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In basic terms, this article would like to give you an insight on how the two famous games in a playing table differ. First and foremost, billiard table has larger holes that complement its larger balls in comparison with snooker table. Moreover, the billiards balls have numbers on it. Aside from that, billiard game aims that one player win over the other by shooting his set of target balls earlier than the opponent while with the snooker game the idea is to get a higher point at the end of the game by shooting the colored balls with higher value more often than the other. The rules for both games also have lots of differences like on potting and replacing the target balls after every shot that is evident on a snooker game. With regards to ball types, billiards has white, yellow and red while snooker has 15 red balls, a cue ball and 6 colored balls.

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Fisher is an English professional pool player who was also a previous professional snooker player. She was only 17 when she first won her very first World title. And for the record, she has won about 80 national titles and 11 world titles as total.

With her incomparable record, Fisher has always earned the impression of being a consummate pool athlete. For a good number of times, she was also considered the highest earning player, that including both male and female players.

She was just 7 when she first picked a cue. She recalls that she used to watch snooker games on TV with her dad and always liked the look of the game. She asked her very first small table for Christmas, and right then and there, everyone knew she would come to where she is now.

It was on March 18, 2009, when she endorsed the Delta-13 billiard rack product and even has her own collaborative series of it. Then on June 8 of the same year, she was nominated to become a part of the Billiard Congress of America Hall Of Fame.

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Karen is a former pro snooker player and is now a professional pool player. She started her snooker career by the age of 14 in UK where she and her parents moved. It was after her 21^st birthday in 1990 when she won her first World Snooker Championship and never ceased to win other World titles in 1991, 1995 and 1997.

It took Karen only less than two years to be recognized as the world’s number two best player in the WPBA pro events. Before the year 2001 came to an end, Karen was on the top, ranked as the #1 female player in the world and remained on that spot for two more years.

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We’ve seen, heard and admired most of the popular pool icons for their skill, affability, and charm. But one famous pool player seems to be misunderstood for his often-outspoken views and occasionally impulsive behaviors at tournaments, particularly his match with snooker star Steve Davis in 2003 World Pool Championships, where he engage in heated verbal arguments with fans and referee Michaela Tabb. Wandering who’s this controversial star pool player? The name is Earl Strickland, one of the best nine ball players of all time because of his numerous championship titles within his 25 years of pool playing career.

This cue artist from North Carolina started playing pool at the age of nine, and after intensive practice he entered his first pro tournament at 15. A winner of the prestigious Player of the Year Award, and his accolades include five wins at the U.S. Open Nine-ball Championships, and the WPA World Nine-ball Championships. Strickland is the only WPA World Nine-ball Champion ever to win the event in successive years.

He was inducted into the Billiard Congress of America’s Hall of Fame in 2006 and in 2007; he was ranked #6 in the Pool & Billiard Magazine’s Top 20 Favorite Players.

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Playing the games of professional pool, snooker and billiards is not for an average joe, it takes talent, skills, knowledge and a good cue stick.

Most pool players believed that if they have the right cue stick, they would shoot better and that gives them an ace up in their sleeve. Every cue artist is in search of a perfect cue and they can tell whether it feels right by weight, balance, leather and shaft characteristics. An experienced billiard player can determine by the stick’s vibration if the stick flexes too much or not. The way the stick feels is important and the sound of the hit is likewise essential. Some players play for keeps that will pay more just to find the cue that feels superior, it’s an investment of high yield for a competition. For them it’s like a wand that gives magic to every game. And if this is the case, Efren “BATA” Reyes one of the world’s best pool players must have found the right wand for it makes him the magician.  But every player should know that it’s always the skill and mastery of the sport that means a lot and the cue stick will be as much use as a chocolate teapot.