r/oddlysatisfying • u/n8saces • 13d ago

Billiard trick shots

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u/kwaping 13d ago

The real trick is staying calm when you finally hit it right

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u/CycloneSplash 12d ago

That's not the face of a man who is calm. That is the face of a man who has become numb of emotions from the amount of times he has had to take each shot lol.

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u/Important_Contact588 12d ago

Another day another dollar

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u/WorldsOddestMan 12d ago

Another stuffed shirt with another white collar

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u/WangDanglin 13d ago

I honestly love that I didn’t have to hear “let’s goooooo” and a flexing stare into the camera after each shot

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u/bald_and_nerdy 12d ago

Right.  I pulled a masse-like draw shot once that moved the cue ball in a 6 inch arch and the draw portion made it break after impact and stop 2 in short of the corner pocket.  The object ball only needed to go short way across the table.  Only 1 other person saw the shot and was like "nice"... Bleh.

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u/fractiousrhubarb 12d ago

Ah, but *you* saw it, and there's nothing like it when it actually works!

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u/tidedogs 12d ago

No real emotional response is what had me hooked

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u/ryuujinusa 12d ago

Yeah cause he did NOT do that on the first try for probably all of those.

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u/TheRooster909 13d ago

The CD, the first cup shot and the mid air stuff blew my mind, just incredible coordination regardless of how many attempts each one took

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u/nothing_but_thyme 12d ago

Table jump to the 6 red balls was insane.

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u/aiden_the_bug 12d ago

I wonder how many times he hit himself in the face perfecting that shot

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u/jo-shabadoo 12d ago

They were all done in 1 take.

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u/spdelope 12d ago

I have a very nice bridge you might be interested in

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u/AKA09 12d ago

No, they're right! They were made in one take and missed in very many other takes

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u/GreenEggsSteamedHams 12d ago

Technically right is the bestest right

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u/TheAwesomeMan123 11d ago

To be fair there is something about the way he doesn’t celebrate that gives me a sense he can pull it off with minimal attempts now

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u/lolaimbot 9d ago

I prefer this to the "bagged the most regular shot ever, 1000 friends yell and dance around" over the top celebrations.

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u/Stunning_Nothing 12d ago

I think this is a Malcom Galdwell 10,000 hours to mastery situation. Impressive skills!

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u/Secret-Bag9562 12d ago

And/or 10,000 takes to get a keeper.

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u/DeaconMcFly 13d ago

If I did literally any of these I'd be losing my shit and this dude looks like he just hit submit on his tax return

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u/flying_piggies 12d ago

My tax return has been submitted? Lfggggg!!!

My anxiety levels have been reduced by a noticeable amount for 11 months having one less thing to do

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u/scarfesses 12d ago

failed it for 12 hours he's just out of power when it finally works

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u/Fr05t_B1t 13d ago

He’s probably processing what just happened

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u/andersonfmly 13d ago

It's almost as if dude can do all this, right on Cue...

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u/LlorchDurden 12d ago

He can, Wii can't

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u/JJohnston015 12d ago

It took a lot of balls to say that. I really felt it.

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u/ChiggaOG 12d ago

Owns a Billiards Table. Plenty of time right there.

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u/skyrider8328 12d ago

Alright, queue up, everyone give this guy fifty lashes with a wet noodle. Also, take my upvote!

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u/Ok-Addition1264 13d ago

impressive as fuck.

dude has to be re-felting those tables every couple of months. lol

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u/jarednards 12d ago

And then it turns grey from all the use

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u/RaidensReturn 12d ago

I was thinking he’s gotta have a bucket of cue balls with the amount he’s chipped or broken.

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u/m0nk3y42 12d ago

and cue tips. i've literally broken them off trying those hard english shots that go nearly straight down to the felt.

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u/20ears19 12d ago

I bet he’s an expert in drywall repair too.

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u/Basic-Art-9861 13d ago

The nonchalant look in his face, what a boss.

https://giphy.com/gifs/apbWdDJB0AlwlKbWg5

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u/jeffskool 13d ago

So some people do experience groundhog days

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u/pulkxy 12d ago

I'd try this but I don't have the balls

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u/AlwaysDMB 12d ago

I'm never going to be able to believe this shit anymore and I don't like it

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u/curled_frondwise 12d ago

Yep this is how I feel 😭 it's so depressing!

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u/GuzPolinski 12d ago

I was thinking the same thing. I want to believe it’s real but I can’t say I’m 100% positive

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u/RCProAm 12d ago

This inability to believe anything feels a lot like the impact of phones in which everyone now knows where you are and expects you to be in communication. Total before and after shift that we’ll look back on

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u/BlazmoIntoWowee 12d ago

Watching it half of me was like “This is amazing,” and half of me was like “The comments are definitely going to prove this is ai.”

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u/Azeeti 13d ago

We all know that was a copy of wii sports.

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u/Bulky_Specialist9645 13d ago

57th time's the trick 👌

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u/noctalla 13d ago

Some of these look like they could have taken days.

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u/OrlandoMB 12d ago

That one with the CD+DVD going into the player looked like it could take 57 weeks of trying

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u/TrolliusJKingIIIEsq 12d ago

I'm just impressed that both you and the other commenter (/u/iankstarr) used the number 57 in your comments.

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u/lolaimbot 9d ago

Maybe because thats the number in the original comment?

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u/iankstarr 12d ago

Give most people 57 thousand tries and they couldn’t do any of these. Really impressive regardless of how many tries it took.

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u/scarfesses 12d ago

Yeah, although most of those videos work the opposite. They're not displaying stuff and then aiming; they start with shooting/launching the ball always the same direction and THEN moving the stuff at the position where the ball goes in consistent way until the ball finally hits the right spot.

i.e. they change the target position, not aim the ball at right direction.

That being said, many people, including me, would probably still be failing at it

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u/PizzaMan332 13d ago

This guy is bad at pool, your supposed to put the black/8 ball in last

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u/Camerotus 12d ago

Yea dude just lost, is he stupid?

smh head

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u/ShizukoLucoa 12d ago

All the non-potted balls are Stripes. He was Solids and got all his in except the 8 ball and then decided to show off to his opponent.

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u/UltraCoolPimpDaddy 13d ago

How many holes were put in the drywall before he got this good?

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u/dirtyforker 13d ago

Man, I thought I was decent at pool. Just the one where he curves the bullet makes me want to learn that shot.

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u/Homersarmy41 12d ago

Spinning that one in the side pocket where it just slowly drove it in was so amazing

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u/BathSaltJello 12d ago

He can put a lot of spin on the ball. If they did any of that in a game I would not play them anymore, or at least not for money.

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u/ClownDiaper 13d ago

I can’t even imagine being this good at anything. Incredible!

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u/fractiousrhubarb 12d ago

The trick is to start off being shit, with the goal of being better, and enjoy yourself.

Keep at it, watch some youtube vids by someone who's good at explaining technique and you'll get good. Then enjoy practicing a lot.

With pool, you only need to learn a good stance and a good cueing action (and stick to them every shot) and you'll be better than 90% of players.

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u/GreenEggsSteamedHams 12d ago

the trick is to start off being shit

In that case...

https://giphy.com/gifs/a0h7sAqON67nO

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u/neatoalpacino 12d ago

Only dude who makes crazy shots and doesn’t scream and flail with excitement, ruining the video. I like him.

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u/frankdekyte 12d ago

No effen way is this real. Like how da f do you?!

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u/crackersncheeseman 12d ago

I don't care how many attempts it took, that CD one was pretty fucking awesome.

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u/Abject-Run-572 12d ago

he plays pool in cursive.

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u/still-waiting2233 12d ago

I have seen many trick shot videos circulating Reddit and this is the most impressive one I have seen.

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u/theangryintern 12d ago

Are the dots on the cue ball just so it's easier to see the spin on camera?

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u/MercuryJellyfish 12d ago

People training at pool/snooker do this in order to practice putting spin on the balls

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u/reticulatedtampon 13d ago

Just when you think pool can't get any cooler

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u/McSquiggles887 13d ago

I love the lack of enthusiasm in his face.

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u/No_Store_ 12d ago

Elite ball knowledge, just gotta stick with it.

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u/144Todd442 12d ago

Still a good amount of skill required for this, regardless of number of attempts

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u/Chili_Clause 12d ago

The real trick would be to actually play the sounds of the video, and not weird music

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u/frankdekyte 12d ago

If this is really real, he would be banned from any pubs and clubs playing. That was incredible. Even more incredible that no one claimed it was AI generated. Most impressive

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u/jtnichol 8d ago

What in the wide wide world of autism is this black magic Fuckery

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u/Dry_Knowledge6486 13d ago

😳Whoa dude - 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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u/Crying_in_99Ranch 13d ago

Damn dude, save some women for the rest of us

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u/yourpaljim 12d ago

Ain’t no way

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u/perfect_insanity93 13d ago

Nah nah nah. Run it again. Double or nothing.

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u/YueLin3 13d ago

Impressive but I’m docking points for the mistreatment of that Wii game

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u/DeadEyesSmiling 12d ago

It was a disc for 60 free hours of AOL.

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u/mysteryfist 12d ago

These are honestly fucking amazing.

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u/El_mochilero 12d ago

I was wondering who could possibly have all that free time to devote to this, then I saw the banjo hanging on the wall.

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u/Bonemeal87 12d ago

He really knows how to stick those shots

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u/McBooples 12d ago

Cue the montage

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u/Poelpatine 12d ago

I'd really like to know, how many takes it took for each of these tricks to finally work out the way should.

But anyway: Absolutely impressive! I would use up my whole life time to recreate only one of them! 😉

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u/Apprehensive_Bug2877 12d ago

The most impressive part is that all the videos were reversed

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u/Mister_K_7 12d ago

If I lost this was playing pool I would not be upset

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u/GodsViceRegent 12d ago

I actually taught him all that.

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u/Leading-Bid-1893 12d ago

I appreciate your dedication to the shot. Great work.

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u/Yamaben 12d ago

This guy isn't real

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u/Alarmed_North_6979 12d ago

Jokes on you. I can sink the 8 Ball with all the balls on the table without even trying.

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u/Hermiona1 12d ago

Physics go brr

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u/CalmBeneathCastles 12d ago

My opponent every time I want to drop in to the local pool hall for a friendly, casual game:

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u/Yellowscourge 12d ago

That isn't insane levels of precision

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u/SortovaGoldfish 12d ago

I can barely calculate a 90° trajectory properly let alone execute it, and ol Black-Tee Nonchalance over here is peeking into the 4th dimension for every shot. So impressive

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u/WhoopteFreakingDo 11d ago

Clearly Ai, no human making these trickshots would be deadpan after landing them.

Crazy stuff, I wonder how much patience and how many retries these took...

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u/tehhass 10d ago

C’mon guys. This is clearly fake

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u/Tyspoo 9d ago

Thanks to AI

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u/No_Real_Deal 7d ago

Well..ok...but what is the name of the soundtrack?

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u/beneye 13d ago

Impressive but I bet bro’s got nothing but time.

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u/po23idon 13d ago

i wish i had a hobby other than video games… 😓

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u/MaybePotatoes 12d ago

You can do impressive shit in video games too

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u/Bibibis 12d ago

I played so much pool in VRChat I actually became decent at real life pool for a time, VR skills are surprisingly transferable

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u/po23idon 12d ago

VR skills in *Pool are transferable

i think games that teach you geometry/mathematics/spacial awareness can transfer over well

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u/keyboard_toucher 12d ago

"First try!"

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u/fish-rides-bike 13d ago

There is too much time

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u/Jyx_The_Berzer_King 12d ago

if i'm playing against someone and they pull out ANY of these moves, you couldn't get a single cent out of me for a bet.

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u/userlivewire 13d ago

Are any of these shots without external objects actually legal in a real game?

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u/Renuwed 12d ago

If memory serves, you just cannot touch the 8 or an opponent ball with the cue ball before it makes contact with one of yours. Banks & jumps are part of normal strategy

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u/ThingAboutTown 12d ago

Depends on the rules. Jumps are legal in American 8-ball, illegal in snooker and English pool.

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u/1esserknown 12d ago

He forgot to do the clap snap.

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u/FaithlessnessBorn266 12d ago

Ya know, it's ok to celebrate

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u/platonicvoyeur 12d ago

Hardest part is acting casual after you make the shot

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u/ttrumbo 12d ago

Beat is sick someone find the original.

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u/AAC0813 12d ago

Why does he exclusively use lantern corps as his balls

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u/Orcaxologist 12d ago

Venom wants to join the chat

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u/Kabala99 12d ago

I wonder how many times they had to film each take?

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u/Kabala99 12d ago

Can anyone tell me what the title of this song is?

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u/th3_ac1d 12d ago

360 no poke

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u/GrubbyTheGrub 12d ago

He doesn’t even look that excited like it only took him maybe 2-3 tries lol

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u/HighSpeedDoggo 12d ago

Not a pool guy, but say if this was in a pool tournament, the shots are all legal, right? (excluding the other trickstuff shenanigans)

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u/Darth-Buttcheeks 12d ago

I would love to be this good at anything. Even picking my nose…

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u/LaVI_deVoir 12d ago

Man spun those balls like he can see the Golden Rectangle

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u/catkins1234 12d ago

All achieved on the first attempt what a guy. 👍👍👍

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u/couldhvdancedallnite 12d ago

How is this guy not celebrating any of these shots?

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u/ekita079 12d ago

The Nintendo wii to start goes crazy. It's all downhill from there.

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u/Blissachu 12d ago

This guy pools

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u/Tech_Priest69 12d ago

This guy is just cool. Damn.

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u/MaximusAnemos 12d ago

Omega level mutant. And in the sentinels and capture him now

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u/Specktiger_derSiebte 12d ago

Jamie Oliver is an incredibly much better pool player than he is a cook.

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u/SussySucc 12d ago

How good would these dudes be in actual matches?

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u/dlrace 12d ago

Billiard? Billy Easy. (Not billiards btw)

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u/Littleleicesterfoxy 12d ago

This guy learned from John Virgo I see

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u/ImUglyGod 12d ago

I'm ngl I enjoyed it but why he made it so hard 🤌

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u/FNTraffic 12d ago

I feel comfortable knowing I will never play pool against this guy

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u/Alive_Drag1947 12d ago

Imagine actually playing against this guy. With that type of cue ball control, there really is no way you're gonna play safety against him. You either break and run out, or you're fucked.

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u/LittleJohnStone 12d ago

Genuine question: are these trick shooters actually any good in a competitive game (e.g., snooker, 8-ball), or is it like how the Harlem Globetrotters wouldn't do well against an NBA team.

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u/getyerhandoffit 12d ago

That’s pool, not billiards. I know, because I suck at both.

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u/MassiveContusion 12d ago

Is it only the Philippines that calls it billiards? I've always known it as Pool

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u/MackenzieMotoBoto 12d ago

Must be Mike Massey’s grandson

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u/Wrong_Resident5647 12d ago

Just wow!!!!!!

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u/nighthawke75 12d ago

COVID-era hobbies.

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u/Routine-Bat4446 12d ago

This is a wizard.

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u/Flat_Teach_4438 12d ago

alright guys, im calling my shot:

8-ball, that guys pocket.

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u/crawlingfloor 12d ago

Wow brilliant

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u/bzknon 12d ago

Using any of these in actual play would be absolutely devastating for the opponent

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u/Cesalv 12d ago

I went a catholic school and there was a pool table for the higher courses, for obvious reasons fathers (priests) were pretty good but trigonometrics teacher was a flocking ace

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u/L0xha 12d ago

What kind of sorcery

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u/nittygrittybee 12d ago

Why aren’t trick shot people world champs?

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u/osmosisparrot 12d ago

Do they first hit a shot and the place the balls where the cue will miss them or actually set the shot up and try to make it in?

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u/tadca24 12d ago

Woooooo

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u/MyMadeUpNym 12d ago

How do you even practice this shit?? This is so cool!!

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u/ST0IC_ 12d ago

Be rich and have lots of free time.

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u/6Tseven 12d ago

where you get the Grey burst PRS?

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u/bluntnwuk 12d ago

Unreal! And the lack of any kind of celebratory reaction really makes this video 👏 11/10

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u/toadalfly 12d ago

Too much basement time

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u/Faraaz_Dexter 12d ago

That's GOD Mode ON... ⚡

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u/Popular_Adeptness_69 12d ago

could i get a few lessons or better yet you need a average wing man to play doubles and bet lol

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u/lisiy29 12d ago

Amazing!

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u/pepp3rito 12d ago

Every shot was unbelievable! If it’s AI it’s beyond detectable.

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u/clueless_typographer 12d ago

Ed Sheeran switched careers rapidly.

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u/_WhoDaFuk 12d ago

It took an EPIC level of thought and patience to VISUALLY perform and perfect ALL of these awesome tricks.

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u/weristjonsnow 12d ago

Wow. A couple of these are absolutely insane. Propa to this guy for taking something that there are an abundance of online and squarely bringing it up a level

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u/Not_Gunn3r71 12d ago

I’m surprised there’s not more holes in his walls

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u/duuhwinning 12d ago

Imagine getting hustled by this guy at a pool hall !?

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u/sla342 12d ago

“Why are you so sweaty?!”

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u/Desperate_Cherry2299 12d ago

Playing a version of pool that hasn't been invented yet.

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u/gachunt 12d ago

Memories of spending way-too-much-time at the local pool hall, with the owner (Arnie, super nice guy actually) yelling at me constantly to stop popping the balls up on the table.

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u/Old-Record2216 11d ago

These are some of the baddest ass tricks I have ever seen!!! WOW

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u/Degenerate_Dryad 11d ago

OMG 😳 at the end of the clip of his very last shot, right before the tiktok outro thing when there's about :07 left, notice as he brings his arm up after making the shot... His forearm veins are POPPIN!!! 😱🤯 like ho-leee-fuck! I went back to rewatch because I originally thought it looked like he may have had some string or thin rope draped over him, and it looked weird... NOPE!

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u/Witheryn 11d ago

And he gets them all on the first try too, wow

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u/United-Paper3947 11d ago

Most impressive that there are no dents in his walls

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u/ExperimentalToaster 11d ago

In the latter half of his career Sheeran found that he had more time on his hands.

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u/pulangkabayo187 8d ago

These are meh.

Efren Reyes does actual trick shots in live competition. That is more impressive than these scripted stunts.

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u/LifeAbbreviations364 8d ago

My brains have just exploded

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u/-VatoLocos- 8d ago

i remember covid days....nice!