Hi everyone. Thank you for all the responses to my break cue thread it was very helpful. I have another question now. Are there unsaid things that you just don't do or are frowned upon in professional tournaments. Obviously you don't go there dressed like scum. But I'm talking about running out. If I'm in really good stroke should I just run 7 racks in a row or should I give the other guy a shot? When I safe should I give my opponent a reasonable way out? This has been bugging me for a while now. I'm sure other people have the same types of questions about this. I'll be back and forth here every hour or two to see what everyone has to say.
Proper table manners etiquette in a professional tournament
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You should be doing your best to win. Don't worry about your opponent. He wont be worrying about you.
If you didn't come to play your best pool, you shoulda stayed at home.
I was just asking because a lot of the better guys that I have played with/against won't usually stick you in jail between three balls. They normally go with a safety that leaves you a tough kick or something like that. Or froze to a ball. A couple of these guys were at a almost pro/ pro level. And when you you watch the televised tournaments that is normally what the safes look like. Do they just edit out a lot of the good safes so you don't see the other guy getting =>(.)
Search Youtube for 'Long Dong vs 3 foul rule".
Often times they don't leave their opponent in the toughest spot imaginable because that is not always possible without a good amount of risk. If you have to go 6 rails to land on a 3 inch target to make that safety, you are better off going for something else.
The reason you don't see a lot of 5+ rack runs on TV is because A) the equipment is tougher than your average "caters to the casual players" pool hall, B) there is often a lot of risk in going for a tough out over a safety, and C) alternate breaks.
TV is heavily edited
TV is heavily edited and most of the great safety play and kicking out is boring to the average TV viewer. Like everyone has said, being a nice guy is for before and after competition. During competition be professional. Being professional includes getting past your opponent while taking the least risk possible. If you break first and can run out the set do it. If you have to safe somebody make it the toughest safe you can produce. I have lost more than once for trying not to be too brutal on someone just in more casual competition. If you can blank someone do it. On top of everything else it will make most folks a little cautious the next time they draw you so you are building capital for the future playing your best.
Hu
TV is heavily edited and most of the great safety play and kicking out is boring to the average TV viewer. Like everyone has said, being a nice guy is for before and after competition. During competition be professional. Being professional includes getting past your opponent while taking the least risk possible. If you break first and can run out the set do it. If you have to safe somebody make it the toughest safe you can produce. I have lost more than once for trying not to be too brutal on someone just in more casual competition. If you can blank someone do it. On top of everything else it will make most folks a little cautious the next time they draw you so you are building capital for the future playing your best.
Hu
I've yet to meet a player that could put a 7 pack on his opponent ask these questions.
Play to win.. Period. If you can run 7 racks and not let them shoot. By all means DO IT.....
Yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing. In your dreams are you so good that you have to ask advice like "I'm playing way too strong, should I slow down?". I suppose you occasionally have to go to ratemydong.com so you can vote yourself down out of the top 5
(just teasing)
Yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing. In your dreams are you so good that you have to ask advice like "I'm playing way too strong, should I slow down?". I suppose you occasionally have to go to ratemydong.com so you can vote yourself down out of the top 5
(just teasing)
Well In a pro tourney then NO. If you just playing blow joe at the pool hall and wanting to reel i the big fish then throwing off a little isn't a bad thing.
Yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing. In your dreams are you so good that you have to ask advice like "I'm playing way too strong, should I slow down?". I suppose you occasionally have to go to ratemydong.com so you can vote yourself down out of the top 5
(just teasing)
That's a great website, thanks for the link!! BTW, I scored a 10". :grin-square:
Yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing. In your dreams are you so good that you have to ask advice like "I'm playing way too strong, should I slow down?". I suppose you occasionally have to go to ratemydong.com so you can vote yourself down out of the top 5
(just teasing)
Hey, I had to check. That address is available and for sale. You can surely make money on managing a ranking list on that page.
Pol Pot
Needs the 2
Common logic says... if you're playing for fun, enjoy yourself, right? I won't ever dog a shot on purpose, but I will try low percentage shots or "unique" patterns with a player who is under my level (doesn't take much to be under my level). No one likes to be stuck in a chair all the time, and if you're shooting non-stop how do you get to drink your beer?
In a competitive situation, this isn't a question that needs to be asked. Doing anything less than playing your best is an insult to your opponent and yourself.
In a competitive situation, this isn't a question that needs to be asked. Doing anything less than playing your best is an insult to your opponent and yourself.
doesn't really matter if he can put a pack like that together, its a valid question.
Look at how they make such serious business of HS, college & pro sports for supposed running up the score. I've always thought that making that an issue is ignorant.
Take all the majority of bar players out there, if you play to your best then they complain that they get no shot. If you slouch a little bit they are up your butt as to why you didn't get out. I've played in hole in the wall tourneys where playing a legal safety was highly frowned upon(since when was being a good decision maker frowned upon?).
In any tournament worth going to the player should perform at as high a level possible, with disregard to any heartless ideas like that.
Look at how they make such serious business of HS, college & pro sports for supposed running up the score. I've always thought that making that an issue is ignorant.
Take all the majority of bar players out there, if you play to your best then they complain that they get no shot. If you slouch a little bit they are up your butt as to why you didn't get out. I've played in hole in the wall tourneys where playing a legal safety was highly frowned upon(since when was being a good decision maker frowned upon?).
In any tournament worth going to the player should perform at as high a level possible, with disregard to any heartless ideas like that.