The 2017 Chris Melling runout is the greatest five minutes of billiards shot-making you will ever see. It requires a profound effort for an eight-ball pool video to acquire 20 million views on YouTube, so strap yourself in!
Who is Chris Melling?
Chris Melling is an English professional pool and snooker player. His career features some early eight-ball championships and other accolades, but you are about to witness it’s apex.
The Chris Melling runout
This event took place at the World Pool Series Tournament in 2017 between Melling and Mika Immonen.
This eight-ball runout includes three of the most impossible and astounding shots you will ever see. The fact that these shots all happen in the same game, and on a single turn, is what makes this the stuff of legends.
All videos start at the moment of the shot.
The most watched eight-ball game of all time
Shot One:
Melling opens with a duel cut-and-bank shot leading to a double-carom that results in a perfectly executed timing-critical-combination that sinks the five ball.
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Shot Two:
The only problem with his first shot is that he left himself stuck with terrible table position.
It didn’t matter because Melling was in the zone.
He finesses an impossible full-table, massé shot to not only sink the two-ball, but also leave himself excellent table position on the next shot.
As amazing as the first two shots are, Melling saved the best for last.
Shot Three:
Melling nails a few easy shots and then calls the one-ball in the corner, which is impossible as the eight-ball is clearly in the way. The announcers are audibly confused.
Melling clears thing up for them by nailing a four-rail bank-shot that somehow barely misses every ball on the table.
He also leaves himself a perfect shot on the eight-ball.
