Could a B player run 100 balls on the world record table?
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Totally agree.... When I managed to across the 100 ball milestone a second time I felt a higher sense of complishment. That said, my average would probably hover closer to 30.
I still don't know what a B player actually is. The letter system has so many random increments it's hard to stay on top of.
What I do know is. I know a fair amount of players between the 650-700 fargo gap that would have a hard time reaching 100 without dedicated effort.
I consider myself an “A” player by whatever metric you want to use. I love 8-ball more than 9/10-ball, but probably play more 9/10-ball because that’s what others play.
Straight pool takes a lot more than just being able to run balls. Any balls tied up, or on the rail, or inside the rack area are problems that will keep a “B” player from getting to 100. I’ve never hit 70 (I don’t play it much) for those reasons. Even with big pockets, the intricacies will catch up to them within 14 racks. Once they manage to be able to do it, I’d say they’ve graduated to an “A” player.
Straight pool takes a lot more than just being able to run balls. Any balls tied up, or on the rail, or inside the rack area are problems that will keep a “B” player from getting to 100. I’ve never hit 70 (I don’t play it much) for those reasons. Even with big pockets, the intricacies will catch up to them within 14 racks. Once they manage to be able to do it, I’d say they’ve graduated to an “A” player.
Okay……let’s see how many videos are made proving you are right.
With a table set up with 6" corners, 6.5" side pockets, and whatever cushion angle and shelf depth you want, I doubt anyone on here will get close to 714. How about 7" corners and 8" sides, shelf and angles to your design, how many will hit 714 then? lol
I've never in my life seen a table with pockets that big....bring me a table with pockets that big and ill do it.
dendweller
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I have a habit of hitting into a pack to break them up and getting the cb stuck on an object ball. Doesn't matter how big the pocket is, I'm done.
Who the hell cares about someone who posts on AZB trying to run more than 714 balls, does Jayson Shaw post on AZB?
There is a big difference in difficulty when the balls are scattered by hand vs breaking them.
You still mad at me?
Nope
tomatoshooter
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In other words, proper equipment?
I don’t care how you set it up……let them set up a break shot for the 14.1 rack every time.
You seem to be singing a different tune. 15 balls scattered is much easier than a 14.1 rack.
The clusters aren’t there and you get to trim the table developing an easier map to run out.
I can run 15 balls scattered on a table twice, even three times in a row but my high 14.1 run
Is 38. I’ve run two racks lots but that 3rd rack just seems to escape me. I usually blow a key
shot setting up shape for the next object ball. Scattered balls on a table can be easily run out.
Having the consistency to run the table, especially as we originally started, in 14.1 format for a
B player is just a ludicrous notion. Why? if you can do that, you are not a B rated player….Nuf Ced!
Uhh, I was replying to a guy who said a B+ can't even do it with the balls scattered by hand. It is pretty much established that they can. The question was about straight pool.
Come to cleveland ohio and try to make a high run at a pool room and tell me about proper equipment....we play on garbage and we can still play.
tomatoshooter
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Pocket size is debatable but would you expect someone hosting a high run event to have poor equipment? There's a reason why Mosconi bought his own balls.
Having the event in zero humidity vegas and using a template rack is more than just having good balls, good cloth and easy pockets.
tomatoshooter
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Where did you see Vegas? Street Light is in Virginia. I haven't come across anything that says this was remote.
If you can run 100 balls I don`t consider you a B player