I can’t play a lick of 14.1
However I’d rather end a run on a scratch than getting stuck to the rack. Both have the same outcome-one hurts more than the other IMO.
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Fatboy<———-can’t make the break ball anyways….
SVB to Kick Off High Run Attempts
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However I’d rather end a run on a scratch than getting stuck to the rack. Both have the same outcome-one hurts more than the other IMO.
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Fatboy<———-can’t make the break ball anyways….
I am with you on all of the above. I'd actually seen him do that break a few times. Probably due to lack of knowledge, I always tried to follow with inside and spin out of the corner and out. Really had not been focus on the power draw like the one that ended that beauty of a run.I can’t play a lick of 14.1
However I’d rather end a run on a scratch than getting stuck to the rack. Both have the same outcome-one hurts more than the other IMO.
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Fatboy<———-can’t make the break ball anyways….
I’m pretty sure Bobby posted pic somewhere with the pocket size of the sides and corners
Humidity is a funny thing.
Dry tables the cloth is slicker and the balls slide into the pockets easier. At the same time the CB skids more.
Big trade-off, which is more expensive hanging balls on wet cloth or skids on dry cloth?
Hard to say? Probably dry cloth will lend itself to higher runs.
It’s a spectrum thinking a bit more about it, if conditions are just right pockets take balls and there’s a minimal amount of skids/kicks.
Also when their cloth gets 200-300 hours of play on it that changes a lot as well in a month.
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Fatboy
If Shane spent the time on 14.1 as he has his 10B break I think we would see a much bigger number than we will.
I’m hoping he posts a huge number but he hasn’t invested the time into 14.1 to ever realize his full potential. Which makes sense as 10B is more profitable for him as a professional pool player.
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Fatboy
Racks 13 and 16 and 23. Was there a 4th where he went all the way to the head rail?
The 4th, I want to say was actually the first time (before Rack 13), but he hit it at a slower pace so it didn't reach the head rail.
*siren* "Science police! Pull over!"
I've heard that snooker players believe this too, but since skid/cling is caused by excess friction between the balls (usually a spot of chalk at the contact point), I don't see how the cloth enters into it.
Unless... maybe the drier cloth creates more static on the CB so more chalk sticks to it? I could believe that.
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I saw a couple where he drew it into the side rail first and the cue ball went up table maybe half a diamond short of the head string.
Yeah drawing to the side rail or going forward to the foot rail seemed to be the most common.
The one I was talking about was Rack 10 (at about 1:49:50)
I don't know -- seems to be some sentiment here that he should participate.
Lou Figueroa
You should ask him.
Make all the excuses you want, but JS is most likely the best 14.1 US citizen, that's ok, you guys go ahead and find out who #2 is
If he pops up here I will.
But frankly, at this moment in time, he is not the best American 14.1 player, SVB is. JS is on the sidelines recovering from hand surgery. Whether he eventually comes back to his former level of play remains to be seen.
Lou Figueroa
Shane is the ONLY straight pool player competing right now, next week it will be Ruslan.
We can all play word games
SVB is the only American player competing and succeeding at 14.1 -- see the 2021 American 14.1 event.
Other Americans played but were not in serious contention.
Lou Figueroa
Ancient history, performance wise -- so no, he is not currently the best.
Lou Figueroa
If SVB had hit as many of those 14.1 break shots as his 9ball break, the answer to the question is yes.
Lou Figueroa
TH has hit that break shot a bazillion times -- he knows how to control the outcome.
Lou Figueroa