Can someone explain the difference in the two to me?
APA 7 vs super 7
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APA Super 7 is someone who can string racks together consistantly. Someone I would think of as an A+ player. Example of Super 7's in the past: Ike Runnells, Jason Kirkwood, Eric Durbin, Louis Ulrich, Frank the Barber (still plays and plays AWESOME
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APA 7 is someone that is capable of breaking and running out and wins matches, but not someone that will run 3 of 5 racks every time they play. Maybe a local B player.
The variation of skill levels of 7's is so extreme. I know one super 7 in our league that will give most regular 7's the 7 out and the breaks and like it. The same super 7 would tell other league players if they didn't want to play him they could play his g/f
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. My ex was the super 7 and I was the girl. 3 years later people still come up to me and say, "Your so and so's ex. He told me if I didn't want to gamble with him that I could play you". Needless to say, we weren't to well liked in the APA
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). APA 7 is someone that is capable of breaking and running out and wins matches, but not someone that will run 3 of 5 racks every time they play. Maybe a local B player.
The variation of skill levels of 7's is so extreme. I know one super 7 in our league that will give most regular 7's the 7 out and the breaks and like it. The same super 7 would tell other league players if they didn't want to play him they could play his g/f
) . My ex was the super 7 and I was the girl. 3 years later people still come up to me and say, "Your so and so's ex. He told me if I didn't want to gamble with him that I could play you". Needless to say, we weren't to well liked in the APA .
Yup, what he said. (points up)
Since 7 is the highest handicap in APA 8-ball, it basically covers the skill range of "higher-than-a-six" to "Efren". A huuuuge range of skill.
In Denver, in the local APA-centric (but not 'official') bracket tournaments, they do the super-seven bit. There's a number of guys who play in those who have to go one extra game. And it works well, IMHO. Especially I would draw one of those guys and he was having a bad day.
Since 7 is the highest handicap in APA 8-ball, it basically covers the skill range of "higher-than-a-six" to "Efren". A huuuuge range of skill.
In Denver, in the local APA-centric (but not 'official') bracket tournaments, they do the super-seven bit. There's a number of guys who play in those who have to go one extra game. And it works well, IMHO. Especially I would draw one of those guys and he was having a bad day.
I've read that it also means lifetime winning average of over 75 percent is this accurate?
Is this a new skill rating by the APA? If so then it is about time they did something about it. I have had a problem with this for some time. It isnt much fair for a regular person '7', to have to play a Kirkwood, or Rick Sergant (sp), for the big money tourneys. I know of several APA 9s that get their butts torched in the FL tour.
PROG8R said:
About 10 years ago I got a hang-on-the-wall official document from the APA stating that I was a Super 7.
I never played APA 9 ball, and believe me when I say that I can't string racks together, my own record being 4 racks of 8 ball in the playoffs.
Maybe it had something to do with my beating 7 7s in a row. Who knows and who cares. I get flattened by a few of the real strong 7s in this area (Wash DC & surrounding). One thing the document does mean though is that you can never go down to a six
Super 7: good short stop, semi pro
I've heard that brian gregg and some other obviously "pro" level players are playing in APA tournaments.
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hilla_hilla said:APA Super 7 is someone who can string racks together consistantly. Someone I would think of as an A+ player. Example of Super 7's in the past: Ike Runnells, Jason Kirkwood, Eric Durbin, Louis Ulrich, Frank the Barber (still plays and plays AWESOME
APA 7 is someone that is capable of breaking and running out and wins matches, but not someone that will run 3 of 5 racks every time they play. Maybe a local B player.
The variation of skill levels of 7's is so extreme. I know one super 7 in our league that will give most regular 7's the 7 out and the breaks and like it. The same super 7 would tell other league players if they didn't want to play him they could play his g/f
I would think that any 7 should be able to win if they were getting the breaks (assuming most apa leagues are on bar boxes) much less any additional money balls.
I certainly don't consider myself a super 7 but I can't think of anyone I wouldn't play with the breaks on a bar box and a half-way decent rack.
ennnnhnhhhh! sorry wrong answer.
there is also a Super 9 in nineball. It is reserved for pro level play. Someone who, like Hilla said, can string racks together on a regular basis.
I only know this from my brother who is a 7 in 8ball and a nine in 9d verging on a super 7 and super 9 in both respectively. I personally have never played in league.
SCCues said:
there is also a Super 9 in nineball. It is reserved for pro level play. Someone who, like Hilla said, can string racks together on a regular basis.
I only know this from my brother who is a 7 in 8ball and a nine in 9d verging on a super 7 and super 9 in both respectively. I personally have never played in league.
Super 7
Hey Mark,
I talked to Greg about this and a Super 7 is only on a local level, when you go to any tourn. you play as a 7. I thought he said the winning % is 85 but not sure. So as far as the pro's and guys like that I'm pretty sure that in APA events they end up playing as 7's. It really doesn't matter they can't handle our game anyways! Bank on!
Hey Mark,
I talked to Greg about this and a Super 7 is only on a local level, when you go to any tourn. you play as a 7. I thought he said the winning % is 85 but not sure. So as far as the pro's and guys like that I'm pretty sure that in APA events they end up playing as 7's. It really doesn't matter they can't handle our game anyways! Bank on!
Obviously you are somewhat confused about what a pro level player is and is not. I (which by the way this is Brian Gregg) am not a pro level player, I make a living for my family a wife and 3 small children not by playing which is a hobby and pasttime for me, I make it by running a construction business and working at times 60-70 hours per week. The actual truth you and any others probably on a regular week play much more often then I do. I will say that the APA is league that I play in and have found the competetion very tough. I lost out in the regionals last week and I can attest to the fact that players were not pro level players. The APA is a league of all skill levels it is not a league without skilled players, while I am fortunate enough to have some skill but I certainly am not a pro level player. I would have loved to have won the regionals but I lost and and my congratulations to those who did win and to those that put on the tournament. To those that have criticism about players skill levels and pro level players all I have to say is work with me for month and then we will see who the pro player is or is not. I do aspire to reach that level and hopefully I may some day but for now my family is 1st and I will jsut have to continue to have pool as a hobby and pastime.maxeypad2007 said:
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Brian ...I'm sure that one day you and another friend of ours named Brian will become pros ......that's just an idea waiting for it's moment in time .....
Brian ...I'm sure that one day you and another friend of ours named Brian will become pros ......that's just an idea waiting for it's moment in time .....