2014 AZ Billiards Straight Pool Challenge!

stevekur1 · Dec 23, 2014

lfigueroa said:
So, I just got another comment on this run, back from July, so I thought I'd better be a good 14.1 citizen and ask for this 112 to be added to da list. Tanks to one and all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRNPz_CEszE

Lou Figueroa

Nice shooting Lou !!

You were shooting at a nice pace, nothing really over thought !!

The balls seemed to be opening up rather nicely.

I didn't particularly care for your shot selection in the last rack. Especially when you let the cue ball get away and then you were forced to shoot away the perfect breakball going up table.

Again real nice shooting !!

Steve

lfigueroa · Dec 24, 2014

stevekur1 said:
Nice shooting Lou !!

You were shooting at a nice pace, nothing really over thought !!

The balls seemed to be opening up rather nicely.

I didn't particularly care for your shot selection in the last rack. Especially when you let the cue ball get away and then you were forced to shoot away the perfect breakball going up table.

Again real nice shooting !!

Steve

Thanks, Steve. Yeah, things got away from me the last rack. It happens

But after recovering I can't believe I missed a relatively easy break shot, damn it.

Lou Figueroa

stevekur1 · Dec 31, 2014

Just finished the year off with a 72 ball run, not my high for the year thought I was gonna beat it just as the ball was dropping.... Lol

I'm now on a quest to beat my HR in 2015, hitting them pretty solid tonight

Steve

jayrox · Jan 1, 2015

Only started playing Straight Pool about 6 months ago. Started when I downloaded the Straight Pool Scoring App (thanks for that). Still not sure if we are playing it 100% correctly, but had my high run of 22 on Christmas Eve (day) in a newly initiated Christmas tradition with a friend/team-mate.

Jason

GLauchle · Jan 8, 2015

2015 high run so far

January 7, 2015: ran 64

stevekur1 · Jan 8, 2015

GLauchle said:
January 7, 2015: ran 64

GLauchle,

nice shooting, but you may want to put this in the 2015 AZBilliards Straight Pool Challenge thread. this way it will get noticed and added to the list for 2015.

here's the link: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=386198

-Steve

sjm · Jan 15, 2015

This thread is in need of the lord high destickificationist.

Vahmurka · Jan 16, 2015

sjm said:
This thread is in need of the lord high destickificationist.

I'd say the same about another dozen sticky threads on the main page which take full screen to scroll down

kkdanamatt · Sep 15, 2019

Bob Jewett said:
I had a 59 yesterday in league. It was not perfect straight pool, and included the following break shots.

The one from the head spot was a favorite of Irving Crane's and requires you to get an accurate angle on the shot. As shown I was about four inches off -- it's better to have about a half-ball cut. I managed to hit the top two balls and come out to the center of the table which is how Irv used to play it. As long as you have good outside english the shot is nearly automatic.

For the other shot I managed to avoid my usual tendency of over-spinning the ball and missing the rack.
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Break shot #2 is awesome when properly executed.
I refereed a match where Mizerak had almost that exact position.
His cueball exploded off the rail into the top of the rack and spread the balls for an easy run.
Miz's power stroke was a thing of beauty.

2014 AZ Billiards Straight Pool Challenge!

stevekur1

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lfigueroa

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stevekur1

The "COMMISH"

jayrox

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GLauchle

Registered

stevekur1

The "COMMISH"

sjm

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Vahmurka

...and I get all da rolls

kkdanamatt

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