How many have you strung together?

Not too shabby... on what equipment?

Check this out:

http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=182530

9-ball...5 racks on a bar box. Playing the ghost, 5 and outed him, 4 break and runs one 9 on the break, no early combos. This was just a couple weeks back. Usually I can do a 2 pack a night, but never more. Seems the breaks don't lay out too well, or I just can't get out, lol.

8-ball...3 racks on a bar box. Playing an SL4 about 2 weeks after making my SL7. Won the lag, broke and ran three racks. Then was 2 balls from getting out on the 4th, and just hit it too damn hard.

And I'll throw my high run of 45 on a bar box in 14.1 as well. One of the most satisfying runs I've had yet.

Another satisfying single game was my first night shooting on a 9ft Diamond. Was used in the 07 US Open, and I broke and ran out. Was a sweet layout, with 1 tough bank for shape. I was so excited. Then proceeded to foul up many 4 and 5 ball runs, lol.

I love going in on league night, knowing I'm not going to play, and putting up quarters to take a table, then playing for free for almost the rest of the night. Saves money.

OK, I'll bite...

9 ball - 6 racks (4 break and runs - 2 9 on the break) on a 9ft Gandy
14.1 - 63 on a 9ft Gandy with 4.25 pockets
8 ball - 3 consecutive break and runs on a 7ft Valley barbox

high runs

Double post see below

high runs

9 ball- Break and run 7 games on a Gold Crown 1 for a whopping bet of $10 and time! What a beautiful waste of talent.

14.1- I ran 86 balls at home on my GC1 with 4.5 inch pockets after 3 weeks of playing 14.1 for practice. That was about 4 months ago, I keep meaning to get back into it and break 100. Hardly anyone plays it around here, but a great game.

Barbox 8 ball- 4 break and runs on my Valley 6.5 foot table. I hardly play it, just to warm up for bar pool events. Seems latey that's where the money is at, bigger tournaments with calcutta. If I played more I'm sure it would be higher, really just need several favorable breaks in a row. Making the balls seems to be the easy part in barbox, getting the rolls is what matters.

Oh no! Not this topic again...

I'd like to rename this thread to "The fish was thiiiiis big"

9 ball- 99 racks

8 ball- 99 racks

14.1- 525 balls (I stopped so I didnt upset Mosconi)


Eric >ask me about my 3 cushion high run

9 ball---5 racks break and run done with a Schon.
14.1--- 101 balls done with a house cue
8 ball---4 racks break and run on a bar box done with a Pechauer.
Wing shots---18 in a row done with a house cue.

8 Ball: 11 break/runs (3 were 8 balls on snap) on 6.5 foot bar box in Leesville, LA back in 1991, a challenge table at the "Hayride" nightclub in front of about 20 witnesses...cue was a 60 inch GEM (Gary Medlin) Szam copy. I've did an 8 pack that same year practicing on an 8 foot Gandy, also Leesville and ran a 9 pack on a 9 foot GCII in 1996 in Tacoma, Washington, also in practice, all with same cue (long since retired). Have run a few 4 and 5 packs in local tournaments with my Schon, but the past 15 years I've rarely run more than two in a row. Currently I average about 6 balls each rack before I get too far out of line on my pattern...

9 Ball: One 5 pack in a tournament in Monterey Ca in 1996 with my Schon, two short cuts and a 9 Ball break. Came back from 4-0 to win 4-5 in about 15 minutes. Never ran more than two before or since. 9 Ball was never my game...spent too much time playing 8 Ball, but there were more 9 Ball tournies than 8 Ball. Never gambled on it, and don't gamble at all any more.

14.1: 75 and out on a 9 foot Gandy in Leesville, LA in 1991...small bet ($20) against a much better player, gave me a 25 ball spot and after bunting around he patronized me a little and ticked me off...I've never run more than 30 since (don't play it much, mainly to practice constrained light touch control to help my 8 Ball game). 30 is kind of a mental block to me, I always seem to dog it in the third rack. I still play it to relax, work on touch, but never really applied myself to trying to beat my top run.

I got married in 1991, had my son in 1994 and haven't really played much since...did two years on the Planet Pool Tiger Tour in VA (2006-2007), but never practiced. Just showed up and played cold, to get the experience of a big tournament and match up against good players like Wilke, Davis, Putnam, Pookey, Slivka and others. Got smoked, as I deserved to, but had a lot of fun watching those guys play. Was always hoping to see Keith McCready come in and play and maybe play him just to say I did...even if I never got out of my chair! Never happened, though...

I'm over here in Cyprus for a couple of more years, playing my 16 year old son three times per week at a nice room with 9 foot pro-ams and trying to find my game again. It's realy frustrating to see and know what you're supposed to do, but not able to do it anymore. I'm slowly getting it back, though, and now my wife let's me out of the house more to take our son to play, it's all starting to come back. He's a real natural, and if I can keep him on the table until we lose him to college, I think I'll make a real player out of him...

I only remember two packages, both on a barbox. Once ran 8 and out playing 8ball going to 9 against my most accursed nemesis. The other was in a $100/man 10-ball ring game in the action room at the riv during BCA (when it was behind the splash bar). Put a 4 on them (worth $1200) and they quit.

9-ball - on a 9fter - 6pack (tapped table)
- on a 7fter - 8 pack

8-ball - 10 pack playing a race to 10:wink9fter)

14-1 - over 75.don't practice or play straight pool very often so i'd probably run more if i did.

Monstermash said:

Just curious how many racks you guys have strung together. Also your high run in 14.1 if you play.

Here's mine

9 ball-7 racks-all break and runs except for one where I made a 1-9 combo after the break. I did this once but I have strung 5 together a few times.

8 ball-4 racks-all break and runs

14.1-134 balls

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9-ball ring game, 1981, Clark AB, Philippines Airmen's Club 7-foot bar table:

I strung 13 racks (combination of break & runs, combos, 9 on the break) before I missed the 7 in the 14th game, which game I won also. I then strung 9 more for 22 out of 23 racks total. Everybody quit.

2 racks of 9-ball. High run of 13. Now gimme some weight.

I can't get pass 2. Everything falls apart at that point.

I watched my friend brad gores run 17 racks of 8 ball in 2 hours on a valley bar box.

I was playing a 10 ahead set 10 ball with a guy on a diamond pro cut, and proceded to win the flip and run 9 in a row. Then I broke dry, he ran out the table to be 8 down and then broke and ran 18 in a row to win the set.

Monstermash said:

Just curious how many racks you guys have strung together. Also your high run in 14.1 if you play.

Here's mine

9 ball-7 racks-all break and runs except for one where I made a 1-9 combo after the break. I did this once but I have strung 5 together a few times.

8 ball-4 racks-all break and runs

14.1-134 balls

Click to expand...

U play great. 134 balls is strong. There are not alot of guys who can run 100 on this forum.

Monstermash said:

Just curious how many racks you guys have strung together. Also your high run in 14.1 if you play.

Here's mine

9 ball-7 racks-all break and runs except for one where I made a 1-9 combo after the break. I did this once but I have strung 5 together a few times.

8 ball-4 racks-all break and runs

14.1-134 balls

Click to expand...

5 racks 9 ball, gold crown IV double shimmed, numerous 80+, 97 once and 93 once... on a different note I once broke a 9ball rack on the gold crown and pocketed 7 balls... but did not get out!! I also pocketed 12 balls on a bar box playing 8 ball for bca league