I'm curious, how many racks have you run in a row(9-ball on 4.5x9 only)

What's your lifetime highest consecutive racks run amount on any 4.5x9?

  • 10+

    Votes: 13 5.3%

  • 9

    Votes: 4 1.6%

  • 8

    Votes: 7 2.8%

  • 7

    Votes: 12 4.9%

  • 6

    Votes: 19 7.7%

  • 5

    Votes: 32 13.0%

  • 4

    Votes: 39 15.8%

  • 3

    Votes: 62 25.1%

  • 2

    Votes: 59 23.9%
  • Total voters
    247
I been playing pool for over 30 years, all on 9 footers, i checked in with 4 racks, but my highest mite be a 5 pack and with that would of been atlease 1 9ball on the break.

I never was a very good 9ball player, i would guess a b player, maybe b plus at my best!

When i played top players (which i did alot) i would need the 5 and break, and it would go either way!

I did beat Wilkie with the 6 ball playing 9ball 3 years ago in my pool room on my table!

I was stuck alot gambling with Cigar Tom Vanover with the 5 and breaks, Bobby leggs and i were around even, Slivka beat me in that game as did McCressh!
 
I've done 5 on a bar box, 8 ft., and a 9 ft.
That elusive 6 pack just keeps getting away....dern it!
 
jalapus logan said:
What are you trying to say? Looks like this anonymous poll shows that AZB has plenty of stone cold pool killers on these boards. As of this writing, 51% of y'all have run 4 or more and have 36% have run 5 or more consecutively. Looks like 3 of you guys are about as good as Earl in his prime...:cool:
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I've been playing pool for 45 years, I've done 5 racks in a row 3 times. LOL, that doesn't mean I'm jumping up to play any PRO player.
I've also dogged 1000's of balls.
 
runout totals

jimmyg said:
Okay...What do I get, a three pack or a five pack? :)

J
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Sadly 3, spotted balls dont count.

For the other poster who ran "6" with one game being a pushout that was given back to him, your break and run counts stops with that dry break.Again, sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
 
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I was in a tournament playing a guy named Charlie Wiggins about 20 years ago... It was a race to 11 and I won the coin toss. I broke and ran the first 9 then missed shape on the 7 ball by about a half inch.. I ended up playing safe and left a hard shot.. I figured the match was pretty much over at this point as I sat down.

My opponent made the 7 and ran out that game, then proceeded to run the next 6 on me!! I really started getting nervous thinking I was going to lose the match. The set ended up going hill-hill and he broke dry and I ran out.. :)

I have never been happier to be done with a match....
 
I've run 4 on a 9 footer with medium tight pockets a few times.

I've run 5 on a 8' pro (oversized 8)

No idea on a bar box...4 or 5 I think.

That is all 9 ball.

I've run 5 8 ball racks on a bar box, and I think 3 or 4 on a 9'.

KMRUNOUT
 
Wybrook said:
I was in a tournament playing a guy named Charlie Wiggins about 20 years ago... It was a race to 11 and I won the coin toss. I broke and ran the first 9 then missed shape on the 7 ball by about a half inch.. I ended up playing safe and left a hard shot.. I figured the match was pretty much over at this point as I sat down.

My opponent made the 7 and ran out that game, then proceeded to run the next 6 on me!! I really started getting nervous thinking I was going to lose the match. The set ended up going hill-hill and he broke dry and I ran out.. :)

I have never been happier to be done with a match....
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I would imagine that was the best set you were ever involved in?
 
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On a 9 foot table 5 racks of 9 ball.
I once won the coin flip and got the first break in a race to 5. I broke and ran 4 racks and lost the set 5 to 4.
I went home and had a dinner of dog food and dog biscuits for desert.:speechless:
 
measureman said:
On a 9 foot table 5 racks of 9 ball.
I once won the coin flip and got the first break in a race to 5. I broke and ran 4 racks and lost the set 5 to 4.
I went home and had a dinner of dog food and dog biscuits for desert.:speechless:
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Not to try and 1up you but I was a beginner(maybe 2 years into playing pool) playing in the tournament at the Sportspalace in the mid 90s. I drew Tony Ellin in the semi finals, he gave me the last 7. I won the flip and ran the first 6 racks(only made more than 1 ball after the break once) in a race to 7. Broke dry and he tied me before I shot again when he broke dry double hill. I missed my shot by almost a diamond and it 2railed in the side. I won :-)
 
8 BnR. My friend broke on 2-1 score and miss the 1 ball. I runout that game, (3-1) close the match with 6 BnR and 2-0 in second.
I broke PERFECT in 3rd game... cb center table but wing ball (and few others) rattled so my best runout ended with dry break :angry:

Table was dynamic II with artemis rubber and 11cm pockets (~ 4 1/3')
 
runouts

Uh, that I have kept track of? I would say my most that I know of is 3....I have also run 2 consecutive racks of 9 ball on a nine-footer against Jeanette Lee - The Black Widow, back when I was 21 in Rochester, NY. Good enough? Lol
 
Over 50% of the respondents have ran 4 or more. If the same respondents answered the what is your ratining poll: A-E, I would think that there would be quite a bit less "A" players.
 
I have to be honest i thought my answer of three was a good representation of my game. I say i was a B player. But looking at the poll i am seriously humbled and intimidated. I watch the pro videos and i hardly ever see more than 3 or 4 i got the dvd of earl running out the set for a million.. i never seen anyone run more than 4 in person. Where does all this magic happen. I ran 3 racks at the house an i had no witnesses i play the devil and always lose. My best was 10-6. I go to pool halls all over an hold my own. I tell you what i am inspired to try an run more racks good greif how do you make a ball on the break and then get shape on the one and for me if i am lucky to get that far i always have balls glued to one another in the weirdest places. My hats off to anyone run 5 or better truly u are MONSTERS ...
 
I once ran 37 racks while Max Eberle was poking me in the back with a cattle prod. Another time, I spotted Richie Richeson the wild deuce and ran so many racks that before he ever got a chance to shoot he was 2 years behind on child support and they hauled him away. Booked a huge winner that day. Another time, after a week of hookers and blow in Vegas with no sleep, I challenged this one pocket clown to some nine balls. I patteren racked and ran the balls the exact same way 126 times until the cloth was cut clean thru. In the shape of a butterfly. Like a boss. Then I thought I heard something, but a cow was in my way so I punched a hole clean thru it just to see who was coming in the door. Turned out to be the mailman. Feeling bad for the cow, I invented a new aiming system called Touch of Dead Cow and ran 44 racks using it. I miss ole' Buttertits.
 
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