Snooker on a Pool Table | Thorsten Hohmann's Maximum 147 Commentary 

They opened like wildflowers in the spring lol, nice statement.

Kudos for acknowledgment and the respect shown for snooker. Top player and sportsman!

Love this video, Thorsten. I’m a huge snooker fan primarily and seeing this done was great fun. Also, loved the respect you show to the game with the shout outs. In a world where so many people are tribal and “pick a side”, it was nice to hear. Thank you.

I love how soft-spoken he is, he is a great narrator!

I wish there was more of these. I love the different cue sports being tried

now play 8 ball on snooker table

That was so refreshing to see a 147 break on a pool table with pool balls. Probably the fastest 147 ever, barring any faster from Ronnie o Sullivan. Thank u Thorsten for this brilliant display of cue ball control and shot making. Love from Singapore!

Great to see the high respect for snooker players. :) Incidentally, if anyone thinks this is easy just because it's on a pool table, I encourage them to try it for themselves. Different tables have different characteristics and certain shots may be easier on certain tables, but maintaining concentration, technique and discipline takes skill on any table. A lot of time is spent arguing over which game is hardest, when it could be spent playing a wide variety of them and learning different key skills from each.

Great video! Finally a way to show how pool and snooker differ, yet also show how they are similar.

Thoroughly enjoyed it! And congrats on the 147. I appreciated the acknowledgement to the differences between a pool table and snooker table, too. Regardless, you demonstrated your significant talent and then some... nice!!!

I've played pool all my life and would say I'm quite decent at it, I often clear all the balls. I've also played snooker, and it's difficult to put more than a few balls in a row. The difficulty leap in snooker is incredible. Only once in my life I would say I was ok at snooker, my highest break being 48, which was one summer holiday in high school where I spent nearly every day playing 6h of snooker. 1 month after going back to school not playing snooker, and ever since, ive struggled to put more than 3-4 balls in a row in....

I would love to see more snooker content!!

That was a super fun video to watch!

Really puts it into perspective considering this is nearly 1 minute slower than Ronnie's famous 147 on a full table, in competition.

Amazing!! Such a polite way to talk. My hats off to you!!

Wow. Great commentary and so well spoken. Great personality and humble. I've become a huge fan of your game and you as a person. Thanks for sharing

Love the respect you show Snooker. A great break

What a lovely video! Great skills, modest and knowledge dude, awesome! Thank you

Very good to watch. World class! 🎱

Loved the video. Thanks for the great commentary. Great shooting.

Straight pool snooker,... Great job, great practice. Thanks for post

Thorsten gives great practical advice. His cueball control was pretty flawless. He's definitely on my list of players I need to play someday.

Great video! The first minute alone, where you explain why you split the rack in the direction of the upper side of the table, shows how much thought you need to put into your plan before even attempting such a flawless run. Great job!

Nice run!! To me, this is super impressive, snooker or pool table!! Very cool to see!

Great video! Love your comments on the choices you made that would have been different on a snooker table.

Much respect for admitting that snooker is not as easy as pool and for respecting the game. I don't care for pool but I got your video recommended and wasn't dissappointed. You sound like a true gentleman and it would be interesting to see what you can do on an actual snooker table. Have a nice day.

That's awesome mate. I'm an avid snooker fan but really enjoyed watching this

Very humble guy.This was a cool vid.To praise the snooker boys so well is to his credit.I hope he goes on to do more big things in pool im a fan now.Go on big man.

Second

Now this is some fresh content nice

The quagmire in the back 😂 I love it

Amazing. And damn, that was fast.

Love your commentary!

Enjoyed it, thank you.

Really nice twist 147 on a pool table. It was very great positional play with good speed aswel.

Love this!

Lovely! Made it feel easy

Really nice video! Well played

Great run and its nice to see a pro pool player showing you dont have to either pick snooker or pool and dislike the other. PS: would be fun to see pool on a snooker table

that was really cool and entertaining to watch

This was cool! I'm a regular snooker player in the states, local pool hall has 3 tables. Never seen snooker on a pool table, but looks like a blast. I like the stuffed Quagmire too lol

bravo.. bravo.. you made it.. well done congratulations..

Great job ❤

So nice to hear the respect for snooker

So much easier on a pool table but still a brilliant effort. Good video

Well done! A snooker 147 is no small achievement, even on a smaller table with larger balls! Also, many thanks to Kamui for posting this demo of snooker; we need much more snooker here in the U.S.! Having said that, however, it's also only fair to mention, as Thorsten did during his 147, that actual Snooker - on a 12-foot table with smaller balls and more challenging pockets - is an exceptionally challenging task. Plus, if I may, I would add that the game of snooker is not only a competition that can be won or lost, but also documents degrees of excellence given that it includes "century breaks" and "147's" among the achievements that snooker players may aspire to (as well as wins or losses), hence a snooker match has multiple levels of interest for both players and fans. Plus, of course, snooker is not unlike a game of chess in that it requires much more strategic play and cue ball control than do the games of 9-ball or 8-ball or even straight pool. Lastly, snooker in recent years has amassed quite an international following, and the international pro tour includes frequent competition events and some very serious prize money. We need more snooker in the U.S.! Well done! Thank you again!

I bought a 2 1/4 set of snooker balls specifically because of this video. Thank you, didn't even know this was possible! Not the same, but great to have another game to play. I enjoy these videos, would love to see some other one offs like Russian Pyramid!

Great play, any cue player knows that break took serious talent. There is a lot of congestion on a smaller table playing snooker and cue control and strategy is even more important. Top job :)

Oh yeah, saw those incremental marks on the rails. Super man cave!

I'm glad to see Quagmire's enjoying a SFW activity this time haha

Remarkable cue ball control, great to watch

This was actually a million times harder than it was made to look in this video Thorsten Hohmann is a precise technical Pro,on a pool table there is a lot less room for error even if the pockets are much more forgiving ,that quick rhythm is tough to maintain for pretty much all pool and even snooker players only Ronnie i think can play at this quick pace thinking very fast on the fly that is a natural gift very few people have in life and its a sure sign of an incredibly successful person that is always high on confidence .Rollie has one hell of a fine teacher in Thorsten Hohmann a true living legend : )

Great run

I enjoyed the video. I'd like to see a 14.1 instructional video with a 100 ball run and commentary from one of the best in the history of the game.

Nice video, makes me want to play

"Want to play snooker but you suck? Play it on a pool table!"

Great job

It’s kinda crazy that o Sullivan has had like two 147s on a full size table in competition faster than this lol

Well done 👍

The biggest thing holding back snooker in america, is the lack of snooker access...would love to see more pool halls or clubs add a table for members.

Masterful.

Nice, I like the commentary too

Amazing preference 😮

Wild good position play

Impressive 🎱👍

When u see gigidy gigidy on the chair!! Quagmire

The white ball was on a string, superb control, great break..

First and foremost, Immaculate gameplay from Thorsten! Actual snooker table or not, a 147 is not easy and Thank You for providing a way to play on a pool table. I live in the states and there’s no snooker tables anywhere nearby where I live. I did have some questions though. Was there a reason you didn’t break properly? Or did you leave a red in the open for the 147 purpose? Thanks in advance, and again thanks for the QUALITY content. My friends and I will be very happy to add this in our pool routine.

Very good 👍

You tame those whild flowers like a pro 😁

Fair play. not a fan of pool but seeing snooker being player on a pool table was enjoyable. Nice break

Sick

At first, I totally dislike snooker (because this sport is always seen in a negative light, here in Malaysia) but after seeing a video about Ronnie O'Sullivan's fastest maximum break last month, as well as witnessing Mark Selby's 4th title recently, I started to fall in love with this sport (given that I'm always familiar with billiards since I was a little boy) and I would love to become Malaysia's first snooker champion someday, especially after witnessing Pandelela Rinong's success in claiming her first gold medal (while representing Malaysia) in the 2021 FINA Diving World Cup yesterday! 😍

Top man

Great commentating. Feel like hed make a great commentator

What a gentleman.

Hammer geil! #snookerlove

A nice 147

Yes! This is POOKER!

Nice

This really pissed me off and made me happy at the same time

Habe das gleiche letztens auch auf meinem pool Tisch gemacht 👍🏼

Try this on a full size snooker table when you can, would love to see it

You make it look too easy brother. We actually met at amsterdam. Big fan!

I do this all the time with regular pool balls. 11 & 12 put at bulk line, 13 on blue, 14 on pink, and 15 on black. 1-10 make a nice even rack.

Excellent! Where did you get the reds?

What a break! I've just ordered a little 7ft table, what size snooker balls would you say? Do the pro balls weigh more than the cheap ones?

I would like play snooker on a hybrid table (a normal full-sized snooker table, but with the same dimensional pockets as a pool table).

What kind of table is that? Those markings on the table are cool. Would be very useful when learning kicks, banks etc

The Bob Ross of Pool

Never knew Thorsten had such a great commentator voice

Are the marks between the diamonds special made for you ore did you make them yourself ?

Really nice. If i were the narrator i would say "they opened up like a mouth of a great white shark on a summer beach"

Someone needs to try pool on a snooker table.

I like the look of the white glove, what brand is it? Great shootin!

Theres been some great pool players that have turned their hand to snooker

The fact that this man-who has won multiple pool world championships and is in the Hall of Fame-has ONE century break to his credit really tells you all you need to know about how tough snooker is.

Good

Interesting to see snooker played in non-standard conditions. English billiards could be the next thing although on a standard pool table that might be too easy.

Congrats on the century. I been practicing for 4 years and highest break is still only 52