Mike Russell 551 Break English billiards Top of the table at its best.
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- Video taken from a semi final of an IBSF world championship (which I think Mike Russell went on to win). I like to watch the man's mastery of floating white, in particular his ability to use the rescue cannon to maintain the position of his opponent's ball close to the red. This break takes him from being almost 400 points behind to having a reasonable lead which he builds on to win comfortably. Whilst some may say that it is repetitive, I can only wonder at the level of concentration required, and the skill needed to keep the scoring going.
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Played it a couple of times in a backwater Yorkshire snooker club and my highest break was 12. Exceptionally challenging game; kudos to both these pros.
It's a very challenging game. Snooker players often dismiss it as boring, but I
say to them " get your cue out and try it." I play snooker but now when I play
I do ten minutes billiards first, and my cue-ball has improved immensely.
I've been playing semi-regularly for 25 years. I've had precisely 3 breaks of 150+ at a handicap that's never been better than +30 for a (200) game. There's a guy playing Number 1 in our comp that ... well he hasn't played in a couple of years cos he's been unwell, but in a (200) game he played off a handicap of -185. It's utterly magic watching him.
The skill and patience in this game has impressed me no end. I used to think billiards was the poor relation of snooker. It is not.
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Amazing 🤩 simply amazing 🤩
I am sure there is a lot of skill involved in positioning the balls et cetera but damn watching paint dry becomes positively riveting after watching this for about 10 minutes
Fantastic display of skill
And the break ended with a bloody kick, damn!
Amazing how little the yellow ball travelled through a 100+ touches
Aye, crazy control
Incredible skill and discipline. How many times can u pot red off its spot before it goes on (blue?). Is it one or 2? Snookers my game and i believe he is capable of a century with his skill.
2 pots then to the middle for one, then back to the spot. Max 15 consecutive pots. Extremely talented man, don’t know him personally but hear stories he has made some impressive runs at snooker!
@@chrisjarvis2510 I once got to play Geet Sethi in snooker. He won a World title in billiards im sure when i played him in the 80s i think. I also got about 3hrs practising with Willie Thorne once, dear man Mr Maximum R. I. P. WIillie. A friend of mine owned a snooker club and Willie arrived after a long flight. We watched how first frame he hit the pack of reds from behind and proceeded to clear the lot with a perfect 147. He had just got off a long flight and it was his first frame!!
@@dannymiles6503 I’ve played Mike R and Peter Gilchrist, both dismal performances from me😂
There’s something really strangely compelling about this. It’s trying to anticipate the shot that they’ll play and getting it (consistently ) wrong that is most fun. Cannons take real skill and they always leave on a pot or an inoff
I’m lost. What’s the rules or point of this? What’s happening and where is the judge placing the ball and why?
Legend has it that only 7 people in all the world know the rules. (I'm one of them)
Any body who says this game is easy wants to try and play it! to control 3 balls is so hard just to get the balls up to the top of the table is hard enough but to keep them there and build a big break is a great achievement.
Couldn't agree more, the number of times I get to the top in a session is very few, and as you say, keeping them there, well... It feels like there's a fortunate few who have been blessed with the ability to control the balls. Amazing to watch!
I'm not gonna say it ain't hard but this game is pretty dumb. Seems like something you'd play if you've lost some balls and can't play a proper game.
@@doraemon402 if something seems dumb to you it’s more likely you don’t understand what’s good about it, than it is the thing actually being bad. A humble person first assumes the former and keeps their mind open, an arrogant person assumes the latter and keeps their mind closed.
Also you’re allowed to have personal preferences, without acting in ways that make people who do enjoy that thing feel like you’re saying their enjoyment is dumb or invalid.
@@jama211 I'd agree with your statement but at the same time I'm not surprised that this game hasn't taken off as a spectator sport. There's no way of even approximately knowing how long a game will take.
@@doraemon402 English billiards is far older then snooker. This statement is silly, like something a child would say. Snookers my game but I would not call any games like 3 cushion 5 pin or English billiards “dumb”.
what's going on?
21:36 !! nearly missed so I'll give the table a good beating
Can anyone tell me the rules of this game??
I can’t b bothered to write them down, so here’s the Wikipedia page for the game. The rules are in a section near the bottom, have fun playing! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_billiards
Billiards is like a Mozart symphony snooker is like a violin solo of Mozart pool is like spice girls and 9 ball is like Justin beiber
3:52 lol :D look at Russel's face
Little wonder, they eventually found a rhythm 😂
Where are the mushrooms?
In the greengrocer's.
Question from someone who plays poorly: why do the professionals always avoid combinations? Often, it looks like they could score the pot and cannon together quite easily.
I guess by playing one shot at a time helps maintain focus on position. Often a pot cannon combination, or six shot (pot red with follow through in off) can leave you stuck without an obvious next shot.
Because it would often leave very poor position. For example at 6:09 if he pots the red as well then his white ends up between red and yellow - no good at all!
Anyone know what happens if you pot two or even all 3 balls?
You pot your opponents ball it stays down
Pot the red ball it's respotted
If you pot your ball it's ball in hand from the D
@@zigedub2 what about points wise?
@@reflexgaming2995 anything with red is 3 points (pot or jn off) carom is 2 points... In off opponents ball is 2 points
yYu can score 10 in one shot: hit red then yellow and all balls go in a pocket!
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Damn, my friends and I have been playing 3 points for a cannon that strikes the red ball first but these pros are only playing two. Probably means that my best score is a hoax!
😂 two for any cannon irrespective of which ball is hit first
What score to win?
@@karatejutsu200,000
For what it's worth I genuinely believe that three cushion carom is easier, ie nobody in the UK plays it....advantage me!
I never understand when someone says that a sport is easier than another. Exactly WHAT is easier? Scoring a single point? Making a single carom? Becoming world champion? Scoring a monster break? But how can you compare numerically a break in billiards to a run in 3C carom? I find really hard to compare different cue-sports.
I’ve tried it, and my best run was 4.
Hugely skilful game but boring as hell after 2 minutes. Snooker is more fun.
You just said it -Skill.
The most stupid game ever invented
BORING AF! - Snooker is A lot more fun
Just give it a try - the man is a genius.
@@chrisjarvis2510 Not really much of a spectator sport, but could be fun to play. Must try it one day . . .
your Quran is equally as boring it makes no sense , one moment mohammed is getting revelation on how he can marry 13 women the next verse he is riding horses beheading jews the next movement he talks about Allah being the biggest deceiver🤣
@@NylonStrings83 Lol - this comment says so much about the person you are. Your weakest attempt at commenting to a sports channel with religious hate speech crime and I think the internet is the safest place for people like you to make comments like that because in Public 👍🏽👍🏽. I hope you find a reason to be happy Himanshu. Oh yeah, and the Holy Prophet ﷺ, advised his followers to be patient and and extremely delicate with people like you so as a believer from me to you. May Allah Guide You May Allah Have mercy on you.
I wont be wasting my time replying to your comments any further.
@@S1DDIQUI ya ya dont preach Mecca verses here talk about Medina verses which cancels all the Mecca verses
lousy referee - obstructing the player all the time
Yes, a real pain early in the break. Thought Mike Russell did well to settle and score as heavily as he did.
@@chrisjarvis2510 Don't forget the TV camera is probably only four or five feet from the table.
lousy sport.
😂don’t knock it till you’ve tried to play - he makes it all look ridiculously easy!
Dumbest pool game ever
😂
A lot of repetition in a break like this. I find it quite boring to watch and much prefer snooker
I understand what you see, it’s after trying to emulate what he does that the respect for his skill grows- thanks for the comment.
The snooker player has it easy - 15 reds and 6 colouurs to choose from. Even
mediocre players can score a good few points. Not so at Billiards.
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