Thank you! Yes I did work with him on his fundamentals a lot. With his martial arts background he really took this seriously. It's a joy to work with someone who is willing to change what they do to make improvements.

Pool is just as technical as mma.

@@MaxEberle I know guys who played with Joe in New York years ago. They said he was an A player back then.

@@MaxEberle the way is moving up and down in his pre-shot is far from national lvl. he should also focus the side of the tip when applying blue.

Thank you, I taught him.

Ephren Reyes

Lmao nah. Efren Reyes, Django Bustamante… even Mika Immonen

@@gomlbondoc why do you want all guys who can barely talk English?

Get Stephen Hendry out of whatever rock he is hiding under as well 4

Great idea!

Joe and DC would be the perfect duo to do it. Despite DC having no clue about pool. :D

I like the British guys tbh

OOOOOOHHH HE SCRATCHED!!! HE’S HURT!!!

Honestly having joe rogan commentate pool could save the sport. The attention, money and opportunitys that would come with that would be huge

Hell yeah 😎

Thanks Shay!!!

He's been playing for a long time! He speaks about him playing in the old pool halls back in the 80s and 90s.

Rogaine is not a shark. He can do basic stuff, but he isn't chit

Rogaine !! 🤣@@ronmexico1392

@@MaxEberleeffrain bata Reyes will make you cry

Player for sure? What, a bar league? Yes, I agree. Joe isn't competing in ANY weekly pool tournaments on a 9 footer.

@@billyburn2759 🧂🧂🧂🧂🧂

@@billyburn2759 ooff Who pissed in your pockets bro?

Pool is simple. Let's be honest about it.

@@dagnut lmao

Because the general public doesn’t want to hear about billiards for 1-3 hours. Although I’ve seen a lot worse subjects 😂

@@_FBI_69_ Joe Rogan couldn't care less what the public wants to hear. He has fuck you money and brings on anyone he finds interesting on the podcast

@@_FBI_69_ idk anything about pool but now I wanna hear 3 hours about it lol

@@_FBI_69_ Yes they do!

Efren Reyes and Earl the Pearl should go on JRE

8 in your life? I've won 8 in one month before. Lol.

@@jeffreyyoungblood7438 well you sound special.

@@jeffreyyoungblood7438 The comment section isn't a contest.

@@kole6146 we are all special in our own way 🙂 joe is a decent player.

Eh, he has some pretty horrendous elbow drop on his stroke

“BE THE BALL”

To boss the game, you must become the game

So amazingly clever. It will always be acceptable to shame baldness because it's weird and unattractive amiright?

@@MrGriff305 just a joke don’t cry g

@@dylanmulroe9978 He probably bald too and never forgave his head for going bald

Once he learned how to truly listen, a difficult task he ended up getting paid millions of dollars to learn things which is awesome.

Some people command respect even if they have no expertise, because they give off the appearance of expertise. Other people might be talented at something but they also know how much they don't know, which keeps them modest and quiet about it. He never competed in MMA but he commands respect. He's not a good comedian but he commands respect. He's a confident guy and has masculine features, hyper-masculine with hormone therapy, so people listen. He invites guests on and veers them into topics they don't know about so he can appear more knowledgable. "Did you see the article on XYZ?" "No I didn't see that particular article." "Pull it up Jamie." Then proceeds to explain it to them.

@@sup9542 Thank you, would have written the same thing! I shoot several nights a week/my pops owned a pool hall while I was growing up. I’m a big fan of Joe, but talking 🚮 in pool belongs in movies. The comment above got me. With the “commands respect”. I don’t command respect in games I play poorly in, or games I’d like to think I play quite well. One pocket & 9 are my games on a pool table. I wouldn’t ever command respect as the above comment suggests. If you’re not one of the legends that respect is just a given. It’s not “commanded” like some wizard lol. Varner, Sammy & Lorrie John, countless other pros/.players I’ve had the pleasure am forever grateful to have learned from. They’d never “command respect”, whether someone spoke poorly to them or had poor sportsmanship. Good pool etiquette is up there or above how well someone plays the game. If he came out & said he’s got a 75+ run in 14+1 “straight”, well I’d have respect for him immediately shooting pool. I already have tremendous respect for him as a comedian, for his podcasts, etc., simply as a human being in general that brings a great deal of comedy & knowledge to an enormous population which is something invaluable which someone can give to the population.

@@sup9542you have Joe misunderstood. he knows a lot about the topics he invites guests on for and THATS what guests respect him for. not because he "commands" it. especially in a niche like MMA, if joe was a BS artist that would be sniffed out and exposed right away lol

@@kuya5k Podcast used to be good, now he just barks politics at guests. Absolute shame. Its just the same 5 talking points now.

Not really, his ok but not better than that

Joe plays well when compared to the general population. Put him against people who take pool seriously....and Joe is at the bottom. This video is enough to handicap his ability. He's a "D" in a weekly tournament

@@billyburn2759 you clearly don't understand pool enough

"As a semi pro pool player"... This sentence alone is all I needed to understand your true lack of pool expertise. Rogan would get the 7 from most sub 600 Fargo players. BTW, in the industry, no one uses the term "semi pro" . It's either Professional, shortstop or amateur.

@@tesha199 I'll play you any day, any time in the NYC area for cash. Your turn

@@tesha199 "semi pool player" hahah. That's cute, you just start playing this year? Run your first BnR? you're a clown

Loooool hahah

Everyone can succeed in what they want to be good at with a bit of determination.

Except comedian, he's fucking terrible.

That’s what saw too. Made some shots. but that stroke needs work. But I’ve heard him talk pool before and he knows his stuff. There are so many great pool players. There are guys in every city who are legit.

Indeed. Though pool is pool. Get him on a snooker table.

@@nuntana2 oranges to apples comparison

@@barrywhite5502 not sure what you mean. they're both billiard games, they're not night and day from each other. snooker is clearly the more dynamic and challenging game. snooker players can switch to pool and give pool players a "good game" but the same cannot be said vice versa.

@@jimmydigital Challening is an opinion. 2 types of balls, 2 size tables, one game utilizes spin more so no, both different.

@@barrywhite5502 no doubt about it. I play both and snooker is absolutely more challenging or "harder". anyone can play anyone at pool and both can have fun and pot balls. it's a faster and simpler game at its core. snooker is not fun at all unless you've built a solid foundation. bigger tables, more balls, and much tighter pockets.

You are who you hang around.

@@trueblu8 Absolutely 👍

Thanks Mister Hat 5000! Pool is a man's sport indeed, and there's more women becoming strong players every day too. Yeah Joe has a lot of potential to help our amazing sport grow.

@@MaxEberle Tell me about those women, I used to practice with Pan Xiao Ting on her home table with a rack cue when learning US pool.

@@colincolenso nobody cares

Dude played in the 80s lol

He interviewed Earl Strickland in that club once I think. Joe better not get the big head or Strickland will straight out tell him I'll give you three balls in. 9 ball. Players like Joe the ones that I usually spot balls because they have a good eye but haven't learned to play position on high level. I play 94, 6 ball 8 ball whatever one pocket another games that old timers have taught me. I would give Joe two balls and 6 ball but he breaks and I choose the two balls to take off there is and then he gets the shot so I'll take two balls off after he breaks and even if he doesn't make anything I'll give him a shot because I took two boos off which in essence means he made two balls. I made a lot of money doing that before 8 balls the best to play against someone like Joe because they're good enough to get their balls out of the way if they shoot first but then once again that position comes in to problem when the other player has not shot yet. Generally they get stuck behind the oppositions balls either on their last shot before the 8th or on the 8th. Those folks are from the play because they do all the work for you by getting the balls out of the way. You guys know any pool shooters down in Charlotte or the southeast ask them if they know a kid named Osborne I'm on the amateur but I hustle. Joe's had a good teacher for sure.

Yes years of playing

He also takes on new hobbies with obsession, he's talked about it on several occasions. Basically went from tkd, to comedy, to pool, to podcasting, to bow hunting. The dude says he will spend ungodly amounts of time on things when he becomes interested in them.

It's different but it's actually pretty similar to Shane Van Boening. Like a sped up version

@@vasilkronstein7398 shane is a perfect example

Yeah he's gotta clean thay stroke up. Bit he's def a great shot

Also he doesnt finish his stroke all the way. He withdraws the cue after hitting the cueball, needs a bit more follow through.

Hes going full Bustamente

He isn’t a beast.

hes barely an average "Player" FFS

Because your both better right? Lmao FOH

Me too. Lol.

I think Joe would agree with this assessment of his game lol

Famous players? Famous pool player is an oxymoron...you moooron

Pool in general is snookers for special needs people. It's like checkers and chess

Joe is good at martial arts, maybe decent at pool. He is not one of us, who have played since we had to use a milk crate to stand on. His stroke is all off, he’s never slept at a pool hall and played for three days straight with no sleep. I lived pool from 5-19, I’ve showered hungry more times than I can count in a bathroom, hands stained blue and filthy. I’ve been up big money and I’ve been broken and homeless on the road, I’ve shit on the streets waiting for pool halls to open more times than I’d like. I’ve gambled and won with no money, taking bets when I was broke, had five high end Meuccis stolen or sold, fought my way outta deadly situations, had balls thrown full force at my chest, had runs where I couldn’t miss, had games where I missed by a millimeter for days. It’s a hard life for those that have really lived it, there are many players in Chicago who have never had a job in their life, ever. The best players are in the shadows of long nights, you’ve never heard of them, they don’t play tournaments, they grind so hard day in and day out. They are dead beats, missing teeth, scumbags, but we are tough and admirable.

@@zrizzle19 ah, go screw, you probably suck at both 🤣🤣🤣

@@zrizzle19 that’s a gross comparison. They don’t vary that much in difficulty.

@@craigmartin1426 joes q action in the video is poor and stance not great. I would say there is a reasonably large delta in difficulty between pool and snooker.

Naw, it was when they touched the werewolf. Dave Smith knew to respect it, unlike Luis and Jay.

@@libertas_americana Dave didn't get to play pool or with the virtual cross bow either. logic fail

@@ModeratelyAmused But Dave came back for multiple appearances. Yet Jay and Luis can't get a text back. I think I Sherlock Holmes this doggy.

@@libertas_americana my original comment wasn't about appearances. it was related to the video of joe playing pool by himself while guests watch .. what we have here, is a failure to communicate

Hard tip most likely.

I’m sorry you must have joined twice! Did I cancel your monthly already? Thanks for joining and I hope you’ve improved because of it!

the pool industry is too small to be on joe's podcast. people just dont care about pool

He sucks at pool, dummmu

Cultivated discipline and curiosity. It’s inspiring af

Yea he mainly plays 9 ball.

he mentions playing rotation in this very video..

@@jamiew1664 I’ve never heard of it being called rotation before

He still has a long way to go. He never won anything no tournaments nada, so not that good and he is like 99% of you men, meaning he must compete with others and win or he's a failure.

@@godjhaka7376 ok bud

@@330devans He's right. Nothing special about him. Hes a good player when compared with people who don't play much. Anyone who plays a little, competes in tournaments woud destroy Joe. Hey DJ330, if you cant beat Joe...you suck!!

@@billyburn2759 well since he is a celebrity I’ll probably never play him. I never said he is the next big pro!!! I simply said I respect that he knows the game and some of the finer points. Both of y’all can get your trollin ass outta here!

@@330devans no thanks, I'll stay and make fun of you thinking Joe is a player. Clown

Yup - lots of indications here that Rogan isn't great at pool, although he's not terrible either. Oh the magic of editing - one never misses, when one edits out all the misses. I'm surprised he didn't at least sink a few bank shots, or kick shots, considering this is for entertainment purposes only anyway.

He would own you both. That's some retarded shit to say. How obsessed are you guys over your small penises?

Not always true actually. Some great players have been squeakers lol… and I wear a hole in my chalk and have beaten 19 world champions and dozens of other top pros on a regular basis.

@@MaxEberle I take back my agreement on that issue then, since you MAY know more than me about this subject, even though I do think that occasionally winning a drink playing Eight Ball Slop against drunks at bars is roughly equivalent to beating 19 world champions. I still doubt that Joe Rogan is great at pool, but he probably could be very good, if he stopped wasting his time making hundreds of millions of dollars on podcasts, and focused more on improving his pool game.

Don't know how he hasn't brought him on by now.

Oh I thought this was Joe Rogan's post sorry

I feel like it's the in-between players who use severe draw like that (we Americans call it draw, as in drawing the ball back). The pros are so good at positioning that they rarely need to use much. In fact, professional pool is one of the most boring sports on earth - watching someone run 10 racks in a row in 9 ball is sort of like watching someone count to 9 over and over, except slower.

I know several world champions from America and the extreme draw is almost never used, using forward and the rails is easy to control.

​@@myblacklab7 I just came across this again. Cheers for the reply, Pro British pool is just as boring because all the pros can clear the table in one turn. Which BTW for beginners is impossible, you be lucky to pot two balls in one turn. That's why we all watch Snooker lol its more fun.

@@brucecharlie8613 Yeah, I think they need to introduce different games that encourage risk-taking. Things have stagnated for a long time with 8 ball and 9 ball. Even at a local low-level tournament I play in sometimes, the winners are always guys who don't take chances, so anyone who dares to attempt a masse, a jump shot, or any other difficult shot gets eliminated early, because 9 ball is all about playing it safe. I totally agree about beginners - sort of like how a beginning baseball player can't make more than one or two free throws in a row. Cheers!

You know nothing

I hate it when people take pool that seriously - it makes the game boring. I like to talk while I shoot, so I imagine my teammates would want to kill me, but I think one of the most fun things about pool is getting to know someone while playing an almost-sport.

APA IS A JOKE..... TYPICALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO SOCIALIZE, DRINK AND HANG OUT. APA ISNT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE GREAT POOL PLAYERS BECAUSE OF THE WEAK ASS HANDICAPS. AND SOME GOOD SHORT STOPS PLAY JUST TO HUSTLE THE MEDIOCRE BAR PLAYERS🥱

Its because Joe is an average player.

O'Sullivan could get beat at 9 ball if playing players will long rocking strokes like Efren and Strickland or Bustamonti. Long strokes have power and these top players were plenty accurate. Now I will get in the weeds a little as a very good player. The longer the stroke, the more action you can get on the cue ball with lower ball speed. The lower the ball speed, the higher the probability of pocketing balls. There is an old hustler's saying. Shot hard and sleep in the streets. Translation, shot hard and you will blow more balls. That is why a longer stroke is preferred in a game like nine ball where a powerful stroke comes in handy to traverse the table as sometimes required. Cheers from across the pond. Snooker is a very different game than pool and requires a different stroke. Could Davis and O'Sullivan play 9 ball and straight pool? Very good at it. But more pool championships were won by players with longer, more powerful strokes including by Segal.

@@lukewalker1051 Whilst I agree with almost everything you said, I wasn't referring to the length of stroke, I was talking about the strange rocking motion. I would also argue that O'Sullivan has a longer stroke than most 9 ball players.

When O'Sullivan came to America to compete in 9ball....he was beaten by low ranked pro's. Stick to snooker, American pool has a much different skill set. CLOWN!

@@billyburn2759 Woah, Billy. I'm not slagging off American Pool Players, I just want to understand, why the rocking motion and head movement?

talk to em!

Flat for sure ❤

Yup!! Lot of rattling in the pocket too. On a snooker table or a blackball table, a lot of those shots would be misses

Im a pool player of 15+ years and joes stroke aint bad at all.. u think that wobbling matters when its actually style many pros use.. efren freking rayes plays like that watch his clips and he do exactly same. And someone saying how he rattle those balls in there is perfectly normal reason for that, check how hard joe hit prolly flexin lol and there is thing called pocket speed what means if u hit too hard the pocket will become little smaller and rattles balls in or many times even spit out

And lastly joe even said in this video how his world class pool player buddy fixed his stroke so u rly think guy like that cant teach joe how to stroke a ball i get it you are casual so i dont even bother..

@@toziassmitt Those pockets hes playing on are extremely tight, its a Diamond table from the 70s.

@@mitchio83 “extremely tight” hahaha try playing on a snooker or blackball table and you’ll realise how funny what you just said is

Efren Reyes

Yes he is....for snooker only....the best pool player of all time is Efren Reyes....8 ball, 9 ball, 10 ball, one pocket, Straight pool, bank pool, 3 cushion....he is a master of them all.

U mean that little pause before the follow through? That's intentional, SVB shoots the same way with that almost cocked wind-up, but it's very controlled

@@michaelanthony2675 Yeah I saw that, he seems to jab at the cue ball on his shots as well. Could be his stroke though, I've seen some weird ones that worked lol

I wanna play Joe Rogan think it would be fun but if your gonna make a video of a 10 ball game shoot them in order since you know how to get the cue ball where you want