I'd rather flip quarters with the degenerates

Island Drive said:

What do you think?
End of 1st round....1/2 the rooms tables open up.
Finals at sunset.
All players in, start each round at the exact same time.

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It's really 4 ball, lol. If people enjoy that, they should play.

The best break is the one that gets you a shot on the one most often. Current WNT break rules aside, since they are a different animal, if you squat the cue ball on every break but end up with no shot most of the time, then it’s not a great break. Which is why over the years we’ve seen top players draw the cue ball two rail back and up table because it was reliably getting them a shot into the side pocket. They adjust the cue ball control and hit on the one to control both balls depending on the conditions of the table and rack.

HawaiianEye said:

The "power" game has all but disappeared.

Today's faster cloth and rails have turned the game into "bunting".

I prefer playing on tables where you have have a stroke to play instead of a table so fast that you have to convert your stroke into a bunt.

Today's tables remind me of pinball machines or pachinko.

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Agreed. I think the change in equipment has been good for women's pro pool but possibly not so for men's pro pool.

The reliance on power is far less today than it was in the pre-Simonis days. Now, it seems that everybody has the firepower to run the table, and it comes down to having the right combination of technical excellence, superior defense and strategic mastery. The game today is different.

Whether this version of pro pool is better or worse than back in the day is certainly a matter for debate, but you have raised an excellent point.

Island Drive said:

What do you think?
End of 1st round....1/2 the rooms tables open up.
Finals at sunset.
All players in, start each round at the exact same time.

Click to expand...

You don't think you need to reinvent the game. Just play six ball maybe race to four or five. Something funny I did a ladies tournament 6 ball one time. For the fun of it before it started I said any six balls on the break you get an instant $25. Holy Christ, they made it like eight times.