3359 Earl is that you 😂 I've never heard anyone apart from Him and you blame humidity for playing crap hahahahah
@@Blaydoner
As I Said, normally the pros are able to adjust their Play. Earl is Just a Bad loser.
Earl is the type of person to blame lag for losing in an offline game
Edit: I hope everyone is happy now 😂
Would have been funnier if you said offline
@@ttam9205 Would've been funnier if he could spell.
Earl would blame lag in real life
Imagine having the audacity to play with a high ping in any fps game. Instant ban
Hes not young anymore. Maybe he does have lag.
he acts like hes talking to an amateur, yes maybe ronnie doesn't play pool but he is the finest snooker play to date.
Exactly!
He knew he needed to do whatever to win the game because a pool player always think he is the best and billiards is a psychological sport.
Ronnie was as cool as a cucumber. Doesn't need to take it, the game, or Earl too seriously. Life's good
@youtube account So you're just a Ronnie fanboy, so sad I trid to argue with you
@@angelmareco474 ronnie just has natural talent. If he were to play pool seriously, he could probably make it to top 5...
Classic Earl, always finding something to complain about. Some things don't change
The more I watch him, the more I think he does that on purpose. A kind of psychological game he's playing on the opponent.
@@ryand3759 The more I watch him the more annoying it gets. I would love for pool tournaments to put a stop to constant talking. He does it sometimes even when the other person is playing..
@@fishblade2 I can see your point definitely, but I would say that it adds character to the game. It's good when there are players considered to be "heels" because it makes their losses that much more satisfying.
U often see old folks complaining, But Earl complaint since he was born. Even the moon is not supposed to be there.
Check out my snooker 147 on a pool table!
Earl: Runs four racks in a row
Also Earl: Im still playin terrible
By his standard, he is. The man is on record at 11 racks in a row.
@@M2orNot agreed. For all the man's character "quirks" he is kinda a big deal on the pool table.
Racing drivers excuses all the time there.
Perfectionist supreme lol
THAT'S Hustle
It is a matter of transfer. A snooker player can walk in without practice and be a top 8 ball player. A top 8 ball would be beaten by an amateur snooker player in snooker.
You cannot really compare.
Pool is a much harder game because tiny mistake can loose you the match. In snooker there are less game in ones
Snooker is more difficult potting. Because table size. But because of that there are much less shot deviations. Less combinations. Less bank-shots done etc. In snooker side spin is used less then in pool because potting is already hard.
If sub top snooker players would be so much better then top pool players they would all switch to pool to earn their money instead of hardly make money because they cannot make the top 100 in snooker consistently.
Yes to everything you said, with the one exception of the Goat himself. ... Efren Reyes.
In fact, when both were a LOT younger, they met and played Snooker and Reyes won.
But other than Reyes, ur point is very valid. Cheers
@@willstuart4504 Yes I know Reyes made a 100+ break. On the other side no one compares to Reyes.
@@JohnJohnson-zq9rg You cannot be serious? Pool much harder than Snooker? As OP said, Ronnie could jump on a pool table with any player on earth and easily hold his own. The top pool players would not win a frame against him if he was actually trying. There is a reason for this. Yes, the pockets may be bigger, but so is the table. The shots can be much longer, making them more difficult. I could go on and on. Nothing against pool but snooker is much, much more difficult. Im also not sure what you mean about side not being put on shots; virtually every shot you see at pro level has back, top or side on it rarely are they hit full face. You are trying to control a white ball and move it around a larger space, of course spin is used? The point about earnings is also ridiculous, Ronnie O Sullivan has made over £30m playing snooker. Show me one pool player that has earnt that much from winning tournaments.
well 8 ball is a very simple game, since pro snooker player already have the very basic skills of hit ball in a hole it transfers perfectly over to 8 ball but because snooker is played over one, a much larger table, two, a completely different and almost complex set of rules, and three, different equipment, for snooker players it's like going down a level because everything is just smaller and simpler but for an 8 ball player it's like going up a level in complexity
Lmao, Earl complaining about the table so much is like he's saying that Ronnie isn't playing on the same table
I would love to see Earl the Pearl on a snooker table against Ronnie........😜😜😜 hit like if y’ll fancy the same
Earl is too dumb... not saying if snooker was his game from the beginning he couldn't win. Red ball. Black ball. Red ball. Black ball. Red ball. Black ball. etc etc etc etc.... Then the finale, a nice game of 9-ball where everything is set up for you. Snooker just has too many rules and nuances for someone to just come in and win. This is the dumbest game ever and O'Sullivan still couldn't take it. I guess he's too used to red ball, black ball, muscle memory to play anything else.
You bet I would. That'd be ace
No way, as great as he is, could the pearl do a 147 in 5 minutes either I reckon like Ronnie did
Ronnie would eat him alive on a snooker table. Table is too small for ronnie. By far the best pool player I have ever seen. Would like to see him play against mosconi. Better yet play mosconi on a billiards table. Both are masters of position.
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Ronnie O Sullivan, best snooker play in the world. 7x times world champion. What a legend!
Still 7 worlds. It was the uk he just won for 8 uks.
Amazing to be so good for so long at snooker which is brutally hard game.
And counting
Add the 8th Masters to that list today
Difference is Ronnie can play in his yard. But if he was on a snooker table then no amount of excuses is gonna help him! Haha
This is an older Earl, in his prime, Ronnie wouldn't get that close.
@@sharpvidtube Ronnie beat him in the 96 mosconi cup when he was a kid😂good watch tbf
@@Lol-lb4dh The Mosconi is a bit like the snooker shootout, anyone can win.
@@sharpvidtube but I thought you said Ronnie wouldn't get close in earls prime😂
@@Lol-lb4dh Yes, in a real match, not the joke that was. For a start, winner has to break, or I can't take it seriously.
Earl the type of guy to complain about how tight the factory sealed his soda bottle
Imagine trying to explain to the greatest ever snooker player how difficult a shot he had on a pool table hahah
@@montystruth7839 well that’s just a very stupid comment, gonna have to presume you’re American because anyone outside of your country would just find that stupid and ignorant which it is, and I just found it funny how earl was saying it was difficult why don’t you educate yourself a little and go and watch some snooker you’ll see impressive difficult shots, still actually laughing at your dumb comment 😂😂😂😂
He wasn’t talking about popularity, he was talking about difficulty. American pool doesn’t even come close to Snooker in difficulty. You pot into buckets for starters 😂 anyway stop with the excuses, you sound like Earl.
@@leewoods4605 exactly, American pool isn’t even as difficult as UK pool imo, like you said the pockets are huge in comparison lol! I’d put the average pub pool player up against earl and I bet he’d lose a few frames lol.
Snooker players are the most delusional players I've ever seen. Look at us.. we have a bigger table but use half the table 90% of the time with these just as short shots😂😂😂
@@xdecemberguy1As a player of both games. Pool is wayyy wayyy easier as compared to snooker. I can clear tables and run racks on pool but on snooker I struggle with basic breaks. My highest break is like 40 and that too after 6-7 years of snooker!
Earl's tactics seem to be to moan them to death
Ronnie vs Earl in Snooker 100 frames. 100 : 0
Earl vs Ronnie in Pool
100 frames 55 : 45
Any Top 20 snooker players vs the best pool player. The result is the same as above.
Snooker is a much difficult game and require higher skill level
73dlb maybe MMA, but I don’t know if you’d qualify that in a different category, ie sport whereas snooker is a game/skill?
Efren Reyes : Hold my cig son.
@@ojeeseogy5597 Ronnie : with due respect, please hold my cue
@@ojeeseogy5597 Just for your info..Efren was defeated by Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia players during his prime in 90s when the pool competition was held in Bangkok using snooker table. He lost all his matches. He did not complain because he knew snooker table pockets are very tight and table size is bigger
Yes snooker is tough,but what pool really impress me is the variety of gaming options.Different rules requires different kinds of skill which I don’t really believe snooker players can automatically play well in games such as one pocket. Accuracy is one of the reason which makes snooker so tough but it is definitely not the only consideration of which is harder, Russian pyramid requires even tougher execution.
But still, Ronnie is the GOAT :P
Earl "the excuse maker" Strickland is at it again. He is the most unsportsman like pool player out there.
But a true competitor and showman
and in America he has a lot of competition for that title so that's really saying something.
but lets be honest, He was the only American that can actually beat Ronnie and steve davis
That is not intent at all I guarantee you he speaks like that regardless who he is talkin to ya know.
Man shut your $2 dolla sloppy joe eating ass up.
2:22 I love how you can see Ronnie trying not to laugh in the background 😆
Dawg I’m a somewhat serious/average pool player and I enjoy watching Ronnie play snooker more than most billiards players.
3:40 Earl has clearly never seen a proper snooker match, the positional play in that goes to far higher extremes then in pool. Bless him XD
Spoken like a true amateur .. snooker may have longer shots and longer positional play with safety but with Pool you can be out by 1 millimeter and lose the game. Its more about being gentle with you're positional play in Pool. most of the time in snooker it is simply red colour red and the gaps between the balls are usually larger which gives you the opertunity to play in an area. Pool you cannot really do that because the balls are close together.. Snooker fans are very very arrogant about discrediting Pool but you don't see the professional players saying this only amateur players. We had some snooker players who where county level come play me and my pal and we smashed them 8-2 and even after thar they had the arrogance to go on about how their sport is so much harder.. Well why didn't they beat us 8-2 then ???
@@paulking8523 fair enough, never thought of it that way, a real eye opener. Thanks Paul 😇
@@paulking8523 you would see snooker player loses in pool 8-2.
But if you put that pool player into the snooker table, he won’t even make a break of 20, let alone winning a frame.
@@paulking8523 you can also be out 1 millimetre and lose the frame too. I suggest you watch some snooker and understand it before making this sort of comment.
You saw someone like Judd Trump smashing some lower-ranked pool player in pool, but you’ll never see a top-ranked pool player winning a frame against a lower-ranked snooker player in snooker.
@@agt2659 pal I've watched and played plenty of snooker and positioning is completely different the angles are different because the table is larger. when you talk to me like I don't know what I'm talking about I'd like to see you're trophies you have because I have some so I think I understand cue sports. its obvious you can lose with 1mm out in snooker but it's far far more rare because most of the time if the balls are not spoiled they are much more further apart. both sports are difficult in different ways its just a fact .. and of course a pro pool player would beat amateur snooker players ask Mark selby 😉
Earl is not the greatest athlete that's ever been born, but he is the greatest whiner and the greatest egomaniac that's ever been born.
naaah mate..... look at some of the greats in sport ....John 'mc'enroe hell roniie even etc etc shaun palmer , they like a moan ....its what he is ....its inbuilt , STILL A LEGEND
Aww Ronnie let him win lmfao!!
Earl is 3x 9ball world champion, no, he didn't let him win. Pool requires skill too, just like snooker. Just cause pockets are tighter in snooker doesn't mean that every snooker player would destroy pool players in pool. Tony Drago was never world champion in pool.
@@sladjanivkovic2 ok mate calm down just a game
Sladjan Ivkovic uh yes snooker is a way harder game, pockets are tight and the table is really far , straight shots in snooker are impossible for pool players because even a little unwanted spin and you’d miss
@@marcuscheng974 Dude I play both pool and snooker, and watch snooker regularly, I know how hard is snooker, but it's not easier to win in pool that it is in snooker. If the game is easier it's easier for both players. Point is, pool is Earl's game and Ronnie is snooker king.
Yeah I don’t think he let him win but he definitely took it easy on him because he knew how hard Earl would take getting beat. I think Ronnie could easily beat him.
“im one of the greatest athletes that has ever been born” - proceed to dry a break
But then once in an interview claimed pool isn't a sport. Strange bloke, talks nonsense but what a character
0:30 Ronnie looks at Earl like he's thinking "Wow, what a psycho, what am I even doing here??" lol
laubry he should have his own radio show.
Two greats in the same room. I'd have loved to have been there to watch this
Earl "pool ain't a sport, it ain't a sport.
Earl "I'm the greatest athlete that ever lived".
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2:23 that look lmao
How is anyone in this room not just standing still and watching Ronnie play Earl???
00:03:13 Earl: i'm playing here all the time, it's a tough place.
Hahaha! Efren Reyes hustles without airconditioning on a beat up table in 2020 in Philippines.
I like how early is so humble . Just goes about his business quietly 🤦
He whines so if he loses he has all this excuses
no one buys what he's selling on that though. They appreciate his skill and try hard to ignore all the other garbage.
No it's called Hustling - he's doing it to put Ronnie off
lol
When he wins he still whines.
He believes he can play perfectly, if that's not happening, it must be the table is wrong. I can relate to that😂
Earl plays a character and it's paid off EVERY time with everyone.
Bingo.
Dude he ain't faking that at all, if he is though then he's a genius but I thin evidence points to the other being true, for example the 2022 Missoni cup he was still being down on himself pitying himself and Shane had to give him some pep talks, Earl is a true great love the dude but crazy to be as great as he is while also having the mindset he has usually had.
I think that Ronnie is such a nice guy that he didn't want to be the one responsible for this guy having an existential crisis, so he didn't really try that hard.
Ronnie can easily accept a loss, but this guy Strickland, seems like his self worth is tied up in his winning!
You don’t watch a lot of pool lol… Ronnie has known Earl for years… they’ve battled in the Mosconi Cup. Earl is a 5-time world champion, Ronnie wasn’t taking anything easy
@@KvnDWr Haha I know, I was talking in jest :)
@@KvnDWr tbh ronnie was handily gunna beat him, earl starts his whining to try n put off his opponents, i'm pretty sure ronnie was like "meh" lol, if you actually know anything about ronnie, you'll find sometimes he just can't be bothered lol.
The editing on this was atrocious and couldn’t follow a single game with all the splices and cuts(yes I know it’s not this RUclipsrs fault).
"conditions are tough though" - "yeah, yeah you said"
O'sullivan vs jayson shaw would be a great match
Jayson was going to play ronnie but jayson was away in China at the time playing Chinese 8 ball that would have been good to see ronnie o'sullivan played in 2 mosconi cups 96/97
he really blamed the “dampness” in the room lol
it slows down the cloth
@@chrisbryant1836 yes, but earl was just complaining. It wasn’t really a thing, just part of Strickland’s banter. That dampness slows down the table, yes. But your missing the point.
I'd love to see Earl play on a snooker table. He's obviously a great player. I'd just love to see it out of curiosity.
Traditional pool is an entirely different game than snooker, for the same reasons and problems people have that play on a regulation table and then play on a bar table. In snooker the table is bigger, the balls are smaller as well as the pockets and they aren't cut to benefit the shot. It's much more of a precision game. I play on a regulation table and consider myself average at best, yet get me on a vending machine table and I look like a 2 day old rookie. You put Strickland on a snooker table and Ronnie has his way with him like a cheap date. Just like Reyes always did!
« Even there he wanted to win bad »
I love the English way to make fun of people staying so polite
Prime Earl v Prime Alex Higgins in a big money game would’ve been incredible.
that would be fucking nuts. maybe if they met somewhere in between, like Chinese 8 ball. Though they'd probably go nuts and start sword fighting with their cues
Two living legends competing against each other like this. The stuff of dreams. The pearl v the rocket, amazing 👌
It's obvious that Earl Strickland cracks Ronnie up. The guy would make me laugh like crazy to if i played against him, even if he got all out crazy i would still laugh. The guy is just funny, and a hell of a player.
I got to get that ball and that ball... yeah well done Earl you understand how the game works!
Theres really no point comparing. Earls a legend but how much a legend he is, he would have a harder time to survive on the snooker table, than Ronnie has on the pool table.
Ronnie is unquestionable the greatest ball potter ever.
Correct. In comparison with pool, Snooker forces players to be more precise with their angles, their pace, and their cue control. These refined skills obviously directly translate to pool, but not necessarily vice versa. Technique-wise, you can get away with more at the pool table - it's more forgiving.
But can earl play snooker as well as ronnie plays pool
hahaha no! Earl will not pot three balls in a row playing snooker
Seriously doubt it but Earl is really good at pocketing balls. I think it would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Earl switched to snooker about 20 yrs ago and moved to the UK. Probably would not have had the same level of success but I’ll wager he would have made a nice living at it.
It seems obvious that, at least, Ronnies can't play pool as good as Earl in is old days, so, i don't see the point of comparison.
no
@@eclipsesolar8345 ronnie plays better pool than earl would ever play snooker
It's like you killed the final boss and came back to tutorial.
of course ronnie can't miss, he's the greatest snooker player of all time where the pocket precision is much tighter than our american tables
But he lost lol
Relatively speaking, the size of snooker balls compared to pro-tournament snooker pockets is about the same as the size of pool balls compared to pro-tournament pool pockets. So yes, while snooker pockets are smaller, so are the balls, making the "precision" inconsequential compared to pool if you're only considering clean pots. The reason snooker is difficult for pool players has more to do with a much bigger table and curved jaws. Conversely, the reason pool can be challenging for a lot of snooker players is the size/weight of pool balls and the thickness of pool shafts/tips can be a difficult adjustment due to significantly more throw and deflection. This is why even in this video, Ronnie was hitting high up the rail on some corner-pocket shots instead of going in clean like he would on a snooker table because the behavior of the balls simply isn't the same.
At 01:39 he pots the 8 with both a solid and stripe still on the table
Let's turn the tables (pun intended), and see how it pans out on a 12 ft table. They could play 100 frames and guess how many Earl is winning...? ( It's a number between 0 and 0)
“I’m just lucky” -GOAT
Lucky audience down there. So jealous of them watching the 2 cue legends
Good to know that I'm not the only one who talks about bad table and humidity while losing
Alright now let's play snooker... Earl? Where did you go? Earl??
what's with the glove?
Earl likes to use different and strange equipment here and there. That strange glove is one of them. Here he put some shit on it to stabilize his fingers...because it's hard to keep them still when getting old.
9 ball is by far the most exciting "snooker type" sport.
Strickland of the greatest pool players ever playing probably the greatest snooker player ever interesting match up if o sullivan had taken up 9 ball im pretty sure he'd have been a world champion
yer ronnie beat him in the mosconi cup
Whats the song name playing during the match ?
if you you got a response please tell me
Earl Strickland meet Ronnie in the 1997 masconi cup. What happened to the Pearl's memory?
For the sake of Public information , Ronnie and Efren played against each other in Snooker , Thailand 1991, Ronnie gave 25pts to Efren , And Efren Won!! Its a Fact!
Does anybody know the song starting at 5:16? Can't seem to figure it out. Is it just some generic background music made for TV?
"I thought I was playing good, but you keep making pots, so Im playing terrible"
Is that spin city? I miss this place. 😢
Great representation for Brits and Americans
Earl does believe he’s one of the greatest athletes to play the game but he also thinks so is Ronnie so is Efren Reyes and so many more athletes. And so that’s the difference between Ronnie and earl. Ronnie looks at the people he plays against as normal people like he does himself, so earl thinks he’s one of the greatest players to play too so he will often think he may be playing against someone who is or can become greater.
this was some good editing. looking at the comments most people bought into the fake drama created by this scripted event.
scripted? if you know anything about Earl, you'd know this is no script. How he was portrayed is accurate.
If you watch some of earls other matches and interviews it’s no different. Blaming luck when Efren beat him fair.
What makes you say that? Who needs a script for a pool match?
Yes, snooker in general, is harder than pool but, as Ronnie O said himself,"pool has its challenges that dont exist in snooker." In watching pro snooker and pro pool most of my life I can say this is the case.
Snooker is harder than pool 1. The table is bigger. 2. The pockets are smaller. 3. The pocket cut is rounded. 4. There's no big break to open the rack and scatter the balls, leaving plenty of open shots. 5. The nap of the cloth is slower than 860 Simonis. 6. The balls are smaller making for a smaller contact point. 7. The general rules, dimensions of Snooker leaves for little luck. In games like 9Ball, the game can be won easily and luckily with very little skill. Snooker, you really hafta earn it. To play Snooker fairly, a knowledgeable ref is required.
Pool is harder than Snooker 1. In Snooker, because of the dimensions and conditions, you actually are not going for shots in Snooker that are routine in pool. A) Rail shots B) Bank shots C) Carom shots D) Kick shots E) Combination shots. 2. Cue ball in pool is bigger and heavier making it harder to control, especially draw. 3. Modern contemporary pool table pockets are shrinking while not shrinking the ball size. 4. Pool balls are bigger. Snooker balls being smaller and lighter have a wider range of pocket speed. 5. Position play. In games like 9 Ball, players often are forced to play the cue ball with lots a spin to a multitude of rails. In Snooker, these shots would be suicidal. That being said, pool generally requires a broader range of knowledge of table angles similar to 3 Cushion Billiards. 6. Safety play. No rule on driving an object ball to a cushion in Snooker. To get out of safety play in pool, a knowledge of kicking angles is a must. 7. Break shot. In games like 9 Ball, 8 Ball, 10Ball-a good break is required. This is where a good 9 Ball player will beat a Snooker player in pool games. 8. Clusters. Because the table is smaller and the balls are bigger in pool, the balls have less an area to go without bunching up.
We need another series
Wheres the whole episode?
3:36 Ronnie was hitting spots, and thereafter Earl was hitting it 😂
Earl: I'm one of the greatest athletes that has ever lived.... hmmm ok then!
This got to be one of the most entertaining videos... Whats the show on history channel called?
He reminds me of my self playing 8 ball i always complain too many clusters and still clear and my friend goes too hard my ass 😆 I really prefer 9 or 10 ball I struggle to make sense od 8 ball sometimes but its great to watch both these two play well played both of them 🤧👍👌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Earl is that fighter game player that beats ur ass in a set, gets outplayed once, and says “we both played bad.”
On a snooker table, Earl wouldn't stand a chance against a half decent club player. Against Ronnie? Lol no chance
He already lost to ronnie in a nine ball europe vs usa
timothy biesemeyer :(
@@hustlercollective Frown because it's not true or ???
@@templestark4779 It's true.
The American pool tables are massive. Proper tables too. A lot bigger than ours over here in Britain.
In the pubs maybe but if you go to a snooker hall there'll be the pool tables they're playing on here. There are different size English pool tables though as well. One table in a local pub not too far away from me is massive, still English pool and allowed in the local pool league.
Crazy how good Ronnie is at pool Earl wouldn’t even win a frame in snooker against Ronnie. If you watch Ronnie played abit like he does when he plays Jimmy White where he doesn’t really want to beat someone and takes it easy on them.
Never noticed that about White. Always assumed he pretty much made his own mistakes. I lived in England during his best days though and loved snooker and watching snooker as a kid. Whirlwind.
Temple Stark Yes exactly that’s why it’s easy to spot Ronnie taking it easy.
I think Ronnie was using a snooker cue for this game. The tip size makes a difference.
I didn’t know this dude had more words than Siegel.
What watch is Ronnie wearing here?
what show is this from?
A guy who never complains about conditions vs earl 😂
Great to see back in the early days of the mosconie cup when Ronnie and earl played against each other such good friendship to each other class acts I hope can join the pool circuit once he leaves snooker
The biggest trick in pool is breaking good, which snooker players struggle with
Billiards for a snooker player is like checkers for a chess player so easy
"I pressed it man, this controller is broken"
I am a golf billiards player thats something else then snooker and 8 ball but in my opinion Snooker players are best overall but dont forget about the 3 rail players
I forget that Earl Strickland is literally just Ricky Bobby
The Virgin Pool player: Complains about everything, blames the Table, the racket etc
The Chad Snooker Enjoyer: Just plays the game
Ronnie should get Shane Van Boening to teach him to break. Shane has the best break in my opinion.
I totally agree! he has a supernatural break
@@hustlercollective He should also get Efren to teach him safeties and Kicks. Even today no one can kick like Efren. I miss him.
@@johndesousa7379 Is Efren good at safeties? I haven't seen that much, but I'm pretty new to watching the sport on RUclips. Love Efren.
No. Francisco Bustamante has a killer break
@@templestark4779 He will never be matched. He knew his angles better than anyone. Kick Safes, Escape Kick Safes etc. His cue ball control especially when he was young was incredible. Lot's of video's on youtube.
Would love to see them play snooker. Would Earl even get a shot lol
I want to see Earl playing Snooker, that would be fun.
Can we see the same but in a snooker table? I just wonder how Ronnie would play with Earl? Would he be friendly or would he play the way he plays against top snooker players??
I still haven’t forgiven Strickland for the tabletop victory dance after beating the guy in mourning. He’s just an unpleasant person. C’mon Ronnie!
Details pls
@@Alan74_ynwa 2002, during the World Pool Championships in Cardiff, Francisco Bustamante’s infant daughter died. Strickland beat him in the final, 17-15, then jumped on the table, roared, fist-pumped, and danced around. Seems to me that kind of showboating is unprofessional and unseemly when your opponent’s been playing through intense grief. But it’s vintage Earl.
But you can't deny that Earl have ever play with the beast Efren numerous time, he was great player too
A great pool player never complains about the conditions of a table. It's the same conditions for both players. If you're great at pool, you will beat your opponent.
This is called "Entertainment" television.
Everything... within this show is intended for entertainment and not reality.
Earl: *Doesnt Play a shot*
‘These tables are slow’
Earl is always going to be the pearl 😊
Earl 'excuses' Strickland
Now see who's the best on a snooker table😎