DP Tournament in New Iberia

if they try to take all the luck out of pool they are going to ruin the real game of pool every single sport that i can think of has some sort of luck involve nomatter how great u play u still need a little luck on ur side like when u break the balls and make one u are not always going to have a shot so u cant take that luck out of the game
 
richiebalto said:
if they try to take all the luck out of pool they are going to ruin the real game of pool every single sport that i can think of has some sort of luck involve nomatter how great u play u still need a little luck on ur side like when u break the balls and make one u are not always going to have a shot so u cant take that luck out of the game
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I've been saying this for years. You obviously can not legislate all the luck out of pool (or almost anything in life for that matter) and trying to do so with these types of rules does nothing but change the game, and not for the

better. I think they should leave well enough, alone! Taking the "2 way" shot out of pool is a really bad idea. It robs the spectators out of the opportunity to see some truly great shots that will never be attempted because of

the poorly thought out rule that was enacted.


As an example; when Earl won the famous "million dollar bonus" for running the 10 racks in CJ's tournament. The insurance company who underwrote the "bonus", had a group of college students research the odds of running 10

racks in tournament play. They based their findings on past tournament performances. What they didn't take into consideration was that in the past tournaments, the players didn't have that "million dollar carrot" dangling out

there and played the safer situations where it was the smarter move to play safe than to try to run out in a lot of cases. When Earl had the opportunity to win the big bucks by running the 10 racks, that greatly influenced his

decisions on whether to try to make the hard shots, rather than play safe! The results speak for themselves and the crowd got to see a spectacular performance they would have other wise not have seen.
 
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I was there but had to leave early saturday afternoon.Who won and what was the final score?
 
Mika won, either 10-2 or 10-3. I think Shane made 1 ball on a break in the finals.

The pros were forced to show up to play in the tournament as they are sponsored by DP, and I think at least three of them flew in the day before the tournament started from Indonesia if I heard correctly. Little sleep on the plane ride I am sure. He was a monster in the finals, regardless of his attitude. Shane didn't have a chance to get back into it after it was about 6-2. It came down to the breaks. Normally that would have been to Shane's advantage.

I think the pro tournaments were well run, but the amateur side was completely different story. Knowing the caliber of players that were allowed to compete on the amateur side from out of town I think it would have been much better had the guys who ended up in Mobile been allowed to play.

Several rules were in question during the course of play. "Modified" APA, BCA, or whatever, the rules should be posted in writing prior to the start of any tournament, not decided during crucial matches.
 
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cuesmith said:
I've been saying this for years. You obviously can not legislate all the luck out of pool (or almost anything in life for that matter) and trying to do so with these types of rules does nothing but change the game, and not for the

better. I think they should leave well enough, alone! Taking the "2 way" shot out of pool is a really bad idea. It robs the spectators out of the opportunity to see some truly great shots that will never be attempted because of

the poorly thought out rule that was enacted.


As an example; when Earl won the famous "million dollar bonus" for running the 10 racks in CJ's tournament. The insurance company who underwrote the "bonus", had a group of college students research the odds of running 10

racks in tournament play. They based their findings on past tournament performances. What they didn't take into consideration was that in the past tournaments, the players didn't have that "million dollar carrot" dangling out

there and played the safer situations where it was the smarter move to play safe than to try to run out in a lot of cases. When Earl had the opportunity to win the big bucks by running the 10 racks, that greatly influenced his

decisions on whether to try to make the hard shots, rather than play safe! The results speak for themselves and the crowd got to see a spectacular performance they would have other wise not have seen.
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CJ has the video of the MILLION DOLLAR MATCH by Earl Strickland and has big plans for introducing it to the public. It will contain lots of great stories and the REAL DEAL of what actually happened and how badly it could have turned out if not for one thing......
 
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