He played also without any ball in hand and lost. I tried to play to 21 without any ball in hand(1/1 2024) but my back pain had a bad day and i had to quit while i was 7-6 up. Could be easily 9-4 but made bad mistakes on last 2 and then i had to quit because back..
I’m 50/50 in sets against what they were calling the God ghost but the way I was playing if I didn’t make a ball on the break I lost or if I was hooked and didn’t make the object ball I lost
only if you scratch. legally pocketed balls stay down. at least that how we've always played it.
On the very first rack the 4 ball and the 7 ball don't have a chance in hell of going in on my nine footer without freshly cleaned and polished balls. And I mean fresh like within a rack or two.
You will be the same fargo no matter what table you are playing on as you have an actual opponent you either defeat or lose to each game who is playing on the same equipment. Wins and loss' are the only thing fargo cares about.
That video table must be league-cut pockets. We have a 9ft with procuts at my spot and those balls hitting the rails will NOT go. still good shooting but that table is soft looking to me.
That's typically how I play the ghost these days. Unless I'm trying to follow specific rules.
...and Mike's statistician take always boils down to sample size. Eventually the amount of games involved in determining someone's rating will be so large that up/down ticks experienced because of table size become moot.
I agree and will take the heat for saying so. I know players that are at least 50pts worse on a bigbox, some more. Hell, a LOT of players in my area would rather gargle with Draino that play a match on a 9ft. The 7ft is their comfort zone and they will not get out of it.
For me the most impressive part of Gorst's effort was that he didn't pattern rack. To play under such tough rules and then still allow for the random chance of the break, is ballsy
This. I watched a couple racks and saw 3 balls that would not have gone on my 9', or on any of the 7s at one of our rooms in town.
There is a BIG difference for sure. ProCuts, especially on broken-in cloth, will NOT accept shots like this video table.
Since you don't need to pocket a ball on the break to win against "Pro Ghost", beating it gets "easier" if you can get the balls apart and reasonably consistent shape on the 1 without worrying about pocketing anything.He played also without any ball in hand and lost. I tried to play to 21 without any ball in hand(1/1 2024) but my back pain had a bad day and i had to quit while i was 7-6 up. Could be easily 9-4 but made bad mistakes on last 2 and then i had to quit because back..
I used Matchroom breaks too
Still a big " IF".
For sure, you need to work on it and its much harder than simply taking ball in hand. But it can be done with a little time and attention.
You’re allowed to scratch on the break if you’re playing ball in hand and pocketed balls, stay down
Yes sir, and why I adopted a more controlled break when playing pro-ghost w/ 9 on spot. Some poopoo on the idea of not using the same break as you would against an actual opponent. However, the obvious defensive options you give up for sake of the ghost, should provide a greenlight in breaking methodology.
I got very good at getting that 1b over to corner as well. Of course I use a template exclusively, so I made the wing 99% of the time. The ghost really came down to preventing clusters after the break.