He might have a shot at 714 when you run your event on the 1940 Brunswick with 6 / 6 1/2 pockets. Hope you have a
couple months to let him try.
Shaw 714 DVD
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couple months to let him try.
he was playing for tens of thousands of dollars and a world record. Pure delusion to call this some kind of pressure-free practice session.
Getting to market first helps a lot as well.
Didn’t work out for MySpace as Facebook knocked them down.
But timing is as important as the desire of the market for your good or service.
It’s a complex study of human nature-marketing in general. The quality of the product alone is not always enough.
After a while the pressure of money fades, that takes a very very long time to develop that & a certain personality as well. Look at poker players shoving in 6-7 figures on the turn of a card. Most people can’t breathe playing $100 pool.
I’m not saying it was pressure free, but I bet you ask him that or Mcup which one is more pressure. He will say Mcup.
You get numb to the $ when it’s your job in most cases. When your a hobby player and are in action now and then money can have a huge impact on how you play.
Experience levels most emotions out in pool
Best
Fatboy<———just a beginner trying to get better.
I would guess he felt it at 526 for a bit and 626 after that it was a free roll.
Segal says “soon as I had my nut covered(meaning entry fee & travel) playing in a tourney, it was a free roll” Mike was about the best front runner of all time. He told me numerous times he felt nervous first couple matches and on the $ bubble-depending on “savers”.
Soon as Mike was ahead and his $ was covered, he loosened up and just won the tourney more often than not. Same for other pro’s I have spoke to on this topic. Appleton is another one: the bigger the “stage” the more significant the tourney the better he plays.
They get up for this action, it plays into their strengths. That’s why they are champions and not rail birds.
Fatboy<——-knows a few guys, can’t do what they do.
John Schmidt did live stream his attempts from Bull Shooters in Phoenix for a month or so. Many people on here watched the stream. Then he started again at Easy Street Billiards in Monterey. I don't know why those weren't streamed but I presume it was related to sponsorship.
On the new streams, will you be deleting the comments that mention John Schmidt like on the previous streams?
Like a dick pic or something?
You're crazy.
xX-Wizard-Xx
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you as well
I prefer competition too but to say that running 60balls in comp. is a bigger feat than running 714 in a exhibition is pure lunacy. Even in competition running 60 is not a big feat for good 14.1 players. Running 47 racks without a miss is on a whole different planet.
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If you haven't, you should take up straight pool. It doesn't matter if your personal best is 700, 400 or a mere 50. When you start to inch near that marker the pressure sky rockets.
Players like Shaw wear that pressure like their favourite sweat shirt. Adding some level of bet wouldn't have made him sweat any heavier.
xX-Wizard-Xx
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i play everything .... i hate 8 ball though
Same here -- it was kinda cool to watch it happen in real time.
Lou Figueroa
“Houston, Tranquility Base here.
The Eagle has landed.”
That's right. Now where did I play on a Diamond? Sucks getting old.it was on a gc at big tyme, same table is still there waiting for your return,
the house cue that you wipped me with however, has somehow disappeared
I came to work, and to my surprise I was able to fired up the stream, (early morning seemed really odd). Saw the last 3 balls drop. Didn't even know he had busted the record when that run ended.
You're next. Be in Virginia soon.
Minus all the expenses. Production costs can be high. Plus someone had to be there cutting the felt into 714 pieces.....
I bet you add up the numbers on the balls to get your high run. The 15 + the 12 + the 7 = 3 not 34