John Schmidt runs 820

Scrunge19 said:
Good run. I wonder if he’s going to screw around and not let anyone see it until long after people stop caring. He has to realize that people only care about these runs for a few weeks after they occur and then it’s back to being an afterthought.
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Oh my, it really must take a pool fanatic to be able to sit there and watch a player run balls for 3 hours, lol.
 
I know JS is a elite straight pool player , but a run of 800 no matter the conditions is a phenomenal accomplishment. Just the ability and knowledge to stay out of trouble for over 50 racks should be acknowledged. Most people play there whole life trying to run a 100 CONGRATS JOHN SCHMIDT
 
mdc said:
Yeah, he needs to release the video immediately. No reason to wait. I’m curious though, what would it take to revive the world championship? Seems like there are plenty of straight pool players, or players capable of playing the game. Is it money? They have officially recognized championships in just about every other major game, except one pocket.
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Nobody plays it.

I practice it most days and people are always coming up and asking what the hell I'm doing with the break shots. So what it would take is someone who loves the game and has a bunch of money he's interested in burning through. I flew out to NYC in 2000 to watch the US 14.1 Open at the Roseland Ballroom. It was a great event but lamentably its last hurrah.

Lou Figueroa
 
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mdc said:
Yeah, he needs to release the video immediately. No reason to wait. I’m curious though, what would it take to revive the world championship? Seems like there are plenty of straight pool players, or players capable of playing the game. Is it money? They have officially recognized championships in just about every other major game, except one pocket.
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Would take money, good scheduling, and players showing up. No one showed up for last year's event at the International (that 14.1 being what was the old American 14.1 event).

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marek said:
I believe your math is not right, its 820 divided by 14 in straight pool :) so its 58 and some change ;)
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I thought there is 15 balls in a rack, not 14, lol. They do shoot that 15th ball, but they just do it on the next rack each time, lol. Okay, so I guess that makes sense, lol. Each rack is actually only 14 balls, in 14.1, lol.
 
mdc said:
I’m curious though, what would it take to revive the world championship? Seems like there are plenty of straight pool players, or players capable of playing the game. Is it money? They have officially recognized championships in just about every other major game, except one pocket.
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Yes, the biggest hurdle is (surprise) money. The WPA claim to hold the rights to "World Championship" for pool events. And from the WPA Sanctioning rules @ https://wpapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/240427-WPA-Sanctioning-Guidelines.pdf

A "World Championship" event requires:
  • $200,000 in added money
  • Sanctioning Fee - negotiated, typically not less than 7.5% of added money
  • Application from a WPA member
 
Hopefully they don’t hide and gatekeep the video as if it were some kind of state secret like last time.
 
He plays pretty top end 1P. I’ve played John and watched him, too bad he didn’t concentrate on 1P. He could have been mentioned as one of the greats in 1P.
 
jtompilot said:
He plays pretty top end 1P. I’ve played John and watched him, too bad he didn’t concentrate on 1P. He could have been mentioned as one of the greats in 1P.
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Didn't Schmidt win the DCC onepocket event one year? I think he did. I also remember Schmidt saying he couldn't see how Billy Thorpe could be beat in onepocket after trying him a 10k set or something like that years ago. Helluva player regardless, obviously. Hope he breaks the 14.1 record causing a run off (y)
 
jalapus logan said:
Didn't Schmidt win the DCC onepocket event one year? I think he did. I also remember Schmidt saying he couldn't see how Billy Thorpe could be beat in onepocket after trying him a 10k set or something like that years ago. Helluva player regardless, obviously. Hope he breaks the 14.1 record causing a run off (y)
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Yes, he won one year. I think he beat Frost in the finals 3-0 or 3-1 if memory serves.
 
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