JC
Coos Cues
A 100 point spread between players predicts that the higher player will win two games for every one game the lower player wins.
But all games are not created equal and all 100 point spreads are not linear.
Take a nine ball race to 18. A 600 player is expected to beat a 500 player 12 times. This may well hold true because a 600 player will make mistakes leaving the 500 player some short outs even though the 500 can't run 6 balls. Now take a 700 player and a 600 player. Same result different reasons. The 600 player can actually run out enough to make the equation balance even though the 700 player isn't leaving him any 2 or 3 ball outs or hanging 9s. So life is good right? Not really.
Now the game switches to 8 ball. The 600 player can still run out some against the 700 player so it may finish fairly close to expected depending on the break format. Here comes the rub though. The 500 player could play the 600 player 8 ball all day and all night and be lucky to win a single game. Because all games are not equal even though Fargo treats them as such.
Having reported Fargo for a couple sessions now I see anecdotal evidence that this is true. The top players go down some during 9 ball and back up when 8 ball starts. This is the expected result though IMO because once again, all games are not equal.
JC
But all games are not created equal and all 100 point spreads are not linear.
Take a nine ball race to 18. A 600 player is expected to beat a 500 player 12 times. This may well hold true because a 600 player will make mistakes leaving the 500 player some short outs even though the 500 can't run 6 balls. Now take a 700 player and a 600 player. Same result different reasons. The 600 player can actually run out enough to make the equation balance even though the 700 player isn't leaving him any 2 or 3 ball outs or hanging 9s. So life is good right? Not really.
Now the game switches to 8 ball. The 600 player can still run out some against the 700 player so it may finish fairly close to expected depending on the break format. Here comes the rub though. The 500 player could play the 600 player 8 ball all day and all night and be lucky to win a single game. Because all games are not equal even though Fargo treats them as such.
Having reported Fargo for a couple sessions now I see anecdotal evidence that this is true. The top players go down some during 9 ball and back up when 8 ball starts. This is the expected result though IMO because once again, all games are not equal.
JC