SVB v Chinahov. 10 ball to 30 break outside the box.

Are you joking? Tilt the rack at all and it's different, put it above or below the spot and it's different. Putting it in the same spot every time with the same orientation is a skill and some people are good at it and some aren't.

No I'm not joking. All that you said about tilting the rack etc is true and more which is why rack your own is in fact the biggest joke of all.

Are you joking when you say racking the magic rack correctly is a skill. You even imply that it is a difficult skill to learn.:smile: Wtf?
 
Pretty obvious. If it is break outside the box, its being done on purpose
to slow Shane down. They are trying to rig the game.
It is russia.
 
Ruslan is definitely no rising star in Europe, he IS a star for 7-8 years winning several medals at european championship. He is one of the best shotmakers to walk european soil and he is fearless. I would compare his game to Roberto Gomez. As for the 10b break outside of the box - it is common at Eurotour/European championships to break like this to make games more tactical. I still see SVB as a favourite in this match but only by small margin, Ruslan is more than able to kill anyone on any given day ;)
 
I've never heard the "kitchen" being there. Interesting.

It is called the kitchen because back in the days prior to billiards being called 'pool', it was common to have billiard tables in public houses, or 'pubs'. Some were in very populated areas where real estate was at a premium so it was common to have the billiard table in close proximity to where meals were being prepared. The 'kitchen' refers to the part of the table that the cooks were allowed to use to prepare meals while players were playing the game.
 
"According to Mike Shamos' Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards, the question has been the subject of some speculation but the best explanation known is that in the 1800s, many American homes didn't have room for both a billiard table and a dining room table. The solution was a billiards table that had cover converting it into a dining table. Kept in the dining room, which was often barely large enough, it would be placed so that the head rail would face the connected kitchen door, thus afforded a player room for the backswing without hitting a wall. The player was therefore either half or sometimes fully "in the kitchen" when breaking the balls."

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Pool-Billiards-2283/Terminology-Origin-kitchen.htm
 
Just as the following post described, its behind the head string, *outside* the two diamonds. I too had to look this up, as I had never heard of it before. Wikipedia has this image to demonstrate.

800px-Nine-ball_break_box_diagram.png


Break box isn't 2/4 of the head srting line. Its 1/3 . That is common rule in Europe. 10 ball break- outside the box. 9 ball break - inside the same box

hope this helps :thumbup:
 
[...] That is common rule in Europe. 10 ball break- outside the box. 9 ball break - inside the same box

hope this helps :thumbup:

I would also guess that they are playing real 10 ball: call pocket, call safe.

And I see no traps; I see that Asians and Europeans are more practiced and disciplined at the art we call American pool.
 
Not sure why anyone would break from outside the box.

don't know if somebody in he end mentioned the reason why
but if you play 10b with template or tapped rack....the break is even more controllable and less demanding than 9b-break

having to move outside the box forces the players to break with more speed...just that

both players have and will use big breaks
 
I would also guess that they are playing real 10 ball: call pocket, call safe.

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This doesn't make me feel too good for the future of pool.
You take a good game like ten-ball, infect it with the bar-rules sickness...
....and call it the real game?

This ain't Ames, mister....you play some of those clever shots like Efren does...
.....we'll break your thumbs....:rolleyes:
 
I didn't see this mentioned, but there is currently a major event taking place in Moscow right now. Over 100 players. First place is $10k. I don't know how to post pictures, but Thorsten sent me a pic of the venue. It's gorgeous. With a 12noon start for this SVB, match,and considering the 8 hour time difference here in NYC, the match time coincides with the ending time of play tonight of day 1. So I guess they will play this on the streaming tournament table. Since they are streaming this tournament on this YouTube channel, for free, it's a no brainer. Fwiw.
 
Shane playing Kremlin Cup match now v Putnik.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0p7AJ-BJ4c
Shane 3-1 (Race to 8)
After this match , i think he plays Chinakov in that challenge match

Some top players in this Kremlin Cup
Mika Immonen
Thorsten Hohmann
Rodney Morris
Imran Majid
Denis Grabe
Alex Kazakis

:D
 
It looks like Shane will prevail (ahead 7-3 now in a race to 8). But Putnik is no pushover. I watched him beat Ko Ping-Chung 11-8 at the US Open 9-Ball, shooting a .900 TPA.
 
And there is no "outside the box" requirement on the break in this 10-Ball event.
 
Looks like the Chinakhov match is now scheduled for 21:30 local time = 1:30 pm USA east coast.
 
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