Derby Straight Pool Video

Awesome to see!
I will share these with my Facebook friends. How many players did you get this year at Derby?
 
These are really great to see. When the guys that really know what they are doing fly through racks, they make it look so easy. No particularly difficult shots. No really difficult position. Just a lot of strategy and planning to get through it. It gives me hope that even hacks like me can string together some good runs someday with a bit more experience and maybe a little luck here and there.

It's also fun to watch the guys where this isn't really their game, and they struggle as badly as I do but have the shot-making and cue ball control to pull it off anyway.
 
POVPOOL said:
Awesome to see!
I will share these with my Facebook friends. How many players did you get this year at Derby?
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Here is a summary of the results. Total prize fund was $18,800 including 68 entry fees at $100 and $12,000 added.

Prizes at the 2016 DCC George Fels Memorial Straight Pool Challenge:

Daily prizes:

Sunday
Mike Davis (141) $300
Carlo Biado (140) $200
Dennis Orcullo (108) $100

Monday
Konstantin Stepanov (149) $300
Alex Lely (127) $200
Niels Feijen (122) $100

Tuesday
Johnny Archer (179) $300
Dennis Orcullo (154) $200
Thorsten Hohmann (151) $100

Wednesday
Lee Van Corteza (225) $300
John Schmidt (168) $200
Mika Immonen (155) $100

Tournament:
5th-8th -- $900
Lee Vann Corteza
Johnny Archer
Thorsten Hohmann
Mika Immonen

3rd-4th -- $$1800
Mike Davis
Konstantin Stepanov

2nd $3200
John Schmidt

1st $5000
Dennis Orcullo

Highest run
Lee Vann Corteza $1000

Totals:
1 -- Dennis Orcullo 5000+100+200 = $5300
2 -- John Schmidt 3200+200 = $3400
3 -- Konstantin Stepanov 1800+300 = $2100
3 -- Mike Davis 1800+300 = $2100
5 -- Johnny Archer 900+300= $1200
5 -- Lee Vann Corteza 900+300+1000 = $2200
5 -- Mika Immonen 900+100 = $1000
5 -- Thorsten Hohmann 900+100 = $1000
9 – run 140 Carlo Biado $200
10 – run 127 Alex Lely $200
11 – run 122 Niels Feijen $100

5300+3400+2100+2100+1200+2200+1000+1000+200+200+10 0 = $18,800 total prizes
68 entries at $100 plus $12,000 added = $18,800


Most sheets ever sold. Most added money ever. Most total prize money.

Some guys bought more than one sheet, so a total of 47 players.

We could have sold more if we had more tables. Sometimes, there were waiting lines of 15 players.
 
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dmgwalsh said:
Here is a summary of the results. Total prize fund was $18,800 including 68 entry fees at $100 and $12,000 added.

Prizes at the 2016 DCC George Fels Memorial Straight Pool Challenge:

Daily prizes:

Sunday
Mike Davis (141) $300
Carlo Biado (140) $200
Dennis Orcullo (108) $100

Monday
Konstantin Stepanov (149) $300
Alex Lely (127) $200
Niels Feijen (122) $100

Tuesday
Johnny Archer (179) $300
Dennis Orcullo (154) $200
Thorsten Hohmann (151) $100

Wednesday
Lee Van Corteza (225) $300
John Schmidt (168) $200
Mika Immonen (155) $100

Tournament:
5th-8th -- $900
Lee Vann Corteza
Johnny Archer
Thorsten Hohmann
Mika Immonen

3rd-4th -- $$1800
Mike Davis
Konstantin Stepanov

2nd $3200
John Schmidt

1st $5000
Dennis Orcullo

Highest run
Lee Vann Corteza $1000

Totals:
1 -- Dennis Orcullo 5000+100+200 = $5300
2 -- John Schmidt 3200+200 = $3400
3 -- Konstantin Stepanov 1800+300 = $2100
3 -- Mike Davis 1800+300 = $2100
5 -- Johnny Archer 900+300= $1200
5 -- Lee Vann Corteza 900+300+1000 = $2200
5 -- Mika Immonen 900+100 = $1000
5 -- Thorsten Hohmann 900+100 = $1000
9 – run 140 Carlo Biado $200
10 – run 127 Alex Lely $200
11 – run 122 Niels Feijen $100

5300+3400+2100+2100+1200+2200+1000+1000+200+200+10 0 = $18,800 total prizes
68 entries at $100 plus $12,000 added = $18,800


Most sheets ever sold. Most added money ever. Most total prize money.

Some guys bought more than one sheet, so a total of 47 players.

We could have sold more if we had more tables. Sometimes, there were waiting lines of 15 players.
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That's really cool that you have a daily hi-run prize. I hope you get a lot of views on YouTube. I've told my friends that I want to throw a straight pool tournament this year to survey the scene out here in Cali. I will keep the AZ'ers posted on the forum/s.

Thanks
 
john coloccia said:
It's also fun to watch the guys where this isn't really their game, and they struggle as badly as I do but have the shot-making and cue ball control to pull it off anyway.
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I differ about watching champs from other disciplines struggling badly in unfamiliar 14.1 territory.

Kudos to them for courageously giving 14.1 their sincerest attempt, but "fun to watch" -- not so much for me. More than 15 minutes of that struggling is more agonizing than fun (to me anyway). Kind of like hypothetically hearing Elvis building to and executing the high-C in "Nessun Dorma" or similar, and it not-surprisingly sounds as excruciating as we would sound in the attempt.

Difference with the pool analogy is that *many* nine-ball champs in recent decades do in fact, rapidly acquire the necessary finesse, strategies -- "moves" if you will -- and an eventually instinctive sense of rack-navigation patterns that are unique to 14.1, and go on to become dependably rhythmic, world-class 100-balls-in-45 minutes players whose runs are near-genius to watch.

It's quite beautiful to view any advanced player's micro-controlling of the CB, near-perfect cluster nudging, and problem-ball solving so absorbingly (and not-least -- instructively) performed. Dennis's super-generously & commendably provided links, year-after-year -- and totally free to all viewers -- contain many such runs, and are collectively an indisputable treasure trove for 14.1 aficionados of all skill levels, worldwide.

Mighty hard to over-estimate how profoundly Dennis's (and collaborators') time and dedicated efforts have thereby personally elevated the skill levels of fledgling and long time 14.1 players everywhere who assiduously and regularly devour (and absorb) them on Youtube.

Arnaldo
 
Maybe fun isn't the perfect word. :)

When I watch a run, I try to predict what patterns they're going to pick, what sections of the table they're going to work on, etc etc. I find that the more I watch the really great 14.1 players navigate the racks, the more I'm able to predict what they're going to do. Obviously, that's going to make my own game better.

But I'm also starting to see the mistakes coming, some of the same mistakes I make every other shot. At first it's like, "What's he got in mind? I'll learn something here!" And then it's like, "Nope...pretty much exactly what I thought was going to happen." And then I watch them fight their way out. I find that helpful I guess, probably because that's where I am 99% of the time.

I guess it's different for guys like me that generally don't shoot terribly, but who's game goes to crap when they play 14.1. My strategy and planning right now is in the "awful" stage, and I spend so much time thinking about it that making the balls becomes an after thought and my shot making goes in the toilet. I find watching all the videos, even the rough ones, helpful. If nothing else, watching someone who struggles a little bit is really helping me get a feel for seeing the mistakes coming!
 
Hey, does anyone know what that subway turnstile sound is every time a ball is pocketed? Is there some sort of mechanical score board off camera or something like that?
 
John,

As an obviously enthused student and emerging player of the Straight Pool discipline (an all-round skill-building game for sure) I think you'll greatly enjoy the following video for its vivid revelations about what seasoned instinctive pattern-sensing skills can result in.

1993 Ortmann-Mizerak. Oliver @ age 26 with uncanny Straight Pool skills + instincts

As mentioned you’re in for a treat. Straight Pool has always been Oliver’s favorite game and he’s in absolutely dead punch here.

Ortmann, at age 26, amply demonstrates how he acquired his “The Machine” moniker.

His lightning-fast reading of ideal rack navigation patterns at an early age, plus his near-perfect cue ball control to execute those patterns, make it all seem so effortless (as is always the case when, as with Mosconi, it’s done this well). A totally inspiring -- and highly informative -- performance. This one’s a keeper for Straight Pool lovers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVR-Vi7iv-I&feature=youtu.be

When Ortmann in a rare moment gets out of line on his key ball to set up his break shot, 14.1 aficionados will love his rapid-instinct position play, beautifully stroked at 25:28 to recover and land perfectly for the break.

Then, when moments later that break yields only a completely trapped cue ball at 26:16 an uncannily sportsmanlike Mizerak immediately steps up to show Oliver an awesome solution. The beauty of the shot that he points out to Oliver (and defines for the spectators), amazes everyone.

Arnaldo
 
Thanks, Arnaldo. I couldn't sleep so I watched it. Oliver was on fire. Too bad that side pocket did him in, but he was poised to go all the way. I never met Miz. I really wish I'd had a chance to meet him or see him play in person.
 
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