There may be around the country but our league doesn't seem to to get involved with them.
APA- Level up!!!
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Yes it does appear that many folks enjoy playing like that. "The goal is to play better but dont move up in skill level."
The game plan right now is to win. Sorry gents I don't plan on going down any time soon. "Going up is tough, to try to get it lowered is nearly impossible."
Thanks for the tip Ken! "Stay a low handicap."
The game is fun whether I lose or win however, I am playing to win. I was ranked a skill level 1 after my first game. It's fun to win when you have no clue of what your doing. But it's much more enjoyable when I can control the table and win on my own terms.
Loren
The game plan right now is to win. Sorry gents I don't plan on going down any time soon. "Going up is tough, to try to get it lowered is nearly impossible."
Thanks for the tip Ken! "Stay a low handicap."
The game is fun whether I lose or win however, I am playing to win. I was ranked a skill level 1 after my first game. It's fun to win when you have no clue of what your doing. But it's much more enjoyable when I can control the table and win on my own terms.
Loren
Yes it does appear that many folks enjoy playing like that. "The goal is to play better but dont move up in skill level."
The game plan right now is to win. Sorry gents I don't plan on going down any time soon. "Going up is tough, to try to get it lowered is nearly impossible."
Thanks for the tip Ken! "Stay a low handicap."
The game is fun whether I lose or win however, I am playing to win. I was ranked a skill level 1 after my first game. It's fun to win when you have no clue of what your doing. But it's much more enjoyable when I can control the table and win on my own terms.
Loren
Justadub missed my point, but thats okay.
IMO, most folks are out looking for strong lower ranked players. It is MUCH more valuable to be a KILLER THREE, verses a POOR FOUR.
Given the choice be the KILLER THREE, always.
League pool to me is like basketball. If a player scores 100 and your team loses, what good is it?
The goal, at least when I played was;
1.) Make the playoffs.
2.) Play well enough to get trip.
3.) Win Vegas.
The goal was NOT;
1.) See how high of handicap I can be.
Some like checkers, some like chess.
Ken
Thanks! I've played 48 games of 9b and just 20 of 8b. I was at a skill level of 3 in 9b for the last year or so. I started playing 8 ball again last June in the APA. I was surprised that I was moved to a 5. A part of my wants to think it was a typo :embarrassed2: Part of my knows I've been doing the hustle for a few weeks now 
Thanks
JG
Thanks
JG
"Given the choice..." intimates that one can and will choose how they are ranked, and the only way to do that is to try and manipulate your Skill Level.
That, as opposed to trying to win all the time, like Juicygirl is doing.
There isn't an easy way to cheat in chess, so far as I know.
Keep on winning, Loren!
That, as opposed to trying to win all the time, like Juicygirl is doing.
There isn't an easy way to cheat in chess, so far as I know.
Keep on winning, Loren!
^ This.....
I know of some 6's that couldn't run 3 balls with ball in hand, but I also know of some 4's and 5's that could put together a 2-pack or more.
The 8ball and 9ball gap is silly out here as well. There are plenty 5, 6, and 7's that haven't played a game of 9ball ever.
Way to go Juicy, You 'Da Bomb!
Good post, I agree. It's too bad most people focus more on how to beat the system rather than how to improve. Nice job Juicy, congrats for your accomplishments. Scott's a good teacher.
Thanks! I've played 48 games of 9b and just 20 of 8b. I was at a skill level of 3 in 9b for the last year or so. I started playing 8 ball again last June in the APA. I was surprised that I was moved to a 5. A part of my wants to think it was a typo :embarrassed2: Part of my knows I've been doing the hustle for a few weeks now
Thanks
JG
you have twice as many 9 ball games as you do 8 ball so it stands to reason there is more info on your 9 ball games to adjust your handicap.
i am curious as to how you fare playing 8 ball vs 9 ball.
for example ' how many balls per inning do you average in 9 ball vs 8 ball.do you have trouble with pattern selection or breaking out clusters in 8 ball ? do you find it easier to just focus on one ball at a time in 9 ball vs thinking 3 or 4 balls ahead in 8 ball.
i noticed your avg number of safties played is about the same in both formats. you play a whole lot more safties than i do. my avg is 1.50 in 8 ball and 0.53 in 9 ball.
congrats on moving up. it seems like you have improved pretty rapidly in your playing ability since you 1st posted on here.
im impressed .:thumbup:
Hi LR,
I think I'm about the same in either game. My preference used to be 9 ball, now I am liking both about the same.
My average right now is at 3+ balls per inning in either game. In 8 ball I have trouble earlier in the game detecting patterns. I often ask for a coach at the beginning of the game for that reason. I can find a way out about 75 percent of the time, I may or may not be trying to make it if I'm snookered real good. I look at my next 3 balls or more and, I look at the opponent's placement on the table. My aim is to make my shot leave me something and leave them as little as possible should I miss.
My goal is to play at least 5 safeties per match. I don't care if you are a SL 3 or a SL 7 everyone gets the same treatment.
Thanks for your kind words.
JG
I think I'm about the same in either game. My preference used to be 9 ball, now I am liking both about the same.
My average right now is at 3+ balls per inning in either game. In 8 ball I have trouble earlier in the game detecting patterns. I often ask for a coach at the beginning of the game for that reason. I can find a way out about 75 percent of the time, I may or may not be trying to make it if I'm snookered real good. I look at my next 3 balls or more and, I look at the opponent's placement on the table. My aim is to make my shot leave me something and leave them as little as possible should I miss.
My goal is to play at least 5 safeties per match. I don't care if you are a SL 3 or a SL 7 everyone gets the same treatment.
Thanks for your kind words.
JG
this is really important in the skill level calculations as well. If you take 2 people who play the exact same # of innings against exact same skill level opponents and score the exact same points, their skill levels will vary based on the number of safeties. More or less (not precisely) but each safety reduces the inning count by 1 for the player that made it. So taking 2 4s playing, each wins their games, scoring 31 points in 12 innings. One has 6 safeties, the other has 0. The one with the 6 safeties is likely to (if he's been playing like that for a while) move up to a 5.
Since the APA keeps the exact math secret, its hard to say whether its really 1 inning per safety, 2 innings per 3 safeties, etc. but it is definitely a factor.
Holy cheese and macaronis that's a lot of flipping safeties.
I LOVE IT.
JG
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I LOVE IT.
JG
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Congratulations Loren! Keep up the good work! :thumbup: Since I'm living down here now, we'll get together and just spar some one of these days!
Scott Lee
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Scott Lee
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So it appears I've moved to skill level 5 in 9 ball. I'm still a skill level 3 in eight ball :/
It would seem that my classes on the side with Mr. Donny Lutz and Mr. Scott Lee are paying off.... and they will continue to do so.
Now all I need to do is prevent a meltdown like the one I had a when I moved up to a skill level 3 because my plan is to keep wining. And this level up crap ain't gonna bring me down this time.
Cheerio,
JuicyGirl
