My new high run - Watch out Jayson!
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Good job! I'm right behind you. I played 9 ball yesterday and ran 8.4 balls.
TAOM. My previous record was from when I was a Master chalk user.
Straight Pool is a great game to build other games.
84 is respectable number, not going to get you ataboyzs, but respectable number.
84 is respectable number, not going to get you ataboyzs, but respectable number.
My cloth is pretty broken in now on my Diamond. Nothing will “slide” in off the rails. I ran <20 probably 10 times today.
840! That's awesome! You are the current world record holder!
Practice and competition will do it. Watching great players helps you learn and inspires you to try a game that can really piss you off. 84 is not far from 100 and that is strong.
I just bought a new set of balls and I am betting I will play much better. I could have polished the other set because they are not that old, skids cannot be tolerated playing straight pool.
That's about my speed.
I lately have been playing that game Alan Hopkins talked about, or your rack off 15 ball and shoot them in any order, then the last five have to be made in rotation. It's pretty damn cool game and I swear to God I can't run a full rack.
And I tried for 8.4 days. Freaky!
That's bold. What was your previous higj run?
I like that idea. I play "Fargo" in practice where you run 10 consecutive racks of 15 balls - 1 point for each ball made in any order, or 2 points for each ball at the point where you switch to making them in rotation. So 300 points maximum. It adds an intensity that you don't usually get without an opponent.
I tend to get greedy and switch to rotation too early and end up making fewer points than if I hit them in any order. I will try 10 in any order and last 5 in rotation as I think it will encourage me to be more disciplined, but still without the option of an easy last 5.
66 from about 10 years ago. I’ve probably only played 10-20 times since then.