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This week we’re doing something a bit different. We’ve ordered random snooker items from Amazon for Stephen to put to the test and rate them out of five. Which is your favourite product from this video?
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48 Comments
I think Stephen is totally obsessed with snooker! I bet he sleeps on a snooker table and eats off one too!
You bought the pool practice ball, there is a snooker version
Inventing thing's that don't need inventing, Stephen is a legend
Am I right in thinking that nobody understands what actually causes a kick though? I can't see how using a different chalk would make any difference whatsoever
Ronnies opponents shouldn’t worry about his use of chalk, they’re never at the table anyway!
Super ❤❤❤
that is not snooker one, that is for regular pool, or any other one.
Can you do a amazon golf review
Apart from from being a professional booker player, you've found your niche Stephen. This really is you at your YouTube best. Like someone once said about someone else, 'there's no lying in you'. And it's very funny
Hendry is too nice you can tell he is holding off the true rating. 3/5 for snooker poems? Like who would want that
Gift me a cue please
Maybe they want to leave as many marks on the table as they can when they come to a snooker, so they can use those marks to adjust their shots?
It’s for American pool I’m sure they make them in smaller sizes
As a keen amateur since the late ‘70s, maybe Steve Hendry has never seen, or has forgotten where this accessory is very useful.
I refer to the plastic rest fork slide on extension (that Steve Davis used), and I’ve used since I got one soon after seeing it, main use isn’t as an alternative spider.
It’s use is for better cueing when the cue ball and object ball are tight or very close to a cushion and it’s on your wrong cueing arm. The lower fork below the extended fork can fit under the cushion rail and the fork of the extension allows you to cue along the line of the shot. Not often used, but now and again very handy.
I keep mine over my cue tip to protect it in its case, which is another use.
5 out of 5 in my opinion 🙂
Is it only me who keeps hearing innuendos with half of this? Maybe I need therapy 🤣
Fuc that book lol ya great player in ya own right but al follow Ronnie way chark
Its getting to technical snooker al stay old school way
Now I want Stephen to review more things. It doesn’t have to be snooker stuff. All sorta things 😅👌
I have a leather magnetic chalk holder from Temu of all places and it is fantastic. It even came with both round chalk holder and square chalk holder and all of it is made of tooled genuine leather. Also, the magnets are very strong and hold the chalk extremely well. I think I paid around $15-$20 for the three piece set.
Just love watching Hendry.
7:25 I have used a Riley magnetic chalk holder and clip for over 30 years from playing in a league to playing with my mates. I keep it in my cue case and use it every time I play. It clips nicely on to the back pocket of my jeans. I have never used Taom chalk, always triangle for me. Love the portable rest as table 2 at my club has a rest with uneven ends that won't screw in further and it's annoying when you get that rest out and have to twiz it round to the end that's even, this breaking your concentration on the shot. Might have to get one of those cheers for the helpful video Stephen.
I’m glad I made the switch to taom , I ruined so many shirts using master chalk for hours at a time
That rest looked awesome! I work at a brewery with a table and our rest has been broken so many times by random drunk patrons that we just stopped replacing it. I might pick that up for my own personal use. Hahaha
I think with Mark's cue sight gadget is meant to line up behind the cue ball with any/every shot you take so it can help you cue the ball straighter every time. Not just as a warm up/practice item. I might be wrong though… That's just what I thought when I saw it.
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All around, great video though! As always! 🙂
so no one gonna talk about the fact that he tried a billiard cue ball for snooker ?
Like Judd trump said on triangle chalk “I’ve won all these tournaments with this chalk” it couldn’t of been all that bad!
oMin is from Thailand… but their gadgets are made in china tho
Yeah, but Ronnie and Judd win everything so maybe there’s something in sticking with the Triangle Chalk. In fact, both Ronnie and Judd became even more prolific after the Taom Chalk came along.
giving 3 to some almost useless stuff you are too generous
do you like the colour blue? blue's alright
😂 I appreciate these types of honest reviews sir haha
I wore a glove to pool and still do on occasion, I have really rough skin especially in the thin areas between my fingers, often continuously playing pool made my skin raw and the glove helped minimize it.
Yes people poked fun at me but it worked and so it was sacrifice I was willing to make
😂😂😂😂
The other thing about taom chalk is how long it lasts. I play pool and I’ve been using the same block for about 6 months . It hardly looks like I’ve used it
Interesting new content
wth is snooker? loved the video!
Why you give 3 Stars for the ball (redwhite one) , if you not need it? Stephen, you are tooo nice to it …lol😅!!
Your a funny guy Stephen 😂. Top man. Still the most dominant and dangerous player to play the game. In your prime unstoppable 👍🏻
As a disabled snooker player(back in the day) I lament that I didn't have one of those telescopic cue-rests! 😭
A very humble guy
American pool cue ball no good for snooker….. Colour me shocked….😮
I enjoyed this very much. I liked your sardonic approach.
I've got the exact extendable rest. Have to say it is excellent. Most used by my young son on his 5ft snooker table but it will be useful too when he eventually graduates to bigger tables.
Great video Stephen 😊
I imagine ronnie would say "why would I pay £17 for chalk" but when you strike the ball like him, why would you haha
Wtf is a snooker glove??
Everyone likes Stephen, clearly a Nice Guy 😎
Hes too humble ❤love it
The white ball you tested also has a snooker size. I bought mine from AliExpress and i could pick between 52.5mm and 57.2mm.
2:00 The "low spider" thing is for the Russian billiards. Russian balls are like 1.5x bigger and it's the standard rest for them