When I was looking for references I came across this:
http://www.fxguide.com/featured/1984_-_ ... ars_later/
That's such a nice idea, if you feel like just try to do your version of the shot and post it here. I didn't want to sent them my shot cause the render times don't quite compare...
Still not 100% sure about the ball material, please comment if you are a pro at playing pool, I was drunk the few times I gave it a shot

What bothers me still that faces of the ball meshes are showing due to SSS, the balls look perfectly smooth when they are phong, and using a little bit of SSS makes them look like the "solid"-setting in blender. What am I doing wrong?

[EDIT: updated the image]