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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr
One issue with Snooker. You really need a 6 foot by 12 foot table. Anything smaller and it's a PITA.
When I was a kid a friend that lived nearby had a 6/12 table. His father extended the garage to fit the table.
We played for many hours on the table. It was really old and heavy with had a proper thick slate surface and new felt.
8 ball was also very popular at the time. (not the same game as The Color of Money)
There was a local who could break, sink every one of his balls & then the black. The other guy didn't even get one shot.
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Might be the game called "Chinese 8 ball"? Played on a table with rounded pockets like a snooker table. Not an easy cue sports game...as if any of them are easy. Just some more difficult than others. All are difficult to really master.
The color of money game was 9 ball. A rotation game where balls must be hit in numerical order, with combination shot allowed. The 9 ball is the winning ball. 8 ball, a stripes or solids game..must pocket all the stripes (9-15) or solids (1-7) then the 8 ball to win the game. Most common of the bar table games here. Most fantastic 8ball runout I saw on video was made by Chris Melling, a Brit pro. They were playing "run what you break"...meaning, if you made balls on the break you had to shoot stripes or solid depending on what you made on the break. Break and runs are pretty common in 8 ball.
I watched one match where "The South Dakota Kid", Shane Van Boening, kept poor Earl Strickland seated in his chair for 8 games straight in a winner breaks format.
(edit) Here's the Melling runout...he made a solid on the break, was forced to take solids. Be prepared to have your mind blown. Johnny Archer in the comments booth..."If he made a shot like that against me, I'd kill myself"....but it's not just one shot, it's a series of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKD7EdzMjAM
More edit: Shane's 8 pack...little 7' bar table, which I think makes 8 ball more difficult because balls so close to each other.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dee4fgxEC68