He had the balls racked higher than normal so he could see the break ball. Any straight pool players know if this is ok or not?
John Schmidt- live 14.1
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Most intense 14.1 would be losing their mind that he doesn't have the triangle outline on cloth.
Shifting the rack around to see a break ball is an absolute disregard for the game imo. The whole point is to get correct shape on the break ball to continue the run.
I'm amazed John even bothered accepting that rack.
Yeah this is akin to placing the black on the edge of the spot in snooker to get bit more (or less) angle.
Maybe, but you could argue that being on anywhere on the spot is legit. Whats happening to John's racks is flat out cheating the game. Shame it wasn't a record setting run.
Agree, definitely consider that cheating.
Uhhhh…
That’s a BIG no-no
Well maybe whomever spliced his 626 run together can work their magic and move that dot a little further up when it is time to make the video. 
Well maybe whomever spliced his 626 run together can work their magic and move that dot a little further up when it is time to make the video.
At 2:52:50
WATCH FOR YOURSELF!
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Back at it. On 196.
On 238. Link:
On 266. A couple of shots for the highlight reels the last 2 racks.
On 294. Run ends at 294, got too thin on the break ball and missed it.
wow.
these pockets look ok
shaw’s 714 happened on a table with
pockets that looked so fake and awful that
i can’t watch it
(good on shaw, well done 714)
i like watching pool but that isn’t realistic
and they said they were gonna invite many
world champions to play for a long, long time
and suddenly the table was dismantled
and we get a -
it’s not our fault it was a decision of the
room owner excuse?
John's runs (in chronological order) of 100 or more balls on the Gold Crown table with 4 7/8" corners:
Wed. 5/18/22 (attempts for about 6.1 hours) -- 170, 199, 154, 186, 224
Thu. 5/19/22 (attempts for about 5.5 hours) -- 103, 106, 140, 192, 238
Fri. 5/20/22 (attempts for about 9.5 hours) -- 117, 346 (questionable racking at 322), 294, 196, 181, 120, 112, 294
he took away my respect for his trying to best anyone. its obvious he let the rack be manipulated.
if all the high run players are going to use some kind of an edge to win then its just cheating.
then these high run attempts are just for entertainment with no value on setting any kind of record.
if all the high run players are going to use some kind of an edge to win then its just cheating.
then these high run attempts are just for entertainment with no value on setting any kind of record.
That's blatant cheating! This is why I prefer tables to have a rack outline, because not only can you move the rack forward to backward in order to cheat, you can also tilt the rack for more subtle effects, especially if the break ball is close to the rack.
John Schmidt just murdered his own credibility. I don't care about anything he does now.