Comments by "John D" (@johnd8892) on "American Learns The Rules of Snooker - Explained" video.

  1. Just search for : 147 break To see the top players achieving this and how much interst there is.
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  2. The 1890s or so US controversial introduction of Pool as easier to play than Billiards even made it into a popular fifties stage musical, being the Music Man with Trouble : https://youtu.be/W2ySBtVLCYA?si=7070HQjoxYXsbKG9 Or : https://youtu.be/79FY7nRGdak?si=mhLo6I9jlA_Gm9vm Billiards nearly died out since an Australian, Walter Lindrum was near unbeatable in it for forty or so years. They even changed to rules to stop him scoring massively with one of his hard to master shot techniques. He still kept winning after the rule change though.
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  3. Popular in Australia and New Zealand too. A few of my school friends had full size tables in their homes.
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