World Number 1 Pool Player Shane Van Boening: The 60 Minutes Interview



South Dakota’s Shane Van Boening speaks with Jon Wertheim about becoming one of America’s greatest players in a game that’s trying to forge a new identity.

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42 thoughts on “World Number 1 Pool Player Shane Van Boening: The 60 Minutes Interview”

  1. Shane is certainly an amazing player. But I grew up watching Strickland play, he's just as good and he's a whackjob, lol. He's not the player he was in his prime though, he's on the wrong side of the hill nowadays. SVB is definitely best for the future of the sport.

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  2. As a pool fanatic, it really gives me sorrow to see how much small amount of paychecks the pros get where the equipment are so expensive… Matchroom is doing an amazing job for making the game more popular, but other production houses must also step forward to really encourage people to feel that they can also make a living out of it

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  3. As a pool fanatic, it really gives me sorrow to see how much small amount of paychecks the pros get where the equipment are so expensive… Matchroom is doing an amazing job for making the game more popular, but other production houses must also step forward to really encourage people to feel that they can also make a living out of it

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  4. I always have pretty low expectations with a pool documentary especially put together by novices. It's usually very cringe worthy. This was not too bad. Goes to show you that pool is starting to take off and somewhat leave it's small niche to enter main stream. I remember the same thing happened to skateboarding in the 80's. All but dead and now it's booming. I'll be dead just when it gets huge is my guess.

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  5. When they started jumping on the pool table I cringed. That can knock the table out of level. Anyone who has leveled a pool table knows all the work that it takes. Its also just disrespectful. Anyone else thought the same?

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  6. I can stream pool and billiard matches on my smart tv. There’s a billiards channel. I absolutely love it. 10 ball, 9 ball, straight pool, one pocket, bank pool, snooker, billiards, bar table pool. It’s great. I started playing pool by sneaking into the two table pool room in my small home town in the mid 60’s. I eventually got ok at the game. Not great, but ok enough for it for it to be enjoyable. Finally being able to watch the pros play on my tv is a real treat. I’m an old man now and my eyes and hands have seen better days but I still get to practice on the 9 foot table I eventually purchased from the man that owned the poolroom I use to sneak into.

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  7. well, 60 minutes blew their dress up again…. Shane is a great player, one of the best. But Efren Reyes "Is the Numero Uno". All players , who can hit the endrail, gamble. Shane has done well by himself & managed to get out of the water, before a bigger shark, ate him &/or severely wounded him. Shane is good for our sport, I'm sure his family is proud, Lots of players around the world are..

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