DCC 1p rule change.....................!!
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Good move imo. Better than bastardizing the game with Grady type rules.
Edit, and also the Grady type rules still didn't have a hard time limit, from what I recall.
Edit, and also the Grady type rules still didn't have a hard time limit, from what I recall.
they still have some speed up rules like if you're minus-5 you lose. Also still can't have both players owing. one,or both, has to be even. looks like a good compromise rule set. can't have matches lasting forever.
Main changes I see:
-All finals are single, extended sets, even if one player still has a buy back. Race to 11 9 ball, 4 banks, 4 one hole.
-One pocket is a 3 hr time limit. Whoever is ahead at 3 hrs wins, period. If tied, next point (or foul) determines winner.
-(from prior year I think) banks and one hole if both players are negative scores, they cancel until one player is at zero.
-(from prior year I think ) banks and one hole a score of -5 is a loss.
I personally would have also made the banks and the 9 ball strict 3 hr time limits.
-All finals are single, extended sets, even if one player still has a buy back. Race to 11 9 ball, 4 banks, 4 one hole.
-One pocket is a 3 hr time limit. Whoever is ahead at 3 hrs wins, period. If tied, next point (or foul) determines winner.
-(from prior year I think) banks and one hole if both players are negative scores, they cancel until one player is at zero.
-(from prior year I think ) banks and one hole a score of -5 is a loss.
I personally would have also made the banks and the 9 ball strict 3 hr time limits.
maybe but that's rarely the hold-up. its almost always the 1p and the buyback system itself. in the 1p it could be both players going to even: if player A owes one and player B fouls they're even. i think this rule is fine, doesn't change the outcome much if any. The minus-5 rule is ok too, if you owe five you ain't winnin unless you're name is Efren.
Yeah, I think the rules are finally pretty good this year to handle the 500 player fields.
I would have done the same to banks and 9 ball for the time limit, to keep everything consistent. All 3 disciplines have roughly the same number of players in recent years, and the same amount of days to finish, so might as well make them all have the same time limit.
I would have done the same to banks and 9 ball for the time limit, to keep everything consistent. All 3 disciplines have roughly the same number of players in recent years, and the same amount of days to finish, so might as well make them all have the same time limit.
I only went once but i didn't see any bank/9b matches come anywhere close to 3hr. Most bank matches are over in a hour or less.
So, if you trailing 2 to 1 on games and ahead 7 to -4 on ball count, you lose if the clock runs out. It doesn't exactly say that, but that's how I read it.
It will be interesting to see how many matches run into the time limit.
It will be interesting to see how many matches run into the time limit.
John Smchidt was something like -8 and beat one of the Philippine players maybe six years ago. It was something to watch.
Yes, that's the way I read it also. "Play faster" solves all issues
Brings more fans to the game too, to grow it.
I think with the threat of the time limit, we won't see any matches run into it. Players will naturally play faster.
Take Danny Bassavich. With a shot clock, he danced around the table and shot just fine. Without it, he took FOREVER plus a year.
Take Danny Bassavich. With a shot clock, he danced around the table and shot just fine. Without it, he took FOREVER plus a year.
Funny they caved, lol -- those original rules were goofier than all get out.
But, not going anyway -- every year at the DCC I'd sit in my lousy hotel room, sit and wait, and have the exact same conversation with myself that would start off with, "Why do you do this to yourself every year?" Several years ago I even thought of recording it so I could play it back to myself the forthcoming year. But we're all lemmings, myself included, for far too many years.
The rules they previously advertised for the 1pocket were just too much -- too many players, not enough tables. Had enough.
Lou Figueroa
going to Railyard
three day tournament
next week : -)
But, not going anyway -- every year at the DCC I'd sit in my lousy hotel room, sit and wait, and have the exact same conversation with myself that would start off with, "Why do you do this to yourself every year?" Several years ago I even thought of recording it so I could play it back to myself the forthcoming year. But we're all lemmings, myself included, for far too many years.
The rules they previously advertised for the 1pocket were just too much -- too many players, not enough tables. Had enough.
Lou Figueroa
going to Railyard
three day tournament
next week : -)
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Matthews made many rules.
Are you talking about the last five balls in the kitchen, or something else or that and?
Great gamblers do change the game for the better at times, by creating rules of fair play.
Gamblers/rules are Very specific with an opponent matchin' up, it's business.
Got it....11 throughout would be crazy.
I have to get back there someday. 10 hour drive is tough, especially coming home.
Where's Derbys closest train stop?
The rule changes have only applied to tournament pool. Has zero to do with gambling matches.