8 ball break

Heres a different AI take on the same question.

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Under WPA, BCA, and APA rules:

  • The table is open after the break, no matter how many balls drop.
  • Groups are not assigned until a player legally pockets a called shot after the break.
  • But if one group is completely gone, the remaining group is automatically assigned to the incoming player.
Since the breaker cannot shoot again (the break turn is over), the opponent gets the table with their group already determined.

$1.5M first place prize for Chinese tournament next week

Only 1.4 or 1.5 Billion people in china. How many unknown pool players can there be!(grin)

I doubt there is or was ever a road player that didn't run into a chainsaw now and then, a local with no name! I wonder how many people in china are on the net? How many pool players? Even a couple decades ago the pool hall regulars here didn't know how to turn on a computer unless it was job related!

340 million in the US. If there were any way to prove it I would bet the farm that there are more than a dozen unknown players that nobody wants to bet their own money against. I spent a fair amount of time at Buffalo's when I lived down thataway before Katrina. It was damned rare anyone picked up a phone and took a picture! How many times have we seen somebody trying to ID a player on this huge AZB site? It happens, but usually after the skinning and not very often even then.

I believe monsters lurk even right here in the US. china? Hell yeah! I don't know what it would take to bring them out though.

Hu
Super interesting to me. The unknowns. Like a James Walden from yesteryear.

Meucci Tomahawk

Ken,

I'm not sure if the ebony Tomahawk cue is
more common one. I've seen a lot more of
the OP posted cue than the ebony one over the
years but thats just me.

The green Tomahawk cue is probably very
hard one to find. Just about as hard to find like the
Meucci original brochure that I have and the Meucci rotating display
case with cabinet.

Mike
Ebony is more rare than the maple

Homemade Tip Replacement Lathe

Besides the joy of DIY, is there a benefit over a ready product?
I’m sure that there are some cheap ready products out there just for tip replacements.

Do you need it for personal use or are you planning to offer repair services?
For personal use, you can just do it by hand.
If you’re going to offer repairs, then you might want to consider a pro lathe that can do more than tip as you’ll probably grow into that direction and it’s cheaper to get the right tool from the beginning

Best 1Pocket Player of the 80's - 90's

Each generational level of cue sports has had the best ever component to it. Hopkins is no exception. In his time he was "The Best." That's until I saw Efren play the game in the 90's, 2000's and until about 2010. I thought no one could play the game any better and then comes Alex. Now maybe it's Filler and Gorst maybe just Filler. I hope I get to see someone better than Filler but that may take awhile.

650 Fargo Quits Six Figure Job to Pursue Pro Pool Dream...or YouTube Fame?

Is it possible to reach the top 75 globally in anything as an adult, even if you start your journey as a strong amateur? I say no unless it's something extremely niche.

Reaching 800 would put him one point ahead of John Morra. He'd be 5 points behind Chris Melling and Jeff De Luna. Guys who each have decades of pro tournament experience and significant titles. That just seems absurd on the face of it.

There are exceptions but I think they tend to prove the rule. Larry Nelson in golf. John Schmidt in pool. But in wiki there were 8 years between Schmidt starting play (19) and his first professional tournament.(27) Not counting ridiculous athletes moving from one sport to another where their athleticism gets them by. Like track athletes moving to bobsled or Christian Okoye being handed a football.

8 ball break

Is this ruling correct?

If you break in 8‑ball and all seven balls of one group (all solids or all stripes) drop on the break, the ruling is actually very simple — and it’s the same across all major rule sets.


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Pocketing balls on the break does not give you ball‑in‑hand or any special continuation. The break is always considered its own turn. Once the balls stop moving, your inning ends unless you pocketed the 8‑ball (which is a separate rule).

So even if you made all seven solids (or all seven stripes):

  • You do not continue shooting
  • Your opponent comes to the table
  • Your opponent is automatically assigned the other group
  • Your opponent must shoot at the remaining seven balls of their group
They must play by different rules in Canada, everywhere else that I have seen when you make at least 1 ball on the break and do not foul you get to continue shooting and your opponent stays in their chair.

Best 1Pocket Player of the 80's - 90's

Al
Allen Hopkins in my opinion was the best all around player, say 1980 - 1985. One of his proposition bets was to throw out all 15 balls

on the pool table and run all 15 without the cue ball hitting a rail. I personally witnessed this in either 1979 or 1980. It was the year that

he won $112,000 at The Rack in Detroit playing 1-pkt. He told me that he left thousands in $20 bills with the houseman as sort of security that he

could walk out with the rest of the cash
As an aside, Allen told me several years ago that he started superbilliardsexpo with the money he won playing Paul Brusloff at the Rack (Capitol Social Club). That was a great use of the funds!

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