A top pro player rattle a few balls?
poolcuemaster said:
I don't think you can out shoot a better player to start with, but if I'm getting the spot I need with a road player the six and out and the breaks. If he rattles a few shots because the tight pockets and leaves me some jawed money balls early, he may put more pressure on himself and end up giving me a chance I might not get on big pockets.
Leonard
I know of a little known local pro in Florida whose favorite practice is race the ghost on a triple shimmed GC for $100-500 a set. Nobody wants to play him with or without a spot on that table. He holds a few #1 spots in Florida events beating the likes of Corey Duel, and other top players who venture onto the circuits there. Tight and fast doesn't scare guys like him. In fact, they prefer it and practice on them or don't practice in order to maintain their perfect aim and stroke. Any above average player or less would be foolish to take these guys on with or without a spot playing on a fast tight table. if you do, you just lowered your own ball making probability and while letting them get paid to practice on you.
Willie set the world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition on March 19, 1954. To this day the record has not been toppled and many speculate it may never be bested. A handwritten and notarized affidavit[6] with the signatures of more than 35 eyewitnesses exists as proof of this feat.
The record was set on a 4 foot x 8 foot Brunswick pool table with 5 1/2 inch pockets at the East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. However, today's standard for tables is much more difficult to play on than Mosconi's table, as today's standard tables are 9 foot x 4 1/2 foot with 4 1/2 inch pockets.
I want that extra pocket width, so I can shoot like Mosconi.