One Pocket is so slow....

chefjeff said:
When did the website crash?

(I've been so busy going from 3-1 to 4-1 in my game, I didn't know.)


Jeff Livingston
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Must have crashed about a week ago or more.
For sure what a nice softball from AZ to revive this great thread!

Move 3
Player bunted a ball up table and left cueball froze on bottom rail.
Looks like the game is going up table :grin:
 
One Pocket is so slow....

....it's so slow that when a player was playing 1-P in front of the mirror, the reflection took the shot before the player did.


Jeff Livingston
 
An interesting piece of info I found this morning...

QUOTE: Eight-Ball was Invented shortly after 1900; Straight Pool followed in 1910. Nine-Ball seems to have developed around 1920. One-Pocket has ancestors that are older than any of these; the idea of the game was described in 1775 and complete rules for a British form appeared in 1869. UNQUOTE
 
ceebee said:
An interesting piece of info I found this morning...

QUOTE: Eight-Ball was Invented shortly after 1900; Straight Pool followed in 1910. Nine-Ball seems to have developed around 1920. One-Pocket has ancestors that are older than any of these; the idea of the game was described in 1775 and complete rules for a British form appeared in 1869. UNQUOTE
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That's from Mike Shamos, Billiards Digest, 1995 -- http://billiardsdigest.com/all_about_pool/history.php
 
Imagine that. Just imagine trying to play one pocket on the equipment available then.

In 1776 Mingaud had not invented the leather tip idea. I can only imagine playing one pocket without a leather tip & chalk. I read it was 1790 that he invented the idea. In 1807 he started displaying his prowess with cue ball control....
 
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ceebee said:
An interesting piece of info I found this morning...

QUOTE: Eight-Ball was Invented shortly after 1900; Straight Pool followed in 1910. Nine-Ball seems to have developed around 1920. One-Pocket has ancestors that are older than any of these; the idea of the game was described in 1775 and complete rules for a British form appeared in 1869. UNQUOTE
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AtLarge said:
That's from Mike Shamos, Billiards Digest, 1995 -- http://billiardsdigest.com/all_about_pool/history.php
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ceebee said:
Imagine that. Just imagine trying to play one pocket on the equipment available then.

In 1776 Mingaud had not invented the leather tip idea. I can only imagine playing one pocket without a leather tip & chalk. I read it was 1790 that he invented the idea. In 1807 he started displaying his prowess with cue ball control....
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Well, I’m going to disagree with everyone concerned here...:shocked:
...with little fear and trembling, mind you

The first book on one pocket was published in 1227...
“Oon Pouche Art Soore Slakke.....
 
One pocket is so slow.... I watched a match on a DVD. I thought the picture froze.
 
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Announcing
THE
1-Pocket tournament
of the century!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....


























......literally.




Jeff Livingston
 
Danny Harriman said:
............ - wanna play some? - probly not me thinks.............
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Play some? nah...one pocket is too slow

The game is slow? OnePocket.org had their annual members only tournament. I think the final match went over 4 hours.
 
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One pocket is so slow, even a 9-ball player might have enough time to learn something. (most likely through osmosis)
 
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